Scrum Master

Role Overview

GovCIO is hiring a Scrum Master / Business Analyst (hybrid role) to support the EPA Office of Information Technology (OIT) contract needs. The work focuses on sunsetting a legacy application, maintaining archives, and developing/enhancing low-code applications on platforms such as Microsoft PowerApps and SharePoint. This role is fully remote within the United States.

Responsibilities

• Elicit and gather business and user requirements from stakeholders and translate them into stories with appropriate acceptance criteria.
• Conduct requirements elicitation to develop and improve client requirements and business processes.
• Create and maintain business documentation and dissemination materials for business and technical stakeholders.
• Draft change requests and defect documentation for use by Dev and Test teams.
• Produce supporting artifacts as needed (e.g., wireframes, design flows, UI).
• Support integration of business and system requirements and collaborate with Scrum Team, designers, and developers.
• Manage the product backlog grooming based on product owner prioritization.
• Ensure stakeholders are represented across planning, development, and release processes.
• Consult subject matter experts and technical resources for feasibility of requests and solutions.
• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies and lead Scrum execution:
  • release/sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint demos, retrospectives, story grooming, and related meetings
• Track and communicate velocity and sprint/release progress to stakeholders and management; help the team make commitments.
• Facilitate conflict resolution and continuous improvement.
• Maintain Agile tracking in Jira Agile (and related systems) to provide transparency on product and sprint backlogs.
• Regulate change processes to ensure only approved and validated changes are incorporated.
• Support or perform QA/Test activities to verify baselines are met.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience (12+ years with bachelor’s or commensurate experience).
• Experience as a Scrum Master.
• Certified SAFe Agilist.
• Strong facilitation skills and ability to resolve conflicts.
• Experience with Agile project management tools (e.g., Jira, ServiceNow).
• Excellent communication (verbal, written, interpersonal) and strong time management.
• Must be able to thrive in a fast-paced, cross-group environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with and supporting government clients.
• Ability to support incremental low-code application development.

Clearance / Eligibility

• US Citizenship required to obtain and maintain an EPA Public Trust.

Compensation

• USD $115,000 - $158,000 per year