Join a highly collaborative and missiondriven Agile environment where you will lead empowered development teams remove roadblocks and drive delivery excellence. This role is ideal for a seasoned Scrum Master who thrives on guiding teams through complex system builds facilitating meaningful Agile ceremonies and championing continuous improvement. If you enjoy coaching problemsolving and enabling highperforming teams to do their best work this opportunity offers both impact and growth.

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This opportunity is based on an RFP being awarded and the projected start date is the Summer of 2026.

WORKSITE: Sacramento Preferred

WORK SCHEDULE: Monday - Friday PST Hours

PAY RATE: $65.00 -$70.00 per hour

• Paid sick leave based on state regulations after 90 days of employment

• Medical dental and vision coverage after a waiting period (60% paid by Fortuna)

• Free TeleMedicine and Mental Health support for all employees and their families

• Additional voluntary benefits: Group Life Insurance Accidental Insurance Critical Care Short-Term Disability

WHAT YOULL DO

• Ensure consistent and effective use of the Scrum framework promoting Agile best practices across teams.

• Facilitate daily standups sprint planning sprint demos and sprint retrospectives.

• Oversee system configuration design development testing implementation and postimplementation verification within an Agile framework.

• Manage product backlog and sprint cycles ensuring timely resolution of system defects and backlog items.

• Maintain all system documentation ensuring requirements and business rules remain current.

• Provide ongoing support to Scrum teams for subsequent releases including integrating additional requirements and resolving defects.

• Forecast achievable deliverables for each iteration using evidencebased estimation.

• Drive accurate sprint planning and estimation with the development team.

• Support teams in conflict resolution and overcoming delivery obstacles.

• Coach team members on Agile practices and promote continuous learning.

• Facilitate goal setting action planning and alignment with project objectives.

• Track progress and proactively remove impediments to maintain team performance.

• Perform additional duties as needed to support successful project delivery.

WHAT YOULL BRING

Minimum Qualifications

• Five (5) years of experience as a Scrum Master on largescale IT development projects with contract values over $5000000.

• Three (3) years of experience as a Scrum Master on largescale IT system integration projects with contract values over $1000000.

• Two (2) years of experience leading geographically distributed virtual teams of at least 10 members.

• Four (4) years of experience across all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

• Three (3) years of experience working on Agile or Hybrid Agile development projects.

• At least one industryrecognized project management certification such as:

  • Agile Certified Professional (PMIACP)

  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

  • SAFe Agilist

Desirable Qualifications

• One (1) to three (3) years of experience as a Scrum Master implementing or maintaining public sector systems.

Fortuna operates as a staffing agency that sources screens and presents potential candidates for employment opportunities on behalf of our clients.

Fortuna was founded in 2012 by practicing professionals with more than 50 combined years of experience. Our headquarters is in McClellan California with offices in Los Angeles and New York and satellite offices in the Philippines and Israel. Fortuna is an active member of multiple California service agreements including the CMAS ITMSA (Tier 2) and CalPERS SpringFed Pool as well as multiple municipalities and large corporation vendor pools.

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