Senior Principal Scrum Master

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

BI Full 6C (T4)

Job Family:

Software Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Agile Methodology, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Scrum of Scrums

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

SENIOR PRINCIPAL SCRUM MASTER

GDIT is seeking a SENIOR PRINCIPAL SCRUM MASTER to lead and facilitate the Agile Release Train (ART), driving effective planning, execution, coordination, and continuous improvement across multiple Agile teams. The RTE will coordinate program delivery, manage cross-team dependencies and risks, and ensure alignment between business and technology teams.

The role will support the implementation of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) for Large Solutions, promoting a lean, iterative approach to product development. The RTE will ensure that SAFe practices meet program needs for compliance, governance, and end-to-end traceability. On the program, the RTE will facilitate delivery and traceability across the lifecycle from Requirement → Epic → Feature → Story → Release.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile Release Train events, including PI Planning, Scrum of Scrums, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt.
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies, risks, and impediments to ensure predictable program delivery.
• Track ART progress using Agile metrics and provide transparent status reporting to stakeholders.
• Partner with Product Management, Solution Architects, and Engineering teams to align priorities and execution.
• Drive continuous improvement by coaching teams on SAFe Agile practices and optimizing delivery processes.
• Ensure reporting teams stay synchronized with application development, including database table and schema changes, to maintain reporting accuracy.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Business, or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience in Agile program execution, with at least 2 years as a Release Train Engineer, Agile Coach, or Agile Program or Project Manager.
• SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) or SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) certification.
• Hands-on experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and Agile methodologies.
• Strong experience managing cross-functional teams, dependencies, and program risks.
• Proficiency with Agile lifecycle management tools such as Jira, DevOps, or Rally.

Preferred Skills

• Experience working in government, federal, or compliance-heavy environments.
• Familiarity with Lean Portfolio Management (LPM), DevSecOps, and Agile Release Trains in highly regulated industries.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills at all organizational levels.
• Experience coaching at the program, portfolio, and enterprise levels to drive Agile transformations.
• Demonstrated knowledge of, or ability to quickly learn, enterprise purchasing and requisition systems such as SC360, SAP Ariba, Coupa, or Oracle iProcurement.

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Explore a career in software development at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your dedication to advancing innovation.

The likely salary range for this position is $148,750 - $201,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

 

Our Identity Verification Process:

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About Our Work:

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

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