Lodestar Consulting is currently seeking multiple full-time Oracle Scrum Master Leads at all levels to join our team in support of the Air Force. We are a fast-growing small business (named to Inc5000's list of fast growing private companies in America two years in a row and Best Places to Work in 2022 and 2023), seeking dynamic thinkers and outstanding communicators who want to thrive in an entrepreneurial environment and grow with Lodestar Consulting Inc.

We focus on hiring and developing top talent to provide superior support to our clients, and to grow and develop our team for long-term repeatable success. Our team members are experienced, professional, enthusiastic, and able to quickly apply their skills to diverse situations to ensure our client’s needs are met. If you love to solve problems, assist clients in emerging technologies, or simply drive meaningful change for clients, there’s a place for you at Lodestar Consulting!

This shall involve, but is not limited to:

Responsibilities:

• Advise organizations through their Lean-Agile transformation, using scaling frameworks and identifying and optimizing value streams
• Facilitate agile ceremonies such as product backlog refinement, preplanning, planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives for multiple agile teams
• Collaborate closely with the product owner to prepare and clarify the product backlog
• Lead collaboration initiatives with developers, stakeholders, product owners to translate business objectives into user stories and development efforts
• Help draft precise, actionable user stories with clear acceptance criteria
• Assist in developing product strategies that deliver customer value and drive business growth
• Lead teams through story grooming, decomposition, and development estimation
• Coach and mentor team members on agile standards and best practices
• Configure and maintain an agile project management tool (JIRA, etc.)
• Challenging and improving the operation of the team, improving their performance and capabilities
• Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on healing and problem-solving
• Support the team to improve their technical work by reviewing results and establish lessons learned as well as track the improvement
• Facilitates getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work
• Interact and communicate effectively with logistics and technology senior/middle management
• Participate in MRO process improvement workshops identifying gaps, and providing solutions to bridge gaps and enhance processes
• Apply basic skills and experience in systems development, detailed knowledge of business processes, technical background and supervisory skills to implement business solutions

Requirements:

• 2+ years experience as Release Train Engineer (RTE) and/or Scrum Master
• SAFe / Agile / Scrum experience
• Experience in working with Agile teams and Agile development practices, including sprint planning or grooming, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and daily scrum
• Must have program and project management skills, and excellent presentation and communication skills
• Exposure to working with teams in virtual environments
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent customer relationship management skills

Desired Skills: 

• Certified Scrum Master or SAFe certification is a plus
• Certified SAFe Practictioner (SP) is a plus

Education:

• Bachelors Degree in computer information systems, programming engineering, technology and/or relevant professional RPA certifications

Security Clearance:

• Must have an Active DoD Secret Security Clearance (requires U.S. Citizenship).

Salary commensurate with experience. Travel and relocation expenses may be considered based on the appropriate candidate. If you are looking to learn and contribute to a rapidly growing consulting and financial management business, we'd love to hear from you. Please No Sponsors or Agencies!

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