Software Engineer / Scrum Master - PLNR (26-394) E4 / COS-83

Apex Systems; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401K with company match

ESPP

Job summary

Everforth Apex Systems is hiring a hybrid Scrum Master and Software Engineer in Colorado Springs. The role reports to the Product Owner, balancing hands-on development with servant leadership to drive mission-critical software delivery.

Responsibilities include facilitating agile ceremonies, PI planning, and cross-team coordination, while also designing, coding, testing, and maintaining applications, pipelines, and configuration tools. A Secret clearance is required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as software engineer, systems engineer, or technical contributor supporting software development teams.
• Proficiency in object-oriented development with Java or J2EE is required; C++ is a plus.
• Knowledge of software engineering practices, including automated testing, build pipelines, and configuration management.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate agile ceremonies (daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives).
• Guide PI planning, feature decomposition, and cross-team dependency management.
• Design, code, test, debug and maintain software applications and automation tools.
• Develop and maintain secure, automated build and deployment pipelines.
• Decompose requirements into detailed user stories with acceptance criteria.
• Remove impediments to ensure sprint and program increment delivery.
• Collaborate with product owners and stakeholders to stay aligned with standards.

Skills

Java/J2EE

C++

Agile

Education

Post-secondary degree or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Job#: 3056401

Job Description:

Candidates must be U.S. citizens able to obtain and/or maintain a Department of Defense security clearance as a condition and continuation of employment.

Software Engineer / Scrum Master

Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado (On-site)

Clearance: Active Secret

Role Overview

A hybrid Scrum Master and Software Engineer is required to join a mission-critical product team. This position reports directly to the Product Owner, offering servant leadership while contributing hands-on development expertise. Approximately 30% of the responsibilities involve facilitating agile ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives, as well as guiding the team through program increment planning and cross-team dependency management. The remaining 70% of the role focuses on designing, coding, testing, debugging, and maintaining software applications, automated build pipelines, and configuration management tools.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate key agile ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement and retrospectives.
• Guide development teams through program increment planning, feature decomposition, and dependency management.
• Design, code, test, debug and maintain complex software applications and automation tools.
• Develop and maintain secure, automated build and deployment pipelines.
• Decompose high-level requirements and features into detailed user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Remove team impediments rapidly to ensure consistent sprint and program increment delivery.
• Collaborate with product owners and stakeholders to maintain high team engagement and alignment with organizational standards.

Required Qualifications

Education: Post-secondary degree or equivalent professional training in a related technical discipline is preferred.

Experience: Candidates must possess at least 3 years of experience as a software engineer, systems engineer, or technical contributor supporting software development teams.

Technical Skills: Proficiency in object-oriented development with Java or J2EE is required, with additional experience in C++ considered highly beneficial. Demonstrated knowledge of software engineering practices, including coding standards, automated testing, automated build pipelines, and configuration management is necessary. Proven experience using collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence to support agile teams is also required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with financial tracking frameworks for government programs, such as Earned Value Management Systems.
• Experience working within a Scaled Agile Framework environment.
• Professional agile certifications such as Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Professional, PMI Agile Certified Practitioner, SAFe Scrum Master, or Professional Scrum Master.
• Prior experience supporting software engineering initiatives for federal high-availability systems.

Benefits

• Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection.
• We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure.
• Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts.
• In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA.
• Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach.
• You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

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