Torch Technologies
Thank you for your interest in employment with Torch Technologies. We are a 100% employee-owned, Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County, headquartered in Huntsville, AL. Our team provides superior research, development, and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of War. As one of the nation’s top 100 defense companies, the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. Our corporate mission sums up the pride our employee-owners take in the work we do: “Lighting the Pathway of Freedom”. And, as a Certified Evergreen ESOP, we have made the commitment to grow and sustain our company for the next 100 years! Come grow with us!
This position is Contingent Upon Contract Award
Torch Technologies is seeking a driven, innovative, and experienced Advanced Scrum Master to support our customers at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC). In this role, you will blend Agile expertise with servant leadership to enable teams to perform at their highest potential. You will champion collaboration, drive program execution, remove systemic impediments, and foster a culture of transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement. Your support will directly influence the delivery of mission-critical capabilities supporting national defense.
As an Advanced Scrum Master your duties will include the following, but are not limited to:
Champion and drive the adoption of Agile and Scrum best practices across the organization, extending beyond immediate teams.
Organize and facilitate Program Increment (PI) Planning events.
Provide support and guidance across multiple scrum teams.
Lead and organize ART level Agile ceremonies, including Scrum Masters/Product Owner sync, backlog refinement meetings, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review and demonstration sessions.
Provide customers with meaningful Agile metrics and a clear roadmap for increasing ART maturity and agility.
Coach and mentor teams, leaders, and stakeholders on Agile principles and SAFe practices to elevate performance and delivery outcomes.
Support the optimization of value delivery across the ART.
Lead backlog refinement and creation events that support ART backlog and team backlogs.
Proactively identify, manage, and resolve cross-team dependencies, risks, and impediments.
Partner with Product Owners, Subject Matter Experts, and key stakeholders to ensure alignment on vision, priorities, and execution strategy.
Define, collect, and communicate actionable program-level metrics and status reporting.
Cultivate strong communication and collaboration across all ART participants.
Drive and measure progress of continuous improvement initiatives to enhance program effectiveness.
Stay current on emerging Agile trends, tools, and industry best practices.
Recommend and implement tooling and process improvements for value stream and project management.
Coordinate with project management tool administrators to manage system access and permissions.
Mediate and resolve complex interpersonal and cross-team conflicts, fostering a collaborative and psychologically safe environment.
Qualifications:
U.S. Citizenship.
Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
5-10+ years of applicable systems engineering experience, to include 3+ years of experience as a Scrum Master in an Agile environment.
Active Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain an SCI.
SAFe Certification (RTE, Scrum Master, or Product Owner).
Experience supporting remote or geographically distributed teams.
Experience supporting organizational or program-level change management initiatives.
Strong knowledge of Agile principles, Scrum framework, and SAFe methodology.
Experience with Agile project management tools (e.g., Jira, GitLab).
Preferred Qualifications:
Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and modern digital engineering environments.
Experience facilitating scaled Agile ceremonies.
Experience supporting the configuration and sustainment of planning tools (e.g. GitLab project Owner or Jira admin).
Schedule: M-F; 8-5
Work Location: Customer- site
Travel: Yes, 0-10%
Relocation Assistance Available: No
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Benefits:
Torch Technologies is proud to offer a stable and professional work environment, a competitive salary, and an excellent, comprehensive benefit package including: ESOP participation, 401(k) match and safe-harbor contribution, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, Health Saving Accounts and Health Reimbursement Accounts, EAP, education assistance, paid time off, and holidays.
Applying to Torch Technologies:
Only those candidates invited for an interview will be contacted. Employment at Torch Technologies is contingent upon the successful completion of a comprehensive background check.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, citizenship, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. Torch Technologies, Inc. participates in E-Verify.
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What We Do
Founded in October 2002, Torch is a 100% employee-owned business headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. Our commitment to our employees results in a retention rate well over 90% and helps ensure our customers experience a stable work force. Our outstanding fringe benefits package helps recruit, retain and sustain our workforce. Torch has received national and local recognition for its business performance, workplace environment, and ethical business practices. In 2021, Torch was named one of the Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services for the sixth year by Great Place to Work. Torch was also recognized as the 2021 ESOP Company of the Year by the New South Chapter of The ESOP Association for a second time. Torch was a recipient of the 2021 James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award by the DCSA. Bloomberg Government also listed Torch in its annual “Top 200” for the fifth year. In 2020, Torch became the only four-time recipient of the Better Business Bureau’s Torch Award for Business Ethics in the North Alabama region. Great Place to Work named Torch one of the country’s Best Workplaces for Parents, and Great Place to Work and Fortune named Torch one of the country’s Best Workplaces for Millennials in 2020. Torch was also ranked on the Inc. 5000 list for the fourteenth consecutive year in 2020. Washington Technology listed Torch in its “Top 100” Government Contractors ranking for the sixth consecutive year. Torch was also selected for a 2020 Colorado Springs Business Journal “Best in Business” award. In 2019, Torch was ranked on the Entrepreneur 360 list for the third consecutive year. In 2018, Great Place to Work and Fortune magazine named Torch a Best Medium Workplace for the third consecutive year. Torch was also named a winner of the 2018 Best Places to Work in Huntsville award for the fifth time. In 2016, Torch was named one of America’s Best Small Companies by Forbes.
