Scrum Master

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TGTG is seeking a Scrum Master to support digital transformation within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Financial Services Center.

Within the FSC, the Financial Technology Service (FTS) is responsible for all Information Technology including requirements analysis and sizing, backlog management, scrum team governance, incremental/sprint planning, business value, dependency management, risk and impact analysis, scheduling, budget vs actual labor reporting, configuration management, testing, infrastructure operations, application modernization, cyber security, process improvement, and Agile Release Train orchestration.

FTS’s IT products address a broad array of VA's enterprise requirements including timekeeping and payroll; accounting; financial reporting and auditing; healthcare claims processing; accounts payable and payment processing; employee travel and charge card; employee relocation; financial data analytics; and financial integration.

This role can be performed in Austin, TX or fully remote.

• Lead and facilitate scrum meetings and eliminate blockers (PI Planning, Retrospectives, Daily Stand-ups, Demos, etc.).
• Lead and build relationships to encourage collaboration, transparency, and innovation across a highly cross-functional Agile software development team supporting CI/CD.
• Promote Agile quality practices, coordinate across organizations, and serve as a resource to answer questions.
• Advise government personnel on improvements to the standardization of processes.
• Work directly with senior-level client leadership teams in client-delivery engagement.
• Servant leader who helps the teams achieve their goal through constant coaching, mentoring, and smooth facilitation of processes.
• Ensure that the team is focused and knows the tasks they must accomplish in the time given.
• Interact with different teams such as Product Management and Portfolio management teams, or other release trains to ensure alignment.
• Facilitation of Team and Program Level events for effective program execution.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems, Business, or related scientific/technical discipline is required.
• SAFe Certified Scrum Master.
• 5+ years of experience.
• Experience in leading an Agile development team with automating application deployments, scaling, and management.
• Proven experience with large-scale software development, data management, and software integration projects.
• Experience facilitating briefings to senior leadership and the strong ability to capture actions resulting from meetings and requests.
• Experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) and Kanban agile methods is highly desired.
• Ability to obtain a government clearance.

• Experience with the Department of Veterans Affairs, tools, processes, and frameworks is a plus.
• Experience with Project and Configuration Management tools (e.g., Jira, Rally Software, Github, etc.) is desirable.
• Experienced in technical disciplines and technical background.
• PMP preferred.

This position is currently accepting applications.