Business Analyst/Scrum Master

About this role

Halvik Corp delivers a wide range of services to 13 executive agencies and 15 independent agencies. Halvik is a highly successful WOB business with more than 50 prime contracts and 500+ professionals delivering Digital Services, Advanced Analytics, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Cyber Security and Cutting-Edge Technology across the US Government. Be a part of something special!

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate daily standups, Sprint reviews, Retrospectives and Iteration/sprint planning meetings
• Guide the team from over-committing and scope creep. Aid in estimation and sub task creation.
• Work as the administrator of the scrum board. Ensure that cards are up to date and the scrum tools like Jira are working well.
• Meet individually with team members and stakeholders as needed. Iron out team disagreements about process and work styles. Many scrum practitioners oppose 1on1, believing these communications should happen during standups. However, new teams often prefer to have these regular face-to-face interactions with specific team members. The scrum master may decide that these individual interactions are crucial for team development and getting to know one another.
• Guide the team by eliminating external blockers and managing internal roadblocks through process or workflow improvements.
• Influence stakeholders to support business projects
• Validate existing business processes and recommend improvements
• Lead requirements gathering sessions and document the resulting requirements
• Work with functional users to identify, prioritize and document requirements
• Support requirements prioritization and backlog grooming sessions
• Assist in customer/user meeting preparation, process planning and scheduling
• Interact with customers to provide and process guidance in response to process reviews, inquiries, concerns, and requests
• Assist in developing and presenting routine and ad hoc project management reports
• Assist with the planning and manag...