***To be considered for this role, you must be a US Citizen with at least a current US Government Secret security clearance.  Additionally, you must either live near or be willing to move to the Boulder, CO area.***

About Centil

Centil represents the intersection of innovation and trusted expertise required for keeping rapid pace with the dynamic and emergent technological needs of Aerospace, Defense, and Government systems. Our trusted team of engineers excel in deploying value stream management, short-cycle feedback loops, infrastructure on-demand, and secure, disciplined pipelines to our customers. If you are interested in learning more about Centil or our team, check out our website at www.centil.io.

Centil is a talented team of trusted engineers working to provide optimized and effective technology value streams for defense industry clients. We believe in a culture of innovation, empowerment and collaboration. We place a high value on learning and growth, providing ongoing support to our team to learn new skills and become fulfilled in both their personal and professional life.

Centil is hiring exceptional individuals to join our growing team. We look for candidates who are inspired and passionate, highly collaborative, and who demonstrate the courage to challenge the status quo with forward thinking ideas and practices. We also seek out individuals who demonstrate servant leadership by supporting their colleagues with a sense of positivity, humility and open mindedness.

About the role

This position is for a Scrum Master in Boulder, CO. You will be coaching product teams to improve value delivery to end users by facilitating collaboration, promoting innovation, and maintaining team organization. You will have an opportunity to work with our customers and other Centil teammates to grow your skills.  Additionally, we will task you to introduce techniques that promote adaptability and flexibility in the face of unpredictable circumstances.

This role is focused on guiding development and delivery of mission applications that support operational units around the world.  The person in this role will work within the organization to improve outcomes through coaching multiple teams on agile processes and daily workflow, managing risk and driving relentless improvement within these teams.  This person should have a good understanding of agile principles and frameworks, to include Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe, as well as experience with analyzing an enterprise’s value stream map. This includes a dedication to the promotion of psychological safety that encourages meaningful communication between team members and their Product Owners. Additionally, this person should have an operational background supporting the Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) community.  A successful candidate will have a strong focus on process and the end-user. 

What you'll do

• Coach three Scrum teams to continually improve value delivery to the end user
• Coordinate with Product Owner(s) on backlog priorities and discrepancy reporting
• Prepare for and execute Sprint Reviews, Retros, and Planning
• Run daily scrums as well as other Agile ceremonies
• Develop strong professional relationships with individual scrum team members
• Identify and resolve impediments at the scrum team level, or up channel impediments that cannot be resolved at the team level or that require additional visibility
• Coordinate with Release Train Engineer (RTE) in advance of and during Program Increment (PI) Planning
• Generate metrics that can guide team workloads and highlight areas for improvement

Required Qualifications

• US Government Security Clearance (Secret at minimum)
• 2+ years working within an Agile Framework and/or experience as a scrum master
• Experience with and ability to support multiple software development teams simultaneously
• Demonstrated servant leader and collaborator with strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience with Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR), DoD or IC Systems
• Experience with Jira and Confluence
• Live near or be willing to move to the Boulder, CO area since the work must be performed in the office

Preferred/Bonus Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in a Scrum Master / Agile practitioner role
• Experience with Systems Engineering artifacts, such as requirements, architecture and CONOPS
• Experience with integration, test and verification of IT systems
• Experience with DevSecOps environments, CI/CD pipelines

Other Company Requirements

In addition to job-specific requirements, Centil believes it is important for all employees to possess the following skills/characteristics:

• Strong communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills.  Ability to passionately deliver high-level messaging to various types of audiences--this will eventually include senior leaders.  Ability to explain technical concepts clearly to non-technical personnel
• Self-motivated individual who actively and independently seeks out opportunities for learning and development
• Collaborates well; enjoys working as part of a team
• DoD Secret or higher clearance is preferred.  All applicants must be US citizens eligible for a US Government security clearance

Expected Salary Range

Depending on experience and skillset, most candidates will earn between $120,000 and $160,000 per year.

Please note that the salary range is a general guideline only. We consider many factors when determining salaries including, but are not limited to, scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education, training, certifications, key skills, and mission/customer familiarity. We combine these factors with market and business considerations to extend a job offer.

Benefits

Centil offers a comprehensive benefits package including the following:

• Generous PTO for vacation, personal, or sick days
• Ten (10) paid holidays per year:  8 fixed holidays, plus 2 additional Floating Holidays per year (taken at Employee's discretion)
• Flex time and the ability to create your own schedule
• Discretionary bi-annual bonus plan, based on individual and company performance
• 401K retirement plan with immediately vested company contributions, no matching required
• Healthcare coverage plan through an Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement (ICHRA)
• Employer-paid Life, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, and Accidental Death and Dismemberment insurances
• Access to optional, employee-paid Life, Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity insurances
• Access to a Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Paid training and conference attendance
• Additional benefits, as needed, for significant life events: parental leave, bereavement leave, jury duty pay, military leave pay
• One-time home office reimbursement
• Phone plan reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services, supporting emotional health and well-being of employees and their families

Centil is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.