VDOT Scrum Master

Engagement Type

Contract

Short Description

Complete Description

Local candidates only please

*Candidate must also be able to work onsite 23 days/week.

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Information Technology Division is seeking a senior technical Project Scrum Master to drive the project delivery of the development and implementation of a cloudbased data management platform that will support the agencys data management needs. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of developing and implementing effective cloudbased solutions for complex data management problems. The candidate must have data security cloud infrastructure with knowledge of transportation related data preferred.

The selected candidate will:

Drives consistent project delivery through the entire project lifecycle including: project plans release plans resource allocation and management of project risks scope schedule and delivery of value.

Coordinates Agile Ceremonies such as Sprint Planning Daily Standups Retrospectives Sprint Demos Story Refinement and Release Planning.

Tracks and communicates projects progress from a schedule cost and risk perspective to the project team stakeholders and management.

Establishes an environment where the teams can be effective and helps removing obstacles.

Protects the team from outside interruptions and distractions.

Ensures a good relationship between the team and product owner as well as others outside the team.

Tracks and reports team velocity and other project metrics.

Promotes continuous improvement and helps teams to increase productivity.

Helps Product Owner and team with Product backlog management.

Adheres to VDOT and VITA project management practices as defined.

Additional responsibilities as assigned.

Communicate timelines and expectations to technical and business staff.

Collaborate with stakeholders to understand project requirements and support data management needs.

Ensure data is collected stored and processed securely and in compliance with all applicable regulations.

Analyze data and provide insights to support decisionmaking by project management teams.

Provide training and support for endusers to ensure the platform is used effectively.

Demonstrable capability and experience in planning implementing and maintenance of local master data systems and processes across business units and functions.

Understanding of data and leveraging it to deliver business value. Ability to discuss requirements with data teams

Experience in data governance concepts and data governance implementations.

Ability to use agile approach and methodology to drive master data governance processes.

Ensure documentation of requirements and uses cases facilitate design workshops for assigned project.

Ensure definition of test objectives designed test plans and test cases for assigned project.

Provide the management of project milestones and deliverables for ontime and onbudget delivery.

Define measure and clearly communicate progress with metrics.

Qualifications

Solid understanding of software development life cycle models as well as expert knowledge of Agile project management principles and practices.

Experience managing cloudbased solutions for data management and analytics.

Ability to work with customers understand their business practices and manage their expectations.

Ability to set clear performance standards and hold team members accountable while keeping team engaged and on track.

Ability to help Product Owners to create and prioritize Product Backlog.

Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring coaching collaborating and team building.

Strong analytical organizational and decisionmaking skills.

Ability to analyze and document business and system processes.

Ability to balance the competing demands for quality scope schedule and cost.

Wellversed with Scrum and Kanban Agile methodologies.

PMP and CSM Certifications required.

SAFe Certification preferred.

Experience with SAFe framework is a plus.

Preferred:

Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure and software systems including Azure and Google Cloud.

Experience with data processing and storage tools (e.g. Spark Azure Data Factory Azure Data Lake Storage Azure Event Hub Azure SQL Synapse).

Excellent analytical problemsolving and communication skills.

Knowledge of transportation data and project management with transportation data is a plus.

Experience in IT Infrastructure delivery(networking physical plant vendor management site provisioning) is preferred.

Experience managing large multistream projects.

PMP or Qualified under Commonwealth of Virginia Qualification Standards for IT Project Managers for Category 4Projects. See:

Microsoft Office products (Word Excel Access Outlook Visio PowerPoint Project Server)

Special Instructions to Applicants:

This position requires a fingerprintbased background check.

Required/Desired Skills

Skill Required/Desired Amount of Experience Experience managing cloudbased solutions for data management and analytics. Required 8 Years Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure and software systems including Azure and Google Cloud. Required 8 Years Experience with data processing and storage tools (e.g. Spark Azure Data Factory Azure Data Lake Storage Azure Event Hub Azure SQL Synapse). Required 8 Years Knowledge of transportation data and project management with transportation data is a plus Required 8 Years Experience in IT Infrastructure delivery (networking physical plant vendor management site provisioning) is preferred. Required 8 Years Technical Business Analyst understanding of data integration and data project Required 8 Years Experience in the rollout and adoption of governance tools such as Alation Collibra Informatica or Microsoft Purview. Required 8 Years Experience in both Agile and Waterfall project management. & Agile Scrum Maste Required 8 Years

Questions

Description Question 1 Commonwealth of Virginia security policies prohibit the use of offshore IT contractors. Do you attest to the fact that your candidate will physically reside within the US for the duration of the assignment Question 2 Please list candidates email address. Question 3 In what city/state does your candidate PERMANENTLY reside Question 4 Does your candidate agree to attend an onsite interview if requested This is REQUIRED. Question 5 Does your candidate agree to work onsite 23 days/wk This is REQUIRED. Question 6 How soon after an offer can your candidate start