Senior Agile Scrum / Flow Master

NC DHHS requires the services of a senior Agile Scrum / Flow Master with the responsibilities for supporting the agile teams in their agile ceremonies and planning and implementation for the project and the operations and maintenance.

NC DHHS requires the services of a senior Agile Scrum / Flow Master in the NC FAST organization with the responsibilities for supporting the agile teams in their agile ceremonies and planning and implementation of Epics and features that adds business value for both the project and the operations and maintenance. This role will perform daily assignment tracking, prioritization with business and divisions and will be involved in removing impediments for the team, and release planning with technical leads and team. This role will help with daily srum meetings, backlog refinement meetings, sprint planning and other agile ceremonies along with monthly releases, quarterly PI planning and other status meetings for managerial briefings and updates. This role will also help in measurig various metrics in the agile teams and drive continuous improvement, guiding and coaching team to achieve agile maturity along with planning, managing, and delivering solution for program backlogs. This position will work as Scrum / Flow master under Aqua portfolio and will be used for various NC FAST program efforts around FNS and EPI programs and potentially help other programs supported in Aqua portfolio for agile transformation, RSC meetings, Sync meetings etc. This role will also help with the quarterly PI planning and RSC coordination across NC FAST and potentially across Aqua Portfolio in the near future.

Required / Desired Skills

Skill

Required / Desired

Amount

of Experience

Strong experience understanding and implementing Agile values, principles, and practices (i.e., Kanban, Scrum) based on Team's maturity.

Required

Years

Strong hands on experience with tools like JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and SharePoint.

Required

Years

Experience with JIRA to create / enhance dashboards, monitor progress of sprint / work flow, and providing statuses in timely manner.

Required

Years

Demonstrated experience working on multiple priorities and / or projects simultaneously without impact to quality of work.

Required

Years

Experience working with stakeholders for backlog item prioritization, grooming, and understanding of epic / stories / tasks

Required

Years

Experience with work breakdown and estimation, sprint planning, monitoring progress and removing impediments to deliver solutions for business needs.

Required

Years

Strong experience using facilitation and communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.

Required

Years

Strong experience using risk and business impact analysis and reporting skills.

Required

Years

Experience in gaining buy-in and support from stakeholders

Required

Years

Experience managing, maintaining, and analyzing data to derive meaningful and actionable insights about the portfolio.

Required

Years

Demonstrated experience using effective leadership, interpersonal and conflict resolution skills.

Required

Years

Demonstrated experience working with planning just enough, just in time to START moving forward.

Required

Years

Certified Agile Scrum Master or Kanban Flow Master

Required

Years

Experience with Program Increment (PI) planning and tracking dependencies across functional teams.

Required

Years

Demonstracted experience on the technical side of the application development cycle to support the agile teams in driving enhancements and projects.

Required

Years

Certified SPC or SAFe agilist in SAFe transformation

Desired

Years

Certified Project Manager

Desired

Years

Questions

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Question

Question1

Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI management in advance, and contact information must be provided to CAI so that the resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if he or she does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you accept this requirement?

Question2

All work must be completed on site once Covid-19 is contained. Do you accept this requirement?

Question3

Please list candidate's email address HERE that will be used when submitting E-RTR.

Question4

Looking for immediate hire. Please indicate how soon this candidate is available to start work. Vendors are encouraged to submit candidates that are available for the duration of the assignment. Do you accept this requirement?

Question5

Vendor must disclose to the agency if the candidate will be subcontracted at the time of submission. Do you accept this requirement?

Question6

Vendor must notify the agency if any portion of the requirements listed in this task order are to be outsourced to other countries. Do you accept this requirement?

Question7

Candidates submitted above the bill rate of - will not be considered. Do you accept this requirement?

Question8

Please provide the list all the certifications like agile, PMP etc. the candidate has.

Question9

Please provide candidate's current location (City and State), NOT a Yes or No response

Question10

Please explain the max number of Scrum and / or Kanban teams the candidate handled in the past experience.