Scrum Master

Booz Allen Hamilton • Chantilly, VA

8d • $86,800 - $198,000

About The Position

As a Scrum Master, you will coach a development team to achieve high performance while meeting program increment (PI) and sprint goals. You will apply Agile best practices, address challenges early, and develop innovative solutions to complex problems. Working with Product Owners, Engineering Leads, Chief Architects, other Scrum teams, and stakeholders, you will support backlog quality and prioritization, align work across teams, and gather and document technical and business requirements. Using Jira and Confluence, you will strengthen sustainable process improvements and support sprint planning and reviews. You will promote Agile principles, measure Agile metrics, facilitate Scrum ceremonies, help remove impediments, and foster a self-organizing, collaborative team focused on agreed sprint goals. The role requires an active TS/SCI clearance and willingness to take a polygraph examination.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience managing teams to meet stakeholder objectives, such as in a Scrum Master role.
• Experience with Jira.
• Experience leading client delivery engagements and working with senior-level client management.
• Experience teaching technical teams with junior and senior members basic Agile framework concepts.
• Active TS/SCI clearance and willingness to take a polygraph exam.
• Bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of experience gathering and documenting technical and business requirements, or at least 9 years of such experience in lieu of a degree.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of the project management framework.
• Knowledge of agency or intelligence community and IT infrastructures.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for interacting with clients, engineers, and managers.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a relevant field.
• Agile or PMI certifications.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Product Owner, Engineering Lead, and Chief Architect to ensure backlog quality, clarity, and prioritization.
• Facilitate sprint ceremonies that produce consistent outcomes.
• Promote and measure Agile metrics.
• Coordinate with other Scrum teams to align priorities, manage shared resources, and ensure consistent sequencing of work.
• Gather and document technical and business requirements.
• Ensure Scrum principles and approaches are understood by the development team and stakeholders, and maximize team performance.
• Coach the Scrum team in applying appropriate processes to create successful products.
• Foster team self-organization and collaboration, and shield the team from outside distractions to maintain focus on sprint goals.
• Monitor and improve the Scrum process and project progress, and help resolve impediments in the development process.

Benefits

• Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
• Paid leave.
• Professional development.
• Tuition assistance.
• Work-life programs.
• Dependent care.
• Recognition awards for exceptional performance and demonstration of company values.

What This Job Offers

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