Scrum Master

ECS Tech Inc • Arlington, VA

17d • $125,000 - $150,000 • Remote

About The Position

Everforth ECS is seeking an ambitious Scrum Master to support a federal IT modernization initiative. The role works within a highly regulated environment and drives efficient, effective solution deployments as part of a technical migration from a legacy system to a cloud environment. It is described as a mid-level opportunity to build enterprise-scale experience and develop toward potential senior leadership, product management, or program management roles.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust Suitability.
• Bachelor's degree.
• At least 6 years of professional related experience.
• An active Scrum certification or another industry-related Agile certification.
• Proven experience as a Scrum Master on teams leading IT modernization projects and/or building enterprise solutions with multiple cross-functional teams in professional services or federal consulting.
• Experience serving as a functional lead across multiple Agile teams.
• Ability to distinguish between and recommend Agile techniques, such as Scrum and Kanban, based on situational needs.
• Expertise engaging Product Owners and Business Owners/end users to ensure quality, accuracy, and timeliness of delivery.

Nice To Haves

• DHS experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and backlog refinement.
• Own and maintain product backlogs, ensuring requirements are clear, prioritized, and actionable.
• Lead requirements gathering, analysis, change management, and continuous delivery processes.
• Engage team leadership, product owners, business owners, end users, and team members in solution design and implementation, ensuring quality and timely delivery.
• Support user acceptance testing (UAT) planning and execution to validate that functionality meets user needs.
• Drive daily operational activities and identify and implement process improvements and risk responses.
• Convert integrated master schedules into team-level backlogs and maintain synchronization between them.
• Contribute to monthly contractual deliverables and program reporting.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level