Scrum Master

Kamsa is a leading provider of Information Technology staffing and consulting services. From Fortune 1000 companies to innovative start-ups, we identify and meet the individual requirements of our clients, who represent a spectrum of industries.

Kamsa takes pride in its employees and consultants, who represent us on projects across the country. All our employees hold advanced degrees and are highly skilled in the information technology sector.

Since our inception, we have developed and sustained a reputation for attracting and retaining the best technology talent in the marketplace. Kamsa is constantly looking for the best and brightest IT professionals at various levels to fill technology positions. We offer competitive compensation packages and excellent benefits.

Kamsa, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

Scrum Master

Washington, DC

This person will be serving as a senior analyst and agile coach to clients on agile implementations. This position will provide requirements, SDLC support and lead aspects of the overall programmatic delivery.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate sessions to gather user stories, prioritize user stories into the backlog, and facilitate product planning sessions with stakeholders
• Facilitate Release Planning, Sprint Planning, and Retrospectives
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned by the Program Leads
• Guide the team through implementation and refinement of agile practices
• Provide subject matter expertise across the agile development process
• Provide requirements and release management assistance to the product owner and the development team
• Facilitate user experience sessions

Qualifications

• BA/BS, preferably in Computer Science or other related subject area.
• 6+ years of software project experience with a minimum of 3 years working on agile teams. Need to have at least one year as scrum master or product owner. Prefer experience with government clients.
• CSM, CSP, PMI-ACP, or ICAgile Facilitations certifications preferred
• Knowledgeable of agile frameworks – must know scrum, prefer scrum and at least one other
• Ability to work with multiple clients and navigate political environments
• Have implemented and executed user stories
• Have executed multiple technical practices within an agile framework (e.g Test Driven Development, Pair programming, Continuous Build, Continuous Deployment, Automated Testing, etc)
• Demonstrates very good written and oral presentation skills and outstanding client-interaction skills.
• Thinks creatively and demonstrate the ability to work independently on a complex task with little direction, supervision, and management oversight. The incumbent should be highly motivated, a self-starter, and able to work alone or in groups.