Our client, a leading Government Systems Integrator, is in need of 4 Scrum Masters for initial 12 month contracts. This is a hybrid schedule consisting of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote with candidates being located in either Gaithersburg, MD, Egg Township, NJ or Eagan, MN. The Scrum Masters will spend approximately 50% of their time serving as a Scrum Master for an Agile Development team, facilitating Agile ceremonies, removing impediments and helping to deliver predictable sprint and PI outcomes and 50% of their time supporting the design, development, testing, debugging, deployment and maintenance of production cloud-native microservices. They will also guide various teams through SAFe cadence (PI planning, iteration planning, backlog refinement, inspect-and-adapt workshops, etc.).
Required Skills:
- At least 8 years of experience with a bachelors degree.
- 5 years of experience designing, developing, testing and reviewing production Java applications.
- 2 years of experience working as a Scrum Master on SAFe Agile teams within an enterprise production environment.
- Experience designing and implementing microservices and RESTful APIs to include, JSON, XML and XSD.
- Experience with Spring Framework, Spring Boot and Spring Security.
- Experience with Unit Testing, specifically Junit and Mockito.
- Front End development experience with React, JavaScript, HTML and / or CSS.
- Experience working within a Linux environment.
- Experience with version control systems, specifically Git.
- Experience with common development tools and IDEs to include, IntelliJ, Eclipse, VS Code, etc.
Preferred or Nice to Have Skills:
- Knowledge and experience with AI-assisted development workflows and tools (Claude Code, Codex, etc.).
- SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM), CSM or PSM certification.
- Experience with Hybrid Cloud Architectures, data mesh pattern and / or cloud-native platform services.
- Docker and / or Kubernetes experience.
ClearBridge Technology Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We offer excellent benefits and compensation packages.
The expected hourly rate range for this role is $55 - 80/ hr.
The posted range is an estimate. The actual compensation offer will be based on the candidate's experience, skills, qualifications and will be in line with internal equity.
