Scrum Master

Description

LTS is seeking an experienced Technical Scrum Master, who is well versed in using Lean and Agile practices to enable teams to achieve and maintain a high level of performance. In addition to delivering on client outcomes in a fast-paced environment, the Scrum Master will play a key role as servant leader and coach to propel the team toward learning through experimentation and observation.

You will be part of a highly skilled team working in a dynamic environment that leverages automation and technology to deliver a net new healthcare solution for medical testing, harm reduction treatments, and preventative care. Your work will have a direct impact on addressing ongoing public health crises and will support vulnerable communities’ health needs.  

Information about LTS:

LTS is an award-winning enterprise consulting, IT modernization, and healthcare innovations firm.  As a leading provider of healthcare IT solutions for both federal agencies and public organizations, LTS has more than 20 years of experience fusing technology, ingenuity, and human-centered experiences to tackle an array of highly complex public health issues. 

The LTS Health group is focused on providing AI-enabled solutions that improve our nation’s health equity and increase overall access to public health resources.  LTS believes technological advances will continue to shape how the healthcare industry provides and improves services. Our internal expertise within IT solutions and collaborations with industry partnerships allow LTS to remain at the forefront of emerging technologies. We continuously evaluate and integrate new technologies to enhance solutions in new models of care that helps organizations meet individual care needs.

LTS is committed to offering eligible employees comprehensive benefits that meet their needs and the needs of their family.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate has experience working as a part of a cloud engineering team following DevOps/DevSecOps culture. S/he has served previously as a Scrum Master, RTE, program manager, or equivalent with solid project management skills and a deep understanding of all things Agile (Scrum, Kanban, and other methodologies).

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Perform as a servant leader for Agile practices, mindset, and continuous improvement.
• Facilitate scrum ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.
• Promote refinement, story splitting, estimation, and other Scrum techniques for grooming and sprint planning.
• Facilitate improving practices and guiding team to more predictable delivery.
• Optimize team velocity and cycle time to achieve higher levels of team performance.
• Actively set prioritization, team readiness, and commitment for each Sprint.
• Manage tasks and project delivery milestones t hrough tracking issues and milestones in Gitlab.
• Assist in coordinating and tracking the progress of all items to keep goals and milestones on track and identifying issues/delays before they occur.
• Help the team to prepare for, facilitate, and continuously improve PI Planning processes and events.
• Collaborate with product owners, product managers, and team members to effectively communicate the delivery of each work product in meetings, presentations, and status reporting deliverables.
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals in a timely manner.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or higher required.
• 5+ years of experience serving as a Scrum Master, RTE, PM or equivalent working experience.
• Certification such as AWS Cloud Practitioner, Google Cloud Digital Leader, or Microsoft Azure Fundamentals are not required but would be a value add.
• Demonstrable core knowledge and skills regarding cloud technology.
• Experience with Agile technology practices such as DevOps and DevSecOps.
• Experience working on Healthcare IT solutions.
• Experience with Gitlab is preferred but related experience with Jira, Github, Azure DevOps or other management tools is acceptable.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and across all organizational levels, where flexibility, collaboration, and adaptability are important.
• Ability to quickly build relationships to navigate the organization and clear the team's impediments.
• Outstanding communication, analytical, facilitation, negotiation, conflict resolution, coaching, and related soft skills.
• High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation.
• Must promote continuous improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.
• Expert in cross-functional team building and leadership with multi-cultural communications capabilities.
• Strong organizational skills including attention to detail, multi-tasking, and prioritization skills.

LTS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

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