We have successfully partnered finding technical talent for one of our most forward thinking engineering partners. Their company is focused on using their their size and talent to create nimble and unique solutions in Software Engineering, Cyber Security, Modeling & Simulation, Data Science & Analytics, Machine Learning, Energy, and Power Systems.
Responsibilities:
Identification, implementation, and coaching of modern Product/Project management approaches for complex software-intensive projects.
Work with teams at both the Portfolio level and solution level to assist in developing strategic themes, creating portfolio visions, and prioritizing the portfolio backlog.
Developing overall product roadmaps. These roadmaps shall identify the delivery of minimum viable products (MVPs) and minimum viable capability releases (MVCRs). Additionally, these product roadmaps shall include timing and the required functionality needed by external, independent programs.
Assist in developing Epic Statements, along with lean budgets and lean schedules for the Epics.
Provide training and coaching in Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) techniques. These LPM techniques shall help determine how much and which value streams to fund, develop lean business cases, agile forecasting, and estimating, and establish objective measures and milestones leading to the delivery of working solutions to fleet end-users.
Provide training as well as day-to-day support to cultivate and improve all team members to become productive Agile Practitioners.
Guide scrum-team through all sprints of a program increment, removing impediments and championing the team
Organize and facilitate sprint planning and release planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and other agile related events
Track and communicate team metrics and sprint/release progress to all teams and management
Assist the scrum team in developing and estimating user stories that are clearly articulated with well-defined acceptance criteria
Update agile tracking systems to provide transparency on product and sprint backlogs
Assist with internal and external communication
Assist product owners with backlog grooming
Assist team with making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition
Determine and remove impediments that interfere with the ability of the teams to deliver assigned goals
Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution
Promote continuous improvement and help teams to increase velocity
Promote a collaborative team environment that fosters experimentation, creativity and innovation
Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, and work experience
Experience leading Agile Scrum teams in a cloud environment
Strong understanding of DevSecOps and /or software/application development processes
Advanced knowledge of systems engineering principles, methods, and techniques
Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
Experience with Atlassian Agile Products; specifically JIRA and Confluence
Must be a U.S. Citizen.
Desired Qualifications:
5+ years of experience working within the DoD or IC Community
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Certification
Scaled Agile Framework for the enterprise (SAFe) Agilist Certification
