Project Coordinator / Scrum Master

Noblis • Washington, DC

15h

About The Position

Noblis is helping FAA manage large and complex telecommunications and information management programs that use state of the art technologies to deliver enterprise infrastructure services essential to the safe and efficient operation of the largest, safest, and most complex aviation systems in the world. We are seeking smart, passionate, and motivated people to join our proven team in a challenging and rewarding work environment where you will be actively engaged at the intersection of technology and operations enhancing our nation’s aviation system. If you want to be involved in acquiring, implementing, and managing the communications and information solutions to achieve our nation’s aviation vision, this is the job for you!
Responsibilities:
Prepare for, coordinate, and facilitate Scrum Ceremonies (daily scrums, bi-weekly sprint planning, review, and retrospective), scrum-of-scrum meetings, and backlog grooming sessions with several technical teams that support a portfolio of web-based applications.
Work with product owners and other team members to drive consensus around defining clear sprint goals, priorities, and scope.
Coach and guide the development team on Agile principles and practices.
Identify and remove any obstacles or impediments that may hinder the team's progress.
Determine and manage tasks, issues, risks, and action items.
Schedule and facilitating scrum events, meetings, cause and effect analysis, and decision-making processes.
Foster a positive and collaborative team environment that promotes transparency and continuous improvement.
Monitor and track project progress, ensuring adherence to Agile principles and deadlines.
Provide regular status updates to project stakeholders, ensuring effective communication and managing expectations.
Create, maintain, and organize backlog of epics, stories, and tasks in Jira
Manage project and team documentation in Confluence
Perform administrative activities to maintain our CMMI-DEV Level 3 accreditation
Compile, analyze, and present metrics about time estimation accuracy, team velocity, and burndown rate to the development, management teams, and to corporate systems
Review and provide feedback on drafted user stories and epics to ensure alignment with user story standards, as requested

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or similar
• Minimum 3 years of experience, to include a minimum of 3 years demonstrated experience as a project coordinator, Business Analyst and/or as Scrum Master in Agile environment
• Expert knowledge and demonstrated experience using requirements management tools such as VersionOne and JIRA
• Strong self-organization and self-management skills, with emphasis on self-initiation and follow through; interest in supporting projects through to completion
• Experience with implementing agile practices for large scale, complex systems
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
• Strong organizational and creativity skills, able to maintain composure in a challenging environment and promote a sensible and logical approach to issues
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to work well in a mixed team of government personnel and other contractors

Nice To Haves

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification
• Experience with Lean or SAFe a plus
• Experience with MS Project
• Experience with full software development lifecycle (discovery, requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, training) a plus
• FAA experience a plus
• Ability to support multiple projects
• Experience in integrating with third party applications

Responsibilities

• Prepare for, coordinate, and facilitate Scrum Ceremonies (daily scrums, bi-weekly sprint planning, review, and retrospective), scrum-of-scrum meetings, and backlog grooming sessions with several technical teams that support a portfolio of web-based applications.
• Work with product owners and other team members to drive consensus around defining clear sprint goals, priorities, and scope.
• Coach and guide the development team on Agile principles and practices.
• Identify and remove any obstacles or impediments that may hinder the team's progress.
• Determine and manage tasks, issues, risks, and action items.
• Schedule and facilitating scrum events, meetings, cause and effect analysis, and decision-making processes.
• Foster a positive and collaborative team environment that promotes transparency and continuous improvement.
• Monitor and track project progress, ensuring adherence to Agile principles and deadlines.
• Provide regular status updates to project stakeholders, ensuring effective communication and managing expectations.
• Create, maintain, and organize backlog of epics, stories, and tasks in Jira
• Manage project and team documentation in Confluence
• Perform administrative activities to maintain our CMMI-DEV Level 3 accreditation
• Compile, analyze, and present metrics about time estimation accuracy, team velocity, and burndown rate to the development, management teams, and to corporate systems
• Review and provide feedback on drafted user stories and epics to ensure alignment with user story standards, as requested

Benefits

• health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, and work-life programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level