Scrum Master (SME)

Location: Chantilly, VA
Security Clearance: Active TS or higher [Required]
Job Type: Full-Time
Target Salary Range*: $150,000 - $170,000

*This represents the potential salary range for this position depending on education level, years of experience and/or certifications in addition to other position specific requirements which may impact salary

The Business Analyst / Scrum Master (SME) leads requirements development and Agile delivery across mission-critical federal programs. This hybrid role combines deep business analysis expertise with disciplined Scrum leadership to improve clarity, stakeholder alignment, team execution, and predictable delivery in complex, high-security environments.

• Lead requirements elicitation and translate mission needs into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and process flows.
• Conduct stakeholder workshops to drive alignment and resolve operational challenges.
• Partner with Product Owners to maintain a prioritized and well-defined product backlog.
• Ensure workflows align with enterprise architecture, zero-trust expectations, and cross-enclave constraints.

• Serve as Scrum Master and facilitate stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Remove impediments and support predictable sprint execution.
• Track team performance metrics and identify opportunities to improve delivery effectiveness.
• Provide Agile coaching and support team maturity and delivery discipline across engineering squads.

• Facilitate communication between business stakeholders, Product Owners, engineering teams, and program leadership.
• Promote alignment around operational priorities, requirements, and delivery objectives.
• Support collaboration across secure, multi-system federal environments.

• Support air-gapped, hybrid-cloud, and on-premises operational environments, including complex multi-enclave ecosystems.
• Support AWS GovCloud, SC2S, C2S, and GCP cloud platforms.
• Support Nutanix host and cluster environments, including Prism Central and NDFS.
• Support Cisco switching, routing, firewalling, and site-to-site technologies including IPsec, DMVPN, and SD-WAN.
• Support locally hosted GPU servers and multi-tenant Cross-Domain Solutions.
• Support Infrastructure as Code technologies including Terraform and Ansible.
• Support containerization and orchestration technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift.
• Support cloud-native security implementation and security accreditation processes.
• Support GitLab CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices.
• Support enterprise database services including RDS, RDS Aurora, and DynamoDB.
• Support serverless architectures using AWS Lambda.
• Support cloud networking and VPC configuration.
• Support monitoring, logging, and data platforms including Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, and Splunk.
• Support microservices architectures and API Gateway implementations.
• Support environments using Python, .NET/C#, and related languages.
• Support identity and access services including Microsoft Active Directory, LDAP/OpenLDAP, Entra ID, and Keycloak.
• Support high-assurance cross-domain and encryption solutions including TACLANE and NCAP.
• Support cloud cost-optimization activities.
• Support Linux, Windows, and macOS operating systems.

• 10+ years of relevant experience. [Required]
• Specialized experience in business analysis, Agile delivery, or hybrid Business Analyst/Scrum Master roles. [Required]
• Proven Scrum Master experience with strong facilitation and Agile coaching skills. [Required]
• Experience operating in secure, multi-system federal environments. [Required]

• Expertise writing user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional and operational requirements. [Required]
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills. [Required]
• Strong facilitation and Agile coaching capabilities. [Required]

• Certifications such as Certified ScrumMaster, Professional Scrum Master, SAFe, CBAP, or Lean Six Sigma.
• Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, or similar tools.
• Background in federal digital modernization or enterprise-scale Agile transformation.
• Experience improving team maturity and building delivery discipline across engineering squads.