Agile Scrum Master

Description

The company is hiring an experienced Agile Scrum Master to lead and coach Agile teams working in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) setting on a demanding, complex program.

You will bring solid Agile delivery experience and a record of coaching Scrum teams. The role includes facilitating Program Increment (PI) planning, managing dependencies, clearing blockers, and pushing continuous improvement. You will work closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Release Train Engineers, architects, cybersecurity staff, and other stakeholders to plan, build, test, and deploy solutions.

Responsibilities

• Coach and lead Agile teams working within SAFe
• Run team breakout sessions during PI Planning to define work and set PI objectives
• Facilitate sprint planning, retrospectives, demos, and other Agile ceremonies
• Help teams carry out their work across each Program Increment
• Run backlog refinement with Product Owners and Business Analysts
• Find, log, and clear impediments that slow teams or hurt delivery
• Work with organizational stakeholders to resolve cross-team blockers and dependencies
• Build and maintain Agile delivery metrics to track team performance and spot areas to improve
• Carry out capacity planning for iteration and PI planning
• Work with other Scrum Masters to manage dependencies and keep practices consistent across teams
• Coordinate with architects, cybersecurity SMEs, and other technical stakeholders so engineering disciplines communicate well
• Manage product release activities and dependencies across internal teams, Scrum teams, and third parties
• Help build and maintain product roadmaps
• Coach teams on Agile practices, continuous improvement, and high-performing team behavior
• Create new processes and improve existing ones to raise quality, efficiency, and productivity
• Take part in and contribute to Agile Communities of Practice
• Help align staffing and resources to assigned Epics and Features
• Assign and coordinate work to meet technical performance and business goals
• Guide teams and help resolve problems across the delivery lifecycle
• Protect product quality and on-time delivery of team commitments

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship
• Ability to obtain a Federal Secret security clearance; an active clearance is preferred
• Bachelor's degree or an equivalent mix of education and experience
• At least 7 years of related professional experience
• Certified ScrumMaster or Certified SAFe Scrum Master certification
• Significant experience coaching and supporting Scrum teams
• At least 3 years leading teams using Agile Scrum or a Scaled Agile approach
• Strong grasp of Agile and SAFe principles, practices, and ceremonies
• Understanding of the software development lifecycle: planning, development, requirements management, configuration management, QA, testing, and release management
• Experience facilitating sprint planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives, demos, and PI Planning
• Experience managing team dependencies and removing delivery blockers
• Creative, adaptable problem solver
• Ability to work with clients to understand what they need
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Professional presence
• Optional: SAFe Advanced Scrum Master certification
• Optional: SAFe Practitioner certification or another Scaled Agile certification
• Optional: experience with continuous deployment models
• Optional: experience supporting Agile Release Trains and working with Release Train Engineers
• Optional: experience developing and monitoring Agile team metrics
• Optional: experience with capacity planning and dependency management across several Agile teams
• Optional: experience supporting product roadmaps and release planning
• Optional: ability to apply advanced Agile principles to improve team performance and delivery
• Optional: experience developing or refining Agile processes for quality and productivity
• Optional: experience taking part in or leading Agile Communities of Practice
• Optional: ability to work both in a team and independently
• Optional: strong customer and vendor relationship skills
• Optional: proven ability to follow data standards and policies
• Optional: motivation to learn new technologies and methods that prove their value
• Optional: past work with a federal government agency
• Optional: Department of War experience

Conditions

Equal opportunity employer; applicants are considered without regard to protected characteristics.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Generous PTO package
• Paid holidays aligned with the federal calendar
• Full health coverage: medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Team building events
• Professional development support