Full-Time

Scrum Master

Posted on 12/18/2025

Deadline 12/18/27
Steampunk

Steampunk

501-1,000 employees

Federal software solutions delivering user-focused outcomes

Compensation Overview

$100k - $150k/yr

McLean, VA, USA

In Person

Category
Business & Strategy (1)
Required Skills
Agile
SCRUM
Requirements
  • Authorized to work for any U.S. employer
  • 4+ years of experience with Scrum/Kanban Methodologies
  • 4+ years of experience serving as the Product Owner or Scrum Master
  • Must have Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certifications
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, MIS or equivalent combination of education and/or experience
  • Ability to establish immediate credibility with clients, build consensus, and achieve goals through influence
  • Ability to help teams write user stories/epics, identify dependencies, and design optimal solutions
  • Flexibility to work with teams, individuals and executives and willingness to help with a wide variety of work products and people
  • Excellent interpersonal/communication skills
Responsibilities
  • Serve as the Scrum Master on an Agile software development team
  • Oversee the Scrum team for a key high-priority project for the client
  • Identify and mitigate risks and support planning and delivery of technical IT development Agile projects
  • Define project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value; prepare and distribute progress reports; manage risks and issues; correct deviations from plans; perform delivery planning for assigned projects
  • Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work; leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity for project work; mentoring and developing team members
  • Support managing customer expectations for project deliverables, managing stakeholder communications, and help to implement an effective system of project governance
  • Primary focus is making sure the teams are effective and focused on their work
  • Coach the teams in their understanding of the delivery process, the agile mindset, and client values
  • Help the team use their time wisely and avoid distractions
  • Make sure team issues are escalated, worked, and resolved
  • Apply different techniques to facilitate meetings and workshops, create a shared understanding with stakeholders, and engage team-members to produce product and portfolio roadmaps
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience working in a studio / human centered design approach

Steampunk helps U.S. federal government agencies deliver digital programs and services. The company partners with government clients, using a startup-style, customer-centered delivery approach to design, develop, and deploy software and services that support mission goals. Its products and work are executed in close collaboration with clients, emphasizing rapid delivery and high-quality user experiences. Steampunk differentiates itself by focusing specifically on federal customers and by embedding client input at every step of the process, from planning through deployment, so outcomes meet user needs and mission requirements at speed. The overall goal is to produce reliable, usable solutions that achieve clear mission impacts for government programs.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Founded

2002

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What believers are saying

  • $270M Phase III SBIR contract with USDA OCIO through April 2026 expands cloud support.
  • Stefani Shepherd joins as DHS Growth Senior Director; Mike Saliter as HCJ EVP.
  • 10-year STRATUS BOA to 2034 provides long-term USDA revenue visibility.

What critics are saying

  • Booz Allen, Leidos erode Steampunk's STRATUS share within 18-24 months.
  • USDA on-ramp adds competitors to Pool 2 by April 2027, diluting volume.
  • USDA dependency risks 40-50% revenue loss if budget shifts in 24 months.

What makes Steampunk unique

  • Design Intelligence® framework drives USDA cloud migration ROI since 2019.
  • NVIDIA Partner Network membership integrates AI safety guardrails for federal clients.
  • One of 15 unrestricted STRATUS Pool 2 vendors alongside Booz Allen and Leidos.

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Company News

PR Newswire
May 21st, 2024
Steampunk Awarded Boa On Usda Stratus Program

MCLEAN, Va., May 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Steampunk announced today that the company has been awarded a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).The BOA was awarded as part of the STRATUS program for cloud integration and development support services. The STRATUS program aims to accelerate cloud adoption by providing rapid access to hyperscale cloud service providers, integration and development service providers, and SaaS providers/resellers. Steampunk was selected for the program's unrestricted portion and has a 10-year ordering period to support USDA's cloud solution objectives."Steampunk is thrilled and honored to continue our partnership with USDA through STRATUS," said Joe Nizhnikov, Senior Vice President at Steampunk. "Over the last four years, Steampunk has had the privilege of working directly with USDA to exploit the power and innovation of cloud computing using our Design Intelligence® delivery framework. Together we have demonstrated the very real business value of cloud-based solutions through cloud migration, modernization, and innovation engagements."Since 2019, Steampunk has supported the majority of USDA mission areas, as well as the Department's Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) Digital Infrastructure Services Center (DISC). Steampunk thrives on producing mission outcomes with capabilities in DevSecOps, Data Exploitation, Digital Platform modernization, Cybersecurity, and Design & Strategy

Homeland Security Today
Apr 16th, 2024
Stefani Shepherd Joins Steampunk as Senior Director of Growth for DHS

Stefani Shepherd joins Steampunk as Senior Director of Growth for DHS.

