The Scrum Master (Product Owner) will provide program management support to the DE&I Management Office in Stafford, VA.

As a Scrum Master/Product Owner for DE&I, you will:

•  Plans and heads the development effort of a scrum project. 

•  Envisions the final product, communicates the vision to the scrum team, motivates the team to subscribe to the vision, and sees the vision through to completion. 

•  Describes features, collaborates, and communicates with the delivery team, and accepts or rejects work results, and steers the project by tracking and forecasting its progress. 

•  Creates, maintains and outlines work in the product backlog

•  Determines which activities will produce the most business value, and prioritizes it based on business value.

•  Willing and able to proactively communicate with client and fellow team members

•  Willing and able to work independently and proactively solicit feedback and support from team members as needed

•  A team player able to support any aspect of the project as needed to ensure project success

•  Primary job duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to the following:

•  Conduct sessions to orient team members to the Agile process as needed.

•  Guide and assist product owners in the development and maintenance of product backlogs.

•  Organize and facilitate the sprint planning meetings, retrospectives, and sprint reviews.

•  Organize and facilitate daily stand-up meetings and ensures active participation.

•  Actively look to resolve team impediments.

•  Participate in the backlog refinement activities including elaboration, estimation, and prioritizing of Product Backlog items for each sprint.

•  Drive release planning using velocity-based performance monitoring and forecasting.

•  Maintain relevant metrics to monitor team performance.

•  The successful candidate will have:

•  At least one year of experience using software tools to support agile development teams such as Version One or Rally.

•  Knowledge of other Agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, etc.

•  Awareness and experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Deployment, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing.

•  Knowledge of the software development life cycle with respect to Agile processes.

•  Excellent oral and written communication and mentoring skills.

•  Demonstrated ability to negotiate, collaborate and work with diverse and dynamic team members.

•  Proven ability to understand technology and dependencies operating across teams. Experience with at least one large-scale agile implementation project with over 3 teams.

•  Industry certification preferred

•  Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or related discipline

•  12 years of related professional work experience

•  6+ years overall software development experience.

•  At least four years of work experience in an Agile environment, preferably in a variety of situations.

•  At least two years of work experience as a Scrum Master for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.

Cask is a woman-owned small business (WOSB) founded in 2004 by a group of professionals who saw the need to help clients use and unlock the value of technology in more efficient, cost-effective ways. Cask delivers business and technology advisory and consulting services to help our customers achieve success.

Cask is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.

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