We are seeking an experienced Technical Scrum Master to lead Agile execution across multidisciplinary engineering teams within a federal defense environment.
The ideal candidate will have strong Scrum Master experience, a technical understanding of hardware, firmware, and software engineering processes, and the ability to drive Agile practices, improve team performance, and coordinate with program and engineering leadership.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead Agile execution across complex, multidisciplinary technical teams.
- Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Drive Agile maturity and continuous improvement across engineering teams.
- Partner with program managers and engineering leadership to align priorities and remove roadblocks.
- Develop and maintain project plans, metrics, dashboards, and progress reports.
- Track team performance, project milestones, cost, and schedule.
- Communicate project status and risks to stakeholders, leadership, and customers.
- Promote Agile best practices in a mission-critical defense environment.
- Build consensus among stakeholders and drive alignment across teams.
- Support engineering design task planning and cost/schedule estimation.
Required Qualifications
- Must be a US Citizen.
- Must be eligible and willing to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance.
- Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering or a related STEM discipline with 5+ years of relevant experience; OR Master's degree with 3+ years of relevant experience.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant Scrum/Agile experience (BS requirement).
- Proven experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Lead supporting technical engineering teams.
- Strong understanding of hardware, firmware, and software engineering processes.
- Strong knowledge of Agile methodologies.
- Experience with SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) preferred.
- Experience developing project metrics, reports, and dashboards.
- Proficiency with Excel, Power BI, or similar data visualization tools.
- Experience preparing cost and schedule estimates for engineering design tasks.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, and facilitation skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous experience in federal or DoD defense contracting environments.
- Experience implementing Agile practices and processes in defense programs.
- SAFe, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), or equivalent Agile certification.
- Experience working with engineering and multidisciplinary technical teams.
- Ability to drive stakeholder consensus and cross-functional alignment.
Interview Process
- Second round: Onsite or video interview depending on candidate location.
- US Citizens only.
- Must be willing and able to obtain DoD Secret Clearance.
- Must have a BS in STEM and 5 years of relevant Scrum experience (or qualifying Master's degree and experience).
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