The Work:

Scrum Master is a servant leader who helps teams self-organize, self-manage, and deliver by teaching and coaching effective Agile practices. The Scrum Master will:

• Act as a servant leader to the Scrum Team by embracing SAFe Core Values, applying SAFe Principles, implementing SAFe practices, and utilizing ScrumXP rules.
• Help scrum team achieve in areas including quality, predictability, flow, and velocity.
• Helps team focus on daily and Sprint Goals in the context of current PI Objectives.
• Guides team in establishing normalized story points for estimating user stories.
• Facilitates all team meetings, including the daily stand-up, Sprint Planning, Team Demos, and Retrospectives.
• Attend and represent the team in the Scrum of Scrums meetings.
• Collaborate with other impacted teams (e.g. Other Scrum or Product teams, Product Owners, Stakeholders) to ensure alignment between priorities, scope, and all deployment-related activities.
• Communicates with outside stakeholders.

Here's what you need:

• Ability to report onsite 3x a week in Colorado Springs, CO
• 2+ years experience performing as a scrum master utilizing SAFe methodologies or similar Agile servant leadership role
• 2+ years experience with facilitating communication/collaboration with client and development team staff through in-person and virtual settings
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• SAFe Certified Scrum Master Certification

Bonus points if you have:

• Prior experience in software development, preferably in a Java/open-source technical environment
• Experience in a large-scale Federal IT Program