Scrum Master

Peraton; Herndon (VA); Remote; USD 80,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a dedicated Scrum Master to join their team, focusing on delivering comprehensive support for complex biometric IT systems. This remote role emphasizes effective leadership, collaboration, and process standardization in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in Agile methodologies and project management, ensuring successful delivery of initiatives. Join a team committed to innovation and excellence in national security technology.

Qualifications

• 6 years experience required.
• Experienced Scrum Master with in-depth knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates Scrum events and ensures process standardization.
• Coordinates the Scrum process from initiation through delivery.
• Educates the team on best practices and tools.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Agile methodologies

DevOps

Education

HS diploma/equivalent

Tools

ServiceNow

JIRA

AWS

Docker

Gitlab

Job description

Scrum Master

Job Locations

US

Requisition ID

2025-156818

Position Category

Project Management

Clearance

Public Trust

Responsibilities

Peraton is seeking a Scrum Master to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The ideal candidate will support Peraton's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) program focused on delivering comprehensive Operations and Maintenance (O&M) support for a large-scale, complex biometric IT systems. This individualwill be responsible for facilitating and ensuring process standardization of all Scrum events. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is committed to delivering exceptional results through effective leadership and collaboration.

This is a 100% Remote role.

If you enjoy learning about new technologies and applying them to provide cutting-edge services to customers, Peraton is the place for you. With a strong focus on biometric security and the science of fingerprint, face, and iris recognition, we develop state-of-the-art technologies that preserve freedom and advance human discovery. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has placed us at the forefront of numerous technological advancements. We continue to innovate, with our employees not only being part of history but also actively making it.

Day to Day Roles and Responsibilities:

Facilitates and leads the Operations & Maintenance (O&M) effort by conveying the agile vision to a Kanban delivery team.
• Outlining and prioritizing work based on program initiatives and business value.
• Coordinate and monitor the Scrum process from initiation through delivery.
• Educate the team on best practices and tools.
• Serve as liaisons between the product owner, O&M team, cross functional teams, and management to ensure all targets and requirements are met.
• Ensure process standardization of all Scrum events to include but not limited to: Sprint Planning Meetings, Daily Stand-up Meetings, Reviews and Retrospectives.
• Maintain product backlog and facilitate productivity by removing impediments, resolving conflicts, and constantly seeking efficient and effective process improvement.
• Preserves flexibility and ability to rapidly respond to changes.
• Collaborate with other Scrum Masters within the program to share knowledge and best practices.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• HS diploma/equivalent and 6 years experience.
• U.S. Citizenship required; Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a DHS Entrance on Duty (EOD) clearance.
• Experienced Scrum Master with in-depth knowledge of delivering projects/tasks to the Customer.
• Experience with DevOps and Agile methodologies.
• ServiceNow and/or JIRA Ticketing systems experience required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong Leadership and communication skills.
• Experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• AWS certifications.
• Experience with creating dashboards and/or metrics with Jira/Confluence.
• AWS or AWS GovCloud & native AWS administrative tools and dashboards.
• Cloud Systems Administration experience.
• Biometrics.
• AWS GovCloud (AWS Console).
• RHEL, Windows, Openshift/Kubernetes & other open-source technologies.
• Ansible and Docker containers.
• Aurora AWS (PostgreSQL) database.
• Gitlab and Jenkins pipeline.
• CyberArk.

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$80,000 - $128,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.