Agile Delivery Lead – Scrum Master, Senior

DecisionPoint Corporation

. Lead Agile delivery activities for Team 3 supporting applicant-facing services, workflows, and related software capabilities .

Posted 10/27/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois • United StatesSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Agile delivery management, facilitating sprint planning, and coordinating cross-team dependencies while ensuring alignment with Government priorities. Proficient in tracking delivery metrics and preparing comprehensive reports for stakeholder communication.

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Agile Delivery ManagementSprint Planning FacilitationDelivery Metrics TrackingCross-Team Dependency ManagementAgile Certification

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Hard Skills

Agile MethodologiesSprint PlanningBacklog RefinementDelivery Metrics AnalysisUser Acceptance TestingRequirements TraceabilityConflict ResolutionRisk ManagementFacilitation SkillsAnalytical Skills

Soft Skills

LeadershipOrganizational SkillsCommunication SkillsConflict Resolution SkillsAnalytical Skills

Tools & Technologies

JiraAzure DevOpsConfluenceSharePointAgile Boards

Certifications & Qualifications

Scrum Master CertificationProject Management Professional (PMP)SAFe Scrum MasterPMI-ACP

Industry Keywords

Federal Software DevelopmentDepartment of DefenseMission-Critical SystemsApplicant-Facing ApplicationsContinuous ImprovementDevSecOpsConfiguration ManagementCI/CD PracticesAccessibility StandardsUser Research

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCyber SecurityPMP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead Agile delivery activities for Team 3 supporting applicant-facing services, workflows, and related software capabilities
Facilitate sprint planning, daily coordination meetings, backlog-refinement sessions, sprint reviews, demonstrations, and retrospectives
Establish and maintain a predictable Agile delivery cadence aligned with Government priorities and approved program schedules
Partner with product owners, mission liaisons, and technical leads to prioritize and refine the backlog
Help establish realistic sprint goals and commitments based on priorities, capacity, user needs, dependencies, and risks
Track sprint commitments, progress, scope changes, impediments, dependencies, risks, decisions, and action items
Identify and escalate delivery impediments and coordinate their resolution
Manage cross-team dependencies involving workflows, UX, integrations, architecture, infrastructure, cybersecurity, testing, training, and releases
Coordinate weekly demonstrations and capture feedback, decisions, backlog updates, and action items
Prepare and submit Development Sprint Plans and Sprint Summary Reports
Track and analyze delivery metrics including predictability, throughput, cycle time, work aging, impediments, defects, and commitment completion
Use delivery data to identify trends, facilitate improvement discussions, and recommend corrective actions
Coordinate requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, user research, accessibility, usability, and validation needs
Coordinate with developers, testers, cybersecurity personnel, and release teams on secure development, testing, and deployment
Support urgent defects, applicant-impacting issues, security-related changes, release planning, release-readiness reviews, user acceptance, training, and operational transition
Maintain Agile boards, dashboards, dependency logs, action logs, decision records, and program artifacts
Facilitate communication among Team 3, Agile teams, program leadership, Government representatives, and mission stakeholders
Coach team members and stakeholders on Agile practices, transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement
Provide delivery status, forecasts, risks, and performance information for program reporting and governance
Support continuous improvement of Agile delivery and applicant-services processes across the ENLIST program

Requirements

What you’ll need

Active Secret clearance or higher
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, software engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent permitted by the applicable labor category
At least ten years of relevant professional experience
Experience facilitating Agile software-delivery teams
Experience managing dependencies across multiple technical teams or workstreams
Experience facilitating sprint planning, daily coordination, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, demonstrations, and retrospectives
Experience tracking sprint commitments, impediments, risks, dependencies, actions, and delivery metrics
Experience working with product owners, technical leads, developers, testers, and Government or business stakeholders
Ability to prepare sprint plans, delivery summaries, metrics, status reports, and executive-level briefings
Ability to identify delivery risks and impediments, coordinate resolution, and communicate impacts to stakeholders
Strong facilitation, leadership, conflict-resolution, analytical, organizational, and communication skills
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a complex, cross-functional software environment
Preferred: Scrum or Agile certification, such as CSM, A-CSM, CSP-SM, PSM, SAFe Scrum Master, SAFe Release Train Engineer, PMI-ACP, or equivalent
Preferred: Experience supporting federal or Department of Defense software-development or modernization programs
Preferred: Experience leading Agile delivery for mission-critical, regulated, or high-availability information systems
Preferred: Experience supporting applicant-facing, customer-facing, self-service, or workflow-intensive applications
Preferred: Experience supporting military accession processing, recruiting, personnel processing, or comparable mission workflows
Preferred: Experience coordinating user research, accessibility, usability testing, training, and user acceptance activities
Preferred: Experience preparing formal sprint plans, sprint summary reports, Government demonstrations, and contract-delivery artifacts
Preferred: Experience coordinating delivery across software, architecture, infrastructure, cybersecurity, testing, UI/UX, training, and operations teams
Preferred: Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, SharePoint, or comparable platforms
Preferred: Experience working in Agile, DevSecOps, or secure software-development environments
Preferred: Familiarity with requirements traceability, user acceptance testing, Section 508 accessibility, release management, configuration management, and CI/CD practices
Preferred: Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Benefits

Comp & perks

Regular full-time employment
Opportunity to support the USMEPCOM ENLIST program and mission-critical government services
Remote work arrangement
Chicago-area candidates preferred
Opportunity to work with cross-functional Agile, software-development, cybersecurity, testing, training, and Government stakeholder teams