Federal Scrum Master & Agile Delivery Lead

GCyber; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

GCyber is seeking a Scrum Master to help Agile teams deliver data, workflow automation, system integration, dashboard, application, and shared-platform capabilities for a federal customer. You will create the structure, visibility, and team discipline needed to turn mission priorities into demonstrable, production-ready outcomes.

As the Scrum Master, you will facilitate sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, partnering with Product Owners and

Qualifications

• Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance.
• Current DoD 8140/8570-compliant baseline certification appropriate to the assigned position, such as Security+, CySA+, GSEC, SSCP, or another approved credential.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Three or more years of experience supporting Agile delivery teams as a Scrum Master, Agile facilitator, delivery lead, project coordinator, or similar role; equivalent education, training, certifications, and experience will be considered.
• Working knowledge of Scrum and Agile delivery practices, backlog management, release planning, dependency management, and team-level metrics.
• Strong facilitation, communication, organization, conflict-resolution, and servant-leadership skills, with the judgment to adapt practices to team and customer needs.
• Experience supporting federal or DoD technology programs and coordinating multiple interdependent Agile teams.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or comparable Agile delivery tools.
• Certified ScrumMaster, Professional Scrum Master, SAFe Scrum Master, PMI-ACP, or a comparable Agile certification

Responsibilities

• Facilitate sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and other Agile delivery activities.
• Partner with Product Owners, project managers, technical leads, and stakeholders to maintain actionable backlogs, measurable sprint goals, and clear definitions of ready and done.
• Identify and help resolve impediments, risks, issues, and dependencies within the team and across related technical workstreams.
• Coordinate milestones, release activities, demonstrations, testing dependencies, and customer decision points without taking ownership away from the delivery team.
• Use delivery metrics and team feedback to improve predictability, flow, transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Help the team navigate documentation, change management, cybersecurity, testing, release, and government approval requirements.

Skills

Scrum Master

Facilitation

Stakeholder management

Servant leadership

Team collaboration

Agile delivery

Education

DoD 8140/8570 certification

Security+ / CySA+ / GSEC / SSCP or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Job description

GCyber is seeking a Scrum Master to help Agile teams deliver data, workflow automation, system integration, dashboard, application, and shared-platform capabilities for a federal customer. You will create the structure, visibility, and team discipline needed to turn mission priorities into demonstrable, production-ready outcomes.

As the Scrum Master, you will facilitate sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, partnering with Product Owners and