Job ID: 2025-8981 Type: Full Time W/Benefits Ret Match # of Openings: 1 San Diego, CA
Overview
Sev1Tech is seeking a skilled and servant-minded Scrum Master with an engaging personality and strong interpersonal skills to support Agile teams within a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) enterprise environment. The ideal candidate will be experienced in Scrum execution, and SAFe events, with a natural ability to connect with others, energize teams, and foster a positive, collaborative culture.
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Facilitate team-level Agile ceremonies such as Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
Guide the team in becoming high-performing, self-organizing, and self-managing within the context of the ART.
Actively participate in and support ART-level events such as PI Planning, Scrum of Scrums (SoS)
Collaborate with Product Owners and teams to support backlog refinement, story writing, and estimation, ensuring alignment to PI objectives and business value delivery.
Identify, escalate, and help remove systemic impediments through collaboration with other Scrum Masters, RTEs, and functional managers.
Foster transparency and synchronization by radiating information via Jira and Confluence
Track and communicate Agile metrics (velocity, sprint/iteration burndown, team health, etc.) to promote empirical decision-making.
Facilitate cross-team coordination and dependency management in collaboration with other Scrum Masters
Act as a servant leader and Agile coach, continuously mentoring team members in Agile practices and principles.
Encourage alignment with Team and ART-level Objectives, ensuring the team is working toward shared outcomes and delivering value every Program Increment (PI).
Leverage an engaging and approachable demeanor to build trust, motivate teams, and foster a safe environment for open communication and feedback.
Bring positive energy and emotional intelligence to team interactions, helping to navigate conflict, celebrate wins, and cultivate psychological safety.
Responsibilities
Currently hold a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret clearance
Scrum Master Certification (CSM)
Experience with Jira & Confluence: user story creation, backlog management, reports generation and metrics analysis
Excellent communication skills in the areas of listening, speaking, written and non-verbal communications
Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
