Scrum Master, Mid

Booz Allen Hamilton; Herndon (VA); Hybrid; USD 62,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Scrum Master (Mid) to lead agile systems engineering and integration for national security space programs. You will facilitate Scrum events, coach teams, and ensure backlog refinement, sprint planning, and delivery align with stakeholder expectations.

You will partner with Product Owners and technical leads to translate mission needs into actionable user stories and acceptance criteria, remove impediments, and merge systems engineering with cloud technologies to

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Agile and Scrum principles
• Ability to run standups, retrospectives, reviews, and remove impediments
• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field, or 4+ years of Agile development in lieu of a degree

Responsibilities

• Lead agile systems engineering and integration efforts for complex space programs
• Facilitate Scrum events, coach team members, ensure clarity in backlog refinement, sprint planning, and delivery
• Collaborate with Product Owners and technical leads to translate mission needs into actionable user stories and acceptance criteria
• Identify impediments and remove blockers to ensure alignment between development activities and stakeholder expectations

Skills

Agile principles

Scrum framework

Coaching teams

Backlog refinement

Sprint planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Rally

VersionOne

Job description

Join a culture of empowerment and connectivity.

Develop your craft

Learn the skills you need to accelerate your career.

Discover benefits that support your life and work.

Innovate with intention

Build mission-ready tech that protects the nation.

Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big picture thinking to impact the National Security Space Sector? You understand your customer’s environment and how to develop the right systems for their mission. Your ability to translate real-world needs into technical specifications makes you an integral part of delivering a customer focused engineering solution.

As a Scrum Master, we are looking for you to solve complex problems and shape national security space systems by leading agile systems engineering and integration efforts. Your customer will trust you to not only design and develop these systems, but also evolve them with advanced technology solutions. You will champion Agile principles across the program, facilitating Scrum events, coaching team members, and ensuring clarity in backlog refinement, sprint planning, and delivery activities. Working closely with Product Owners and technical leads, you will help translate mission needs into actionable user stories, acceptance criteria, and prioritized backlogs. You will identify impediments, remove blockers, and ensure alignment between development activities and stakeholder expectations. Grow your skills by merging systems engineering, software development, and agile adoption of cloud technologies to create a resilient ground system infrastructure for space domain awareness across national security space programs. Join our team and create the future of Intelligence Community space programs.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

• Knowledge of Agile and Scrum principles
• Knowledge of scrum roles, events, artifacts, and empirical process control
• Knowledge of Agile tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Rally, or VersionOne
• Knowledge of software development or systems engineering processes used on DoD or IC programs
• Ability to run standups, retrospectives, reviews, and remove impediments
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field, or 4+ years of experience with Agile development in lieu of a degree

Nice If You Have:

• Experience with coaching, including helping mature Agile practices, improving velocity, team dynamics, and delivery flow
• Knowledge of the Intelligence Community
• Ability to collaborate with product owners and engineering leads, including helping refine backlog items, prioritizing work, and improving delivery
• Possession of excellent organizational skills
• Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information;TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care.

Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values.

Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits.

We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $62,000.00 to $141,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Scrum Master, Mid

The Opportunity:

Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big picture thinking to impact the National Security Space Sector? You understand your customer’s environment and how to develop the right systems for their mission. Your ability to translate real-world needs into technical specifications makes you an integral part of delivering a customer focused engineering solution.

As a Scrum Master, we are looking for you to solve complex problems and shape national security space systems by leading agile systems engineering and integration efforts. Your customer will trust you to not only design and develop these systems, but also evolve them with advanced technology solutions. You will champion Agile principles across the program, facilitating Scrum events, coaching team members, and ensuring clarity in backlog refinement, sprint planning, and delivery activities. Working closely with Product Owners and technical leads, you will help translate mission needs into actionable user stories, acceptance criteria, and prioritized backlogs. You will identify impediments, remove blockers, and ensure alignment between development activities and stakeholder expectations. Grow your skills by merging systems engineering, software development, and agile adoption of cloud technologies to create a resilient ground system infrastructure for space domain awareness across national security space programs. Join our team and create the future of Intelligence Community space programs.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

• Knowledge of Agile and Scrum principles
• Knowledge of scrum roles, events, artifacts, and empirical process control
• Knowledge of Agile tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Rally, or VersionOne
• Knowledge of software development or systems engineering processes used on DoD or IC programs
• Ability to run standups, retrospectives, reviews, and remove impediments
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field, or 4+ years of experience with Agile development in lieu of a degree

Nice If You Have:

• Experience with coaching, including helping mature Agile practices, improving velocity, team dynamics, and delivery flow
• Knowledge of the Intelligence Community
• Ability to collaborate with product owners and engineering leads, including helping refine backlog items, prioritizing work, and improving delivery
• Possession of excellent organizational skills
• Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Scrum Master Certification, including CSM, PSM I, PMI‑ACP, or SAFe Scrum Master Certification

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information;TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care.

Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values.

Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits.

We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $62,000.00 to $141,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model

Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.