Everforth ECS is seeking a ScrumMaster to work in our Fairfax, VAoffice in a hybrid capacity.

This position is primarily responsible for supporting centralized SUNet Cyber Infrastructure administration and coordination initiatives while championing Agile best practices across the team.

Key Responsibilities:

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Serve as the ScrumMaster for one or more Agile development teams, ensuring Scrum principles, SAFe practices, and Agile methodologies are consistently understood, adopted, and followed.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, Release Planning, and Program Increment (PI) Planning.
• Partner with Product Owners, Agile Coaches, and stakeholders to define, refine, prioritize, and maintain the product backlog, including user stories, acceptance criteria, and sprint priorities.
• Champion Agile best practices and coach teams to foster collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and a high-performing Agile culture.
• Act as a servant leader by removing impediments, resolving conflicts, managing dependencies, and enabling teams to successfully deliver sprint and program objectives.
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to elicit, analyze, document, and validate requirements, translating business needs into actionable user stories and backlog items.
• Manage Jira, Confluence, and other Agile tools to maintain sprint and product backlogs, track work, and provide transparency into team progress.
• Develop, monitor, and communicate Agile metrics, dashboards, sprint velocity, burndown charts, release status, and other delivery metrics to leadership and stakeholders.
• Coordinate:
• Multiple application development efforts and cross-functional initiatives within a fast-paced DevSecOps environment.
• Maintenance Window activities, ticket management, change implementation, and post-maintenance reporting.
• Track and manage risks, issues, dependencies, action items, and blockers, proactively driving them to resolution.
• Support:
• The planning, coordination, and implementation of new capabilities that enhance mission assurance and operational management functions.
• Daily operational activities for SUNet leadership and technical teams through cross-functional coordination and collaboration across matrixed organizations.
• Prepare executive briefings, status reports, presentations, and communications for program leadership and Government stakeholders.
• Organize and facilitate meetings by preparing agendas, documenting decisions, capturing meeting minutes, tracking action items, and ensuring timely follow-up.
• Assist project and program managers with planning, scheduling, milestone tracking, documentation, quality reviews, and overall project execution.
• Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), process documentation, knowledge management artifacts, and other program documentation.
• Build strong partnerships across engineering, cybersecurity, infrastructure, program management, and customer organizations to ensure priorities remain aligned and mission objectives are achieved.
• Other duties, as assigned.

Note: Salary is commensurate with skillset, qualifications, experience, and educational background.

Salary Range: $140,000-160,000

General Description of Benefits

• U.S. Citizen.
• Active DoD Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in related field of study and 5+ years of relevant experience OR alternatively, High School Diploma and 9+ years of relevant experience.
• Ability to obtain a DoD 8140 IAT Level II Security+ (or higher) within 6 months of hire.
• Active CLF-C02 AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner.
• Active Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II).
• Strong understanding of Agile and Scrum methodologies, familiar with SAFe 6.0
• Working knowledge of Agile principles and Scrum framework with experience facilitating Agile ceremonies.
• Demonstrated leadership and facilitation skills with the ability to influence teams and drive collaboration without direct supervisory authority.
• Exceptional organizational and coordination skills with experience managing multiple meetings, priorities, and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to:
  • Manage multiple projects of medium to large scale through all sprints/iterations and phases of the project.
  • Communicate, influence and partner effectively using strong verbal and written communication.
  • Balance tactical execution with strategic thinking while managing multiple priorities.
• Highly proactive, adaptable, and flexible, with the ability to quickly adjust to changing priorities, emerging requirements, and dynamic customer needs.
• Self-motivated and driven with a strong desire to continuously learn, take on new challenges, and grow professionally.
• Strong:
  • Interpersonal skills with the ability to build trusted relationships across cross-functional teams and all levels of leadership.
  • Analytical, organizational, planning, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to:
  • Take initiative, work independently, and anticipate team needs while maintaining a high level of ownership and accountability.
  • Influence teams without direct authority and foster collaboration across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Experience:
  • Gathering, documenting, and managing business and technical requirements.
  • Creating user stories, acceptance criteria, and maintaining Agile backlogs.
  • Using Atlassian Jira and Confluence to manage Agile projects and team workflows.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively across technical teams, leadership, and government stakeholders.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented professional who thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities, with a proven ability to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the most appropriate solution.
• Highly developed interpersonal and oral/written communication skills, with the ability to effectively and professionally interact with a diverse set of stakeholders (from peers to end-users to executive management).