Production Product Owner – Scrum Master

ABSC (Absolute Business Solutions Corp.)

. Own, maintain, and prioritize the Production Team backlog for sustainment, data-quality improvement, operational enhancements, security findings, and technical debt .

Posted 11/6/2026full-timeBethesda • Maryland • United StatesSeniorLead💰 $135,000 - $245,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in backlog management, incident and problem management, and Agile methodologies, with a strong focus on data-quality improvement and operational enhancements. Proven ability to facilitate cross-team collaboration and communicate effectively with stakeholders while ensuring compliance with security and operational standards.

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Backlog ManagementIncident ManagementAgile FacilitationData-Quality ValidationScrum Master Certification

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Hard Skills

Incident ManagementProblem ManagementRoot-Cause AnalysisChange ManagementRelease CoordinationData-GovernanceMetrics and ObservabilityData-Quality RemediationTechnical Debt ManagementVulnerability Remediation

Soft Skills

FacilitationPrioritizationStakeholder ManagementWritten CommunicationOrganizational Skills

Tools & Technologies

KubernetesElasticRedisGitOpsCI/CDInfrastructure AutomationCloud-Native Operations

Certifications & Qualifications

CSPOPSPOCSMPSMSAFe POPMSAFe Scrum Master

Industry Keywords

AgileSAFeData-Quality OperationsProduction SupportOperational Readiness

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber SecurityETLKubernetesRedisTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own, maintain, and prioritize the Production Team backlog for sustainment, data-quality improvement, operational enhancements, security findings, and technical debt
Translate incidents, operational needs, stakeholder requests, and data-quality findings into epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, and sprint-ready work
Balance urgent production support with preventive maintenance, environment changes, release support, vulnerability remediation, and long-term reliability improvements
Facilitate backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily scrums, sprint reviews and demonstrations, retrospectives, and PI Planning
Track incidents, recurring defects, root causes, corrective actions, ownership, and closure
Coordinate data-quality issue intake, validation criteria, prioritization, remediation, status reporting, and closure verification
Manage dependencies among Production, application-development, Platform, CI/CD, infrastructure, database, cybersecurity, data-owner, and mission teams
Remove or escalate impediments, cross-team dependencies, decisions, resource constraints, and operational risks
Coach teams on Agile, Scrum, and SAFe practices and promote continuous improvement
Communicate operational status, priorities, risks, and delivery progress to Government and contractor stakeholders
Support DIA-NDOC’s D3P modernization under the DTP contract across Production, Platform, and CI/CD teams
Collaborate with Government stakeholders and cross-functional engineering teams

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related field with 12 or more years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree with 10 or more years of relevant experience
Active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph
Experience managing a backlog containing production incidents, defects, preventive maintenance, technical debt, environment changes, release support, data-quality remediation, monitoring, and vulnerability remediation
Experience with incident management, problem management, root-cause analysis, change management, release coordination, service restoration, and post-incident corrective actions
Knowledge of data-quality validation, completeness, accuracy, timeliness, consistency, reconciliation, defect tracking, and remediation workflows
Ability to translate operational needs into epics, features, stories, acceptance criteria, priorities, and definitions of done
Experience facilitating Agile and SAFe ceremonies and cross-team dependency discussions
Ability to coordinate with developers, production support, Platform, CI/CD, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data owners, and mission stakeholders
Strong facilitation, prioritization, stakeholder-management, written communication, and organizational skills
Experience serving as Scrum Master for multiple teams or a team-of-teams delivery model
Familiarity with Kubernetes, Elastic, Redis, GitOps, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, or cloud-native operations
Experience with metrics, logs, alerts, dashboards, SLIs, SLOs, and observability practices
Experience with data governance, ETL or ELT, master data, reconciliation, lineage, or data-quality operations
Experience coordinating incident response, change advisory, release readiness, or operational-readiness reviews
Product Owner or Scrum Master certification such as CSPO, PSPO, CSM, PSM, SAFe POPM, or SAFe Scrum Master

Benefits

Comp & perks

Generous PTO plus 11 Federal Holidays
Retirement Planning – 401k Fully Vested with Match
Annual Health and Wellness Allowance – buy an Apple Watch, a treadmill, or hit the gym on us
Career Development – Annual Funds to spend on Education and Training
Volunteer Time Off – Annually, all employees can spend 8 hours directly supporting a charity of choice
Charitable Match – ABSC matches an employee’s donation to a qualifying charity
Referral Program – We pay for internal and external referrals
LOV Awards – Earn bonus awards throughout the year from our Living Our Values awards program
Generous external referral bonuses