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For decades Ottawa has been a global technology leader. Voted as Canadas best place to live 2017 by Macleans Ottawa offers a low cost of living with a high quality of life. The Thales Ottawa office has been a major supplier and long-term trusted partner to DND enabling the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Coast Guard to achieve mission success.
Thales Canada Defense & Security is engaged in supporting the Canadian Armys Land Command Control Communications & Computers (C4) Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (LC4ISR) systems which enable critical decisions daily. Together with industry partners Thales is building on the existing networks and applications to enhance digitized operations support communications between joint and allied forces and monitor and defend against the threats and evolving capabilities of potential adversaries.
Thales Canada is looking for people interested in directly contributing to the evolution of advanced digitized operations for the Canadian Army into the future both in Canada and on overseas deployments. The LC4ISR work is broadly divided into four areas and this opportunity is with the Collaboration and System Administration (CaSA) group at our Ottawa office. We are looking for an Intermediate IT Operations Scrum Master to support deployment configuration and maintenance of core Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) software applications as part of an agile team.
A Scrum Master within Thales is responsible for driving the Squad process by facilitating events (e.g. workshops daily stands up) and helping teams to become autonomous self-organized and ready to make decisions thanks to good practices. A Scrum Master should act as a mentor to encourage apprenticeship continuous improvement and feedback culture to set up environment where trust and transparency are key pillars. He/She should also co-create and follow team performance and quality KPIs.
Serve as the Scrum Master for one or more LC4ISR systems administration/software development teams facilitating all Scrum ceremonies (daily standups sprint planning reviews and retrospectives).
Coach teams on Agile best practices and the SAFe project delivery framework fostering continuous improvement and a collaborative culture.
Support planning and execution of software releases ensuring alignment with project objectives timelines and quality standards.
Monitor and report on team performance using appropriate Agile metrics identifying opportunities for optimization.
Act as a mentor to encourage apprenticeship continuous improvement and feedback culture.
Sharing knowledge within the Project Engineering community (news video forum)
Contribute to the capitalization and continuous improvement of Engineering best practices and service offers (running training sessions guidelines etc.)
Support the Head of Discipline to co-create and follow team performance and quality KPIs.
4-6 years of professional experience in scrum methodology and coaching individuals/teams
Capable of developing strong relationships across the business through excellent customer service; Excellent communication skills in the English language written and verbal.
In addition to the minimum professional experience specified above experience in any of the following areas would be considered an asset:
You have a good technical culture especially in Software development (SOLID TDD DDD clean code per / mob programming) continuous improvement and training
You have knowledge of Agile Scrum Kanban XP feature team Advice process
You are able to help a team to tackle human organizational and technical challenges to reach team excellence
If youre excited about working with Thales but not meeting the requirements for this position we encourage you to join our Talent Community!
Minimum 3 days/week in office
Travel: Minimal
Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 24 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents including the following:
• Company paid Extended Health Dental HSA Life AD&D Short-term Disability Cancer Care Program travel insurance Employee Assistance Plan and Well-Being program.
• Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP DCPP TFSA) with a company contribution and a match to a DCPP with no vesting period.
• Company paid holidays vacation days and paid sick leave.
• Voluntary Life AD&D Critical Illness Long-Term Disability.
• Employee Discounts on home auto and gym membership.
Total Target Cash (TTC) 77212.50 - 128725.00 CAD Annual
Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 24 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents including the following:
Company paid Extended Health Dental HSA Life AD&D Short-term Disability Cancer Care Program travel insurance Employee Assistance Plan and Well-Being program.
Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP DCPP TFSA) with a company contribution and a match to a DCPP with no vesting period.
Company paid holidays vacation days and paid sick leave.
Voluntary Life AD&D Critical Illness Long-Term Disability.
Employee Discounts on home auto and gym membership.
Thales is an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.
This position requires direct or indirect access to hardware software or technical information controlled under the Canadian Export Control List the Canadian Controlled Goods Program the Canadian Industrial Security Program the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the US Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be eligible or able to obtain authorization for such access including eligibility to the Canadian Controlled Goods Program and able to obtain a Canadian NATO Secret clearance.
