Job#: 3038680 Job Description: Scrum Master Lead
Location: Woodlawn, Maryland (Partial Remote)
Role Overview
We are seeking a Lead Scrum Master to join a team of qualified, diverse professionals supporting a high-visibility enterprise modernization initiative. The ideal candidate will guide and elevate Agile delivery across multiple teams, ensuring consistent application of SAFe principles and Scrum best practices. This role will play a pivotal part in driving team performance, optimizing delivery processes, and enabling the successful integration of legacy systems with modern platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and mature Scrum practices across the program, coaching and enabling multiple Agile teams operating within a SAFe environment.
- Facilitate all core Scrum ceremonies for assigned teams, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Coordinate with Product Owners to manage and prioritize product backlogs, ensuring clarity of requirements and alignment to roadmap goals.
- Support development of program increment (PI) plans and ensure teams are prepared for PI planning activities.
- Identify, track, and remove impediments to maintain steady team progress and improve overall team delivery velocity.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement by monitoring team performance metrics and promoting Agile best practices.
- Serve as the primary Agile delivery point of contact for work prioritization and process optimization across cross-functional teams.
- Partner with the Release Train Engineer (RTE) and PMO leadership to ensure transparency and accurate status reporting.
- Facilitate communication and collaboration between technical teams, product stakeholders, and external partners.
- Support the integration of legacy systems with modern platforms by helping teams navigate complex workflows and system interdependencies.
Required Qualifications
Experience: Minimum of 8 years of professional experience, including 5+ years serving as a Scrum Master in large enterprise environments. Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance. Demonstrated experience leading multiple Agile teams simultaneously in a SAFe or comparable scaled Agile framework. Proven ability to remove impediments and guide teams toward predictable delivery.
Education: A Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience, a Master's degree with a minimum of 6 years, or a PhD with a minimum of 3 years is required.
Basic Qualifications: - Demonstrated experience leading multiple Agile teams simultaneously in a SAFe or comparable scaled Agile framework.
- Handson facilitation expertise in all Scrum ceremonies, backlog management, and Agile workflow optimization.
- Proven ability to remove impediments, drive process improvements, and guide teams toward higher velocity and predictable delivery.
- Strong understanding of Agile metrics and tools (e.g., Jira, VersionOne, Azure DevOps) and how to apply them for transparency and decision making.
- Excellent communication, leadership, coaching, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work effectively within complex environments involving legacy system integration and multiteam dependencies.
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (ACSM), or comparable Agile certifications.
- Experience supporting system modernization initiatives, cloud migrations, or hybrid application ecosystems.
- Prior experience supporting large, multi-year federal or defense sector programs.
- Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience mentoring junior Scrum Masters or contributing to an Agile Center of Excellence.
- A Master's degree in a related field.
- Active or prior Public Trust clearance.
Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.
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