Scrum Master
PlanIT Group
Raleigh, NC
Job Description:
The Tech Applications Services team supports, enhances and develops IT systems that serve various financial purposes. The systems run on a variety of platforms including distributed components, web front ends, databases, Windows and Linux servers and middleware technologies.
Provide high energy Agile facilitation for 3–5 cross functional development teams delivering financial / payment capabilities across mainframe, distributed, and cloud platforms in a large Government environment. Conduct scrum ceremonies and teach Agile best practice. Make the process engaging, value-focused, and predictable.
Scope: Guide multiple development teams to maintain clear sprint goals, manage cross team dependencies, and continuously improve delivery flow and team engagement.
Core Requirements:
• Minimum of eight (8) years' relevant experience.
• 5+ years Scrum Master / Agile facilitation (2+ years with multiple concurrent development teams).
• Ability to quickly grasp business and technical requirements, understand or learn technical jargon and government acronyms, produce communication for all levels of the organization.
• Proficient with VersionOne / Agility (or comparable tool) for boards, dependencies, impediments, and lightweight rollup reporting.
• Proven ability to keep ceremonies purposeful, timeboxed, and engaging (planning, daily, refinement, review, retro).
• Demonstrated success by reducing carryover, aging blockers, and decision latency without adding heavy process.
• Ability to coach backlog readiness (thin vertical slices, clear acceptance criteria, limited WIP).
• Hold teams accountable to sizing activities to ensure project ends dates can be projected.
• Manage over and under talkers in ceremonies.
• Ability to schedule, track, and manage meetings.
Key Responsibilities:
• Facilitate core Agile events and lightweight cross-team syncs; maintain sprint goal clarity.
• Make Agile "feel useful” via energetic, varied, participatory ceremonies (not rote compliance).
• Track and drive resolution of impediments (environment, integration, data, approvals) across platforms.
• Coordinate cross-team and cross-platform dependencies (batch windows vs deployment timing, integration points).
• Maintain visible radiators: sprint goals, impediment log, experiment tracker, simple metrics (goal attainment %, carryover, blocker aging).
• Coach Product Owners / Client and tech leads on prioritization, slicing, and readiness.
• Drive 1–2 small improvement experiments per team per sprint; follow through to closure.
• Foster psychological safety, inclusive participation, and sustainable pace.
Engagement / Culture:
• Uses creative retros (rotating formats) and lightweight recognition of small wins.
• Introduces tasteful micro-gamification (e.g., blocker bust streaks) to energize without distracting.
• Encourages rotating spokespeople and silent ideation rounds to amplify quieter voices.
Success Indicators:
• Sprint goals achieved &Client;80–85% without overtime spikes.
• Declining trend in blocker aging and repeat impediments within first 2–3 months.
• Story/task carryover trending toward <15%.
• &Client;70–80% of committed retro experiments implemented on schedule.
• Positive team pulse feedback on ceremony usefulness / energy.
Minimum Tool/Process Capability:
• VersionOne (boards, simple dashboards, dependency & impediment tracking).
• Basic understanding of CI/CD flow.
Preferred (Not Mandatory):
• CSM / PSM / A-CSM (higher certifications welcome but not required).
• Experience with informal scaling practices (Scrum of Scrums, quarterly alignment).
• Comfort with basic flow visuals (cycle time scatter, aging WIP snapshot).
Additional Required Skills/Experience:
o A minimum of eight (8) to twelve (12) years' relevant experience.
o A degree from an accredited College/University in the applicable field of services is required. If the individual's degree is not in the applicable field then four additional years of related experience is required.
o Typically performs all functional duties independently.
o Note: Special credentials (licenses and/or certifications) may be required at the Task Order level on a case-specific basis. "
Additional Provisions:
• All candidates must be a US Citizen or permanent status Green Card holder.
• Pass a client mandated clearance process to include drug screening, criminal history check and credit check.
• Cannot have more than 6 months travel outside the United States within the last five years. Military Service excluded. (Exception does not include military family members.)
About the Company
PlanIT Group
PLANIT Group is a fast-growing global technology consulting firm dedicated to delivering innovative solutions to our clients that drive results. We collaborate with our partners and customers to help them improve performance, efficiency, and quality. Our team delivers innovative solutions and services - including management consulting, systems integration, ERP solutions, enterprise architecture, communications, and infrastructure services. We focus on delivering value and driving increased productivity and efficiencies for our clients’ mission. Our extensive experience in the Federal, Defense, Intelligence, State, Local, Healthcare and Commercial industries delivers proven results and accelerated benefits.
Clients engage PLANIT for our expertise, innovative approach, and our exceptional team. We promote a creative, client-centric work environment and culture, striving to provide challenging and rewarding opportunities for our company’s employees and partners. Integrity and innovation are the core principles of our company philosophy. Our customers engage us to create solutions to complex mission challenges, and PLANIT delivers. For more information, visit http://www.planitgroup.com/. Innovation. Integration. Integrity.