Scrum Master - Top Secret

Location: Winchester, VA (full time on client site) Clearance: Active Top Secret Responsibilities: Execute Scrum ceremonies and ensure adherence to Agile principles throughout the product lifecycle. Guide teams in Agile and SAFe methodologies, reinforcing team norms, supporting team commitments, and facilitating progress toward sprint and PI objectives. Lead and facilitate Agile ceremonies including daily stand‑ups, backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and user demonstrations. Identify, track, and remove impediments that block team progress, escalating when necessary to maintain delivery momentum. Promote Agile quality practices, continuous improvement, and a culture of transparency, collaboration, and accountability. Support ROM (Rough Order of Magnitude) and estimation activities, helping teams size work and forecast delivery. Provide coaching, feedback, and actionable guidance to team members to improve Agile maturity and delivery performance. Collaborate with Product Owners to ensure backlogs are well‑defined, prioritized, and aligned with mission needs. Advise government stakeholders on incremental improvements that enhance product quality, service delivery, and process standardization. Foster alignment across distributed teams, architects, developers, testers, and security personnel to support integrated DevSecOps workflows. Monitor team performance metrics (velocity, throughput, predictability) and use data to drive continuous improvement. Ensure team practices align with SAFe, Lean‑Agile principles, and organizational governance expectations. Support PI Planning preparation, facilitation, and execution. Coordinate with Release Train Engineers (RTEs) to ensure cross‑team dependencies and risks are visible and managed. Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree applicable field of study. Experience serving as a Scrum Master or Agile facilitator for technical delivery teams. Strong understanding of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) and scaled delivery models (SAFe). Experience supporting software development teams, including developers, testers, and product owners. Ability to identify and remove impediments, manage team dynamics, and foster a collaborative environment. Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder‑engagement skills. Ability to work on‑site full time and collaborate with cross‑functional teams in a fast‑paced environment. Preferred Qualifications: Current SAFe Scrum Master / SAFe Advanced Scrum Master Certification Experience supporting federal systems, ATO processes, or compliance frameworks Familiarity with FedRAMP, NIST 800‑53, or Zero Trust principles Experience working with DevSecOps teams or CI/CD pipelines. Experience with Agile tooling such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or Rally. Knowledge of Agile metrics, flow‑based delivery, and continuous improvement techniques. Equal Employment Opportunity Xcelerate Solutions is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, age, equal pay, disability, veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or expression of another protected characteristic. As part of this commitment to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals, Xcelerate provides reasonable accommodations if needed because of an applicant's or an employee's disability. Pay Transparency Notice: Xcelerate Solutions will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. #J-18808-Ljbffr