1790 - Scrum Master

Sigma Defense•San Diego, CA

About The Position

Sigma Defense is seeking a Scrum Master to join its team in San Diego, California. The role facilitates Agile ceremonies, coordinates cross-functional engineering teams, tracks sprint progress and dependencies, removes impediments, and maintains Jira boards and documentation. It supports backlog management, stakeholder communication, mission alignment, and continuous improvement to ensure timely and effective delivery of engineering objectives. The Scrum Master works with systems engineers, software developers, and network engineering teams, and helps coordinate engineering activities, system integration, testing, and network deployment efforts. The position also supports alignment between engineering work, program milestones, and operational requirements. Sigma Defense Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status, and applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Requirements

At least 1 year of relevant experience.
Working knowledge of Scrum and Agile development practices.
Knowledge of Scrum roles, events, artifacts, and empirical process control.
Ability to run stand-ups, retrospectives, and reviews, and remove impediments.
Strong organizational skills and ability to coordinate multiple priorities, dependencies, and deadlines.
Ability to manage competing priorities, maintain accurate documentation, and support continuous process improvement.
Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must possess or have the ability to obtain an active Secret security clearance or higher; clearance may be sponsored for the right candidate.
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a technical field of study.
CompTIA Security+ or CISSP certification.
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master Fundamental (PSM 1) certification within 6 months of hire.
Experience or ability using Agile planning and tracking tools such as Jira, Confluence, and GitLab or GitHub.

Responsibilities

Facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
Assist teams in planning, tracking, and completing sprint activities and deliverables.
Track project progress, action items, dependencies, and impediments to support timely delivery.
Help identify and remove obstacles affecting team productivity and mission objectives.
Promote collaboration among systems engineers, software developers, and network engineering teams.
Maintain Agile boards, sprint backlogs, and project documentation using Jira.
Support the Product Owner in backlog refinement, prioritization, and sprint preparation.
Encourage adherence to Agile principles and promote continuous improvement across the team.
Communicate sprint progress, risks, and issues to team members, technical leads, and stakeholders.
Assist with coordinating engineering activities, system integration, testing, and network deployment efforts.
Help monitor team performance metrics and identify opportunities to improve workflow and delivery.
Support alignment between engineering activities, program milestones, and operational requirements.