Scrum Master

The Opportunity:

CACI is hiring a Scrum Master to join our growing Financial Management Business Transformation (FMBT) Interface and Data Conversion Team supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The ideal candidate will have strong Agile SAFe and Agility Tool skills, with project facilitation experience. In this role, you will be focused on managing backlogs, sprint planning, and release planning, as well as managing customer expectations and requirements for those systems.

Responsibilities:

• 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 impediment.
• Support 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.
• Proactively seek opportunities to use process improvement and re-engineering methodologies to facilitate improvements to team processes.
• 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.
• Coaching, leading, facilitating meetings, holding the team accountable, being accountable for the process and the product.
• 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.
• Experience in managing professionals who exercise latitude and independence in assignments.
• Leads, directs, and reviews the work of a team who exercise latitude and independence in their assignments.

Qualifications:

Required:

• US citizenship is required.
• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum 3 years of relevant experience. Additional experience may be substituted in lieu of education.
• Must have the ability to pass a Tier 2 MBI background investigation.
• Strong analytical and written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work both independently and with a team to solve problems.
• Self-starter. Quick to learn and put new skills to use.
• Ability to handle efficiently and effectively multiple and shifting priorities while meeting deadlines. Flexibility to put in hours needed to meet tight deadlines.

Desired:

• Advanced SM certifications • Multiple years leading Agile teams.
• Various application development experience
• Experience supporting Federal government project.
• Experience supporting modernization, cloud, initiatives.
• Ability to apply advanced principles, theories, and concepts, and contribute to the development of innovative principles and ideas.
• Experience working in a dynamic, multifaceted environment.
• Acts independently to expose and resolve challenges.

What You Can Expect:

 A culture of integrity.

At CACI, we place character and innovation at the center of everything we do. As a valued team member, you’ll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customer’s missions and driven by a higher purpose – to ensure the safety of our nation.

An environment of trust.

CACI values the unique contributions that every employee brings to our company and our customers - every day. You’ll have the autonomy to take the time you need through a unique flexible time off benefit and have access to robust learning resources to make your ambitions a reality.

A focus on continuous growth.

Together, we will advance our nation's most critical missions, build on our lengthy track record of business success, and find opportunities to break new ground — in your career and in our legacy.

Pay Range:

There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits.

Since this position can be worked in more than one location, the range shown is the national average for the position.

The proposed salary range for this position is:

CACI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.