Scrum Master

Booz Allen Hamilton; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 87,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Retirement plans

Paid leave

Tuition assistance

Professional development

Work-life programs

Dependent care

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton seeks a seasoned Scrum Master to coach development teams delivering critical IT modernization projects. You will champion Agile best practices, drive sprint ceremonies, and align work with OKRs while engaging stakeholders with JIRA, Confluence, Tableau, and Excel to foster continuous improvement.

You will guide teams through complex challenges, mentor colleagues, and support enterprise-scale SOF IT solutions, contributing to national security.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Agile, Lean, and Scrum experience with OKR mapping and sprint ceremonies.
• Experience teaching agile concepts and deconflicting sprint goals.
• Ability to coordinate tasks across multiple teams and workstreams.
• Proficient with Atlassian suite (JIRA, Confluence) and cloud deployment processes.
• Top Secret clearance and HS diploma or GED are required.

Responsibilities

• Coach development teams to reach peak performance and progress Scrum projects.
• Lead sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives to improve delivery.
• Apply Lean/Agile practices and OKR alignment to milestones and features.
• Collaborate with stakeholders using tools like JIRA, Confluence, Tableau, and Excel.
• Deliver complex IT solutions for national security with senior guidance.

Skills

Agile

Lean

Scrum

OKR mapping

Sprint planning

Retrospectives

Requirements gathering

JIRA

Confluence

Tableau

Excel

GitLab

Cloud design

IaaS

PaaS

Top Secret clearance

HS diploma

Education

HS diploma

Bachelor's degree

GED

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Tableau

Excel

GitLab

Job description

As a Scrum master, you're passionate about outcomes and supporting a development team that's modernizing critical IT projects. You know the importance of Agile best practices and how to combat challenges early to get work done. We need a seasoned Scrum master like you to create solutions that'll enhance mission requirements.

On our team, you'll coach a development team to achieve its highest performance level, while ensuring the Scrum project is successfully progressed. You'll work on unusually complex problems, introduce leading-edge concepts, and provide highly innovative solutions to your team and key stakeholders. Using tools like Gitlab, JIRA, Confluence, Tableau, and Excel you'll strengthen sustainable process improvements to help your team accomplish effective OKR planning, closeouts, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

In this role, you'll guide and mentor your colleagues to directly impact the SOF community by delivering highly complex IT solutions at enterprise scale.

This is an opportunity to share your expertise in Scrum software development, tactical planning, and delivery, while successfully delivering project solutions that will impact national security.

Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have:

• 5+ years of experience with Agile, Lean, and Scrum practices, including OKR mapping, planning, execution, sprint planning, retrospectives, and requirements gathering
• Experience teaching teams agile framework concepts
• Experience de-conflicting sprint goals and requirements as necessary
• Experience prioritizing, leading, and coordinating tasks across multiple teams and distinct workstreams to accelerate delivery of milestones and feature releases
• Experience with Atlassian suite, including JIRA and Confluence
• Experience with IaaS and PaaS solution development and deployment process
• Experience with cloud product design and feature release planning
• HS diploma or GED

Nice If You Have:

• Experience working in a dynamic, fast-paced, or rapidly scaling environment
• Experience with containerized technology deployment, policy as code, and Infrastructure as Code best practices
• Experience with large scale program delivery
• Knowledge of DoD Risk Management Framework
• Knowledge of ServiceNow, Kanban, Scaled Agile, and Scrum frameworks
• Ability to infer and correlate delivery tasks to larger OKR objectives
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and adapt to shifting priorities
• Possession of strong analytical and technical problem-solving skills
• Agile Certifications, such as ICAgile Certified Professional, Certified Scrum Master, PMI-ACP, or SAFe Program Consultant Certification

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Top Secret clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen's benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen's total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Job Number: R0250671
Scrum Master

The Opportunity:

As a Scrum master, you're passionate about outcomes and supporting a development team that's modernizing critical IT projects. You know the importance of Agile best practices and how to combat challenges early to get work done. We need a seasoned Scrum master like you to create solutions that'll enhance mission requirements.

On our team, you'll coach a development team to achieve its highest performance level, while ensuring the Scrum project is successfully progressed. You'll work on unusually complex problems, introduce leading-edge concepts, and provide highly innovative solutions to your team and key stakeholders. Using tools like Gitlab, JIRA, Confluence, Tableau, and Excel you'll strengthen sustainable process improvements to help your team accomplish effective OKR planning, closeouts, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

In this role, you'll guide and mentor your colleagues to directly impact the SOF community by delivering highly complex IT solutions at enterprise scale.

This is an opportunity to share your expertise in Scrum software development, tactical planning, and delivery, while successfully delivering project solutions that will impact national security.

Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have:

• 5+ years of experience with Agile, Lean, and Scrum practices, including OKR mapping, planning, execution, sprint planning, retrospectives, and requirements gathering
• Experience teaching teams agile framework concepts
• Experience de-conflicting sprint goals and requirements as necessary
• Experience prioritizing, leading, and coordinating tasks across multiple teams and distinct workstreams to accelerate delivery of milestones and feature releases
• Experience with Atlassian suite, including JIRA and Confluence
• Experience with IaaS and PaaS solution development and deployment process
• Experience with cloud product design and feature release planning
• Top Secret clearance
• HS diploma or GED

Nice If You Have:

• Experience working in a dynamic, fast-paced, or rapidly scaling environment
• Experience with containerized technology deployment, policy as code, and Infrastructure as Code best practices
• Experience with large scale program delivery
• Knowledge of DoD Risk Management Framework
• Knowledge of ServiceNow, Kanban, Scaled Agile, and Scrum frameworks
• Ability to infer and correlate delivery tasks to larger OKR objectives
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and adapt to shifting priorities
• Possession of strong analytical and technical problem-solving skills
• Bachelor's degree
• Agile Certifications, such as ICAgile Certified Professional, Certified Scrum Master, PMI-ACP, or SAFe Program Consultant Certification

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Top Secret clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen's benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen's total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model

Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.