Scrum Master

Scrum Mater I Federal Government I 12 months contract I Baseline Clearance (minimum)

Your new company

My client is an emerging technology consultancy that works closely with clients across a range of sectors, including government, health, financial services and utilities. They are a global consultancy with a strong focus on customer‑centric solutions. Their mission is to deliver simple, effective strategies that help organisations progress their digital transformation maturity.

They are partnering with a Federal Government organisation and are currently seeking a Scrum Master to support the development of learning solutions across multiple departments.

Your new role

• Coach teams on Agile principles, Scrum, Kanban and SAFe practices, ensuring consistent framework application
• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives, ensuring they are productive and time-boxed
• Guide teams in becoming high-performing and self-managing, promoting accountability and ownership
• Track and improve flow, velocity and predictability using metrics and agile health indicators
• Help teams identify, escalate and resolve impediments and blockers
• Coordinate with other Scrum Masters and the Release Train Engineer (RTE) to align across teams and contribute to ART-level ceremonies (PI Planning, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt)
• Ensure team commitments are realistic and met through data-driven facilitation and scope management
• Implement and support DevOps practices including CI/CD, test automation and shift-left testing
• Champion relentless improvement, driving actionable retrospective outcomes
• Actively assess and improve team maturity using health checks, coaching plans and targeted interventions
• Educate stakeholders on Agile and SAFe practices to foster cross-functional collaboration
• Act as guardian of team boundaries, ensuring external requests are managed through appropriate channels

Must-have requirements

• Formal SAFe Agile qualifications (e.g. SAFe Scrum Master, SAFe Advanced Scrum Master or equivalent)
• Demonstrated experience as Scrum Master on large-scale ICT programs
• Strong facilitation and coaching capability with measurable team improvement outcomes
• Experience working within ART-level SAFe ceremonies and multi-team delivery environments
• Baseline security clearance
• Australian citizenship

Nice to have

• CSM, PSM or equivalent Scrum certification
• Experience in Australian Government ICT delivery environments
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps or JIRA for backlog and sprint management

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role send your updated CV at [email protected]

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