Scrum Master

Accountabilities: Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. Collaborate with Product Owners and stakeholders to prioritize work, plan sprints, and maintain a clear, actionable Product Backlog. Remove impediments, manage dependencies, and help resolve conflicts that may affect team progress. Coach team members on Agile and Scrum principles, roles, and responsibilities, encouraging self-organization and shared ownership. Monitor sprint progress, support achievement of Sprint Goals, and ensure work remains aligned with project objectives. Promote continuous improvement by helping teams identify, evaluate, and implement more effective working practices. Ensure requirements are clearly defined, understood, and communicated across technical and non-technical teams. Provide stakeholders with regular updates on project progress, risks, dependencies, and potential delivery challenges. Help teams follow Agile practices while meeting applicable federal contract requirements. Support the development and maintenance of secure information systems that comply with accessibility standards and business needs. Requirements: At least five years of experience as a Scrum Master, preferably supporting complex IT projects. Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification is required. Experience working in a government contracting environment. Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, including Scrum, Kanban, and Lean. Proven ability to facilitate team ceremonies, coordinate priorities, and support effective delivery. Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders. Strong leadership, coaching, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to motivate teams and remove delivery obstacles. Experience with Agile project management tools such as Jira; familiarity with Trello or Asana is also relevant. Knowledge of software development practices, code repositories such as GitHub or Bitbucket, and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins. Familiarity with testing frameworks such as Selenium, Appium, or JUnit, as well as collaboration tools like Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom. Understanding of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud and DevOps practices, including automation, monitoring, and infrastructure as code. A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field is preferred but not required. Must be legally authorized to work in the United States and able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance. Ability to work remotely with a quiet, distraction-free workspace, reliable internet access, and availability during core business hours aligned with colleagues and clients. Benefits: Salary: Anticipated annual base salary of $115,000–$127,000, depending on qualifications, experience, location, and other job-related factors. Fully remote work. Choice of medical plans, including an HSA option and a PPO, with company contributions. Dental and vision coverage for employees and their families. Company-paid life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance. Optional supplemental life, accident, and critical illness coverage. 401(k) retirement plan with company match. Paid time off that increases with years of service, plus paid federal holidays. Paid professional certifications and development opportunities. Access to an internal training portal. Flexible spending accounts and a wellness and fitness program. Referral bonuses for successful candidate recommendations.