Scrum Master – eDV cleared

Forwardrole; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leader in National Security technology solutions is seeking a Scrum Master for their Cheltenham office. In this role, you will guide agile teams, facilitate scrum ceremonies, and ensure effective project delivery. The ideal candidate will have experience in stakeholder engagement, agile frameworks, and national security sectors. This position offers a competitive salary ranging from £55,000 to £80,000 along with additional benefits including a DV bonus.

Benefits

DV Bonus

Excellent benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in engaging with internal and external partners.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies.
• Capability to lead engineering teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Background in software or product development.
• Experience working in the National Security sector.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate scrum meetings including Daily Standup, Sprint Retrospective, and Sprint Planning.
• Build and maintain relationships with delivery teams and stakeholders.
• Ensure accurate reporting on sprint activities.
• Maintain the Jira board and backlog effectively.
• Work collaboratively with the Agile Coach.

Skills

Stakeholder Engagement

Agile Framework

Leading engineering teams

Software / Product background

National Security sector experience

Tools

Jira

Job description

Scrum Master – eDV cleared

Salary - £55,000 - £80,000 (depending in experience level)

Benefits - DV Bonus plus excellent benefits

Location -Cheltenham / Bristol

Join a trusted leader in National Security technology solutions.

As part of our clients growing National Security team, you’ll guide one or more scrum teams made up of developers, architects, testers and business analysts. As a Scrum master you will be able to motivate teams and help them work together to deliver value quickly.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Facilitate the scrum meetings - Daily Standup, Sprint Retrospective, Sprint Planning
• Building / Maintaining relationships - To be effective at removing blockers, relationships must be built and maintained with other delivery teams, product and other client teams across the organisation.
• Attend the bi-weekly Scrum Master catch up sessions
• Maintain the active Jira board and backlog items ensuring all attributes are correctly assigned.
• Sprint / PI Reporting – Ensure reporting on activities is completed and accurate every sprint and every PI.
• Work with the Agile Coach to ensure that agile methodology is implemented and complied with.

Experience required:

• Stakeholder Engagement – Internal & External Partners
• Agile Framework
• Leading engineering teams
• Software / Product background
• National Security sector experience

Clearance required– Due to the nature of the clients’ work, you are required to hold aneDV level security clearance.