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# Scrum Master at Excelity

- **Company:** Excelity
- **Location:** Herndon, VA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-05-26
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/excelity-careers/am9icG9zdDrWJ390R1c8nOZQtGFSB2S4

## Job description

At Excelity, we're passionate about delivering innovative technology solutions that help businesses thrive. Whether you're looking to streamline your operations, improve efficiency, or enhance customer engagement, our team of experienced professionals is here to help. So why wait? Visit excelity.io today to learn more about how we can help you achieve your goals and take your business to the next level.

Excelity is seeking a Scrum Master for a project supporting an exciting Government customer with a very critical mission. The candidate will work with the engineering team and customer to ensure successful development of high profile, complex, technical deliverables that are core to the continued success of our award-winning projects.

Required Clearance: TS/SCI w/ CI Poly

Responsibilities:

- Leading daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos, and other project-related meetings, coaching the team on Scrum principles and best practices.
- Facilitating open discussion and conflict resolution; identify and resolve issues that might arise during scrum execution; update activities in a project management tracking tool.
- Record and maintain product requirements and the backlog.
- Foster a collaborative environment, encouraging team members to share ideas and address challenges.
- Collaborate with other Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches to improve organizational Agile practices.

Required Qualifications:

- A bachelor’s degree in computer science or similar field of study, and 5+ years of relevant experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of the degree requirement.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience working as a Scrum Master on a Scrum team.
- Minimum of 1 year of experience teaching others how to become Agile.
- Certification: Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM) or SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) or equivalent.
- Knowledge of and experience with JIRA/Confluence/GitLab/Artifactory.
- Knowledge of Agile methodology and scrum.
- Familiarity with SAFe methodology.
- Strong communication skills.
- Adept at organizing and motivating teams.
- Adept at solving problems.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.

Desired Skills:

- Experience working within a DevSecOps culture.
- Experience working with and managing expectations of multiple Product Owners.
- Familiar with AWS.
- Familiarity with DIA mission applications.
- Experience with Agile tools (e.g., JIRA, Trello, Asana, Redmine).
- Experience with intelligence collection management applications.
- Experience with scrum project management, agile software development, and software version control management.
- Experience with multiple Agile teams in different organizations

Benefits:

- Competitive salary
- Flexible work schedule
- 100% Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance plans with Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Long and Short-term disability coverage
- Generous paid vacation and holiday time
- Safe Harbor 401(k) Retirement Plan with 6% Employer matching contributions
- Reimbursement for professional and training development
- Company-paid memberships to professional organizations

Excelity is an Equal Opportunity Employer

## About Excelity

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Excelity is a small business IT services provider that delivers Agile engineering, enterprise transformation, and data visualization solutions to the U.S. federal government.
- **Entity Type**: Private (bootstrapped – no external funding disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: Warrenton, Virginia, USA
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Jason Dever (CEO & Leadership)

## Core Business
- Primary industry: IT Services & Government Contracting
- Target customers: U.S. federal government agencies (B2G)
- Mission or purpose: “Solve the government’s most systemic challenges by applying rigorous approaches to understanding the customer base in order to implement the right IT solutions and advance agency missions.”

## Products & Services
- **Enterprise Transformation**: Modernizing legacy systems using new technologies across the organization.
- **Agile Engineering**: Rapid, iterative development with Agile processes to deliver on time and within budget.
- **Capability Pilots**: Business case and mission analysis to run scalable pilots before full deployment.
- **User Experience (UX)**: Improving information delivery and resource access to enhance user adoption.
- **Infrastructure Engineering**: Planning, deploying, and managing cost-effective, scalable, and secure cloud, on-premise, and hybrid architectures.
- **Data Visualization**: Transforming raw data into actionable insights using modern tools.
- **Solution Governance**: End-to-end business and technical management to optimize solutions.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private)
- **Key Metric**: Total employees ~31 (per Built In); listed as “Small (25–49)” by Inc.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: None publicly listed – operates as a government contractor with trusted partnerships.
- **Growth Signals**: Recognized as a 2026 Inc. Best Workplace for fostering work-life balance through remote work, wellness benefits, and training resources. Named an “Established Excellence” company (5–14 years in business) by Inc. for the Mid-Atlantic Region.

## Competitive Advantages
- Deep focus on federal government IT challenges, providing senior and thought leadership in Agile development.
- Strong emphasis on building trusted partnerships across customer organizations, from leadership to end-users.
- Modular, agile approach that adapts to changing mission priorities – enabling rapid delivery without sacrificing enterprise stability.
- Small, empowered teams that encourage creativity and innovation, directly tied to delivery outcomes.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue serving U.S. government agencies by applying rigorous customer understanding to implement effective IT solutions.
- Expand capabilities in enterprise transformation, cloud/hybrid infrastructure, and data visualization.
- Maintain a culture that attracts top talent through remote work, wellness support, and continuous learning.

## Why Work Here
- Named an **Inc. Best Workplace (2026)**, highlighting work-life balance, remote work, wellness benefits, and training resources.
- Fully remote-friendly with an on-site office in Herndon, Virginia (employees work from physical offices but typical time on-site is none).
- Small company culture (~31 employees) that empowers team members to be creative, innovative, and grow professionally.
- Focus on federal contracting provides meaningful, mission-driven work.
- Career opportunities visible on the Gem careers page; roles include Software Engineer and Scrum Master.

## Sources
1. [excelity.io](https://excelity.io/)
2. [excelity.io/who-we-are](https://excelity.io/who-we-are/)
3. [inc.com](https://www.inc.com/profile/excelity)
4. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/excelity)
5. [jobs.gem.com](https://jobs.gem.com/excelity-careers)

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