Mid/Senior-level Scrum Master with TS/SCI Polygraph

Leidos; Maryland; On-site; USD 92,300 - 166,850; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

401K with a 6% company match

Flexible schedules

Technical Upskilling

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Mid/Senior-level Scrum Master for its Cyber & Analytics Business Area in Maryland. The successful candidate will support an agile team using the SAFe methodology, ensuring team progress and productivity. Responsibilities include facilitating Scrum ceremonies, coaching the team, and removing impediments. Qualifications include a bachelor's degree, 8 years of relevant experience, and Scrum certification. The pay range is $92,300 - $166,850 with comprehensive benefits like Paid Time Off and a 401K match.

Qualifications

• 8 years of relevant work experience in software development.
• 4 years of experience as a Scrum Master.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or similar agile certification.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Scrum team progress and commitment.
• Coach teams on Agile principles for continuous improvement.
• Remove impediments and protect the team from scope creep.

Skills

Agile project management

Jira

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university

Tools

VersionOne

Rally

IBM RTC

Job description

Overview

Leidos has a new and exciting opportunity for a Mid/Senior-level Scrum Master in our Intel Sector's Cyber & Analytics Business Area (CABA). Our talented team is at the forefront in Security Engineering, Computer Network Operations (CNO), Mission Software, Analytical Methods and Modeling, Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), and Cryptographic Key Management. Leidos offers competitive benefits, including Paid Time Off, 11 paid holidays, 401K with a 6% company match and immediate vesting, flexible schedules, discounted Stock Purchase Plans, Technical Upskilling, Education and Training Support, Parental Paid Leave, and more. Join us and make a difference in national security.

Job Description

A Mid/Senior-level Scrum Master is needed to join a high performing agile team using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology to support a large, complex, fast‑paced technical program. Program execution follows DevOps best practices and employs robust development, test, and production environments. We use Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and test automation tools alongside a full suite of team collaboration tools. The program provides system engineering, development, test, integration, and operational support, and is focused on injecting new technology and adding advanced capabilities while continuing to support an ongoing mission and operational system.

Primary Responsibilities

• Facilitate self‑organizing team(s) to ensure progress is being made against Program Increment (PI) commitments.
• Protect the team from scope creep during execution of the PI.
• Remove impediments and coordinate with the Release Train Engineers on implementing solutions.
• Help team members communicate, coordinate, and cooperate.
• Coach, support, and enforce Scrum process and other process rules.
• Ensure that the team has a clear understanding of the Definition of Done and how to meet it.
• Coordinate with other teams on the Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and communicate status to management.
• Work with the Product Owner(s) to review and prioritize features.
• Lead and facilitate SAFe ceremonies to include Sprint Planning and Sprint Reviews, including demos, Sprint Retrospectives, and PI Planning.
• Work with Product Owner(s) and System Engineers to develop User Stories to meet the feature acceptance criteria.
• Maintain and generate information radiators for the teams.
• Collect and share team metrics with the team, determine when new metrics are needed, and develop improvements in metrics.
• Coach teams on Agile and Scrum principles with the goal of continuous improvement.
• Observe team dynamics, recognize strengths and weaknesses of individual team member contributions, and coach the team as a whole to drive improvements in productivity.
• Promote teamwork to achieve Sprint goals.
• Lead teams towards Agile maturity.
• Create a fun, sharing, and learning environment.
• Experiment with various ideas to improve delivery, including pair‑programming and cross‑functional training.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and at least 8 years of relevant work experience. Additional relevant experience may be substituted for a degree.
• At least 4 years of experience working as a Scrum Master for a software development or similar technical team, preferably as a full time Scrum Master.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) or similar agile project management certification (PMI‑ACP).
• Significant, hands‑on experience using agile project management tools (e.g., Jira, VersionOne, Rally, IBM RTC).
• At least 4 years of experience working on a large, preferably technical program, with varied and diverse systems and groups in a fast‑paced, always rapidly evolving environment.
• Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal and time management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with large software systems including hardware integration and test.
• Experience working with multi‑disciplinary technical development teams.
• Experience using SAFe as the agile development methodology.
• Experience using Kanban as a means to improve flow on support teams.
• Experience affecting change in organizations working towards agile adoption.
• Experience applying test automation, test‑driven development, continuous integration, and continuous deployment to achieve built‑in quality by the team.

Pay Range

$92,300.00 - $166,850.00

Benefits

Leidos offers competitive benefits, including Paid Time Off, 11 paid holidays, 401K with a 6% company match and immediate vesting, flexible schedules, discounted Stock Purchase Plans, Technical Upskilling, Education and Training Support, Parental Paid Leave, and more.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.