Scrum Master
CORMAC
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Serve as Scrum Master for two Agile teams within a SAFe Agile Release Train (ART), ensuring alignment with SAFe principles and federal contract requirements
- Facilitate SAFe and team-level ceremonies including iteration planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, iteration reviews, retrospectives, and System Demos
- Partner with Product Owners, Product Management, and Release Train Engineers (RTEs) to support PI Planning, iteration execution, and dependency management
- Identify, track, and help resolve risks, impediments, and cross-team dependencies, escalating as needed through the ART
- Coach teams on Agile and SAFe best practices, fostering continuous improvement and increasing team maturity and performance
- Support PI Objectives development, commitment tracking, and progress reporting throughout the Program Increment
- Monitor and report Agile metrics such as velocity, predictability, capacity, and flow metrics to leadership and federal stakeholders
- Ensure transparency and compliance with federal governance, documentation, and security requirements while maintaining Agile delivery principles
- Collaborate with stakeholders and government partners to ensure shared understanding of priorities, scope, and delivery expectations
- Promote a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning across the ART
- Maintain team capacity and time off for planning purposes
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field or experience
- 5+ years experience as a Scrum Master
- Must be a U.S. Citizen
- Efficient with Atlassian tools such as JIRA and Confluence
- Strong facilitation and communication skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to work collaboratively with business representatives, SMEs, technical teams, and project managers on development projects during all phases of the software development life cycle
- Ability to work both independently and in a team environment
- Must be a self-starter, detail-oriented and have excellent organizational skills
- Strong presentation skills and client presence
- Ability to analyze and think quickly to resolve conflict
- Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills
- Strong written and verbal skills and ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical audiences
- Ability to be on camera daily to support remote work and collaboration
Benefits
- Flexible work schedules with remote, hybrid, or fully in-person workplace options
- Supportive, collaborative, and welcoming environment
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
Scrum MasterAgileSAFePI PlanningAgile metricssoftware development life cyclerisk managementdependency managementcontinuous improvementcoaching
Soft skills
facilitationcommunicationcollaborationorganizational skillspresentation skillsnegotiationconflict resolutionteamworkself-starterdetail-oriented