Scrum Master - ACWS

Summary

Facilitates Agile ceremonies, removes impediments, manages dependencies, tracks sprint commitments and delivery metrics, and supports consistent Scrum practices that help teams deliver ACWS capabilities predictably and efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile and SAFe ceremonies to enable predictable delivery of ACWS capabilities and enhancements.
• Manage impediments, dependencies, risks, and cross-functional coordination to maintain delivery momentum.
• Support Product Owners and stakeholders with backlog refinement, prioritization, release planning, and execution readiness.
• Promote Agile best practices, team effectiveness, continuous improvement, and high-quality delivery outcomes.
• Develop and maintain Jira dashboards, sprint metrics, release status reports, dependency tracking, and program-level delivery metrics to support stakeholder visibility and decision-making.

Required Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Computer Science, Project Management, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Release Train team member, Agile Facilitator, or Delivery Lead supporting software development teams.
• Experience facilitating planning, standups, reviews, retrospectives, backlog refinement, and dependencies.
• Knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Agile metrics, team velocity, dependency management, and continuous improvement practices.
• Experience collaborating with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, Testers, Architects, and Government stakeholders.
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I), or equivalent.
• Active Secret clearance.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience supporting Army, DoD, federal acquisition, contracting, financial, or other mission enterprise systems.
• Ability to coach teams on Agile practices, facilitate continuous improvement, and promote predictable delivery across cross-functional technical and business teams.
• Working knowledge of Appian, DevSecOps, cloud-hosted, low-code/no-code, or modernization delivery environments.

Pay

$125,000 - $135,000 USD