Senior Scrum Master

Peraton•,

1d•$104,000 - $166,000•Remote

About The Position

Peraton is seeking a Senior Scrum Master to lead agile delivery for a significant federal data integration program. This program aims to close a critical gap in Endangered Species Act (ESA) research by integrating marine and anadromous species data into an existing U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) platform, creating a unified experience for all ESA-listed species. The Senior Scrum Master will act as a process facilitator and delivery enabler, managing sprint cadence, removing blockers, and ensuring coordination across multiple workstreams and cross-agency stakeholders. This is a fully remote, 12-month contract position with potential for extension and future opportunities within Peraton.

Requirements

Bachelors degree and 8 years experience; Masters degree and 6 years; PhD and 3 years, or High School diploma/equivalent and 12 years’ experience.
U.S. Citizenship
Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
8+ years of experience as a Scrum Master or Agile delivery lead
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or equivalent Agile certification
Experience facilitating Agile delivery on federal government IT programs
Strong understanding of sprint planning, backlog management, and velocity tracking
Experience managing risk and defect logs in a compliance-gated delivery environment
Experience supporting OMB or executive-level government demonstrations and briefing materials
Excellent facilitation, communication, and stakeholder coordination skills

Nice To Haves

SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) or SAFe Agilist (SA) certification
Familiarity with multi-agency federal programs involving DOI, FWS, or NOAA Fisheries
Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar agile project management tools
Active Public Trust Clearance

Responsibilities

Lead the overall system architecture design for the federal data integration, ensuring compliance with IT governance, platform standards, and interoperability conformance requirements.
Establish and baseline the interoperability conformance framework at project kickoff, defining API standards, protocols, and data exchange requirements for all integration points.
Design the end-to-end integration architecture spanning cloud data platforms, web applications, authoritative data systems, and decision logic engines.
Lead workstream management across all project phases, ensuring technical dependencies are identified, sequenced, and resolved.
Conduct compliance validation from a technical architecture perspective, ensuring the integrated system meets all regulatory requirements.
Evaluate all proposed technical changes against platform constraints and escalate boundary violations.
Lead the design of authorized API integration pathways between source systems and the cloud data platform.
Provide technical oversight of the production migration runbook and cutover execution.
Lead the development of the Final Operational Playbooks, providing technical architecture documentation covering system maintenance procedures, incident response protocols, and integration sustainability guidance.
Serve as the technical escalation point for the team, resolving complex integration, compliance, and architecture issues.