Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. From the seabed to outer space, you can contribute to work that matters with a company where diversity, equity and inclusion are shared values. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

Boeing is the world’s largest aerospace company and a leading provider of commercial airplanes, defense, space, and security systems, and global services. Building on a legacy of over a century of innovation and leadership, Boeing continues to lead the way in technology and innovation, customer delivery, and investment in its people and future growth of aerospace.

In India, Boeing has been a strong partner to the Indian aerospace and defense sectors for more than 75 years. People at Boeing have been supporting mission readiness and modernization of India’s defense forces, and enabling connected, safer, and smarter flying experiences, in the sky, in the seas, and in space.

Technology for today and tomorrow

The Boeing India Engineering & Technology Center (BIETC) is a 3000+ diverse engineering workforce that contributes to global aerospace growth. Our engineers deliver cutting-edge R&D, innovation, and high-quality engineering work in global markets, and leverage new-age technologies such as AI/ML, IIoT, Cloud, ModelBased Engineering, and Additive Manufacturing, shaping the future of aerospace.

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At Boeing, we believe creativity and innovation thrives when every employee is trusted, empowered, and has the flexibility to choose, grow, learn, and explore. We offer variable arrangements depending upon business and customer needs, and professional pursuits that offer greater flexibility in the way our people work. We also believe that collaboration, frequent team engagements, and face-to-face meetings bring diverse perspectives and thoughts – enabling every voice to be heard and every perspective to be respected.  No matter where or how our teammates work, we are committed to positively shaping people’s careers and being thoughtful about employee wellbeing.

At Boeing, we are inclusive, diverse, and transformative.   

With us, you can create and contribute to what matters most in your career, community, country, and world. Join us in powering the progress of global aerospace.

Boeing ecommerce team is currently looking to hire Experienced Scrum Master for Boeing India Engineering (BIE) Software to join their team in Bengaluru, India. This position will focus on supporting the Boeing Global Services (BGS) IT organization. The selected individual will work in the Boeing India Engineering and Technology Center (BIETC) in Bangalore, India. As an Experienced Scrum Master, the selected individual will work with the Boeing India teams and its partners and stakeholders to develop, maintain and improve the ecommerce applications.

Position Responsibilities:

• Exhibits Lean-Agile Leadership - Helps the team embrace SAFe Core Values, adopt and apply SAFe Principles and implement SAFe practices.
• Facilitates preparation and readiness of ART Events - Work with the team/other Scrum to effectively plan the Program Increments
• Capacity Planning: Check availability of resources in one’s own team/dependent resources from any other team
• Understand the priority of the requirements from business and work with /guide the team to estimate in story points and commit based on the known average velocity/capacity of the team
• Work with the Product Owner/Business team in effective Pre-PI Planning
• Prepare Internal Team Milestones with dates and ensures they are in line with the PI Milestone dates. Reviews with RTM and publishes to team/business.
• Risks/Issues are documented, addressed and escalated as appropriate.
• Organize and facilitate Scrum Ceremonies during every PI
• Facilitates the team’s progress toward team goals - Plan and track the team's progress regularly to ensure PI commitments are met. Report any risks and issues on delivery commitments as early as possible to the RTM. The Scrum Master ensures that the team is fully functional and productive. Works towards improving the productivity of the development team in any way possible.
• Helps coordinate inter-team cooperation and helps team operate well on the Agile Release Train - Collaborates actively with other Scrum masters
• Discussing any dependencies
• Share team updates
• Adopting and sharing any best practices
• Communicate any change requests, its analysis and the solution proposal from the team to the RTM.
• Provide all needed support to the Scrum Team using a servant leadership style and leading by
• Guide & coach the Scrum Team on how to use Agile practices and values. Goal: Happy Self Organization- Issues should be removed by the team wherever possible. Makes the development team aware of the Scrum values.
• Supports the team rules - Guide and coach the Scrum Team regularly on applying the Agile mindset/best practices/rules to their work processes. Drives Agile behavior in teams & ensures that the team is fully functional, productive and valuable. The Scrum Master is responsible for reinforcing them.
• Facilitate discussion and decision-making on identifying gaps and how to fill them appropriately.
• Fosters team collaboration and helps in resolving conflicts
• Supports the PO- Support/Discuss with the Product Owners, especially with the objective to refine and manage the respective product backlog.
• Leads team efforts in relentless improvement- Identify and propose areas for improvement and issues affecting effectiveness that the Teams themselves might not be aware of.
• Eliminates Impediments - Remove impediments for the development team by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Attributes

