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Scrum Master Category: Project Management
Main location: United States, Louisiana, Lafayette
Alternate Location(s): United States, Tennessee, Knoxville
United States, Virginia, Fairfax
United States, Virginia, Lebanon
Position ID:J1126-0404
Employment Type: Full Time
Position Description: The ideal candidate for this position is a servant leader, Agile coach, and problem solver who thrives in a fast paced delivery environment. As a Scrum Master, you will help a high performing team deliver value by facilitating Agile processes, removing impediments, fostering collaboration, and driving continuous improvement. You are highly organized, an effective communicator, and skilled at balancing team needs, stakeholder expectations, and delivery objectives while promoting a culture of accountability and transparency.
. U.S. Citizenship required.
This position is located in our Lebanon, VA, Lafayette, LA, Knoxville, TN, or Fairfax, VA office; however, a hybrid working model is acceptable.
Your future duties and responsibilities: . Facilitate Agile ceremonies including daily stand ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
. Remove impediments, manage cross team dependencies, and enable the team to achieve sprint and program objectives.
. Coach teams, stakeholders, and leadership on Agile and SAFe principles, practices, and mindset.
. Partner with Product Owners, business stakeholders, developers, and testers to ensure work is clearly defined, prioritized, and aligned to business goals.
. Support Program Increment (PI) Planning and other SAFe events, helping teams identify risks, dependencies, and commitments.
. Monitor and communicate sprint progress, team metrics, delivery risks, and overall team health.
. Foster a collaborative, high performing team environment focused on accountability, quality, and continuous improvement.
. Support the effective use of Agile tools and best practices, including JIRA, Confluence, and Agile reporting dashboards.
. Maintain Agile artifacts, team documentation, and delivery processes to support transparency and consistency.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role: Required qualifications to be successful in this role:
. Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field preferred.
. Minimum 7 years of experience supporting Agile software development teams.
. Demonstrated experience serving as a Scrum Master in a fast paced Scaled Agile SAFe delivery environment.
. Strong facilitation, communication, organizational, and conflict resolution skills.
. Experience managing multiple priorities and delivering results under tight timelines.
. Experience using Agile delivery tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
. Ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non technical stakeholders.
Desired qualifications/non essential skills required:
. Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification.
. SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM), SAFe Agilist (SA), or other SAFe certification.
. Experience supporting SAFe implementations and scaled Agile delivery teams.
. Experience supporting federal government clients and Agile software development programs.
. Experience leveraging Agile metrics and reporting to drive team performance and continuous improvement.
. SQL query experience is a plus.
CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $82,600.00 $180,700.00.
CGI Federal's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include:
. Competitive compensation
. Comprehensive insurance options
. Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan
. Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time
. Paid parental leave
. Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
. Wellness and Well being programs
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Skills: - Agile Delivery Management
- Communication
- Requirement Management
- SAFe
- Scrum Master
