Everforth ECS is seeking a
ScrumMaster to work in our
Fairfax, VA office in a hybrid capacity.
This position is primarily responsible for supporting centralized SUNet Cyber Infrastructure administration and coordination initiatives while championing Agile best practices across the team.
Key Responsibilities:Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Serve as the ScrumMaster for one or more Agile development teams, ensuring Scrum principles, SAFe practices, and Agile methodologies are consistently understood, adopted, and followed.
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, Release Planning, and Program Increment (PI) Planning.
- Partner with Product Owners, Agile Coaches, and stakeholders to define, refine, prioritize, and maintain the product backlog, including user stories, acceptance criteria, and sprint priorities.
- Champion Agile best practices and coach teams to foster collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and a high-performing Agile culture.
- Act as a servant leader by removing impediments, resolving conflicts, managing dependencies, and enabling teams to successfully deliver sprint and program objectives.
- Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to elicit, analyze, document, and validate requirements, translating business needs into actionable user stories and backlog items.
- Manage Jira, Confluence, and other Agile tools to maintain sprint and product backlogs, track work, and provide transparency into team progress.
- Develop, monitor, and communicate Agile metrics, dashboards, sprint velocity, burndown charts, release status, and other delivery metrics to leadership and stakeholders.
- Coordinate:
- Multiple application development efforts and cross-functional initiatives within a fast-paced DevSecOps environment.
- Maintenance Window activities, ticket management, change implementation, and post-maintenance reporting.
- Track and manage risks, issues, dependencies, action items, and blockers, proactively driving them to resolution.
- Support:
- The planning, coordination, and implementation of new capabilities that enhance mission assurance and operational management functions.
- Daily operational activities for SUNet leadership and technical teams through cross-functional coordination and collaboration across matrixed organizations.
- Prepare executive briefings, status reports, presentations, and communications for program leadership and Government stakeholders.
- Organize and facilitate meetings by preparing agendas, documenting decisions, capturing meeting minutes, tracking action items, and ensuring timely follow-up.
- Assist project and program managers with planning, scheduling, milestone tracking, documentation, quality reviews, and overall project execution.
- Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), process documentation, knowledge management artifacts, and other program documentation.
- Build strong partnerships across engineering, cybersecurity, infrastructure, program management, and customer organizations to ensure priorities remain aligned and mission objectives are achieved.
- Other duties, as assigned.
Note: Salary is commensurate with skillset, qualifications, experience, and educational background.
Salary Range: $140,000-160,000
General Description of Benefits
- U.S. Citizen.
- Active DoD Secret security clearance.
- Bachelor's degree in related field of study and 5+ years of relevant experience OR alternatively, High School Diploma and 9+ years of relevant experience.
- Ability to obtain a DoD 8140 IAT Level II Security+ (or higher) within 6 months of hire.
- Active CLF-C02 AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner.
- Active Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II).
- Strong understanding of Agile and Scrum methodologies, familiar with SAFe 6.0
- Working knowledge of Agile principles and Scrum framework with experience facilitating Agile ceremonies.
- Demonstrated leadership and facilitation skills with the ability to influence teams and drive collaboration without direct supervisory authority.
- Exceptional organizational and coordination skills with experience managing multiple meetings, priorities, and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to:
- Manage multiple projects of medium to large scale through all sprints/iterations and phases of the project.
- Communicate, influence and partner effectively using strong verbal and written communication.
- Balance tactical execution with strategic thinking while managing multiple priorities.
- Highly proactive, adaptable, and flexible, with the ability to quickly adjust to changing priorities, emerging requirements, and dynamic customer needs.
- Self-motivated and driven with a strong desire to continuously learn, take on new challenges, and grow professionally.
- Strong:
- Interpersonal skills with the ability to build trusted relationships across cross-functional teams and all levels of leadership.
- Analytical, organizational, planning, and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated ability to:
- Take initiative, work independently, and anticipate team needs while maintaining a high level of ownership and accountability.
- Influence teams without direct authority and foster collaboration across diverse stakeholder groups.
- Experience:
- Gathering, documenting, and managing business and technical requirements.
- Creating user stories, acceptance criteria, and maintaining Agile backlogs.
- Using Atlassian Jira and Confluence to manage Agile projects and team workflows.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively across technical teams, leadership, and government stakeholders.
- Self-motivated, detail-oriented professional who thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities, with a proven ability to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the most appropriate solution.
- Highly developed interpersonal and oral/written communication skills, with the ability to effectively and professionally interact with a diverse set of stakeholders (from peers to end-users to executive management).
