Scrum Master - Colorado Springs, Colorado

Davidson Technologies; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 126,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

Davidson Technologies seeks a Scrum Master in Colorado Springs, CO to lead cross-functional Agile teams delivering defense software solutions. You'll facilitate Scrum ceremonies, coach teams, and remove impediments while collaborating with Product Owners and stakeholders and maintaining healthy backlogs.

Ideal candidates will have 3–7 years of Agile experience, strong Scrum/Lean knowledge, and experience with JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps or Rally. DoD program exposure and clearance are valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering/Business/PM or equivalent experience.
• 3–7 years of experience in Agile software development or engineering.
• Demonstrated Scrum Master experience for software or systems teams.
• Strong knowledge of Scrum, Agile, and Lean principles.
• Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to obtain/maintain security clearance; U.S. citizenship may be required.
• Experience with DoD programs and government stakeholders is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Scrum Master for cross-functional Agile development teams.
• Facilitate daily Scrum, sprint planning, reviews/demos, retrospectives, backlog refinement.
• Coach teams, Product Owners, and stakeholders on Scrum and continuous improvement.
• Promote self-organization, accountability, transparency, and collaboration.
• Identify, track, and remove team impediments and blockers.
• Escalate issues and coordinate with program leadership as needed.
• Maintain healthy, prioritized product backlogs with Product Owners.
• Monitor sprint progress, velocity, and Agile metrics.
• Coordinate dependencies across software, systems engineering, and test teams.
• Communicate sprint and release information to stakeholders.

Skills

Scrum Master experience

Agile methodologies

Lean principles

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering/Business/PM or equivalent

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Rally

Job description

Davidson is distinguished in the aerospace and missile defense industry, in part, because of its excellence in hiring exceptional experts, engineers and software developers dedicated to delivering advanced, intelligent technology solutions in defense of our nation.

Davidson is seeking a Scrum Master in Colorado Springs, CO.

Job Responsibilities

• Serve as the Scrum Master for one or more cross-functional Agile development teams.
• Facilitate daily Scrum meetings, sprint planning, sprint reviews/demos, retrospectives, backlog refinement, and other Agile ceremonies.
• Coach team members, Product Owners, and stakeholders on Scrum principles, Agile practices, and continuous improvement.
• Promote self-organization, accountability, transparency, and collaboration within Agile teams.
• Identify, track, and remove team impediments and blockers.
• Escalate issues that cannot be resolved at the team level and coordinate with program leadership as necessary.
• Work closely with Product Owners to maintain healthy, prioritized, and actionable product backlogs.
• Help teams develop realistic sprint goals, commitments, and delivery plans.
• Monitor sprint progress, team capacity, velocity, burn-up/burn-down trends, and other relevant Agile metrics.
• Identify delivery risks and work with technical and program leadership to develop mitigation strategies.
• Coordinate dependencies between software, systems engineering, modeling and simulation, integration, and test teams.
• Facilitate communication between development teams and external stakeholders.
• Support planning and execution across multiple Agile teams when program-level coordination is required.
• Maintain Agile boards, dashboards, metrics, and program documentation using tools such as Gitlab, JIRA and Confluence.
• Ensure sprint and release information is accurately communicated to stakeholders.
• Support release planning, increment planning, and coordination of major software deliveries.
• Facilitate technical demonstrations and sprint reviews for government and program stakeholders.
• Help teams identify and implement process improvements that increase quality, productivity, and predictability.
• Identify recurring issues, bottlenecks, and organizational impediments and drive corrective actions.
• Promote engineering best practices, quality standards, automation, and continuous integration within the team's development process.
• Support risk, issue, action, and dependency tracking.
• Coordinate with Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Test & Evaluation, Configuration Management, and Program Management organizations.
• Assist with program planning, status reporting, and milestone tracking as needed.
• Support preparation for customer meetings, program reviews, technical interchange meetings, and demonstrations.
• Maintain appropriate documentation and records required by the program.
• Help ensure Agile processes remain aligned with contractual, security, quality, and organizational requirements.
• Support additional program and Agile transformation activities as assigned.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Project Management, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3-7 years of experience working in Agile software development or engineering environments.
• Demonstrated experience serving as a Scrum Master for software or systems engineering teams.
• Strong knowledge of Scrum, Agile, and Lean principles and practices.
• Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies and working with cross-functional engineering teams.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and remove impediments.
• Experience managing team dependencies, risks, issues, and delivery commitments.
• Experience with Agile project-management tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Rally, or similar platforms.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with engineers, technical leadership, program management, customers, and government stakeholders.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, technically complex environment.
• Ability to work independently while also functioning effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to obtain and maintain any required security clearance.
• U.S. citizenship may be required due to the nature of the work and access to classified information.

Desired Competencies

• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), PMI-ACP, or equivalent Agile certification.
• Experience supporting Department of Defense (DoD) programs.
• Experience working with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Space Force, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, or other defense organizations.
• Experience supporting modeling and simulation (M&S) programs.
• Experience with software-intensive defense programs.
• Experience supporting programs involving missile defense, command and control, sensors, tracking, threat systems, or related mission areas.
• Experience with SAFe, Scrum@Scale, LeSS, or other scaled Agile frameworks.
• Experience coordinating Agile activities across multiple teams or Agile Release Trains.
• Experience with Program Increment (PI) Planning and execution.
• Experience with Agile Release Train (ART) environments.
• Experience with DevSecOps and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) environments.
• Familiarity with software development practices including automated testing, configuration management, and continuous integration.
• Experience working in classified environments.
• Experience supporting requirements management, systems engineering, verification, and validation activities.
• Familiarity with government acquisition and defense program processes.
• Experience preparing and presenting Agile metrics and program status to senior leadership and government customers.

Clearance Requirements

• Active DoD Secret Clearance

Salary: $126000.00 - $143000.00 per year