Senior Level Scrum Master

ECS Tech Inc • Arlington, VA

11d • $135,000 - $165,000 • Remote

About The Position

Everforth ECS is seeking a Senior Scrum Master to support a federal IT modernization initiative. The role works within a highly regulated environment and drives efficient, effective solution deployments during a technical migration from a legacy system to a cloud environment. The position applies Scrum and Kanban methodologies across the Software Delivery Lifecycle (SDLC), supports Agile enablement, and fosters collaboration among stakeholder groups. It offers an opportunity to build enterprise-scale experience and pursue advancement into senior leadership, product management, or program management roles.

Requirements

• U.S. citizen.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust Suitability.
• Bachelor's degree.
• At least 11 years of relevant professional experience.
• Demonstrated experience applying Scrum and Kanban methodologies to the Software Delivery Lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile events, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and backlog refinement, applying Scrum and Kanban methodologies.
• Lead technical delivery teams through the SDLC, including design, development, quality assurance, security, deployment, and sustainment.
• Oversee the product backlog and ensure backlog items meet Scrum best practices for intake, definition of ready, refinement completeness, and definition of done.
• Coach the team on requirements gathering, analysis, change management, and continuous delivery processes.
• Engage stakeholders—including team leadership, business owners, product owners, tech leads, quality assurance and security leads, end users, and fellow team members—to support solution design and implementation and ensure quality and timely delivery.
• Drive customer feedback through UAT, customer demos, and product owner-led requirements vetting.
• Collect and analyze Agile metrics and use insights to coach the team toward continuous improvement.
• 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: Senior