Homeland Security Today
Apr 13th, 2024
Mike Saliter Takes on Exec VP Role at Steampunk, Inc.

Steampunk, Inc., has appointed Mike Saliter as Executive Vice President for its Homeland, Commerce, and Justice portfolios.

PR Newswire
Mar 14th, 2024
Steampunk Joins The Nvidia Partner Network

MCLEAN, Va., March 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Steampunk, a public sector-focused systems integrator with a specialized Data Exploitation practice, today announced it has joined the NVIDIA Partner Network (NPN) as a Solution Advisor: Consultant.Steampunk leverages NVIDIA technology, ranging from GPU hardware and SDKs to pre-trained AI models and scaled inference platforms, to help develop safe and flexible AI applications that meet the changing business landscape needs of its federal clients.Steampunk's Design Intelligence® methodology puts end users and stakeholders at the center by integrating customer experience, efficient program management, and capabilities together - which means end-to-end solutions that bring the highest mission impact."Accelerated computing is paramount in today's technology landscape, and joining the NPN program underscores our commitment to operationalizing AI innovation for our customers' missions," said Sean Dillon, CTO, Steampunk. "Steampunk implements NVIDIA technology to adapt cutting-edge AI models and techniques for federal use cases, helping dramatically improve mission outcomes for all customer stakeholders while enhancing AI transparency," said Anthony Robbins, VP of North America Public Sector at NVIDIA.The NVIDIA Partner Network Program offers a robust set of resources, enabling partners to bring reliable, safe, and scalable AI solutions to customers faster. Steampunk is leveraging NPN resources to help reduce AI development time, incorporate pre-built safety guardrails, enhance predictive and generative capabilities, improve end-user experiences, and drive innovation with its federal government clients.At NVIDIA GTC, a global AI developer conference running March 18-21 in San Jose, Calif., Ryan Simpson, NVIDIA Senior Solution Architect, and Mihnea Birisan, Steampunk Data Exploitation Practice Lead, will co-host a session on Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and its applications in federal use cases (on March 20th at 1pm EDT). Register to attend NVIDIA GTC remotely or in person here: https://www.nvidia.com/gtc/?ncid=partn-131453About SteampunkSteampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology, we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. As an employee-owned company, we focus on investing in our employees to enable them to do the greatest work of their careers – and rewarding them for outstanding contributions to our growth

PR Newswire
Aug 28th, 2023
Steampunk, Inc. And Steampunk, Holdings, Inc. Win Federal Jury Trial And Are Cleared Of All Allegations Of Pregnancy Discrimination And Retaliation

MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, August 25, 2023, following a five-day jury trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (Alexandria Division), an eight (8) person jury unanimously found that Steampunk, Inc. and Steampunk Holdings, Inc., (hereinafter "Steampunk" or "the Company") had not discriminated against a former employee on the basis of pregnancy discrimination, nor had the Company retaliated against the former employee in violation of federal law.The Company terminated former Executive Vice President and General Manager, Kathleen (Kate) Abrey, in January 2021 for consistent underperformance. In June 2022, Abrey filed a federal lawsuit alleging that her 2021 dismissal was motivated by pregnancy discrimination and retaliation. After deliberating for just two hours last Friday, the jurors unanimously rejected Abrey's allegations of wrongdoing and concluded that Steampunk had not discriminated nor retaliated against her. The jurors returned a verdict in favor of the Company on all counts and the Court dismissed Abrey's case in its entirety.Steampunk CEO, Matt Warren, said "It's very unfortunate, but we had been accused of some very calculated and hurtful things

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