[Hiring] Associate Scrum Master / Agile Project Coordinator @S2i2 Inc

Role Description

We are seeking an early-career Agilist to coordinate delivery across 3 software integration teams: Front End Integration, Backend Integration, and Data. The successful individual will maintain the teams' shared Jira operating rhythm, facilitate agile ceremonies, improve backlog quality, track cross-team dependencies, and give project leadership reliable visibility into delivery progress. The position reports to the Project Manager and works closely with the technical lead, solutions architect, project coordinator, and 3 team leads. It facilitates delivery but does not own product priorities, make technical decisions, or replace the team leads' responsibility for execution.

• Facilitate sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily standups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and cross-team dependency meetings.
• Administer the shared Jira backlog and sprint structure for all three teams.
• Ensure stories and tasks have clear descriptions, acceptance criteria, estimates, ownership, team assignments, and dependency links.
• Help team leads translate milestones and deliverables into appropriately sized sprint work.
• Monitor sprint commitments, blockers, aging work, scope changes, and delivery risks.
• Escalate unresolved blockers and cross-team dependencies to the appropriate project or technical leader.
• Maintain Jira dashboards and provide concise reporting on velocity, throughput, burndown, blocked work, and milestone progress.
• Keep Jira execution data aligned with the program's higher-level planning and reporting tools.
• Maintain action, decision, risk, and dependency records as assigned.
• Coach team members on practical Scrum and Kanban practices and encourage continuous improvement.
• Support release, demonstration, authorization, and stakeholder-readiness activities.
• Follow applicable government security, access, and information-handling requirements.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience as an Agile Coordinator, Scrum Master, Project Coordinator, Business Analyst, or similar delivery support professional.
• Practical experience using Jira to manage backlogs, sprints, workflows, dashboards, and reports.
• Working knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, user stories, acceptance criteria, estimation, and dependency management.
• Strong meeting-facilitation, organization, written communication, and follow-up skills.
• Ability to coordinate several teams without relying on formal authority.
• Ability to identify delivery problems, communicate them clearly, and drive issues toward resolution.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience.

Requirements

• PSM I, Certified ScrumMaster, or comparable entry-level agile certification.
• Experience supporting software development, systems integration, data, or DevSecOps teams.
• Experience with government or Department of Defense programs.
• Familiarity with Confluence, Airtable, release planning, and risk tracking.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to satisfy any required customer-access or clearance requirements.

Measures of Success

Within the first 30 days, the successful candidate will:

• Establish a consistent ceremony schedule across all three teams.
• Keep sprint and backlog information accurate and current.
• Ensure planned work meets an agreed definition of ready.
• Make cross-team dependencies and blockers visible before they affect milestones.
• Provide dependable sprint and milestone reporting to project leadership.
• Help the teams complete at least two retrospectives with documented improvement actions.

Benefits

• Support to achieve professional certifications and degrees.
• Leadership that is accessible to all employees.
• Regular company updates.
• Client networking social engagements.
• Monthly team-building activities (past examples: Top Golf).
• Supporting our community - including veterans.