Scrum Master (Senior)
About The Position
CACI is seeking a Senior Scrum Master for the Global Mission Operations Support (GMOS) contract supporting the Department of State. The role supports a program focused on modernizing and maintaining applications and infrastructure using an integrated IT Service Management approach. The Senior Scrum Master guides engineering teams delivering infrastructure, network, and IT services modernization across physical data centers, cloud environments, and more than 350 worldwide facilities. The position combines Agile leadership and coaching with hands-on technical work involving infrastructure solutions, disaster recovery, capacity planning, databases, monitoring tools, automation, and cloud migrations. The role also coordinates engineering work with product owners, managers, architecture review boards, and change management control boards, and supports security best practices and NIST standards compliance. The position requires an active Top Secret clearance and is contingent on funding; it may not be filled immediately.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and 8 years of experience in related fields such as Agile coaching, Scrum Master work, infrastructure engineering, IT project management, or DevOps engineering; equivalencies considered.
- Active Top Secret clearance.
- Proven experience as a Scrum Master for technical engineering teams delivering infrastructure, network, and cloud modernization initiatives.
- Expertise in Agile methodologies, including Scrum and SAFe, and technical delivery practices for complex infrastructure projects.
- Strong technical knowledge of infrastructure engineering, cloud architectures, disaster recovery, CI/CD pipelines, and automation frameworks.
- Excellent facilitation and coaching abilities, including experience removing impediments, managing cross-team dependencies, and leading major technical initiatives.
Nice To Haves
- Prior experience supporting federal agencies, especially the Department of State.
- Professional certification such as Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), SAFe Agilist (SA), or Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM).
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools.
Responsibilities
- Orchestrate Agile processes for multiple engineering teams delivering infrastructure, network, and IT services modernization across physical data centers, cloud environments, and more than 350 worldwide facilities.
- Coach engineering teams in advanced Agile practices, including SAFe principles, and align delivery with DT/EA/CST SDLC methodologies, governance reviews, and Department modernization goals.
- Remove organizational impediments and facilitate cross-team dependencies for initiatives involving infrastructure consolidation, cloud adoption, software-defined networking, and automated deployment.
- Architect infrastructure solutions, design disaster recovery configurations, conduct capacity planning analysis, and validate operational designs for critical systems with redundant failover capabilities.
- Partner with the Engineering and Implementation Manager and Product Owners to develop and maintain engineering program backlogs addressing redundant infrastructure designs, failover capabilities, and disaster recovery requirements.
- Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues, optimize database performance, configure enterprise monitoring tools, and develop automation scripts for CI/CD pipelines.
- Develop Agile metrics and reporting frameworks to track engineering delivery performance, including infrastructure deployment timelines, design review cycles, and technical documentation completeness.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership for infrastructure migrations, including reviewing cloud architecture designs, validating security configurations, testing automated provisioning workflows, and troubleshooting integration challenges.
- Facilitate collaboration among engineering teams, Architecture Review Boards, and Change Management Control Boards to ensure infrastructure designs incorporate security best practices and NIST standards compliance.
- Mentor junior Scrum Masters and coach engineering teams on continuous improvement methodologies supporting capacity planning, performance optimization, and modernization initiatives.
Benefits
- Flexible time off benefit.
- Learning resources and learning and development opportunities.
- Healthcare benefits.
- Wellness benefits.
- Financial benefits.
- Retirement benefits.
- Family support benefits.
- Continuing education benefits.
- Time off benefits.
- Competitive compensation and a broad mix of benefits designed to support and protect employees and their families.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
