Job Requirements
Remote Colorado Springs, CO
Secret Polygraph not specified
Mid Level Career (5+ yrs experience)
$120,000 - $160,000
Job Description
About Fulcrum Defense
Fulcrum Defense is a defense technology company building AI orchestration and governance software for the Department of War and Intelligence Community. We also put experienced practitioners on the programs our customers depend on. In this role you'll support a U.S. Space Force program in Colorado Springs.
The Role
We're looking for a Senior Scrum Master who is at heart a coach. You'll be joining engineering teams that are capable and mission-focused but new to Agile. Right now they see Scrum as extra process. Your job is to change that. You won't do it by enforcing ceremonies. You'll make every sprint event visibly worth an engineer's time, until the teams run them because they want to.
You'll work with a multi-company team of engineers and a government-side Product Owner. Program leadership backs this effort and will give you real authority to reshape how the teams work. Some teams are a natural fit for Scrum and others for Kanban, and you'll help each one adopt the approach that fits its work.
This role is a good fit if you've taken a team from "why are we doing this?" to "this is how we work," and you can point to what changed.
What You'll Do
Coach engineering teams from low Agile maturity to self-sustaining Scrum or Kanban practice, and help decide which framework fits each team's work
Make ceremonies earn their place: run focused, useful Sprint Planning, Refinement, Reviews, and Retrospectives, and cut or reshape anything that isn't adding value
Close the retrospective loop by making sure improvement actions are owned, tracked, and actually carried into the next sprint
Teach teams to write clear user stories with testable acceptance criteria, and to break work into sprint-sized pieces
Build capacity-based sprint planning so commitments are realistic and teams start hitting them
Coach and support the Product Owner on backlog ownership, prioritization, and refinement, and fill gaps directly while that capability grows
Establish consistent, low-friction Jira practices (board design, workflows, definitions of ready and done) so the data reflects reality
Implement Kanban practices for flow-based teams: visualized workflow, WIP limits, and flow metrics such as cycle time and throughput
Use team metrics to show progress to the teams themselves and to government stakeholders
Represent your teams in program-level planning and sync events, and escalate impediments and cross-team dependencies
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree and 6+ years of related experience equivalent to a System Engineer Level 4
Active Secret clearance; U.S. citizenship required
Current industry-recognized Agile certification (Scaled Agile, Scrum.org, Scrum, Inc., Scrum Alliance, or PMI)
Demonstrated experience coaching a low-maturity or struggling team to sustained Agile practice, with specific examples of what improved
Hands-on experience with both Scrum and Kanban
Experience coaching Product Owners or backfilling PO responsibilities
Proficiency configuring and managing Jira boards, workflows, and reporting
Desired Qualifications
Coaching-focused credentials such as ICAgile ICP-ACC, SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM), or Kanban University KMP/TKP
Experience coaching engineering-heavy teams (software, systems, or cyber) that were skeptical of Agile
Experience working across multi-contractor teams as a subcontractor or embedded coach
Prior experience supporting DoD, Space Systems Command, or U.S. Space Force programs
Familiarity with SAFe and DevSecOps practices
Experience with Confluence
Work Arrangement
Hybrid. On-site in Colorado Springs as program needs require. Candidates must live within commuting distance.
Compensation & Benefits
The pay range for this position is $120,001–$160,000.annually. Actual pay depends on experience, qualifications, and contract requirements. Benefits include [fill in].
Fulcrum Defense is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Fulcrum Defense is a defense technology company building AI orchestration and governance software for the Department of War and Intelligence Community. We also put experienced practitioners on the programs our customers depend on. In this role you'll support a U.S. Space Force program in Colorado Springs.
The Role
We're looking for a Senior Scrum Master who is at heart a coach. You'll be joining engineering teams that are capable and mission-focused but new to Agile. Right now they see Scrum as extra process. Your job is to change that. You won't do it by enforcing ceremonies. You'll make every sprint event visibly worth an engineer's time, until the teams run them because they want to.
You'll work with a multi-company team of engineers and a government-side Product Owner. Program leadership backs this effort and will give you real authority to reshape how the teams work. Some teams are a natural fit for Scrum and others for Kanban, and you'll help each one adopt the approach that fits its work.
This role is a good fit if you've taken a team from "why are we doing this?" to "this is how we work," and you can point to what changed.
What You'll Do
Coach engineering teams from low Agile maturity to self-sustaining Scrum or Kanban practice, and help decide which framework fits each team's work
Make ceremonies earn their place: run focused, useful Sprint Planning, Refinement, Reviews, and Retrospectives, and cut or reshape anything that isn't adding value
Close the retrospective loop by making sure improvement actions are owned, tracked, and actually carried into the next sprint
Teach teams to write clear user stories with testable acceptance criteria, and to break work into sprint-sized pieces
Build capacity-based sprint planning so commitments are realistic and teams start hitting them
Coach and support the Product Owner on backlog ownership, prioritization, and refinement, and fill gaps directly while that capability grows
Establish consistent, low-friction Jira practices (board design, workflows, definitions of ready and done) so the data reflects reality
Implement Kanban practices for flow-based teams: visualized workflow, WIP limits, and flow metrics such as cycle time and throughput
Use team metrics to show progress to the teams themselves and to government stakeholders
Represent your teams in program-level planning and sync events, and escalate impediments and cross-team dependencies
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree and 6+ years of related experience equivalent to a System Engineer Level 4
Active Secret clearance; U.S. citizenship required
Current industry-recognized Agile certification (Scaled Agile, Scrum.org, Scrum, Inc., Scrum Alliance, or PMI)
Demonstrated experience coaching a low-maturity or struggling team to sustained Agile practice, with specific examples of what improved
Hands-on experience with both Scrum and Kanban
Experience coaching Product Owners or backfilling PO responsibilities
Proficiency configuring and managing Jira boards, workflows, and reporting
Desired Qualifications
Coaching-focused credentials such as ICAgile ICP-ACC, SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM), or Kanban University KMP/TKP
Experience coaching engineering-heavy teams (software, systems, or cyber) that were skeptical of Agile
Experience working across multi-contractor teams as a subcontractor or embedded coach
Prior experience supporting DoD, Space Systems Command, or U.S. Space Force programs
Familiarity with SAFe and DevSecOps practices
Experience with Confluence
Work Arrangement
Hybrid. On-site in Colorado Springs as program needs require. Candidates must live within commuting distance.
Compensation & Benefits
The pay range for this position is $120,001–$160,000.annually. Actual pay depends on experience, qualifications, and contract requirements. Benefits include [fill in].
Fulcrum Defense is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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