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Job #: R-00107084
Location: Newport News, VA
Category: Systems Engineering
Schedule (FT/PT): Full Time
Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the time
Shift: Day
Clearance: Secret
Referral Eligibility: Eligible
Referral Bonus Amount: $3,000
Group: Defense

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Description

Job Description:

Looking for work-life balance and a challenging career? Leidos offers generous leave and accommodating flex-time to help you juggle your personal and professional life. We are hiring a Scrum Master to join our team in Newport News, VA. A hybrid schedule of about 25% telework may be an option.

This position will require a candidate to hold an active Secret clearance.

At Leidos, everything we do is built on our commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our employees, and our communities. Learn more about the values and culture that are the foundations of our business. Our mission is to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through information technology, engineering, and science. We offer a robust benefits package including competitive salaries; company matching 401K Retirement Plan; comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage; flexible work schedule to allow for life/work balance; tuition reimbursement and more.

The Scrum Master’s primary objective is to be a servant leader who assists and supports the team with self-organizing, self-managing, and goal achievement. To meet this primary objective the Scrum Master must support and enforce the agreed upon processes, procedures and/or rules established by the team. This role’s focus is on ensuring that communication is occurring within the team and with outside entities, which enables the appropriate level of coordination and cooperation to meet the team’s delivery goals. Along with supporting the team’s implementation of SCRUM, the Scrum Master should identify and eliminate impediments affecting the flow of delivery.

Primary Responsibilities--In This Role You Will:

  • Facilitate and lead iteration planning meetings and other team meetings as required

  • Ensure user stories, tasks, and non-functional requirements are accounted for on the sprint backlog

  • Attend Program Increment (PI ) planning meetings and other events as required

  • Attend Scrum of Scrums and other meetings for assigned projects

  • Collaborate with stakeholders to manage impediments, dependencies, and risks

  • Coordinate with stakeholders to perform continuous business, technical and mission requirements identification and just-in-time definition of requirements

  • Provide scrum coaching to the scrum team

  • Provide monthly project statuses, weekly updates, and data calls as requested to management and internal/external stakeholders

  • Offer training support

Basic Qualifications

  • BA/BS degree or equivalent and 4-8 years relevant experience. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

  • Active DoD Secret security clearance.

  • 2+ years of experience as a Scrum Master in Agile software development.

  • 4+ years of experience within the software development field.

  • Strong organizational, communication and leadership skills.

  • Ability to compile and analyze data and write reports.

  • 2+ years in building and maintaining schedules.

  • Ability to work well on a team and be willing to adjust to changing schedules driven by operational requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with SAFe or SAFe certification.

  • Experience with Atlassian suite, specifically Jira and Confluence.

  • Conflict Management.

  • Working knowledge of the UNICORN application in AF DCGS operations.

  • Previous AF DCGS imagery analyst experience or equivalent

Pay Range:

Pay Range $78,000.00 - $120,000.00 - $162,000.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is a Fortune 500® technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets. The company’s 46,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $14.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2022.  For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here.

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Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos’ name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system – never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at [email protected].

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Commitment to Diversity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

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