Agile Scrum Master with Security Clearance

GCyber; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

GCyber is seeking an Agile Scrum Master to support a DoD-focused IT modernization effort in a secure Washington, DC facility. You will facilitate SAFe PI planning and agile ceremonies, coach multiple teams, and remove impediments to improve delivery flow. A TS/SCI clearance and DoD/DoD 8570-like certifications are required.

Partial telework during early phases, on-site work as programs mature. This role emphasizes collaboration with product owners, release train engineers, and program

Qualifications

• Certified ScrumMaster, SAFe Scrum Master, PMI-ACP or comparable Agile certification.
• Eight to twelve years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily coordination, reviews, demonstrations, retrospectives, PI planning, and other SAFe events.
• Identify, remove and escape impediments and coordinate solutions with Release Train Engineer, product leadership, and program management.
• Coach teams in Scrum, Kanban, Lean-Agile practices, Definition of Done, estimation, flow, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate dependencies and communication across teams on the Agile Release Train.
• Partner with Product Owners to refine and prioritize features and stories and create testable acceptance criteria.
• Maintain information radiators, collect meaningful team metrics, and use evidence to improve predictability, quality, and throughput.
• Observe team dynamics, strengthen accountability and collaboration, and mentor less-experienced Scrum Masters.

Skills

Scrum Master

Agile methodologies

Coaching teams

Cross-team communication

Jira

Kanban

Lean-Agile practices

Facilitation

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related discipline

Tools

ServiceNow

Elastic

AWS

Red Hat

Kafka

Jira

Job description

GCyber is seeking an Agile Scrum Master, to help support a mission-focused federal IT modernization effort that is building and integrating secure digital capabilities in a classified environment. The program uses an Agile delivery model and a technology environment centered on ServiceNow, Elastic, AWS, Red Hat, and supporting integration technologies such as Kafka. The Agile Scrum Master will facilitate one large, complex team or several smaller teams operating within a SAFe Agile Release Train, helping the teams meet Program Increment commitments and improve delivery flow. As the Agile Scrum Master, you will:

• Facilitate backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily coordination, reviews, demonstrations, retrospectives, PI planning, and other SAFe events.
• Help the team maintain focus on PI and sprint commitments while managing scope changes through the appropriate process.
• Identify, remove, and escape impediments and coordinate solutions with the Release Train Engineer, product leadership, and program management.
• Coach teams in Scrum, Kanban, Lean-Agile practices, Definition of Done, estimation, flow, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate dependencies and communication across teams on the Agile Release Train.
• Partner with Product Owners to refine and prioritize features and stories and create testable acceptance criteria.
• Maintain information radiators, collect meaningful team metrics, and use evidence to improve predictability, quality, and throughput.
• Observe team dynamics, strengthen accountability and collaboration, and mentor less-experienced Scrum Masters.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance
• Ability to obtain and maintain any additional customer suitability approvals required for the position.
• DoD 8570/8140 IAT II certification (i.e., Security+, CCNA-Security, CND, CySA+, GISCP, GSEC, SSCP)
• Early-stage flexibility with partial telework during initial development phases
• Full-time on-site presence at secure facility in Washington, DC will be required as the program matures
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively across technical, operational, security, and customer teams.
• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline
• Eight to twelve years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience serving as a Scrum Master for a software development, systems integration, or other technical delivery team.
• Certified ScrumMaster, SAFe Scrum Master, PMI-ACP, or a comparable Agile certification.
• Experience with Jira or another Agile lifecycle-management tool and the ability to use metrics to improve team performance.
• Experience supporting SAFe Agile Release Trains, classified programs, federal modernization, ServiceNow, cloud, DevSecOps, or integrated software and hardware delivery.
• Experience coaching multiple teams, Product Owners, and junior Scrum Masters.
• Knowledge of Kanban, Lean flow, automated testing, CI/CD, and software quality practices.