Scrum Master with Security Clearance

Job Title: Scrum Master
Location: McLean, VA
Type: Long-term contract
Work Model: Remote
Hours: 40.0
Security Clearance: Ability to obtain and maintain a federal Public Trust clearance
Contact: RESPONSIBILITIES
• Lead Agile/Scrum delivery for cross-functional product, development, QA, and operations teams, ensuring alignment to program priorities, sprint goals, and release commitments.
• Facilitate and continuously improve Scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and program-level coordination sessions.
• Coach teams, Product Owners, and stakeholders on Agile principles, Scrum practices, and SAFe methodologies to improve delivery maturity, collaboration, predictability, and team effectiveness.
• Proactively identify, escalate, and remove impediments, risks, and cross-team dependencies that may impact sprint execution, release timelines, or business outcomes.
• Use Agile delivery metrics, including velocity, burn-down/burn-up trends, predictability, throughput, and team health indicators, to drive transparency, inspect-and-adapt discussions, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Product Owners and delivery leadership to refine backlogs, prioritize work, manage scope, and ensure sprint execution remains aligned with business objectives and customer needs.
• Promote disciplined delivery practices across engineering, testing, DevSecOps, and release management activities to support quality outcomes and reliable software delivery.
• Foster a collaborative, accountable, and high-performing team environment by strengthening team norms, improving communication, supporting conflict resolution, and encouraging continuous learning.
• Coordinate with leadership, stakeholders, and other Scrum Masters to communicate progress, risks, dependencies, delivery status, and recommended actions in a clear and timely manner.
• Support enterprise Agile governance by contributing to planning increments, roadmap alignment, release readiness, and process improvement initiatives across teams or programs. REQUIREMENTS
Ability to obtain and maintain a federal Public Trust clearance.
• Minimum four (4) or more years of experience supporting Agile software development or technology implementation projects.
• Bachelor’s degree, or four (4) additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience supporting or leading Agile teams in software development environments.
• Strong understanding of Scrum, Kanban, and Agile frameworks; SAFe experience preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to remove impediments, manage competing priorities, and drive team outcomes.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent problem-solving, organizational, and time management skills.
• Ability to foster a positive, collaborative, and accountable team culture. NICE TO HAVE:
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), PMI-ACP, or equivalent Agile certification.
• SAFe certification or hands-on experience applying SAFe practices in a delivery environment.
• Experience supporting federal government, public sector, or regulated industry programs.
• Experience using Jira, DevOps, or similar Agile lifecycle management tools to manage backlogs, sprints, and reporting.