Senior Scrum Master

1 Month ago • 5 Years + • Project Management

Job Summary

Job Description

Rackner is seeking a Senior Scrum Master to oversee a scrum development team, manage timelines, resolve issues, and coach team members on Agile methodologies. The role involves acting as a buffer between the scrum team and product owner, maintaining a safe working environment, and facilitating conflict resolution. Responsibilities include managing project scope and timelines, coordinating sprints, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups. The Senior Scrum Master will work with product owners to handle backlogs, coach team members in agile frameworks, and ensure deliverables meet quality standards. Key duties include leading the Platform One Party Bus project, managing tasks in Jira and Confluence, leading Agile ceremonies, collaborating with technical teams, developing OKRs, and delivering leadership briefs.
Must have:
  • Former experience as DevSecOps engineer or backend developer
  • Solid understanding of DevSecOps principles
  • 5+ years of project/program management experience
  • Experience leading cross-functional teams
  • Proficiency in Jira and Confluence
  • Expertise in agile methodologies (Scrum)
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills
  • Secret security clearance or eligibility
Good to have:
  • Kubernetes experience
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS)
  • Strategic thinking with an execution mindset
Perks:
  • Employee development and training
  • Certification cost coverage
  • Fitness/Gym membership eligibility
  • Weekly pay schedule
  • Employee swag, snacks & events
  • 401K with 100% matching up to 6%
  • Highly competitive PTO
  • Great health insurance with large network of providers
  • Medical/Dental/Vision
  • Life Insurance, and short & long term disability
  • Home office & equipment plan

Job Details

Title: Sr. Scrum Master

Location: Remote(US)

 

Who We Are:

Rackner is a software consultancy that builds cloud-native solutions for startups, enterprises, and the public sector. We are an energetic, growing consultancy with a passion for solving big problems for both startups and enterprises. We enable digital transformation for large organizations through the newest in distributed technologies as we are laser focused on end-to-end application development, DevSecOps, AI/ML and systems architecture and our methodology focuses on cloud-first and cost-effective innovation. Our customers hail from a diverse, ever growing list of industries.

 

Position Overview:

The Sr. Scrum Master will help to oversee the scrum development team and manage timelines, resolve problems and coach team members on Agile methodologies. A buffer between the scrum team and product owner and maintain a safe working environment in helping with conflict resolution. Manage each projects’s scope and timeline and coordinate sprints, retrospective meetings and daily stand-ups. Coaches team members in agile frameworks and facilitates internal communications. The Sr. Scrum Master will work with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests, while resolving conflicts and remove any obstacles that may occur. Ensuring that deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint and guides the development team to higher scrum maturity. Helps to build a productive environment where team members “own” the product and enjoy working on it.

 

Responsibilities: 

  • Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of the Platform One Party Bus project, ensuring alignment with Party Bus objectives.
  • Manage project tasks, track progress, and maintain documentation using Jira and Confluence.
  • Lead Agile ceremonies (Scrum, Sprint Planning, Retros, PI Planning)
  • Collaborate with technical teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment of software solutions.
  • Develop and track Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) to measure project success and report progress to leadership.
  • Prepare and deliver leadership briefs, providing clear and concise updates on project status, risks, and mitigation strategies.

 

Requirements: 

  • Technical Background: Former experience as a DevSecOps engineer or backend developer is required.
  • Technical Skills: Solid understanding of DevSecOps principles and practices. Kubernetes experience bonus, Kubernetes understanding required.
  • 5+ years of project or program management experience, preferably in complex, technical DoD or federal environments
  • Background in leading cross-functional teams in hybrid or remote-first environments
  • Tools: Proficiency in Jira and Confluence for project tracking and collaboration.
  • Ability to align project objectives with broader organizational goals and proactively address challenges.
  • Scrum & Planning: Expertise in agile methodologies, particularly Scrum, including sprint planning and backlog management.
  • Strategic thinking with an execution mindset – able to translate high-level vision into actionable steps.
  • Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to brief technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Collaboration: Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment with technical, security, and DoD stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated experience managing OKRs, KPI metrics, and executive communications
  • Security Clearance: Secret security clearance or eligibility to obtain one.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms, AWS.

 

Skills/Qualifications: 

  • Technical Background: Former experience as a DevSecOps engineer or backend developer is required.
  • Technical Skills: Solid understanding of DevSecOps principles and practices. Kubernetes experience bonus, Kubernetes understanding required.
  • 5+ years of project or program management experience, preferably in complex, technical DoD or federal environments
  • Background in leading cross-functional teams in hybrid or remote-first environments
  • Tools: Proficiency in Jira and Confluence for project tracking and collaboration.
  • Ability to align project objectives with broader organizational goals and proactively address challenges.
  • Scrum & Planning: Expertise in agile methodologies, particularly Scrum, including sprint planning and backlog management.
  • Strategic thinking with an execution mindset – able to translate high-level vision into actionable steps.
  • Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to brief technical and non-technical stakeholders

 

Additional Info/Benefits

Rackner embraces and promotes employee development and training and covers the cost of certifications relevant to a position and the technologies/services provided . Fitness/Gym membership eligibility, weekly pay schedule and employee swag, snacks & events are offered as well!

  • 401K with 100% matching up to 6%
  • Highly competitive PTO
  • Great health insurance with large network of providers
  • Medical/Dental/Vision
  • Life Insurance, and short & long term disability
  • Industry-Leading Weekly Pay Schedule
  • Home office & equipment plan

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Rackner builds cutting-edge solutions that apply DevSecOps and the power of AI in the datacenter, public and private clouds, and edge, leveraging the future of compute capability and technologies like Kubernetes (k8s) and WebAssembly (WASM).We're a member of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation and a Kubernetes Certified Service Provider - as well as a partner to the major public cloud companies.Our customers include hypergrowth startups and federal agencies, both Civilian and Defense.

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