BackScrum Master (Mid) - U.S. Citizenship Required
@ CGI
Position Description:
- CGI Federal is hiring a Scrum Master to work with a skilled and motivated team of professionals on a high-visibility Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) cyber security program.
- You will support a dynamic, fast-paced project focused on improving the cyber security posture of civilian government agencies through the implementation and enhancement of a cybersecurity platform, providing integration services, and developing, securing and maintaining cybersecurity dashboards.
- You will work closely with a variety of agency stakeholders, supporting their mission, priorities, organization and unique challenges.
- You will also support the development of additional cyber security offerings focused on next generation security solutions and technologies.
- The successful candidate for this position is a motivated individual, a self-starter who works effectively in a dynamic environment.
- This is a great opportunity with room to grow both on the program and within CGI Federal!
- This position is located in our Lafayette, LA office; however, a hybrid working model is acceptable. You will be required to be in our Lafayette, LA office two days per week.
Your future duties and responsibilities:
- Manage end-to-end quality deliverables/documentation and processes for the Lafayette Team Scrum
- Ensure Agile documentation evolves as established Agile processes continue to improve, including documentation in Confluence
- Create reports, track metrics, and communicate statistics to Team CGI leadership and CISA
- Create EasyBI reports that include valuable metrics to be used by teams and leadership with the goal of continuously improving capabilities and support to CISA
- Ensure Kanban is up-to-date with user stories for all team member locations
- Run Kanban boards and conduct and support planning and retrospectives
- Verify and validate tickets and assign to appropriate team members based on their skillsets and the advice of SMEs, as well as ensure tickets are being worked to completion
- Update tickets with appropriate Categories, Project Codes, and Detail by working directly with the ticket requestors
- Triage tickets to verify that adequate detail, tracking events, schedules and milestones are annotated for the specific Epics such as Release Versions, Troubleshooting, and Data Quality efforts
- Attend planning meetings and readouts
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies for Lafayette team
- Work diligently to understand requirements and user stories
- Lead by example and coach members as they improve their Agile understanding and work through tickets
- Facilitate the team’s successful completion of planned work, epics, tickets, mitigating risks and overcoming issues
- Track team progress and work to resolve issues, impediments, and blockers
- Communicate progress, issues, and needs to both team members and management
Qualifications:
Required qualifications to be successful in this role:
- Due to the nature of the government contract requirements and/or clearance requirements, US citizenship is required as well as successful passing of CGI background check prior to beginning work. In addition, candidates must have the ability to obtain and maintain a DHS CISA EOD/Public Trust clearance
- Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience. Four additional years of relevant work experience may substitute for a degree
- Thorough understanding of, and master level experience with, Agile methodology and Scrum processes
- This is a highly interactive role and, as such, you will need excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Excellent organization and prioritization skills, with the ability to work multiple deadlines and with several teams simultaneously
- Strong organizational skills
- Ability to effectively plan and run team meetings
- Ability to relate epics, tickets and sub-tasks to milestones and tasks for specific schedule/event tracking
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification
- Technical knowledge/skills/experience
- Experience with various project management methodologies
- Experience on complex work assignments in matrixed organizations
- Domain knowledge of Security and CISA’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Program
Skills:
- Agile Business Analysis
- Kanban
- Product Owner
How to Apply:
Apply online at https://www.cgi.com/en/careers.
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Location: Lafayette, LA
Date Posted: April 11, 2024
Application Deadline: June 13, 2024
Job Type: Full-time