Job DescriptionCOLSA is seeking a Scrum Master to support NASA's Consolidated Applications and Platform Services (NCAPS) contract, specifically supporting NASA's Aerospace Capabilities Portfolio Office by managing Agile delivery across fast-moving software, data, and machine-learning development efforts.
This is a fully remote position open to candidates residing in the United States, excluding the following states: AR, CT, DE, HI, IA, KS, MT, NE, NJ, NY, RI, SD, VT, WV, and WY.
Responsibilities:- Facilitate agile delivery end to end: sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, and backlog refinement, keeping each ceremony focused and time-boxed.
- Work with project leads to translate strategy, priorities, and team resources into executable sprint and release plans, and keep day-to-day execution aligned to those priorities.
- Remove impediments, coordinate cross-team and external dependencies, and protect the team's focus so it can deliver consistently.
- Produce clear delivery products and overviews (roadmaps, prioritization and trade-off views, delivery and status reporting) that let leadership make informed trade decisions on prioritization and investment.
- Use delivery data to drive efficiency: track metrics (velocity, throughput, burn-down, cycle time, defect rate, and delivery-performance metrics), find where the team loses time or quality, and act on it to measurably improve how the team performs.
- Establish the delivery and quality standards the team works to, document them, and hold the team accountable to them.
- Adapt agile practice to an AI-accelerated pace: streamline planning and coordination so process keeps up with faster development cycles rather than slowing them down.
- Manage the backlog with product owners and project leads, ensuring upcoming work is refined, estimated, and aligned to stakeholder needs.
- Coach and push the team: raise the team's agile discipline, hold people to commitments and standards, and foster a collaborative, high-performing delivery environment.
Required Experience- Bachelor's degree or higher in related field
- 6 years of experience in agile delivery, Scrum Master, or agile project/program management roles
- Experience facilitating teams that build software, data, and applied AI/ML products
- Experience adapting agile process to fast-moving, AI-driven development
- Active Scrum Master certification (e.g., PSM, CSM, or SAFe Scrum Master)
- Must be willing to undergo a background investigation for a position of NASA Public Trust; US Citizenship required
- Deep, demonstrated command of Scrum and other agile frameworks (Kanban, SAFe, Lean) and servant-leadership practices
- Demonstrated experience translating strategy and priorities into executable team plans and keeping delivery aligned to them
- Demonstrated experience producing delivery metrics, status products, and reporting that support leadership decision-making and prioritization
- Demonstrated use of delivery data and metrics to measurably improve team efficiency and quality (for example, reducing cycle time or defect rates)
- Demonstrated experience setting delivery or quality standards and holding a team accountable to them, and coaching teams to a higher level of performance
- Proficiency with agile delivery tooling (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar)
Preferred Qualifications- Experience coaching or mentoring other Scrum Masters, or scaling agile across multiple teams
- Familiarity with software delivery-performance metrics, for example the DORA (DevOps Research and Assessment) metrics, and building dashboards that give leadership visibility into delivery
- Experience coordinating across multiple stakeholders and programs simultaneously
Applicant selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
