IT Scrum Master - DOD

Location: Onsite/hybrid at Schriever Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, or Fort Belvoir, Virginia; remote/telework is not available. Travel required up to 10%.

Salary: $110,000–$140,000 annually, depending on directly related experience, education, and certifications.

Company

hirify.global provides science, engineering, data analytics, and technology services to government agencies.

What you will do

• Partner with the Release Train Engineer to align the Scrum Master role with SAFe frameworks and Agile release trains.
• Design, document, implement, and train IT teams on customized Agile processes in a greenfield environment.
• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, backlog maintenance, user-story development, sprint planning, and cross-team dependency management.
• Track team capacity, sprint velocity, burn-down charts, impediments, risks, resource bottlenecks, and weekly delivery metrics.
• Integrate IT service delivery and cybersecurity compliance activities into Agile workflows, including enterprise upgrades and break/fix work.
• Coach technical engineers, Product Owners, and technical leads while fostering collaboration across geographically distributed onsite and virtual teams.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of general full-time work experience; this may be reduced with advanced education.
• At least 2 years of directly related experience as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, or Project Manager.
• Current Agile certification such as CSM, PSM I, or SAFe Scrum Master.
• Experience using Agile management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, or Azure DevOps to facilitate remote and hybrid teams.
• Experience applying Agile methodologies to IT operations.
• Active DoW Secret Security Clearance required; ability to obtain an active DoW Top Secret Security Clearance required.
• Strong presentation, oral, written, leadership, mentoring, collaboration, and stakeholder communication skills.

Nice to have

• Agile/Scrum experience within a technical team under an RTE or Agile Coach.
• SAFe experience, particularly in a DoD or government contracting environment.
• Technical background in System Administration, Network Engineering, or IT Service Management.
• Experience integrating ITIL Change, Incident, and Problem Management with Agile processes.
• Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification, such as Security+ CE.
• Familiarity with RMF, Secure Host Baselines, and DISA STIGs.
• Advanced Agile certification such as A-CSM, PSM II, PMI-ACP, or SAFe Release Train Engineer.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position supporting the Missile Defense Agency on the IRES contract.
• Day-shift schedule in a high-pace, dynamic enterprise IT environment.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance; life insurance; matching 401(k) contributions; and educational/training support.
• No relocation assistance is available at this time.