Senior ScrumMaster

Senior Scrum Master

CACI is currently looking for a motivated, career and customer-oriented Scrum Master with Agile methodology experience to join our Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Land Border Integration (LBI) Integrated Traveler Initiative 2.1 (ITI
2.1) team in Northern Virginia! Join this passionate team of industry-leading individuals supporting the best practices in Agile Software Development and hardware integration for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

As a member of the ITI
2.1 Team, you will support the men and women charged with safeguarding the American people and enhancing the Nation’s safety, security, and prosperity. CBP Officers and Border Patrol agents are on the front lines, every day, protecting our national security by combining customs, immigration, border security, and agricultural protection into one coordinated and supportive activity.

CACI agile programs thrive in a culture of innovation and are constantly seeking individuals who can bring creative ideas to solve complex problems, both technical and procedural at the team and portfolio levels. The ability to be adaptable and to work constructively with a technically diverse and geographically separated team is crucial.

The ideal candidates have both strong Agile Scrum delivery skills and project facilitation experience. They will interface with client personnel and use oral and written communications skills to develop great working relationships with stakeholders including customer Product Owners. This position is responsible for ensuring that all assigned work activities are performed in a timely and cost-effective manner while maintaining the highest quality of performance.

Lead a team to success in delivering working software products through an incremental approach. Goal is to lead the team to their terminal velocity, remove impediments and champion the CACI’s Agile Solution Factory (ASF) methodology.

• Lead the team in achieving daily, iteration, and release goals and delivery objectives
• Implement, enforce, and continually improve Agile/Scrum principles/ practices
• Assess team's Agile maturity and coach teams to higher levels of maturity
• Provide mentoring and training for the team on Agile processes, methods, and practices
• Serve as the leadership proxy
• Proactively seek opportunities to use process improvement and re-engineering methodologies to facilitate improvements to team processes
• Facilitate positive team dynamics to help maximize team performance
• Identify and remove impediments to help protect the team from outside influences, which could otherwise interfere with the team’s ability to deliver
• Leads, directs, and reviews the work of a team who exercise latitude and independence in their assignments
• Manages a team with a focus on policy, implementation of strategic initiatives and execution of day to day deliverables

• Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to pass CBP background investigation, criteria includes, but not limited to:
• 3-year check for felony convictions
• 1-year check for illegal drug use
• 1-year check for misconduct such as theft or fraud
• College degree (B.S.) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Management Systems, or a related discipline
• Professional
  
  Experience:
  
  at least seven+ years related experience; particularly working on government contracts
• To be a coach and have a positive attitude. This is not a project manager position, although our SMs are leads that enable the product teams to succeed
• Must be available to work a hybrid schedule with an on-site requirement in Sterling, VA

• Coaching, leading, facilitating meetings, holding the team accountable, being accountable for the process and the product
• Providing servant leadership style support to team - personify the ASF approach
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience participating in a high performing, highly engaged and motivated team
• Solid experience in incremental software development projects using an Agile Scrum approach
• Understanding of all elements of the software development life cycle
• Highly responsible, team-oriented individual with very strong…