Scrum Master

Analytica; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Employer-paid health care

Training and development funds

401k match

Job summary

Analytica, a Bethesda, MD-based federal contractor, is seeking an experienced Scrum Master to facilitate Agile delivery, remove impediments, coordinate dependencies, and keep teams focused on MVP outcomes for a data analytics and AI modernization initiative.

You will lead sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and release planning across software, data, AI/ML, security, and infrastructure teams to ensure secure, scalable delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience facilitating Agile delivery for multidisciplinary software, data, analytics, or AI/ML teams.
• Experience leading sprint planning, daily coordination, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and release planning.
• Experience identifying and removing impediments, blockers, risks, and cross-team dependencies.
• Experience tracking delivery metrics, risks, actions, issues, decisions, and commitments.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, Scrum, backlog management, sprint execution, and continuous improvement practices.
• Experience coordinating technical teams across software engineering, data engineering, AI/ML, infrastructure, security, and testing.
• Strong coaching, facilitation, stakeholder communication, conflict resolution, and problem-solving skills.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain Top Secret eligibility.
• Active Top Secret clearance highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile delivery for multidisciplinary software, data, analytics, and AI/ML teams.
• Lead sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and release planning.
• Identify and remove delivery impediments, blockers, risks, and dependencies.
• Coordinate cross-team technical dependencies, priorities, deliverables, and commitments.
• Track and communicate delivery metrics, sprint progress, risks, actions, issues, and dependencies.
• Facilitate collaboration between engineering, data, AI/ML, security, infrastructure, and product teams.
• Support effective backlog management, prioritization, estimation, and capacity planning.
• Coach teams on Agile principles, Scrum practices, continuous improvement, and delivery best practices.
• Facilitate stakeholder communication and ensure delivery status, risks, decisions, and technical dependencies are clearly documented.

Skills

Agile delivery

Scrum practices

Backlog management

Cross-team coordination

Delivery metrics

Coaching

U.S. citizenship

Top Secret clearance

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

CI/CD

Jenkins

Kubernetes/Rancher

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Scrum Master to facilitate Agile delivery, remove impediments, coordinate dependencies, and maintain focus on MVP outcomes for a Federal data analytics and AI modernization initiative. The team will deliver a secure, scalable platform that integrates structured and unstructured data, provides data visualization and traceable AI-assisted analytics, and gives examiners centralized tools for search, review, monitoring, and decision support. The platform will support professional judgment and will not replace authoritative agency financial or grants-management systems or execute financial transactions.

Analytica has been recognized by Inc. Magazine as the fastest-growing private US small business. We work with U.S. government customers in health, civilian, and national security missions. As a core member you’ll work with a diverse team of professionals to solve matters, architect nuisances, and come up with alternatives. We offer competitive compensation with opportunities for bonuses, employer paid health care, training and development funds, and 401k match.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile delivery for multidisciplinary software, data, analytics, and AI/ML teams.
• Lead sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and release planning.
• Identify and remove delivery impediments, blockers, risks, and dependencies.
• Coordinate cross-team technical dependencies, priorities, deliverables, and commitments.
• Track and communicate delivery metrics, sprint progress, risks, actions, issues, and dependencies.
• Facilitate collaboration between engineering, data, AI/ML, security, infrastructure, and product teams.
• Support effective backlog management, prioritization, estimation, and capacity planning.
• Coach teams on Agile principles, Scrum practices, continuous improvement, and delivery best practices.
• Facilitate stakeholder communication and ensure delivery status, risks, decisions, and technical dependencies are clearly documented.
• Develop and maintain documentation supporting team operations, delivery processes, transition, and continuous improvement.
• Promote compliance with applicable security, privacy, accessibility, data governance, and records-management requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience facilitating Agile delivery for multidisciplinary software, data, analytics, or AI/ML teams.
• Experience leading sprint planning, daily coordination, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and release planning.
• Experience identifying and removing impediments, blockers, risks, and cross-team dependencies.
• Experience tracking delivery metrics, risks, actions, issues, decisions, and commitments.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, Scrum, backlog management, sprint execution, and continuous improvement practices.
• Experience coordinating technical teams across software engineering, data engineering, AI/ML, infrastructure, security, and testing.
• Strong coaching, facilitation, stakeholder communication, conflict resolution, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong technical documentation and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret eligibility.
• Active Top Secret clearance highly preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Agile delivery in secure Federal, regulated, on-premises, cloud, or hybrid environments.
• Experience supporting software, data, analytics, AI/ML, or technology modernization programs.
• Familiarity with Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar Agile project-management platforms.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, DevSecOps, cloud infrastructure, APIs, databases, and modern software development practices.
• Familiarity with Linux, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Java, .NET, Jenkins, Kubernetes/Rancher, and AI/ML technologies.
• Experience coordinating technical releases, deployments, testing, and environment dependencies.
• Experience with Agile metrics, dashboards, velocity, burndown/burnup, cycle time, and delivery forecasting.
• Scrum Master, SAFe, PMI-ACP, CSM, or PSM certification preferred.

About ANALYTICA

Analytica is a leading consulting and information technology solutions provider to public sector organizations supporting health, civilian, and national security missions. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Bethesda, MD, the company is an established SBAsmall businessthat hasbeen recognized byInc. Magazineeach of the past three years as one of the 250 fastest-growingcompanies in theU.S. Analytica specializes in providing software and systems engineering, information management, analytics & visualization, agile project management, and management consulting services.The companyis appraised by theSoftware Engineering Institute (SEI) at CMMI® Maturity Level 3and is an ISO 9001:2008 certified provider.

Analytica LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. As a federal contractor, we comply with the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans. We ensure that all employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. Analytica LLC also provides reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

To enhance efficiency, fairness, and accuracy, Analytica may use AI-assisted tools to support certain aspects of our hiring process.

• Application Review: AI tools may help identify skills and experiences relevant to the role.
• Interview Support: AI-powered notetaking tools may be used during interviews to document discussions and summarize key points.

These tools are used to assist our team. All hiring decisions are made by Analytica recruiters and hiring managers.

By submitting an application, you acknowledge that AI-assisted tools may be used to support parts of the application and interview process.

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