Senior Scrum Master

Responsibilities

• Facilitate team ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, and PI Planning.
• Coach teams on Scrum and SAFe principles with a focus on flow, quality, and relentless improvement.
• Identify and remove impediments; escalate cross-team issues to the Release Train Engineer as needed.
• Track and communicate team metrics (velocity, predictability, flow) and drive data-informed improvement.
• Protect teams from scope creep and support delivery against Program Increment commitments.
• Cook dependencies with other teams across the Agile Release Train.
• Partner with Product Owners on backlog refinement, story quality, and acceptance criteria.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field (equivalent experience accepted).
• 8+ years of relevant experience, including 4+ years as a Scrum Master for software development teams.
• Experience operating within the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) on a multi-team program.
• Hands-on expertise with Jira for Agile tracking, dashboards, and metrics.
• Strong facilitation, coaching, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), or equivalent certification.
• Security Clearance (TS/SCI) with willingness to undergo polygraph examination.
• Facilitating multiple teams or supporting an RTE.
• Technical background in software development or systems engineering.
• Advanced SAFe certification (SASM, SPC).

Pay

Pay Range: There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. The Proposed Salary Range For This Position Is $75,200-$158,100.