Scrum Master

International Executive Service Corps; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

NuAxis, a federal IT company, seeks a Scrum Master to facilitate disciplined Agile delivery for a cross-functional modernization team spanning front end, middleware, database, QA, security, and deployment. The Scrum Master will own facilitation, team flow, impediment removal, and sprint transparency while partnering with the Project Manager and Technical Lead.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years of Agile experience, Bachelor's degree preferred, and certifications such as CSM/PMI-ACP/SAFe.

Qualifications

• 3+ years facilitating Agile software-development teams in complex environments.
• Experience running sprint planning, standups, backlog refinement, reviews/demos, retrospectives.
• Experience coaching cross-functional teams and managing dependencies across UI, services, database, QA, and deployment activities.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily standups, sprint reviews/demos, retrospectives, and other team sessions.
• Coach the team on Agile principles, definition of ready/done, estimation, WIP discipline, and sustainable delivery practices.
• Ensure stories have clear acceptance criteria, dependencies, testing expectations, and sufficient readiness before commitment.
• Remove or elevate impediments and coordinate resolution of cross-team dependencies that threaten sprint or release objectives.
• Protect the team from scope creep while enabling transparent reprioritization through the product/delivery process.
• Track sprint progress, predictability, carryover, blockers, defect trends, cycle time, and other team metrics.
• Facilitate collaboration between developers, QA, Technical Lead, Product Owner, Project Manager, and operations/security participants.
• Promote continuous improvement by turning retrospective actions into measurable improvements.
• Maintain accurate Agile tooling and ensure sprint status reflects the actual state of work.

Skills

Agile facilitation

Coaching cross-functional teams

Sprint metrics

Impediment removal

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Certified Scrum Master or equivalent Agile cert.

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

WE ARE A FEDERAL IT COMPANY ON A MISSION TO MAKE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE (CX) THE CENTER OF EVERY GOVERNMENT SOLUTION.

TECHNOLOGY IS OUR PASSION. PEOPLE ARE OUR PURPOSE.

We know tech, but we love people. NuAxis is home to thinkers and feelers; engineers and artists. We work hard and support each other along the way. Teamwork is more than just a buzzword for us, it’s a state of mind.

We believe happy employees do amazing work, so We are currently seeking a talented and motivated Scrum Master for a Full-Time position.

Job Summary

We are seeking a Scrum Master to facilitate disciplined Agile delivery for a multi-disciplinary modernization team spanning front end, middleware, database, QA, security, and deployment. The Scrum Master owns process facilitation, team flow, impediment removal, and sprint-level transparency while partnering closely with the Project Manager and Technical Lead.

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred. Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), PMI-ACP, SAFe Scrum Master, or equivalent Agile certification required.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• 3+ years facilitating Agile software-development teams and applying Agile principles in complex technical environments.
• Demonstrated experience running sprint planning, daily standups, backlog refinement, reviews/demos, and retrospectives.
• Experience coaching cross-functional teams and managing dependencies across UI, services, database, QA, and deployment activities.
• Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar Agile work-management tools and sprint metrics.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily standups, sprint reviews/demos, retrospectives, and other team working sessions.
• Coach the team on Agile principles, definition of ready/done, estimation, work-in-progress discipline, and sustainable delivery practices.
• Ensure stories have clear acceptance criteria, dependencies, testing expectations, and sufficient readiness before commitment.
• Remove or elevate impediments and coordinate resolution of cross-team dependencies that threaten sprint or release objectives.
• Protect the team from uncontrolled scope insertion while enabling transparent reprioritization through the agreed product/delivery process.
• Track sprint progress, predictability, carryover, blockers, defect trends, cycle time, and other agreed team metrics.
• Facilitate collaboration between developers, QA, Technical Lead, Product Owner/business stakeholders, Project Manager, and operations/security participants.
• Promote continuous improvement by turning retrospective actions and recurring impediments into owned, measurable improvements.
• Maintain accurate Agile tooling and ensure sprint status reflects the actual state of work.

Core Technical Skills

• Agile/Scrum facilitation, servant leadership, coaching, conflict resolution, and impediment management.
• Jira, Azure DevOps, or equivalent backlog/sprint tooling.
• Sprint metrics, flow/predictability analysis, dependency coordination, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to support teams transitioning from Waterfall or hybrid delivery models without compromising required governance.

OUR PROFILE:

We are an IT company with a unique mission—to make people the center of every federal IT solution. Our technologists have always gone the extra mile to help our federal clients succeed. And over the years, we saw a growing disconnect in how federal IT initiatives were built and managed.

Time after time, programs failed because the focus was on the tools and products and not the people using them.

NuAxis is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation.

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