Scrum Master at Next Tier Concepts – Vienna, Virginia
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Position Title: Scrum Master
Working at NT Concepts means that you are part of an innovative, agile company dedicated to solving the most critical challenges in National Security. Were looking for the best and the brightest to join us in supporting this mission. If meaningful work, initiative, creativity, and continuous self-improvement are important to your career, join our growing team and discover What's Next for you.
Mission Focus: NT Concepts is seeking a Scrum Master to support the DoD enterprise Military Housing system. This complex system of 34 web-based modules is used by over 10,000 active users to meet the housing needs of over 2.5 million service members, DoD civilians, and their families.
Clearance: Active DoD Secret clearance required to start
Location/Flexibility: Vienna, VA with remote flexibility.
Position Overview
The Scrum Master supports Agile delivery for the Enterprise Military Housing (eMH) application by facilitating Scrum practices and helping the team apply Agile principles effectively within a Navy onpremise environment. This position focuses on enabling team execution through facilitation, transparency, and continuous improvement rather than organizational transformation.
The Scrum Master works closely with the Release Managers, development, and test teams to ensure Scrum ceremonies are effective, impediments are identified and resolved, and sprint goals are achieved. This role supports a complex, enterprise application while adhering to DoD security, compliance, and process requirements.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate Scrum processes for one or more Agile development teams supporting the eMH application.
- Schedule, organize, and facilitate Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Track sprint progress, team commitments, and delivery metrics; promote transparency using Agile tools and artifacts.
- Identify and help remove team impediments, escalating issues as appropriate.
- Support the Product Owner by helping ensure the backlog is visible, understood, and ready for sprint planning.
- Serve as a liaison between the development team and stakeholders to support alignment on priorities and expectations.
- Promote Agile best practices and continuous improvement within the team.
- Develop and maintain awareness of ongoing IT development efforts and related business requirements.
- Support compliance with Navy, DoD, and organizational processes while enabling Agile delivery.
Qualifications
- Clearance: Active Secret clearance required.
- Bachelors degree in a technical or related discipline.
- Minimum 3 years of experience working in a Scrum Master, Agile facilitator, or similar Agile delivery role.
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), SAFe Certified Scrum Master, or equivalent Agile certification
- Active CompTIA Security+ or equivalent DoD 8140compliant certification, or ability to obtain within six months.
- Handson experience facilitating Scrum ceremonies in a Scrumbased Agile environment.
- Experience working with crossfunctional teams in a collaborative oneteam environment.
- Working knowledge of Agile and project management concepts and principles.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Teams, for documentation, reporting, and team communication.
- Demonstrated ability to be reliable, punctual, and wellprepared, including arriving on time or early to meetings and Agile ceremonies.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting enterprise or government software development programs.
- Familiarity with Navy or DoD IT environments and onpremise systems.
- Experience using Agile tools such as Jira or similar for backlog and sprint tracking.
Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
- Must be able to lift 10-15 pounds at times.
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Founded in 1998 and headquartered in the Washington DC Metro area, NT Concepts is a private, mid-tier company with clients spanning the Intelligence and Defense communities. We deliver end-to-enddata and technology solutionsthat advance the modernization, transformation, and automation of the national security missionsolutions with real impact developed in a strong engineering culture that encourages technical growth, leadership, and creative big idea problem-solving.
Employees are the core of NT Concepts. We understand that world-changing concepts happen in collaborative environments. We are a company where talented teams work together using innovation and expertise to solve our clients most critical challenges. Here, youll gain competitive benefits, opportunities to bolster your skills and develop new abilities, and a company culture dedicated to support and service. In addition to our benefits program, we encourage our employees to take part in #NTC_GivesBack, which paves the way for positive social change.
If joining a stable company with strong professional growth opportunities resonates with you, and you seek vital, mission-driven projects (for some pretty cool clients) that use your specific talents, wed love to have you move forward with us.
Working at NT Concepts means that you are part of an innovative, agile company dedicated to solving the most critical challenges in National Security.
We're expert leaders and problem solvers who roll up our sleeves to get the job done.
We're passionate, curious, and committed to doing important work. At the same time, we're life-long learners, avid mentors, and we like to have fun.
We're looking for the best and the brightest to join us in supporting the mission of National Security.
If meaningful work, initiative, creativity, and continuous self-improvement are important to your career,
join our growing talent network and discover What's Next for you.
NT Concepts is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action (Minorities/Female/Individuals With Disabilities/Protected Veterans), VEVRRA Federal Contractor.
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