Scrum Master — Agile Delivery Lead for Defense Programs

Sigma Defense Systems; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental and Vision Insurance

Medical Insurance with HSA, FSA, andDF

Life and AD&D coverage

401(k) Plan with Company Matching

160 Hours PTO

Floating Holidays

Educational Assistance

Competitive Salary

Job summary

Sigma Defense Systems in San Diego, CA is seeking a Scrum Master to facilitate Agile ceremonies, coordinate cross-functional engineering teams, and maintain Jira/Confluence documentation. The role supports backlog management, stakeholder communication, and continuous improvement to ensure timely delivery of engineering objectives.

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in a technical field, U.S. citizenship, and ability to obtain an active Secret security clearance.

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of relevant experience.
• Working knowledge of Scrum and Agile development practices.
• Knowledge of scrum roles, events, artifacts, and empirical process control.
• Ability to run standups, retrospectives, reviews, and remove impediments.
• Strong organizational skills to coordinate priorities, dependencies and deadlines.
• U.S. citizen required.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Assist teams in planning, tracking, and completing sprint activities and deliverables.
• Track project progress, action items, dependencies, and impediments to support timely delivery.
• Help identify and remove obstacles that impact team productivity and mission objectives.
• Promote collaboration among systems engineers, software developers, and network engineering teams.
• Maintain Agile boards, sprint backlogs, and project documentation using Jira.
• Support the Product Owner in backlog refinement, prioritization, and sprint preparation.
• Encourage adherence to Agile principles and promote continuous improvement across the team.
• Communicate sprint progress, risks, and issues to team members, technical leads, and stakeholders.
• Assist with coordinating engineering activities, system integration, testing, and network deployment efforts.
• Help monitor team performance metrics and identify opportunities to improve workflow and delivery.
• Support alignment between engineering activities, program milestones, and operational requirements.

Skills

Scrum and Agile practices

Stakeholder communication

Scrum ceremonies

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

GitLab

GitHub

Job description

Sigma Defense Systems in San Diego, CA is seeking a Scrum Master to facilitate Agile ceremonies, coordinate cross-functional engineering teams, and maintain Jira/Confluence documentation. The role supports backlog management, stakeholder communication, and continuous improvement to ensure timely delivery of engineering objectives.

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in a technical field, U.S. citizenship, and ability to obtain an active Secret security clearance.