This description is a summary of our understanding of the job description. Click on 'Apply' button to find out more. Role Description This role provides a unique opportunity to lead Agile delivery for mission-critical projects in a collaborative, high-impact environment. The Scrum Master will facilitate Agile practices, coach teams, and enable the delivery of high-value solutions while fostering a culture of continuous improvement. You will collaborate with Product Owners and stakeholders to ensure effective backlog management, incremental delivery, and transparency across teams. This position emphasizes both team performance and stakeholder alignment, requiring a hands-on approach with Scrum and Kanban frameworks in a distributed work environment. Ideal candidates are experienced in Agile methodologies, adept at removing impediments, and thrive in dynamic, mission-driven settings. - Facilitate all Scrum events including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives - Collaborate with Product Owners to maintain well-defined, prioritized, and actionable product backlogs - Remove impediments to team progress and support continuous improvement initiatives - Track and report Agile metrics such as velocity, burn-down, and team performance for transparency - Coach team members and stakeholders on Agile principles, values, and practices - Support user story development, acceptance criteria, and refinement sessions to ensure high-quality delivery - Utilize tools such as Jira, Confluence, or equivalent for backlog management, documentation, and collaboration Qualifications - Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), or equivalent Agile certification - 7+ years facilitating Agile teams, ceremonies, and removing blockers - Strong knowledge and practical experience with Scrum, Kanban, and familiarity with SAFe frameworks - Proficiency with Agile project management tools such as Jira and Confluence - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of managing team dynamics and stakeholder relationships - Experience supporting distributed or hybrid Agile delivery teams - Prior federal or DHS-related project experience strongly preferred - Preferred: advanced Scrum certifications (A-CSM, CSP), experience with Agile scaling frameworks (LeSS, SAFe), and background in software development or technical project delivery Benefits - Fully remote work with flexibility to support work-life balance - Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits - Professional development and career growth opportunities - Supportive, collaborative, and mission-focused team environment - Inclusive workplace committed to diversity and employee well-being

• Facilitating PI Planning • Helps team prepare for PI Planning • Facilitates the team in creating draft PI plans • Ensures the team is coordinating with other teams • Helps create team PI Objectives • Helps to ensure PI Objectives are SMART • Supporting Iteration Execution • Facilitates team events • Collaborates with the Product Owner • Improving Flow • Establishes the team Kanban board • Measures and optimizes flow • Coaches Built-in quality practices • Building High-Performing Teams • Fosters and supports Agile Team attributes • Encourages high-performing team dynamics • Becomes a more effective Scrum Master • Serves as a Lean-Agile Leader • Fosters collaboration on the team • Coaches with powerful questions • Resolves team conflicts • Develops team skillsets working with functional managers • Improving ART Performance • Facilitates cross-team collaboration • Builds trust with stakeholders • Coaches the IP Iteration • Helps the team prepare for the Inspect & Adapt event including guiding people through the problem-solving workshop

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies (Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Reviews, Retrospectives) for one or more teams • Guide teams in the adoption and consistent application of Agile/Scrum principles, practices, and frameworks • Remove impediments and foster an environment of continuous improvement and high performance • Collaborate with Product Owners to ensure a clear and actionable product backlog • Coach team members, stakeholders, and leadership on Agile values and practices • Track and communicate team progress, metrics, and outcomes to stakeholders • Support teams in identifying and implementing process improvements • Promote transparency, collaboration, and open communication within and across teams • Assist in the discovery of new opportunities for team growth and development • Work with other Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches to share best practices and align on organizational Agile maturity • Ensure compliance with organizational policies, standards, and governance related to Agile delivery • Engage with technical teams to support cross-functional collaboration and delivery

Description Our Digital Modernization Division is an information technology and management consulting department that offers integrated, strategic solutions to its public and private-sector clients. ICF has the expertise, agility, and commitment to design, build, and operate high-performance IT engines to support all aspects of our client’s business. Job Summary: ICF is seeking a skilled Senior Scrum Master to join our team. The Scrum Master will be responsible for conducting and managing agile scrum activities of a development team. The Scrum Master will be responsible for ensuring that scrum rules are followed, and that scrum metrics are gathered to track team’s progress. In addition, the scrum master will be working very closely with the Product Owner, establishing and enforcing sprint priorities and releasing delivery deadlines. Job Location: This position requires that the job be performed in the United States. If you accept this position, you should note that ICF does monitor employee work locations blocks access from foreign locations/foreign IP addresses and also prohibits personal VPN connections. Responsibilities: - Facilitate Agile ceremonies (Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Reviews, Retrospectives) for one or more teams - Guide teams in the adoption and consistent application of Agile/Scrum principles, practices, and frameworks - Remove impediments and foster an environment of continuous improvement and high performance - Collaborate with Product Owners to ensure a clear and actionable product backlog - Coach team members, stakeholders, and leadership on Agile values and practices - Track and communicate team progress, metrics, and outcomes to stakeholders - Support teams in identifying and implementing process improvements - Promote transparency, collaboration, and open communication within and across teams - Assist in the discovery of new opportunities for team growth and development - Work with other Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches to share best practices and align on organizational Agile maturity - Ensure compliance with organizational policies, standards, and governance related to Agile delivery - Engage with technical teams (e.g., Data Engineering, BI Analysts, LLM Engineers, Service Designers and Researchers) to support cross-functional collaboration and delivery Basic Qualifications: - 7 years' of scrum master experience - Bachelor’s degree - US Citizenship is required by the federal government for this position - Must be able to obtain Public Trust clearance. - MUST RESIDE IN THE United States (U.S.) and the work MUST BE PERFORMED in the United States (U.S.), as this work is for a federal contract and laws do apply. Preferred Qualifications: - Experience in a consulting capacity - Experience with backend SQL Server management - Strong understanding of relational database and data warehousing concepts (e.g., OLAP, dimensional modeling) - Extensive experience dashboarding (building dashboards from scratch and adding new features) - Any additional experience in Data Visualization, Customer Experience, Human-Centered design, Data Science, or Statistical Modeling is welcome - Experience working in or with the federal government. - Secret Clearance preferred but not required Working at ICF ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider, but we’re not your typical consultants. We combine unmatched expertise with cutting-edge technology to help clients solve their most complex challenges, navigate change, and shape the future. We can only solve the world's toughest challenges by building a workplace that allows everyone to thrive. We are an equal opportunity employer. Together, our employees are empowered to share their expertise and collaborate with others to achieve personal and professional goals. For more information, please read our EEO policy. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Reasonable Accommodations are available, including, but not limited to, for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs, in all phases of the application and employment process. To request an accommodation, please email Candidateaccommodation@icf.com and we will be happy to assist. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.  Read more about workplace discrimination rights or our benefit offerings which are included in the Transparency in (Benefits) Coverage Act. 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We are dedicated to providing the necessary support to ensure that all candidates have an equal opportunity to succeed.   Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position. The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is: $119,323.00 - $202,850.00 Nationwide Remote Office (US99)