Scrum Master (Migration) - Senior

Orchard LLC; Quantico (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Orchard LLC is seeking a Senior Scrum Master to support the Migration Workstream of a major federal modernization program in Huntsville, AL. The role leads Agile ceremonies, removes impediments, and ensures disciplined SAFe delivery across migration, ETL, data engineering, and testing teams.

Responsibilities include coordinating cross-functional teams, managing risks, delivering sprint artifacts, and reporting progress to leadership.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret Security Clearance and U.S. Citizenship required.
• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of Scrum Master/Agile experience on federal or enterprise programs.
• Strong Agile/SAFe backlog management and multi-team coordination.
• Experience supporting data migration, ETL, and cloud-based initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews and retrospectives.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including data engineers, ETL, migration, QA, and cloud teams.
• Identify blockers, manage risks, and drive continuous improvement.
• Prepare sprint reports and communicate health to leadership and stakeholders.
• Ensure acceptance criteria support high-quality data migration outcomes.

Skills

Agile Facilitation

SAFe Knowledge

Backlog Management

Cross-functional Coordination

Stakeholder Communication

Risk Management

Education

Bachelors degree

Tools

CI/CD Automation

AWS

Job description

Senior Scrum Master Huntsville, AL US Citizenship Required. Must have an Active Top Secret Clearance Required @Orchard is seeking a Senior Scrum Master to support the Migration Workstream of a major federal modernization program. This role serves as a servant-leader for cross-functional migration, ETL, data engineering, and testing teams, ensuring disciplined Agile execution, sprint velocity, and continuous delivery aligned with mission priorities. The Senior Scrum Master enables team collaboration, removes impediments, and ensures that sprint activities support the program's petabyte-scale migration, data transformation, and integration objectives. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to a high-impact National Security mission, while getting hands-on experience with cutting-edge technology.

Responsibilities

• Agile Leadership & Delivery Execution: Lead sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives for the Migration workstream. Ensure disciplined execution of Agile ceremonies and adherence to SAFe practices as used across the program. Collaborate with the Product Owner to maintain a prioritized backlog and ensure clarity of user stories. Track sprint throughput, team performance, commitments, and dependencies.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Facilitate coordination between data engineers, ETL specialists, migration teams, quality engineers, and cloud teams. Support alignment of technical activities with migration architectures, data pipelines, and delivery schedules. Work closely with DevSecOps, QA/test automation, and integration teams to ensure consistent workflow progression.
• Impediment Removal & Risk Management: Proactively identify blockers impacting migration activities and coordinate timely resolution. Monitor risks and dependencies linked to large-scale data movement, pipeline readiness, or upstream system changes. Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance workflow efficiency and sprint predictability.
• Stakeholder Communication & Reporting: Prepare and deliver sprint reports, burn-down charts, team status updates, and operational summaries. Communicate proactively with leadership, technical leads, and mission stakeholders regarding sprint health and challenges. Reinforce Agile standards, team norms, and communication expectations.
• Quality & Delivery Support: Ensure user stories and acceptance criteria support high-quality data migration outcomes. Coordinate with QA to integrate automated testing, validation checkpoints, and defect management into the sprint lifecycle. Support readiness for major migration milestones, technical demonstrations, and deployment events.

Required Qualifications

• Must have Active Top Secret Security Clearance. U.S. Citizenship. Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience serving as a Scrum Master or Agile facilitator on federal or enterprise programs.
• Strong understanding of Agile/SAFe, backlog management, sprint execution, and multi-team coordination.
• Experience supporting data migration, ETL operations, cloud-based pipelines, or modernization initiatives.
• Excellent facilitation, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), or equivalent Agile certification.
• Experience with petabyte-scale data migration programs, data engineering workflows, or ETL pipeline operations.
• Background supporting DOJ, FBI, Intelligence Community, or other national-security customers.
• Familiarity with cloud services (AWS preferred), DevSecOps tooling, and CI/CD automation.

Established in 2010, @Orchard LLC has an exceptional reputation, providing staffing solutions to time-sensitive talent scarcity issues to deliver better talent management ROI. Our specialty lies in the critical area of program talent acquisition and resource management, not in one narrow skillset, but across many areas of technical and functional delivery. To learn more about our other exciting opportunities, visit our Jobs Page at www.atOrchard.com.