SCRUM Master, Jr.

Abile Group, Inc; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Abile Group, Inc. is seeking a Jr. Scrum Master for a 10-year contract to support an Intelligence Community customer. The role focuses on guiding scrum teams, facilitating agile ceremonies, and maintaining reporting artifacts in Jira and Confluence.

Qualified candidates will have 3–5 years of relevant experience, a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, and a TS/SCI clearance with CI Poly eligibility.

Qualifications

• Clearance Required: TS/SCI with ability to obtain a CI Poly.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, and work experience.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Guides scrum-team through all sprints, removing impediments and championing velocity.
• Facilitates sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews and retrospectives.
• Tracks team metrics and communicates progress to stakeholders.

Skills

Agile Scrum

Cloud experience

DevSecOps

Systems engineering

Problem solving

JIRA

Confluence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Overview

Abile Group has an exciting and challenging opportunity for a SCRUM Master, Jr. on a 10 year contract providing User Facing and Data Center Services supporting an Intelligence Community customer. All the personnel on the team will work together to support innovative design, engineering, procurement, implementation, operations, sustainment and disposal of user facing and data center information technology (IT) services on multiple networks and security domains, at multiple locations worldwide, to support the IC mission.

The right candidate will possess the below skills and qualifications and be ready to handle all responsibilities independently and professionally.

Responsibilities

• Guides scrum-team through all sprints of a program increment, removing impediments and championing the team.
• Organizes and facilitates sprint planning and release planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and other agile related events.
• Tracks and communicates team metrics and sprint/release progress to all teams and management.
• Assists the scrum team in developing and estimating user stories that are clearly articulated with well-defined acceptance criteria.
• Updates agile tracking systems to provide transparency on product and sprint backlogs.
• Assists with internal and external communication.
• Assists product owners with backlog grooming.
• Assists team with making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition.
• Determines and removes impediments that interfere with the ability of the teams to deliver assigned goals.
• Facilitates discussion and conflict resolution.
• Promotes continuous improvement and help teams to increase velocity.
• Promotes a collaborative team environment that fosters experimentation, creativity and innovation.
• Collaborates with fellow scrum masters to promote best practices.
• Mentors junior scrum masters.

Qualifications

Clearance Required: TS/SCI with ability to obtain a CI Poly.

Degree and Years of Experience: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, and work experience.

• 3-5 years of relevant experience.

Required Skills:

• Experience leading Agile Scrum teams in a cloud environment.
• Strong understanding of DevSecOps and /or software/application development processes.
• Advanced knowledge of systems engineering principles, methods, and techniques.
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with Atlassian Agile Products; specifically JIRA and Confluence.

About Abile Group, Inc.

Abile Group, founded in July 2004 to support the Intelligence Community and its contractors across Enterprise Analytics, IT & Systems Engineering, and Program & Project Management, merged with Valiant Solutions in January 2026 - an established provider of cybersecurity technologies and services for Federal Agencies since 2005. Together, this partnership creates a stronger, more integrated cybersecurity organization with expanded opportunities for employees, deeper technical collaboration, and a unified mission. With significant experience serving the Federal Government, we remain dedicated to our employees and clients and seek high‑performing professionals who excel at providing guidance, developing solutions, and delivering implementation support that blends industry best practices with client expertise and Abile’s broad technical capabilities.

Hiring Statement

Abile is committed to hiring the most qualified and best fit person for the job - always has, always will. Anyone requiring reasonable accommodations should email [e-mail] with requested details. A member of the HR team will respond to your request within 2 business days.