EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field. Also requires 8+ years of job-related experience, or a Master’s degree plus 6 years of job-related experience. Agile experience preferred.
Clearance Requirements:
Ability to obtain a Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.
Responsibilities for this Position:
The responsibility is career-defining. So is the opportunity. At General Dynamics Mission Systems, we invent the technologies, products and services which help our nation’s heroes keep our nation safe. The work is so advanced, our teams regularly redefine innovation and excellence for the world. If you’re looking for a challenge, you’ve just found it.
We apply advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, AR/VR, Cloud Native and Quantum Physics to solve our customers’ missions in cyber, RF, undersea, interstellar and everything in between.

The Senior Scrum Master - Software guides and supports the agile teams in achieving their objectives with efficiency and high-quality adhering to SDLC processes. You will thrive by leading through example as a proactive, passionate, and energetic coach, always seeking ways to maximize the value delivered. You foster a culture of meeting team commitments. Responsibilities of the Scrum Master includes the following:

• Enthusiastically lead the team in demonstrating Agile and SAFe principles through SAFe practices and team frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban
• Work with Product Owner and stakeholders to rigorously plan predictable sprint and release cadence
• Guide the team’s translation of program objectives into detailed requirements and integration milestones that includes generating user stories with clear acceptance criteria and definition of done
• Verify that your team is performing the agreed-to definition of done
• Facilitate your team’s participation in quarterly PI Planning Events and represent your team in demos and retrospectives
• Act as a liaison between the Scrum team and other teams and stakeholders
• Coordinate obtaining Government Customer feedback for your team and how to incorporate that into your team plans
• Ensure the team follows SAFe’s roles and rituals, and facilitate agile ceremonies like daily stand-ups, iteration planning, iteration reviews, backlog refinement and retrospectives
• Track team metrics on performance, flow, and quality and coach the team on improvements necessary to ensure efficient delivery with high quality.
• Identify and remove impediments that might prevent the team from meeting goals
• Work with the product owner and team to analyze business requirements, write user stories, and groom the project backlog
• Prioritize relentless improvement and innovation
• Facilitate Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs) or kick-off meetings
• Clearly communicate team structure; roles and responsibilities; interim milestones; critical paths; and impacts of any risks, dependencies, or assumptions
• Review the project schedule, resource requirements, identify and manage risks, and transparently communicate progress and/or blockers against project goals
• Provide progress and change information into the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)
• On a bi-weekly iteration, review health for all projects (e.g., technical, cost, and schedule) to identify and resolve problem areas
• Retrospect on story and feature commitments that are not met, quality escapes, and impediments
• Ensure Jira always reflects reality and call out changes that vary from the plan.
• Ability to effectively manage people, including performance evaluations and pay increase recommendations
• As needed: conduct a final project review at project closeout to ensure service delivery has been completed, ownership has been transferred, records have been archived, cost accounts have been closed, and knowledge base articles/known errors have been documented
• Competency in productivity tools (Jira, Confluence, MS Project, SharePoint, MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams))

WHAT YOU’LL EXPERIENCE:

• Technologies that aren’t just top-notch, they’re often top-secret
• A team of bold thinkers committed to exploring what’s next
• Opportunities to gain new knowledge - as it’s discovered

• Enthusiastically lead the team in demonstrating Agile and SAFe principles through SAFe practices and team frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban
• Work with Product Owner and stakeholders to rigorously plan predictable sprint and release cadence
• Guide the team’s translation of program objectives into detailed requirements and integration milestones that includes generating user stories with clear acceptance criteria and definition of done
• Verify that your team is performing the agreed-to definition of done
• Facilitate your team’s participation in quarterly PI Planning Events and represent your team in demos and retrospectives
• Act as a liaison between the Scrum team and other teams and stakeholders
• Coordinate obtaining Government Customer feedback for your team and how to incorporate that into your team plans
• Ensure the team follows SAFe’s roles and rituals, and facilitate agile ceremonies like daily stand-ups, iteration planning, iteration reviews, backlog refinement and retrospectives
• Track team metrics on performance, flow, and quality and coach the team on improvements necessary to ensure efficient delivery with high quality.
• Identify and remove impediments that might prevent the team from meeting goals
• Work with the product owner and team to analyze business requirements, write user stories, and groom the project backlog
• Prioritize relentless improvement and innovation
• Facilitate Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs) or kick-off meetings
• Clearly communicate team structure; roles and responsibilities; interim milestones; critical paths; and impacts of any risks, dependencies, or assumptions
• Review the project schedule, resource requirements, identify and manage risks, and transparently communicate progress and/or blockers against project goals
• Provide progress and change information into the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)
• On a bi-weekly iteration, review health for all projects (e.g., technical, cost, and schedule) to identify and resolve problem areas
• Retrospect on story and feature commitments that are not met, quality escapes, and impediments
• Ensure Jira always reflects reality and call out changes that vary from the plan.
• Ability to effectively manage people, including performance evaluations and pay increase recommendations
• As needed: conduct a final project review at project closeout to ensure service delivery has been completed, ownership has been transferred, records have been archived, cost accounts have been closed, and knowledge base articles/known errors have been documented
• Competency in productivity tools (Jira, Confluence, MS Project, SharePoint, MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams)