Scrum Master

Position: Cyber Security Scrum Master Location: Mostly onsite in Bethesda, MD. Some remote on occasions. Clearance: Active TS/SCI requires As the Cyber Security Scrum Master, you will bring your experience as an Agile Scrum Master to facilitate a team of Cyber Security professionals to align the RMF/ATO process with release and sprint planning using SAFe Agile methodology. In this role, you will accurately evaluate scope and schedule of work, identify release and sprint backlogs, lead daily scrum meetings and demos, and remove obstacles to enable the team to meet deadlines. You will be the champion of your team, conducting regular data-driven retrospectives, and working actively to improve the process and drive team productivity. You will bring your team leadership experience to anticipate project and implementation issues, to proactively support areas that may become a concern, to manage technical debt, and to ensure successful delivery. You will lean on your experience with security technologies and industry best practices while employing effective security solutions. You'll collaborate closely with ISSEs, ISSOs, ISSMs, software engineers, software developers, system engineers and Government counterparts to perform the full spectrum of cyber security engineering tasks to ensure our systems meet a variety of regulatory compliance frameworks. Apply system security engineering familiarity in one or more of the following: system security design process; engineering life cycle; information domain; cross domain solutions; commercial off the-shelf and government off-the shelf cryptography; identification; authentication; and authorization; system integration; risk management; intrusion detection; contingency planning; incident handling; configuration control; change management; auditing; Requirements: Bachelors degree (technical discipline preferred) and 8+ years of relevant experience Active TS security clearance with ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with Polygraph Must be a US Citizen Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) certification Excellent communication, collaboration, and conflict resolution skills Experience with SAFe methodology Experience with task and ticket management tools such as GitHub Proven ability to balance concurrent activities Strong knowledge and experience in software development and cybersecurity engineering in an Agile or SAFe environment Ability to quickly build rapport and keep a positive and motivated team environment Experience establishing a System Security Engineering (SSE) management process to integrate security and privacy controls into complex hardware and software systems 1 year of experience developing and reviewing security concept of operations, systems security plans, security risk assessments, contingency plans, configuration management plans Experience with XACTA, EMass, or similar tool Experience with NIST Special Publications e.g. NIST SP 800-27, 30, 37, 53, 60 Experience with CNSS publication CNSSI 1253 Experience with incident response plans, plan of actions and milestones, risk management plans, and vulnerability management plans Preferred Qualifications: At least one DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II or higher certification e.g., CCNA Security, CySA+, Security+ CE, SSCP, CISSP (or Associate) Experience with NIST SP 800-171 Familiarity with modern development approaches (serverless, containerization, cloud, continuous delivery, micro-services, event based applications) Experience with cloud deployment and cloud-based solutions Experience supporting DIA/OSIC and/or DTP Software development/coding experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, and React, and software development framework tools such as Appian Experience configuring, running, and analyzing vulnerability scans Experience with DevOpsSec pipelines and tools Experience with database systems, search engines, web applications Experience in a Linux Red Hat and Centos environments Experience with big data applications Experience with GitLab and GitHub