Scrum Master, Senior Associate

Responsibilities

Peraton is seeking a Scrum Master to join our team to support the design, development, testing, and deployment of software applications within the APS program. This role requires a technical and operations background, excellent problem-solving skills, and the ability to work collaboratively in a SAFe Agile environment. The Scrum Master will play a critical role in maintaining the quality and efficiency of software solutions to support the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in detecting and preventing fraud, waste, and abuse within government-sponsored health programs.

Day to Day work Responsibilities:

• Facilitates and leads the Operations & Maintenance (O&M) effort by conveying the agile vision to a Kanban delivery team.
• Serve as liaisons between the product owner, O&M team, cross functional teams, and management to ensure all targets and requirements are included in the release.
• Outlining and prioritizing work based on program initiatives and business value.
• Coordinate and monitor the Scrum process from initiation through delivery to ensure the release is developed by the deadline and within budget
• Maintain product backlog and facilitate productivity by removing impediments, resolving conflicts, and constantly seeking efficient and effective process improvement.
• Preserves flexibility and ability to rapidly respond to changes.
• Ensure process standardization of all Scrum events to include but not limited to: Sprint Planning Meetings, Daily Stand-up Meetings, Reviews and Retrospectives.
• Responsible for the business aspects of the project, including ensuring the right product is being built, in the right order, within budget and by the deadline.
• Serves as the Agile or Scrum delivery team's primary contact for information, work prioritization, and decision-making
• Collaborate with other Scrum Masters within the program to share knowledge and best practices.
• Experience with teaching technical teams basic to advanced Agile concepts including Epic and User Story creation, Scrum, best practices and tools.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 2+ years’ experience 
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• CSM / SAFe certified
• Experienced Scrum Master with in-depth knowledge of delivering projects/tasks to the Customer. 
• Strong knowledge of DevOps and Agile methodologies.
• ServiceNow and/or JIRA Ticketing systems experience required.

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with creating dashboards and/or metrics with Jira/Confluence.
• Knowledge of Data Analysis / Analytics tools, database development and queries and data quality / integrity reporting
• Knowledge of AWS or AWS GovCloud & native AWS administrative tools and dashboards.
• Experience with Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) or other Federal Healthcare Programs
• Strong Leadership and communication skills.

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$80,000 - $128,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.