Scrum Master with Secret Clearance — Agile Delivery

DSA; Fort Dix (NJ); On-site; USD 125,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

DSA is seeking a Scrum Master in the United States (New Jersey) to facilitate Agile ceremonies, remove impediments, and enable predictable ACWS delivery. The role requires strong collaboration with Product Owners, Analysts, Developers, Testers, and government stakeholders, plus active security clearance.

The successful candidate will guide teams through SAFe and Scrum practices, track metrics, and develop Jira dashboards to support program-level delivery visibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, IT, CS, PM, or related field.
• 5+ years as Scrum Master/Agile Leader supporting software teams.
• Experience facilitating planning, standups, reviews, retrospectives, backlog refinement, dependencies.
• Knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Agile metrics, team velocity, dependency management.
• Experience collaborating with Product Owners, Analysts, Developers, Testers, Architects, Gov stakeholders.
• CSM, SSM, PSM I or equivalent certification.
• Active Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile and SAFe ceremonies to enable predictable delivery of ACWS capabilities.
• Manage impediments, dependencies, risks, and cross-functional coordination to maintain momentum.
• Support Product Owners with backlog refinement, prioritization, release planning, execution readiness.
• Promote Agile best practices, team effectiveness, continuous improvement, and high-quality delivery outcomes.
• Develop and maintain Jira dashboards, sprint metrics, release status reports, dependency tracking.

Skills

Scrum Master

Agile Coaching

Planning Facilitation

SAFe / Scrum / Kanban

Stakeholder Collaboration

CSM / SSM / PSM I

Security Clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

Appian

DevSecOps

Low-code/No-code

Cloud delivery

Job description

DSA is seeking a Scrum Master in the United States (New Jersey) to facilitate Agile ceremonies, remove impediments, and enable predictable ACWS delivery. The role requires strong collaboration with Product Owners, Analysts, Developers, Testers, and government stakeholders, plus active security clearance.

The successful candidate will guide teams through SAFe and Scrum practices, track metrics, and develop Jira dashboards to support program-level delivery visibility.