Intermediate SME (Scrum Master)

System One Holdings, LLC

$90K — $130K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Computing Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • Minimum 10 years of experience leading projects or key business initiatives.
  • 2 years of IT portfolio and customer relationship management experience.
  • PMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, or CSM certification is required.
  • Experience as a Scrum Master during Agile transformation.

Responsibilities

  • Facilitate the CRAFT team in adopting Agile best practices.
  • Remove blockers to ensure smooth workflow and team progress.
  • Maintain backlog hygiene to ensure effective prioritization of tasks.
  • Coach team members in self-organization and continuous improvement.
  • Collaborate with Product Owners to scope and plan current and future work effectively.
  • Enhance and replace a legacy system with a new exam workflow tool leveraging AWS cloud services.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for long-term contract extension based on performance.
  • Engage in a dynamic project that involves Agile transformation and AWS cloud services.
  • Serve as a key facilitator in a dedicated Scrum Master role.
Full Job Description
Scrum Master

Washington, DC -100% onsite
Per Federal contract U.S. citizenship is required
Must be able to pass a federal background investigation to obtain Public Trust clearance
Start Date- 07/06/2026 through 12/21/2026 with possibility of long-term contract extension based on performance
Open to W2 and C2C


**PMP Certification, PMI-ACP, SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) or CSM (Certified Scrum Master) certification required**

Must apply be 6/22/2026

Position Requirements:

Project Scope: The objective of this task order is to provide dedicated Scrum Master services to facilitate the CRAFT team in adopting Agile best practices, removing blockers, and ensuring the successful delivery of an exam workflow tool. The Scrum Master will serve as servant leader for the team focusing on facilitation, backlog hygiene, impediment removal, and coaching.

Business Requirements: The examiner workflow tool will replace and enhance a legacy system while leveraging AWS cloud services. To support the development, implementation, continuous improvement of the tool; a Scrum Master is required to work with the product owner team, development team, and management to ensure the team embraces an Agile mindset.
  • The candidate is expected to report onsite 5 days per week at our office in downtown DC. This is not a remote/hybrid position.
  • This contract will run until the end of 2026 with possibility for renewal in 2027.


Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Computing Information Systems, Computer Science, or relevant technical discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience leading projects or key business initiatives.
• 2 years of IT portfolio and customer relationship management experience.
• At least one of the following or its equivalent:

PMP Certification, PMI-ACP, SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) or CSM (Certified Scrum Master).

Capabilities
• Engaging and coaching product teams to help them recognize the effectiveness of self-organization and continuous improvement.
• Work closely with Product Owners to properly scope and plan current and future work.
• Knowledge of approaches discussed in the Agile space: Scrum, Kanban and SAFe.
• Knowledge and/or experience with Agile techniques, including User Stories, Continuous

Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games.

• Experience executing as a Scrum Master in an Agile Transformation.

Ref: #851-Rockville-S1

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