Advanced Scrum Master

Overview Torch Technologies is a 100% employee-owned, Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County, headquartered in Huntsville, AL. Our team provides superior research, development, and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of War. Our corporate mission is "Lighting the Pathway of Freedom". Torch Technologies is a Certified Evergreen ESOP committed to growing and sustaining the company for the next 100 years. This position is Contingent Upon Contract Award Responsibilities Champion and drive the adoption of Agile and Scrum best practices across the organization, extending beyond immediate teams. Organize and facilitate Program Increment (PI) Planning events. Provide support and guidance across multiple scrum teams. Lead and organize ART level Agile ceremonies, including Scrum Masters/Product Owner sync, backlog refinement meetings, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review and demonstration sessions. Provide customers with meaningful Agile metrics and a clear roadmap for increasing ART maturity and agility. Coach and mentor teams, leaders, and stakeholders on Agile principles and SAFe practices to elevate performance and delivery outcomes. Support the optimization of value delivery across the ART. Lead backlog refinement and creation events that support ART backlog and team backlogs. Proactively identify, manage, and resolve cross-team dependencies, risks, and impediments. Partner with Product Owners, Subject Matter Experts, and key stakeholders to ensure alignment on vision, priorities, and execution strategy. Define, collect, and communicate actionable program-level metrics and status reporting. Cultivate strong communication and collaboration across all ART participants. Drive and measure progress of continuous improvement initiatives to enhance program effectiveness. Stay current on emerging Agile trends, tools, and industry best practices. Recommend and implement tooling and process improvements for value stream and project management. Qualifications U.S. Citizenship. Bachelor's Degree or higher in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field. 5-10+ years of applicable systems engineering experience, including 3+ years as a Scrum Master in an Agile environment. Active Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain an SCI. SAFe Certification (RTE, Scrum Master, or Product Owner). Experience supporting remote or geographically distributed teams. Experience supporting organizational or program-level change management initiatives. Strong knowledge of Agile principles, Scrum framework, and SAFe methodology. Experience with Agile project management tools (e.g., Jira, GitLab). Preferred Qualifications Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and modern digital engineering environments. Experience facilitating scaled Agile ceremonies. Experience supporting the configuration and sustainment of planning tools (e.g., GitLab project Owner or Jira admin). Schedule, Location, and Travel Schedule: M-F; 8-5 Work Location: Customer-site Travel: Yes, 0-10% Relocation Assistance Available: No #LI-TS1 Benefits Torch Technologies offers a stable and professional work environment with a competitive salary and an extensive benefits package, including ESOP participation, 401(k) match and safe-harbor contribution, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, Health Savings Accounts, Health Reimbursement Accounts, EAP, education assistance, paid time off, and holidays. Applying Only those candidates invited for an interview will be contacted. Employment at Torch Technologies is contingent upon successful completion of a comprehensive background check. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, citizenship, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by law. Torch Technologies participates in E-Verify. If you require accommodations due to a disability, you may request reasonable accommodations by emailing View email address on click.appcast.io. #J-18808-Ljbffr