LightFeather is seeking a Scrum Master to support a federal cloud modernization program at a large agency client. In this role, you will serve as the agile backbone for a cloud engineering team focused on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) delivery, facilitating the full Scrum framework and keeping sprint execution on track across a fast-moving, technically oriented team.
This is a dedicated Scrum Master position — you will own the agile process. You will work directly alongside a Product Owner and technical lead, interface periodically with federal stakeholders, and serve as the team's go-to resource for sprint status, task tracking, and ceremony cadence. The right person brings solid Scrum fundamentals, an adaptable mindset, and the communication skills to hold their own in a room with senior engineers and agency customers alike.
Location: Hybrid, On-site 4 days/week in Washington, D.C. 20006 and 1 day Telework
Job Type: Full-time
Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship Required
Clearance Requirement: Active Secret or Top Secret Security Clearance
Key Responsibilities
- Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
- Drive sprint demos at the close of each sprint, managing the facilitation cadence
- Partner with the Product Owner to refine the backlog, write and break down user stories and subtasks, and maintain sprint board accuracy in Jira
- Serve as the primary point of contact for sprint status visibility — pulling reports, tracking task ownership, and keeping the team and leadership informed
- Maintain documentation and reference materials in SharePoint; coordinate with the BA on documentation deliverables as needed
- Monitor and manage ServiceNow tickets as integrated with the Jira workflow, providing timely status updates to stakeholders
- Support change management activities at a high level, coordinating with technical team members on pipeline and security-related stories
- Act as an agile culture carrier for the team — setting the standard for how work gets tracked, communicated, and completed
Required Qualifications
- U.S. Citizenship
- Active Secret or Top Secret security clearance
- 5-8 years of experience as a Scrum Master in an IT or software delivery environment
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or equivalent Scrum/agile certification
- Demonstrated experience facilitating all Scrum ceremonies and managing sprint execution end-to-end
- Proficiency with Jira (Atlassian) for story writing, subtask management, and sprint tracking
- Working knowledge of at least one cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP) — specific platform expertise not required, but cloud familiarity is
- High-level understanding of DevSecOps concepts and delivery pipelines, sufficient to contextualize team stories and facilitate grooming conversations
- Familiarity with ATO (Authority to Operate) processes and federal IT security frameworks (e.g., NIST 800-53, FedRAMP) at a conceptual level
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills — able to engage confidently with engineers, product leadership, and federal customers
- Ability to work on-site in Washington, DC five days per week
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting federal IT programs or government cloud modernization initiatives
- Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) specifically — this is a nice-to-have, not a requirement
- Experience with SharePoint for documentation management and team knowledge repositories
- Familiarity with ServiceNow, particularly in environments where it is integrated with Jira for ticketing and work intake
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or SAFe certification
- Cloud certification from any major provider (AWS, GCP, or Azure) demonstrating foundational cloud literacy
- Background supporting change management activities in an agile delivery context
At LightFeather, you're not just taking a job—you're joining a purpose-driven team that delivers innovative, mission-critical solutions to make a real difference. You'll work on diverse, meaningful projects that challenge and inspire you, alongside some of the best minds in the industry.
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LightFeather is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), and Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) that implements AI to modernize legacy federal applications. We help agencies modernize aging systems into secure, scalable platforms aligned with mission needs. Our teams design, build, and operate production AI/ML, modern data platforms, and cloud-native applications across DOJ, DHS, USCIS, IRS, DoS, and PBGC. This work spans ML models trained on 600M+ federal records, real-time analytics on Databricks, and full-lifecycle modernization in environments up to Top Secret. Modern engineering, federal delivery discipline. Our engineers are senior, deeply technical, and experienced operating inside federal environments. They pair AI/ML, cloud, and modern development expertise with hands-on experience across federal architecture, procurement, and compliance. Our work has earned strong recognition from federal partners — a standard we hold on every engagement. We pair modern capabilities — MLOps, generative AI, multi-cloud, human-centered design — with the disciplines federal systems require: DevSecOps, infrastructure as code, RMF and ATO support, and continuous monitoring. The result is innovation that is deployable, defensible, and built to last. Our work spans behavioral forecasting and anomaly detection in taxpayer-facing systems, identity resolution and biometric verification for immigration and law enforcement, operational analytics across the Department of Justice, intelligent automation on ServiceNow and Unqork, and BI modernization from Looker to Tableau. We partner closely with government product owners and prime contractors, delivering iteratively through Agile and SAFe with the documentation, security, and audit trail federal systems require. We help federal customers turn legacy systems into modern platforms, data into decisions, and mission priorities into measurable outcomes.
Key team members
Richard Fairfield
Alex Tong
Michael Dere
Ryan King
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