Scrum Master

Description

Leidos has an exciting opening for you, as our next Scrum Master, to play a critical role with design, engineering, development and deployment of software supporting our client’s mission to centralize and standardize Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (TCPED) of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) across the Defense Intelligence Enterprise (DIE). This position provides an opportunity to have impact as part of a mission focused, solutions oriented, and adaptive team that values innovation, collaboration, and professional development. You will play a key role with planning, development and testing of software focused on a new OSINT workflow and data management platform.

As the Scrum Master, you will lead a multidisciplinary, Agile team engaged in building an industry-leading streaming data pipeline focused on analysis of IT and cybersecurity datasets and a workflow management tool. You will work together with systems engineers, development teams, release manager and PMO to conduct release and sprint planning using SAFe Agile methodology to accurately evaluate scope and schedule of work, identify release and sprint backlogs, lead daily scrum meetings and demos, and remove obstacles to enable the teams to deliver high-quality, working code. You will be the champion of your team, conducting regular data-driven retrospectives, and working actively to improve the process and drive team productivity. You will bring your team leadership experience to anticipate project and implementation issues, to proactively support areas that may become a concern, to manage technical debt, and to ensure successful delivery. You are curious: you ask why, you explore, you are familiar with the latest and greatest open-source tools, and are always fascinated by what’s possible and what could be better. You must be self-driven, and feel ownership over the project, team, and process. Most work will be conducted on-site at our client location in Bethesda, MD. Occasionally, some tasks may be performed remotely.

Fun stuff you will do on the job:

• Coach a disciplined, distributed, fast-moving Agile team and program through Agile/Scrum ceremonies

• Perform release and sprint planning

• Assess the Agile maturity of the team and coach the team to contribute to relentless improvement of the overall program

• Remove impediments and coach the team to remove impediments

• Build and maintain a high performing team by improving team dynamics and coaching the team to maximize self-organization

• Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution

• Promote proper documentation of the work within the development and systems engineering teams

• Work across the stakeholders to ensure effective solutions are delivered 

• Assist with internal and external communication, improve transparency, and radiating information

• Support the systems engineer in managing the team backlog and foster a healthy team dynamic with respect to priorities and scope

• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal, time management, and problem-solving skills

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This is you:

• Bachelor’s degree, technical discipline preferred and 8+ years of experience as a Scrum Master or in a similar role of software development team(s) containing a visual front-end component. Additional years of experience in lieu of degree are acceptable.

• Active TS/SCI level clearance with ability to obtain and maintain a polygraph

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) certification

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and conflict resolution skills

• Experience with SAFe methodology

• Experience with task and ticket management tools such as Gitlab

• Proven ability to balance concurrent activities

• Strong knowledge and experience in software development in an Agile or SAFe environment

• Ability to quickly build rapport and keep a positive and motivated team environment

• Must be a US Citizen

You will wow us even more if you have some of these skills:

• Experience with workflow management tools such as Appian

• Familiarity with modern development approaches (serverless, containerization, cloud, continuous delivery, micro-services, event based applications)

• Experience with cloud deployment and cloud-based solutions

• An active COMPTIA Security+ certification

• Experience supporting DIA/OSIC and/or DTP

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Original Posting:

April 17, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit .

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