Scrum Master

Ardent Principles, Inc.•Chantilly, VA

5d•$130,000 - $260,000•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a Scrum Master who brings hands-on-experience facilitating Agile development teams through complex software engineering lifecycles. In this role, you will be embedded directly with cross-organizational, multi-disciplinary teams, applying core Scrum values and Agile principles to optimize team velocity and maintain steady pipeline momentum. We offer advanced services in data science, data engineering, software engineering, AI solutions, cybersecurity, and IT program management. Passionate Integrity, Driven by Excellence Ardent Principles offers a competitive salary range and a comprehensive, industry‑leading benefits package designed to support long‑term stability and employee well‑being. We provide more than a position—we offer a workplace committed to excellence, integrity, and mission‑focused impact. Our mission is to act as a bridge between satisfied clients and fulfilled employees, ensuring that your job and well-being are our top priorities because your satisfaction leads to the success of our clients. Join us as we continue building the future of secure, high‑impact solutions.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph
knowledge and experience with using Jira for managing backlogs, portfolios, products, and sprints.

Nice To Haves

Working in a fast-paced, Lean Agile environment.
Working with Sponsor IT systems, missions, and strategies.
Communicating with senior customers, senior management, and implementation partners.
Creating and maintaining JIRA tickets.
Managing top line charts, sprint burn-up charts and sprint goals.

Responsibilities

Running daily team scrum meetings.
Working with project teams to determine or project work scope and level of effort to produce a t-shirt size for the associated work.
Coordinating test resources and deployments with other groups.
Working with reporting system for notifying system status and to seek approval for deployment to production.
experience leading an Agile development team.
experience working with senior level customers for status updates and prioritization.
experience putting together sprint plans.
experience putting together weekly reports.
ability to monitor the progress of multiple concurrent and highly visible projects and requirements with the ability to recommend or take required corrective actions; to perform risk identification and management; and to communicate effectively with the customer, stakeholder, and project team.
knowledge and experience with leading and managing enterprise level projects that have a multi-disciplinary cross-organizational project team from start to end using the Sponsor’s Project Management Framework (PMF) and Agile Project Management methodology.
knowledge and experience with managing multiple concurrent projects, short deadlines, and competing priorities.
knowledge and experience identifying programmatic challenges, risks, and constraints coupled with a strong ability to convey well-thought mitigation strategies.
knowledge and experience managing a project through the accreditation process using ICD-503 and receiving ATO.