Senior Agile Scrum Master - Federal Programs

Accenture Federal Services; Chantilly (NC); On-site; USD 112,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services seeks a skilled Agile Lead to drive the flow of work across teams, ensuring timely delivery and clear visibility. You will manage backlogs, coordinate with PMO and leadership, and facilitate design sessions while supporting client processes and UAT.

Experience in SAFe, Jira, and Confluence, with strong communication and coordination skills, is required to align roadmap milestones with contract deliverables in a federal environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience with the Agile lifecycle and coordination of Scrums and other processes.
• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
• Use of tools used in agile/scrum programs, such as Jira and Confluence.
• Development and maintenance of documentation, artifacts, and reports on sprints, epics, and milestones.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily scrums and track progress in Jira/Confluence.
• Groom the backlog and coordinate with PMO and leadership.
• Translate requirements into epics, features, and user stories; support planning and milestones.
• Provide scrum reports, capacity, velocity, and PI planning outputs.
• Lead design sessions and support user acceptance testing.

Skills

Agile lifecycle

SAFe

Jira & Confluence

Documentation & reporting

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Accenture Federal Services seeks a skilled Agile Lead to drive the flow of work across teams, ensuring timely delivery and clear visibility. You will manage backlogs, coordinate with PMO and leadership, and facilitate design sessions while supporting client processes and UAT.

Experience in SAFe, Jira, and Confluence, with strong communication and coordination skills, is required to align roadmap milestones with contract deliverables in a federal environment.