Senior Scrum Master

Who We Are

Tria Federal delivers digital services and technology solutions that support the health and safety of veterans, service members and civilians. For two decades, federal agencies have relied on Tria companies to advance their critical missions and modernize their systems, so that they can uphold their commitment to the American people. Today, we are pushing the boundaries of possibility through partnerships and investments in artificial intelligence and emerging technologies, developing solutions for the biggest challenges that will face government tomorrow.

As a Scrum Master, you will use an Agile mindset and the Scrum framework to guide agile teams through the development process, consistently delivering value to our customers. You will serve as a facilitator, coach, and mentor, helping the team become self‑organizing and empowered to make effective decisions. You will also advise clients on improving their agile processes and track upcoming releases with several stakeholders.

• Ability to obtain a U.S. Federal Position of Trust clearance designation.
• Must reside in and be able to perform work in the United States.
• Must have lived in the United States for 3 of the last 5 years.
• Bachelor of Science degree and at least 10 years of release management activities including coordination with testing and development.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Excellent time management.
• Ability to quickly sense when an issue needs to be discussed or triaged.
• SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) experience and certification.
• Experience affecting change in organizations working towards Agile adoption.
• Experience in any part of the software development lifecycle - as a developer, tester, analyst, product manager, project/program manager, etc.
• Experience applying test automation, test-driven development, continuous integration, and continuous deployment to achieve built‑in quality.
• Relevant understanding of CMMI Level 3 Concepts.

• Guide, coach, and mentor the team to increase productivity and agility within the team and the broader environment. Help the team learn how to communicate their needs.
• Be the example you want to see in your teams, lead with professionalism, and be organized and objective. Be respectful of people's time.
• Understand the client’s agile processes, determine where the team fits into those processes, and find ways to gain buy‑in to approve the processes over time.
• Facilitate SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) ceremonies (PI Planning, Scrum of Scrums, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand Up, etc., ART Sync, etc.) and educate the team and clients on their benefits. Empower teams to take ownership of the ceremonies and outcomes, adjusting their work streams as improvement opportunities are identified. Facilitate team exercises like Value Stream Mapping to make work, workflows, etc. visible for the team to help identify bottlenecks and opportunities to optimize.
• Monitor, apply, and report meaningful metrics that help the team to understand the effort, workflow, and bottlenecks.
• Leverage visualization (dashboards, Kanban, or other visual indicators available) to help the team see daily progress.
• Support the product owner and client product manager in maintaining a healthy, robust backlog and implementing effective sprint planning.
• Represent the team to the program and client. Work with the client RTE to define and implement actions.
• Serve as a backup to the product owner as needed (i.e., participate in PO Sync at ART level).
• Occasional travel to the Baltimore/DC metro region may be required.
• Team Support:
  • Foster team collaboration and communication.
  • Ensure that goals, scope, and product domain are understood by everyone on the team.
  • Work with the team to adapt to changes that yield better results.
  • Encourage an experimental and fail‑fast mindset.
  • Remove impediments to the team’s ability to perform by working closely with the team and stakeholders. This may include Product Owners, leadership, other teams, and the support organization.
  • Facilitate the creation and maintenance of team working agreements, definition of ready, and definition of done, updating…