Senior Scrum Master
Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc. · Albuquerque, NM · 3 wk ago
Full-time
About the role
Edgewater Federal Solutions is seeking a Senior Scrum Master to support a major national laboratory onsite in Albuquerque, NM.
Responsibilities
- Ensure the team effectively implements Agile practices
- Foster a safe and trusting team environment that encourages self-organization and impediment resolution
- Encourage accountability with the team for meeting commitments
- Assist the team with estimation and provide metrics (cumulative flow diagrams, velocity etc.) to track performance
- Facilitate decision making and conflict resolution
- Communicates timelines and dependencies to stakeholders
- Guide teams in adapting Agile practices to effectively navigate hybrid delivery constraints while adhering to Agile values and principles
- Champion continuous improvement by identifying and implementing actionable items from retrospectives
- Support integration of Agile team outputs into broader program (potentially waterfall-based plans)
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in an IT-related field or a similar discipline, along with 5 years or more of relevant experience; or a total of 11 years of relevant experience without a degree
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Energy Q security clearance
- Ability to work onsite in Albuquerque, NM
- Must be a U.S. Citizen
Required Skills
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent (e.g., Scaled Agile Framework Scrum Master Certification)
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Proficiency with at least one Agile Lifecycle Management tool (e.g., Jira, Rally, Gitlab)
- Experience with software development projects and the software development lifecycle
Desired Skills
- Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)
- One or more Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certifications
- Experience working in a SAFe implementation
- Experience delivering enterprise-scale software solutions to diverse customers