Full-Time Scrum Master

Ardent is seeking a Scrum Master to join our team. This is a remote position. This individual will serve as the team facilitator, ensuring Agile principles and best practices are followed to drive team performance, stakeholder collaboration, and incremental delivery of high-value solutions.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Serve as the Scrum Master for Agile teams, facilitating Scrum events including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Collaborate closely with Product Owners to ensure product backlogs are well-defined, prioritized, and actionable.
• Remove impediments to team progress and support a culture of continuous improvement.
• Track Agile metrics such as velocity, burn-down, and team performance to support reporting and stakeholder transparency.
• Foster strong communication and alignment within the team and across external stakeholders.
• Coach team members and stakeholders in Agile values, principles, and practices.
• Support user story development, acceptance criteria, and refinement sessions to ensure quality delivery.
• Utilize tools such as Jira, Confluence, or similar for backlog management, documentation, and collaboration.

Requirements:

• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), or equivalent Agile certification.
• 7+ years of experience facilitating Agile ceremonies and removing blockers for Agile teams.
• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with Scrum, Kanban, and familiarity with SAFe.
• Proficiency in Agile project management tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to manage team dynamics and stakeholder relationships.
• Ability to support Agile delivery teams in a hybrid/distributed work environment.
• Prior experience on federal or DHS-related IT projects strongly preferred.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced Scrum certifications such as A-CSM, CSP, or equivalent.
• Experience with Lean or other Agile scaling frameworks (e.g., LeSS, SAFe).
• Background in software development or technical project delivery environments.
• Experience supporting Agile transformation initiatives in large government or enterprise settings.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline.
• All candidates must be willing to undergo the government issued background investigation process.

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