Scrum Master – Project Engineer (26-326)

About the role

The Scrum Master – Project Engineer will support the Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program within Northrop Grumman Space Systems. This role is essential to supporting the U.S. President, the Secretary of Defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
• Coach and engage product teams in the principles of self-organization, Agile mindset, and continuous improvement
• Partner with Product Owners to scope, prioritize, and plan current and future work
• Identify, monitor, and eliminate obstacles that hinder team progress
• Maintain backlog hygiene and ensure that user stories are well-defined and sprint-ready
• Serve as a resource and coach on Agile techniques, including User Stories, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, and Automated Testing
• Support the team through Agile transformation by promoting Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe practices as appropriate
• Maintain team health, velocity, and delivery metrics, and report to management

Requirements

US citizenship is required because this position requires government security clearance. Applicants must have a current, active in-scope DoD-issued Secret security clearance at the time of application.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Scrum Master, Engineering, Project Management, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field from an accredited university, along with 2 years of experience; or a Master’s degree in a related field with 0 years of relevant work experience; or 6 years of relevant work experience may be considered as an alternative to a degree
• Industry-recognized Agile certifications such as Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Scrum.org, Scrum, Inc., CSM, or Scrum Alliance
• Experience driving continuous improvement and standardization across diverse stakeholder groups
• Comfortable imparting knowledge and drawing on experience to guide Agile teams
• Common scaling principles, frameworks, and patterns through coaching and education
• Excellent communication skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and transparency

Skills

• Experience with Agile software development teams
• Strong interpersonal skills

Benefits

• Health Plan
• Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Education Assistance
• Training and Development
• Flexible Work Arrangements