• Thrives on Responsibility - to maximize the throughput of the team, assumes no authority, Showcases Leadership and guidance to team
• Humble – Willing to do whatever is necessary to help the team achieve its goal, leads by example to recognize the value in all team members
• Collaborative – Ensures a collaborative culture exists within the team, if not, create such an environment for team to have open and honest conversations.
• Committed – To following Scrum ceremonies, cadence, addressing impediments, supporting team in meeting the commitments
• Influential – Should know to exert influence without resorting to being dictatorial; Active participation in spreading Agile mindset within the business unit / organization through coaching, trainings, leading CoEs/CoPs across the company
• Knowledgeable – Have technical known-how (enough to effectively lead the team), product and market understanding or other specialized knowledge to help the team pursue its goal.
• Manages external interfaces as needed
• People issues – Engineering Manager
• Project Issues – RTM
• Technical Issues if not possible to be resolved internally – Architect

Communication

• Encourage/coach team members to communicate in a simple and positive manner.
• Communicate regularly with the Engineering manager regarding issues identified within the team, steps taken to correct, any help needed.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience): (9-12 years)

• Education/experience typically acquired through advanced education (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 9 to 12 years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience (e.g. Master7 to 11 years' related work experience.
• Minimum 9 years’ experience in software development, of which at least 4-5 years successfully performing Scrum Master Role.
• Certified SCRUM MASTER
• Strong Knowledge of agile methodology and frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc.
• Good Fundamentals on Agile Methodology is mandatory.
• Exposure to Tools like JIRA, JAMA, and Confluence is preferred.
• Mentorship skills to coach team how to follow agile scrum, which really works.
• Understand the basic fundamentals of iterative and incremental development.
• Good Knowledge about tasks, backlog tracking, burn down metrics, velocity, and user stories
• Knowledge of other Agile approaches, like: Kanban, Crystal, FDD, XP, etc.
• Knowledge about other methodologies other than Agile-Scrum, so that he can explain other methodologies to motivate his team.
• Basic knowledge of software development processes and procedures to understand your team needs.
• Good Knowledge about Agile techniques like: User Stories, Continuous Integration, TDD, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games.
• Ability to take and understand your commitment to deliver the product on time.
• Know about the value of metrics and incremental delivery.
• Practical knowledge of software requirements development.

Understanding and demonstration of:

• Actor Diagrams
• Class Diagrams
• Activity Flow Diagrams
• Business Service Diagrams
• Sequence
• Use Case Modeling

Demonstrated ability to use office automation to include:

• Microsoft Office software
• Software application experience:
• Assists in the facilitation of team and client meetings.
• Delivers informative, well-organized presentations.
• Understands how to communicate difficult/sensitive information tactfully.
• Excellent verbal and written English, including grammar.

Technical Understanding

• Possesses understanding in the areas of software development.
• Experience of Agile methodology in a software environment
• Possesses understanding in the areas of software development, database and system design.
• Understands Internet and client/server architectures in a web-based application.
• Good understanding and experience of Distributed systems design considerations
• Good understanding and experience with Micro services based architecture
• Good understanding on container technologies Docker, Kubernetes.
• Good understanding of public cloud AWS and Azure.
• Experience of Agile methodology in a software environment.
• Project scheduling and Financial modelling.
• Planning, Scheduling, Budgeting, Execution.
• Good hands on experience on tools like MPP, spreadsheet templates for project management, power point presentation etc.

Problem Solving

• Identifies critical issues with ease.
• Exhibits confidence and an extensive knowledge of emerging industry practices when solving business problems.
• Must have experience working with cross-functional teams spread across multiple products and locations within Boeing and external partners, across different cultures and time-zones.
• Pushes creative thinking beyond the boundaries of existing industry practices and client mindset
• Analytical mind with a problem-solving aptitude

Desired Skills (Preferred Skills):

• Certified SCRUM MASTER
• Knowledge on Standards for Processing Aeronautical Data (DO-200) or DO178

Typical Education & Experience:  

• Education/experience typically acquired through advanced education (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 9 to 12 years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience (e.g. Master 8 to 11 years' related work experience.