Scrum Master II

KC; Montgomery (AL); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Karthik Consulting, LLC seeks a Scrum Master to facilitate backlog readiness, capacity planning and release evidence for BMx teams, with potential ART coordination. Hybrid work in Montgomery/Gunter Annex, security clearance required (Active Secret).

Salary range $130K–$135K, contingent on award and qualifications. The role focuses on coordinating program cadence, dependencies and government interfaces, ensuring transparent progress and timely delivery in a defense-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Facilitation of software teams with dependencies and production support.
• Ability to turn incomplete work into testable stories and capacity plans.
• Experience with backlog tools and delivery metrics.
• Secret clearance eligibility and security training required.

Responsibilities

• Manage backlog readiness and capacity for programs.
• Coordinate PI objectives and cross-team dependencies.
• Capture decisions for PI events and government interfaces.

Skills

Backlog readiness

Sprint planning

Cross-team coordination

Jira/Confluence/Azure DevOps

Scrum Master

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in information systems

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Job description

Position Summary

Facilitate delivery for assigned BMx teams and make backlog readiness, capacity, dependencies and release evidence visible. A specifically designated and qualified enterprise Scrum Master may also coordinate ART-level work; that responsibility is an assignment within the existing team, not an additional position. This position is contingent based on award, with an anticipated salary range of $130,000-$135,000 based on candidate qualifications and final contract requirements.

Work Environment

• Work Location: Montgomery/Gunter Annex hybrid preferred; final team assignment and approved work arrangement to be confirmed.
• Security Clearance: Active Secret
• Salary: $130K-$135K

Compensation

Karthik Consulting is committed to providing competitive compensation based on the responsibilities of the role, required qualifications, security clearance level, relevant experience, certifications, customer requirements, geographic location, and overall business needs. The salary range listed for this position represents a good-faith estimate of the current compensation range for this role.

At Karthik Consulting, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the salary range. Final compensation decisions are based on the facts and circumstances of each candidate’s experience, qualifications, certifications, clearance level, contract requirements, and overall alignment with the role.

Employees may be eligible for company benefits and additional compensation programs, subject to company policy, contract requirements, and individual eligibility.

Program Scope and Description

The Base Maintenance Family of Systems joins technical sustainment and functional support for FMxC2, FEM, IMDS CDB/IMDS-MSM and PAMS. The mission is dependable Air Force maintenance and logistics software, controlled modernization, secure operation and continuity through transition.

Portfolio responsibility spans FMxC2 migration, IMDS CDB/MSM sustainment, FEM/Maximo delivery and PAMS continuity. Coordinate application leads, independent testers and designated authorization specialists; this is not a replacement for those technical assignments.

Key Responsibilities

Backlog readiness and capacity

• Facilitate stories and acceptance criteria that distinguish mission enhancements, defects, security remediation and technical debt; retain one prioritized backlog per program.
• Record dependencies, Definition of Ready/Done evidence and available capacity in Jira, Confluence or Azure DevOps as approved; reserve independent testing, support and transition effort.
• Run planning, daily coordination, reviews and retrospectives against the approved program cadence; surface blockers before they become release delays.

Cross-discipline delivery

• For the designated ART coordinator, facilitate cross-team PI objectives, dependency resolution, risk follow-up and synchronization with a qualified backup.
• Track sprint-goal and milestone outcomes, aging work and technical-debt decisions; prepare A002 roadmap and A001 status inputs with actionable exceptions.

Evidence and Government interfaces

• Capture decisions and accountable actions for PI events, demos and reviews; distinguish a team commitment from Government acceptance or release authorization.
• Coordinate legacy-tool/pipeline transitions without losing backlog traceability, test independence or the record of approved changes.

Qualifications

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information systems, business analysis, maintenance/logistics or a related field preferred. Relevant military, operational or technical experience may be considered only where permitted by the applicable contract labor category.

Professional Certifications

• Scrum Master or comparable Agile-facilitation credential preferred. SAFe/RTE training is preferred for the designated enterprise ART coordinator, not required of every team Scrum Master.

Minimum Qualifications

• Demonstrated facilitation of software teams with technical dependencies and production-support obligations, not only meeting administration.
• Ability to turn incomplete work items into testable stories and produce a capacity plan that includes analysts, engineers and independent testers.
• For an ART assignment, demonstrated multi-team PI facilitation and dependency management; team-only assignments do not require RTE duties.
• Practical use of Jira or comparable backlog tools, delivery metrics, retrospectives and documented follow-through.
• Possess or obtain and maintain Secret clearance before Government system or facility access, and complete required investigation, CAC, access and security training. A T1/NACI or CAC alone is not a substitute for Secret eligibility; sponsorship or acceptance of an interim clearance is not promised.

Preferred Qualifications

• Air Force maintenance/logistics software experience; familiarity with IMDS, FMxC2 or PAMS program delivery.
• Experience preserving release evidence while teams transition between inherited Atlassian, Jenkins/Artifactory and approved replacement tooling.