Scrum Master

***To be considered for this role, you must be a US Citizen with at least a current US Government Secret security clearance.  Additionally, you must either live near or be willing to move to the Boulder, CO area.***

About Centil

Centil represents the intersection of innovation and trusted expertise required for keeping rapid pace with the dynamic and emergent technological needs of Aerospace, Defense, and Government systems. Our trusted team of engineers excel in deploying value stream management, short-cycle feedback loops, infrastructure on-demand, and secure, disciplined pipelines to our customers. If you are interested in learning more about Centil or our team, check out our website at www.centil.io.

Centil is a talented team of trusted engineers working to provide optimized and effective technology value streams for defense industry clients. We believe in a culture of innovation, empowerment and collaboration. We place a high value on learning and growth, providing ongoing support to our team to learn new skills and become fulfilled in both their personal and professional life.

Centil is hiring exceptional individuals to join our growing team. We look for candidates who are inspired and passionate, highly collaborative, and who demonstrate the courage to challenge the status quo with forward thinking ideas and practices. We also seek out individuals who demonstrate servant leadership by supporting their colleagues with a sense of positivity, humility and open mindedness.

About the role

This position is for a Scrum Master in Boulder, CO. You will be coaching product teams to improve value delivery to end users by facilitating collaboration, promoting innovation, and maintaining team organization. You will have an opportunity to work with our customers and other Centil teammates to grow your skills.  Additionally, we will task you to introduce techniques that promote adaptability and flexibility in the face of unpredictable circumstances.

This role is focused on guiding development and delivery of mission applications that support operational units around the world.  The person in this role will work within the organization to improve outcomes through coaching multiple teams on agile processes and daily workflow, managing risk and driving relentless improvement within these teams.  This person should have a good understanding of agile principles and frameworks, to include Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe, as well as experience with analyzing an enterprise’s value stream map. This includes a dedication to the promotion of psychological safety that encourages meaningful communication between team members and their Product Owners. Additionally, this person should have an operational background supporting the Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) community.  A successful candidate will have a strong focus on process and the end-user. 

What you'll do

• Coach three Scrum teams to continually improve value delivery to the end user
• Coordinate with Product Owner(s) on backlog priorities and discrepancy reporting
• Prepare for and execute Sprint Reviews, Retros, and Planning
• Run daily scrums as well as other Agile ceremonies
• Develop strong professional relationships with individual scrum team members
• Identify and resolve impediments at the scrum team level, or up channel impediments that cannot be resolved at the team level or that require additional visibility
• Coordinate with Release Train Engineer (RTE) in advance of and during Program Increment (PI) Planning
• Generate metrics that can guide team workloads and highlight areas for improvement

Required Qualifications

• US Government Security Clearance (Secret at minimum)
• 2+ years working within an Agile Framework and/or experience as a scrum master
• Experience with and ability to support multiple software development teams simultaneously
• Demonstrated servant leader and collaborator with strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience with Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR), DoD or IC Systems
• Experience with Jira and Confluence
• Live near or be willing to move to the Boulder, CO area since the work must be performed in the of