Scrum Master - 100% remote

cBEYONData is seeking a Scrum Master to join a larger team that supports our Federal client in the execution of a Financial Management, IT Budgeting System Implementation. The Scrum Master will follow an Agile framework to support Scrum teams in their development. This is a full-time position that will allow for 100% remote work.

Responsibilities:

• Perform as the primary Scrum Master.
• Collect, capture, and perform requirements analysis.
• Write user stories to support development and deployment.
• Coach the development team, product owners, and end users on Scrum principles.
• Facilitate the gathering of requirements to support the development team and product owner.
• Manage day-to-day project work, supporting the team and eliminating blockers to keep the work moving forward.
• Facilitate all scrum ceremonies: Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review & Demo and Retrospective. 
• Work with product owner, developers, and business users to determine objectives of business needs and collect requirements.
• Validate that proposed solutions meet business needs and requirements. 
• Serve as a liaison between development team, stakeholders and users.
• Assist in writing / reviewing documentation for system and project management.
• Assist in project deliverables such as daily, weekly and monthly status reports.
• Elicit requirements from end-users for interface, data conversion, and/or data cleanse activities. Conduct design reviews. Establish acceptance criteria. Understand business processes and create process maps as required.
• Provide functional support and assist with documenting requirements, detailed design specifications and/or data conversion and cleanse plans, business processes, and user stories based on requirements.
• Coordinate across multiple development efforts to ensure system interfaces and/or data conversion and cleanse decisions are consistent with requirements/expectations/regulations. Work directly with programmers, database administrators, and other technical specialists.
• Collaborate with other analysts to understand the organization’s business processes and legacy system data and processes.
• Under the guidance of more senior subject matter experts, develop expertise in the COTS tool, Federal financial management business processes, and ERP implementation best practices.
• Conduct functional testing. Develop test scenarios and documentation and perform validation testing for interfaces and/or conversion requirements. Monitor, track, and troubleshoot application operation and data, analyzing incidents and working with the technical team to resolve issues.
• Develop materials, and train end users on interface, data conversion, and/or data cleanse requirements.
• Implement quality assurance standards and processes for validation and verification efforts. Implement software development best practices. Seek out and implement process improvement initiatives.

 Requirements:

• At least six years of relevant work experience. 
• At least one year working within an Agile framework.
• CSM is preferred but not required.
• At least one year of Federal government consulting experience, preferably within Federal financials.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Government public trust clearance.
• U.S. Citizenship Required