Advanced Scrum Master

Torch Technologies Thank you for your interest in employment with Torch Technologies. We are a 100% employee-owned, Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County, headquartered in Huntsville, AL. Our team provides superior research, development, and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of War. As one of the nation's top 100 defense companies, the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. Our corporate mission sums up the pride our employee-owners take in the work we do: "Lighting the Pathway of Freedom". And, as a Certified Evergreen ESOP, we have made the commitment to grow and sustain our company for the next 100 years! Come grow with us! This position is Contingent Upon Contract Award Torch Technologies is seeking a driven, innovative, and experienced to support our customers at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC). In this role, you will blend Agileexpertise with servant leadership to enable teams to perform at their highest potential. You will champion collaboration, drive program execution, remove systemic impediments, and foster a culture of transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement. Your support will directly influence the delivery of mission-critical capabilities supporting national defense. As an Advanced Scrum Master your duties will include the following, but are not limited to: - Champion and drive the adoption of Agile and Scrum best practices across the organization, extending beyond immediate teams. - Organize andfacilitateProgram Increment (PI) Planning events. - Provide support and guidance across multiple scrum teams. - Lead and organize ART level Agile ceremonies, including Scrum Masters/Product Owner sync, backlog refinement meetings, Sprint Planning, SprintReviewand demonstration sessions. - Provide customers with meaningful Agile metrics and a clear roadmap for increasing ART maturity and agility. - Coach and mentor teams, leaders, and stakeholders on Agile principles andSAFepractices to elevate performance and delivery outcomes. - Support the optimization of value delivery across the ART. - Lead backlog refinement and creation events that support ART backlog and team backlogs. - Proactivelyidentify, manage, and resolve cross-team dependencies, risks, and impediments. - Partner with Product Owners, Subject Matter Experts, and key stakeholders to ensure alignment on vision, priorities, and execution strategy. - Define, collect, and communicate actionable program-level metrics and status reporting. - Cultivatestrong communicationand collaboration across all ART participants. - Drive and measure progress of continuous improvement initiatives to enhance program effectiveness. - Stay current on emerging Agile trends, tools, and industry best practices. - Recommend and implement tooling and process improvements for value stream and project management. - Coordinate with project management tool administrators to manage system access and permissions. - Mediate and resolve complex interpersonal and cross-team conflicts, fostering a collaborative and psychologically safe environment. Qualifications : U.S. Citizenship. Bachelor's Degree or higher in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field. 5-10+ years of applicable systems engineering experience, to include 3+ years of experience as a Scrum Master in an Agile environment. ActiveTopSecretclearancewith ability to obtain an SCI. SAFeCertification (RTE, Scrum Master, or Product Owner). Experience supporting remote or geographically dist