Remote Agile Scrum Master for Federal Delivery & DevSecOps

LMI Government Consulting; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

LMI Government Consulting is seeking a skilled Agile Scrum Master for a Federal DoW client. This fully remote role requires guiding cross-functional teams, coaching on Scrum practices, and removing impediments to deliver secure, high-quality software at speed.

You will partner with Product Owners and engineers to align Backlogs with program milestones and ensure continuous improvement across the scrum teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience serving as a Scrum Master supporting Agile software development teams.
• Experience leading Agile teams using Scrum and/or Kanban to deliver enterprise software products.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, Scrum, Lean principles, SDLC, and DevSecOps concepts.
• Proven ability to facilitate Agile ceremonies and coach cross-functional technical teams.
• Experience partnering with Product Owners to maintain and refine product backlogs.
• Experience using Agile project management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.
• Strong communication, facilitation, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, manage changing priorities, and maintain delivery momentum in fast-paced, mission-focused environments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Scrum Master for one or more Agile software development teams.
• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives.
• Coach development teams, Product Owners, and stakeholders on Agile principles, Scrum practices, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with the Product Owner to maintain a healthy, prioritized product backlog and facilitate backlog refinement sessions that prepare work for upcoming sprints.
• Collaborate closely with the Technical Program Manager to align sprint execution with program milestones, release schedules, and delivery objectives.
• Work with the Engineering Lead to identify technical dependencies, remove delivery impediments, and improve team effectiveness.
• Coordinate cross-functional collaboration between software engineering, UX/UI, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, platform engineering, and forward deployed engineering teams.
• Identify, track, and help remove organizational and technical impediments that impact team velocity, quality, or predictability.
• Maintain Agile metrics including velocity, sprint burndown, throughput, cumulative flow, and team health metrics to support forecasting and continuous improvement.
• Promote predictable, sustainable software delivery while balancing mission priorities, quality, and cybersecurity requirements.
• Support release planning, software demonstrations, customer feedback sessions, and operational fielding activities.
• Encourage close collaboration with client users to ensure operational feedback is continuously incorporated into future product iterations.
• Help establish and mature Agile delivery processes that can scale across multiple software development teams.

Skills

Agile leadership

Scrum

Kanban

Stakeholder management

Facilitation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/IS/Business

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

LMI Government Consulting is seeking a skilled Agile Scrum Master for a Federal DoW client. This fully remote role requires guiding cross-functional teams, coaching on Scrum practices, and removing impediments to deliver secure, high-quality software at speed.

You will partner with Product Owners and engineers to align Backlogs with program milestones and ensure continuous improvement across the scrum teams.