Scrum Master/Business Analyst (Remote)

Overview: GovCIO is currently hiring for an Agile Scrum Master/Business Analyst to support the Readiness and Employment System (RES) contract within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. This position will be a fully remote position. Responsibilities: Scrum Master:

• Acts as a servant-leader for an Agile team, ensuring they follow Scrum practices while also helping them overcome obstacles and improve continuously.
• Facilitates team meetings, removes impediments to progress, coaches the team on Agile principles, and helps the product owner find techniques for effective product backlog management in Atlassian Jira.
• Facilitates and guides the team in adopting and implementing the Scrum framework – which includes organizing and leading Scrum ceremonies, participation in Program Increment Planning, promoting collaboration and ensuring adherence to Scrum principles and values.
• Works closely with the product owner and development team to plan and execute sprints, daily stand-ups and sprint reviews.
• Creates and maintains project timelines.
• Identifies and manages risks and monitors progress against project goals.
• Facilitates Scrum events: Guides daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and other meetings to ensure they are productive and achieve their objectives.
• Acts as a liaison to improve communication between the development team and those outside the team, fostering mutual trust and respect.

Business Analyst:

• Conducts process analysis and optimization to map, document, and analyze “as is” data collection, business processes, and dissemination workflows to “to be” processes.
• Manages requirements gathering to elicit and document detailed business requirements from stakeholders and acts as a liaison between operational users and technical teams, translating functional needs into technical specifications.
• Performs requirements analysis to determine feasibility and to decompose requirements to concise and testable user stories.
• Creates detailed user stories, including acceptance criteria, and any additional information to assist development.
• Uses Atlassian Confluence and Jira for epics, stories, tasks, backlog management, sprint planning and Kanban management.

Qualifications: Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree with 8+ yrs experience (or commensurate experience)
• Must have experience working in Agile environment.
• Must possess leadership skills and experience.
• Must possess excellent interpersonal communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Must possess the ability to explain intricate and complicated concepts and ideas.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience with Atlassian Confluence and Jira strongly preferred.
• Certified Scrum Master
• SAFe certified

Clearance Required: Ability to obtain and maintain a Suitability/Public Trust Company Overview: GovCIO is a team of transformers-people who are passionate about transforming government IT. Every day, we make a positive impact by delivering innovative IT services and solutions that improve how government agencies operate and serve our citizens. But we can't do it alone. We need great people to help us do great things - for our customers, our culture, and our ability to attract other great people. We are changing the face of government IT and building a workforce that fuels this mission. Are you ready to be a transformer? We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. EOE, including disability/vets. Posted Pay Range The posted pay range, if referenced, reflects the range expected for this position at the commencement of employment, however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, education, experience, and internal equity. The total compensation package for this position may also include other compensation elements, to be discussed during the hiring process. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the GovCIO reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, GovCIO or individual department/team performance, and market factors. Posted Salary Range: USD $115,000.00 - USD $120,000.00 /Yr. Apply To this Job