Scrum Master

At Accenture Federal Services, nothing matters more than helping the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer and life better for people. Our 13,000+ people are united in a shared purpose to pursue the limitless potential of technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations. Join Accenture Federal Services, a technology company and part of global Accenture, to do work that matters in a collaborative and caring community, where you feel like you belong and are empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, industry training and more. Job Description: Lead daily scrums and holds team members accountable for work, capturing updates in JIRA and Confluence to reflect progress and dependencies. Secondarily report to the leadership team of PM, Chief Engineer, and Tech Leads. Assist program leadership in the successful and timely delivery of all deliverables by monitoring and managing the Backlog or work. Proactively groom the backlog to simplify planning efforts. Work with all team members in timely delivery. Educate team on agile methodology (to include pointing) and supports client leadership during Agile processes, providing out briefs of progress as well as plans. Manage the list of roadblocks and impediments (if any), work to find resolutions for them, with leadership. Translate requirements into epics, features and user stories. Provide scrum reports, capacity, velocity, and lead Program Increment Planning activities. Work with client PMO to establish milestones and MVIs to ensure goals from leadership align with contract work/deliverables. Lead design sessions in prototyping new systems. Support user acceptance testing. Help to automate and streamline activities and user stories in JIRA to create efficiencies and process improvement. Here's what you need: 4+ years of professional experience with Agile as a Scrum Master, Business Analyst, PM or similar Experience with Jira or Confluence Certified Scrum Master or SAFe Agilist certification or SAFe POPM Bachelors degree Security Clearance Active TS/SCI with polygraph clearance The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Washington, Vermont, and the District of Columbia is: $120,500—$221,800 USD Equal Employment Opportunity Statement We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

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