Sr. Scrum Master

Job#: 3058164
Job Description:
Senior Scrum Master
Location: Reston, Virginia (Onsite 5 days a week)
Duration: 12+ months with intent to hire FTE
For immediate consideration, please email your most up-to-date resume to Morgan Tyler @
**Requirements**

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Active TS/SCI or Active Top Secret with SCI Eligibility Verifiable in DISS
• Strong experience administering and configuring Jira in an enterprise environment

Position Overview
Senior Scrum Master
Our large government client is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Scrum Master to join our Department of the Air Force Integrated Fires Command and Control (DIFC2) Lead Systems Integrator (LSI) team.
This role will focus on leading Agile delivery and supporting teams operating within a scaled Agile environment. The Senior Scrum Master will serve as a servant leader for Agile teams, facilitate Agile ceremonies, remove impediments, manage dependencies and risks, and help drive continuous improvement across the Agile Release Train (ART).
The ideal candidate will bring strong Scrum Master experience within complex technical environments and have experience working with cross-functional engineering, DevSecOps, and government program teams.
This position is ONSITE in Reston, VA.
Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a Senior Scrum Master and servant leader for Agile teams, fostering collaboration, removing impediments, and enabling teams to consistently deliver value.
• Support Agile teams operating within an Agile Release Train (ART) and scaled Agile environment.
• Facilitate Agile/Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews/System Demos, Retrospectives, and Inspect & Adapt (I&A) activities.
• Coach teams on Agile principles, Scrum practices, continuous improvement, and effective delivery.
• Identify, track, and help resolve risks, blockers, dependencies, and cross-team coordination issues impacting delivery.
• Partner with Product Owners, technical teams, program leadership, and external stakeholders to align team priorities with broader ART and organizational objectives.
• Support Program Increment (PI) planning and execution, including coordination of objectives, dependencies, risks, and commitments across teams.
• Establish and track Agile delivery metrics such as velocity, flow efficiency, predictability, and other indicators of team performance and continuous improvement.
• Promote transparency and accountability across Agile teams through effective backlog, sprint, and delivery tracking.
• Utilize Jira and Confluence to support Agile planning, backlog and sprint tracking, dependency management, metrics, dashboards, and reporting.
• Collaborate with engineering and DevSecOps teams supporting CI/CD and technical delivery environments.
• Demonstrate strong communication, critical thinking, organizational, facilitation, and coordination skills when working across Agile teams and stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to improve Agile processes, team collaboration, delivery predictability, and overall value delivery.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Active TS/SCI clearance or SCI eligibility.
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM) certification.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 8-10 years of experience as a Scrum Master, Agile Program Manager, or similar Agile delivery role, including experience supporting SAFe or other scaled Agile environments.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating Scrum ceremonies and supporting Agile teams through planning, execution, delivery, and continuous improvement.
• Experience working within an Agile Release Train (ART) or similar multi-team Agile structure.
• Experience supporting PI Planning, dependency management, risk management, and cross-team coordination.
• Strong working knowledge of Jira and Confluence for Agile team execution, tracking, metrics, and reporting.
• Demonstrated experience working with technical teams in DevSecOps, CI/CD, cloud, or hybrid infrastructure environments.
• Strong facilitation, communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.

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