Certified Scrum Master

MTSI needs to add a Certified Scrum Master to our team in support of our customer local to Dayton, OH.

Job Duties:

• Facilitate scrum events, such as daily stand ups, sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives.
• Support and educate product owners to ensure priorities align with product goals and the product backlog is maintained.
• Mentor team on Agile principles and practices.
• Promote an environment of continuous improvement
• Facilitate clear and transparent communication between the team and the stakeholders.
• Ensure team readiness to present at Technical Interchange Meetings (TIM).
• Collaborate with scrum masters in Scrum of Scrums.
• Prepare team for quarterly release planning events.
• May be required to perform activities within NASIC and adhere to security requirements for access to classified information

Required Qualifications:

• U.S Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI Security Clearance
• Bachelor's Degree
• Experience with Agile techniques: User Stories, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Team Agreements, Definition of Done, Definition of Ready, Acceptance Criteria
• Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to refining and maintaining the product backlog.
• Experience with JIRA and Confluence tools
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) (Scrum Alliance preferred)

Required Experience:

• 8+ years of experience serving as a Scrum Master
• Ability to adjust to requirements evolution
• Excellent Communication skills demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and concisely in both written and verbal form
• Knowledge of the SDLC and interrelationships with agile development

Desired Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI
• Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM) certification from Scrum Alliance
• Flexibility to support software testing activities, as dictated by priorities, to include:
• Designing test plans and procedures to verify requirements
• Executing test procedures against the code baseline
• Preparing test reports detailing results of testing
• Updating tracking software with the results of testing
• Working closely with users to verify requirements and software acceptance
• Experience writing test utilities using programming languages such as Python, Java, JavaScript, or C++
• Experience with automated test tools (ex. TestComplete, Google Test, QF-Test)