GDOT Scrum Master & Agile Coach

Position Title: Scrum Master & Agile Coach
Location: Atlanta GA
Engagement Type: Contract
Work Mode: Hybrid (2 3 days onsite)
Duration: January 5 2026 September 30 2026 (approx. 8 months)
Interview Type: Either web cam or in person

Role Overview:
The Scrum Master & Agile Coach will support an IT division by coaching IT Team Leads and teams on Scrum and Kanban practices incident management and backlog management. The role focuses on enabling self-organizing teams reinforcing Agile principles and ensuring alignment with IT leadership priorities in a hybrid work environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Facilitate and coach IT Team Leads to effectively run Scrum events including daily stand-ups sprint planning reviews board clean-up and retrospectives.

• Guide IT Team Leads and teams in applying Scrum and Kanban frameworks to manage project and operational backlogs and optimize workflow efficiency.

• Train IT Team Leads to manage incidents identify and remove impediments and perform dependency analysis for incorporation into team ceremonies.

• Promote continuous improvement through retrospectives and ensure actionable changes are documented scheduled and followed through.

• Reinforce adherence to Scrum for development teams and Kanban for infrastructure/operations including use of WIP limits and documentation of repeatable tasks.

• Foster collaboration between Scrum and Kanban teams to support incremental deployments and overall delivery effectiveness.

• Document training content and best practices in a living Working Agreement for ongoing reference by teams and team members.

Required Skills & Experience:

• At least 5 years of experience working with Agile teams.

• Strong knowledge of Scrum and Kanban methodologies and underlying principles.

• Excellent facilitation coaching and mentoring skills with ability to document expectations and best practices.

• Proven ability to analyze identify and resolve team impediments and conflicts.

• Experience managing and prioritizing backlogs in alignment with IT leadership priorities.

• Strong communication skills to collaborate with team members technical leads architects project managers security and stakeholders.

• Proficient with Atlassian Jira and Confluence ServiceNow ITSM and Agile modules Microsoft Teams and Office 365.

• Agile certifications with Scrum Master certification required at minimum.

Preferred Skills:

• Demonstrated servant leadership mindset focused on enabling self-organizing teams.

• Experience creating and maintaining working agreements and process documentation for Agile teams.

Additional Details:
This role is hybrid with 2 3 days onsite at the Atlanta GA office each week and follows a standard full-time schedule of 8 hours per day 5 days per week. Local candidates are required and the engagement is contingent upon customer renewal and funding availability.