Production Product Owner / Scrum Master - TS/SCI, Flexible

Digitailor; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos in Bethesda, MD is seeking a seasoned Production Product Owner/Scrum Master to sustain a mission-critical DOMEX platform. You will own the Production Team backlog, prioritize incidents, defects, and data-quality improvements while coordinating with multiple teams and stakeholders.

As a SAFe leader, you’ll facilitate agile ceremonies, drive continuous improvement, and balance urgent production support with planned maintenance and security remediation. TS/SCI clearance is required.

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering, CS, Systems Engineering or related field; 12+ years or MS with 10+ years.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with ability to obtain/maintain TS/SCI with CI Polygraph.
• Experience prioritizing backlog including incidents, defects, debt, data-quality remediation.
• Experience with production operations: incident management, change management, releases.
• Familiarity with data-quality management concepts and remediation workflows.
• Ability to translate operational needs into epics, features, and user stories.
• Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies and cross-team dependency discussions.
• Ability to coordinate with developers, operations, Platform/CI-CD, and data owners.

Responsibilities

• Own, maintain, and prioritize the Production Team backlog for sustainment and data-quality improvements.
• Translate needs and findings into epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, and sprint-ready work.
• Balance urgent production support with planned maintenance and security remediation.
• Facilitate Production Team Agile ceremonies: backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily scrums, reviews, retrospectives.
• Track incidents, defects, and root-cause actions to ensure timely resolution.
• Coordinate data-quality remediation activities with ownership and status reporting.
• Identify and manage dependencies across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Remove impediments and escalate cross-team risks when needed.
• Lead SAFe ceremonies including PI Planning and demos; coach on Agile practices.

Skills

Backlog prioritization

Incident management

Data quality remediation

SAFe / Agile

Cross-team coordination

Stakeholder management

Facilitation of Agile ceremonies

Education

BS in Engineering / CS / Systems Eng or related field

Masters degree in related field

Job description

Leidos in Bethesda, MD is seeking a seasoned Production Product Owner/Scrum Master to sustain a mission-critical DOMEX platform. You will own the Production Team backlog, prioritize incidents, defects, and data-quality improvements while coordinating with multiple teams and stakeholders.

As a SAFe leader, you’ll facilitate agile ceremonies, drive continuous improvement, and balance urgent production support with planned maintenance and security remediation. TS/SCI clearance is required.