Remote Scrum Master for Federal Programs

Inadev; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Inadev, a federal contractor delivering innovative, secure digital experiences, seeks a Scrum Master inReston, VA. The role supports multiple teams including analysts, data engineers, and developers, with remote options for candidates outside the DC metro area and a hybrid schedule for local Reston applicants.

You will lead agile ceremonies, write clear epics and stories in JIRA, prioritize the backlog, and ensure on-time delivery while maintaining quality and alignment with OIT requirements.

Qualifications

• Must have a Bachelors Degree in a technical discipline.
• 5 years of experience as a Scrum Master.
• Experience with Agile Frameworks Scrum or Kanban.
• Proficient in JIRA and creating agile artifacts.
• Ability to manage multiple teams.
• Excellent stakeholder communication and translation between business and technical.

Responsibilities

• Acts as the scrum master for the team and runs one or more scrum teams that consist of Business Analysts, Data Engineers, Data Scientists, Systems Architects, Application Developers, Automation Testers, DevOps Engineers, and Data Analysts.
• Prepare integrated roadmaps and project schedule for upcoming and future priorities.
• Performs systems development lifecycle activities including analysis, requirements, design, development, testing, and implementation of products, information systems, and business processes in a variety of technical environments.
• Follow best practices, develop, and improve upon procedures consistent with task requirements, using analytical thinking and communication techniques to rapidly assimilate various types of information and identify which are relevant.
• Assist with requirements and prioritization activities including elicitation, analysis, design, testing, and implementation of products, information systems, and business processes in a data environment.
• Work closely with experienced analysts or project leaders to seek guidance and added instructions.
• Participate in strategic planning and evaluate and recommend technical solutions.
• Evaluates problems of workflows, organization, and technology and helps the team develop appropriate corrective action
• Be the Subject-Matter Expert (SME) on business requirements, scrum processes, user needs, and value.
• Authority on the expected behavior of the system, including determining if a bug report is a defect or expected behavior.
• Be an Expert on how to write excellent epics, user stories, tasks, spikes, bugs and acceptance criteria in JIRA other scrum artifacts.
• Be able to assist the Product Owner (PO) in creating good user stories (with the assistance of the team, where necessary).
• Review/Write/edit user stories and acceptance criteria when the PO is not able to.
• Own the "Definition of Done", with the team's assistance on the "Definition of Done".
• Work closely with the developers and the test engineers to come to an agreement on the acceptance criteria for all user stories.
• Own the prioritization of stories (the PO sets the priorities; the BA owns that the list is accurate).
• Ensure that the team is meeting the deadlines set by Office of Information Technology (OIT).
• Be a gatekeeper of Quality.
• Ensure the requirements are clear enough to test and edge cases have been addressed.
• Lead the way and set a great example of checking that stories meet the Acceptance Criteria, are well done, and meet the "Definition of Done."
• Conduct all agile scrum ceremonies

Skills

Scrum Master

Agile methodologies

JIRA

Stakeholder communication

Team management

Roadmaps and planning

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline

Tools

JIRA

Sprint dashboards

Roadmaps

Job description

Inadev, a federal contractor delivering innovative, secure digital experiences, seeks a Scrum Master inReston, VA. The role supports multiple teams including analysts, data engineers, and developers, with remote options for candidates outside the DC metro area and a hybrid schedule for local Reston applicants.

You will lead agile ceremonies, write clear epics and stories in JIRA, prioritize the backlog, and ensure on-time delivery while maintaining quality and alignment with OIT requirements.