Scrum Master

Scrum Master Job Locations US-DC-Washington Overview The Scrum Master serves as a servant leader for the CRAFT team, guiding Agile delivery practices to support the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of an examiner workflow tool. This role facilitates Scrum ceremonies, promotes backlog hygiene, removes impediments, and coaches the team, Product Owners, and stakeholders to embrace Agile principles while supporting delivery in an AWS cloud environment. Responsibilities Serve as Scrum Master for the CRAFT team, facilitating Agile best practices and supporting successful delivery of the examiner workflow tool. Lead and facilitate Scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. Coach the development team, Product Owners, and stakeholders on Agile values, Scrum practices, and continuous improvement. Partner closely with Product Owners to ensure backlog refinement, prioritization, and planning activities are effective and aligned to delivery goals. Identify, track, and remove blockers and impediments that affect team velocity, delivery, or collaboration. Promote self-organization, accountability, and high‑performing team behaviors across the Agile delivery lifecycle. Support the team in adopting Agile techniques such as user stories, continuous integration, continuous testing, pairing, automated testing, and Agile games. Collaborate with management and cross‑functional stakeholders to reinforce Agile transformation efforts and delivery alignment. Perform other duties as assigned. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Business, Computing Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline. Minimum 10 years of experience leading projects or key business initiatives. 2 years of IT portfolio and customer relationship management experience. At least one of the following certifications or equivalent: PMP, PMI‑ACP, SAFe, or Certified Scrum Master (CSM). Demonstrated ability to engage and coach product teams on self‑organization and continuous improvement. Experience working closely with Product Owners to scope and plan current and future work. Knowledge of Agile delivery approaches including Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe. Hands‑on knowledge of Agile techniques such as user stories, continuous integration, continuous testing, pairing, automated testing, and Agile games. Experience serving as a Scrum Master in an Agile transformation environment. Salary $143,900 - 151,000 Benefits Paid Time Off & Holiday Pay Medical Insurance Dental Insurance Vision Insurance Disability, Life Insurance, and AD&D Flexible Spending Accounts Pre‑Tax 401K and/or After‑Tax Roth IRA (with employer matching contribution) Tuition and Technical Training Reimbursement Exercise Reimbursement Computer Reimbursement Employee Assistance Program Physical Demands While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, keyboard, and standard office equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. Fine hand manipulation (keyboarding). Work Environment Exposure to general office conditions while conducting office duties. Moderate noise (i.e., business office with computers, phone, and printers, light traffic). Ability to work in a confined area. Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period. Equal‑Opportunity Employer Statement Edgewater Federal Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It has been and continues to be our policy to provide equal employment to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status and/or other status protected by applicable law. #J-18808-Ljbffr