Business Analyst / Scrum Master - Senior

Fantom Corporation is a mission-focused organization supporting critical programs across the defense and intelligence community. We partner with our customers to deliver high-impact technical solutions while fostering a culture built on trust, expertise, and long-term career growth. We are seeking a Business Analyst to support a mission-critical enterprise and to faciliate requirements gathering sessions, conduct user interviews, and analyze business processes to identify opportunities for AI-driven solutions. Must possess an active Top Secret Clearance Must be willing and able to obtain a polygraph

Responsibilities Project Management

• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and success criteria in collaboration with stakeholders.

• Develop and maintain project plans covering schedules, resource allocation, budgets, and dependencies.

• Track project progress against milestones and financial constraints, addressing deviations as they arise.

• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues.

• Communicate project status, risks, issues, and decisions to stakeholders.

• Manage stakeholder expectations and incorporate feedback into project planning and delivery.

• Coordinate planning sessions, status meetings, and project reviews.

• Maintain complete, accurate, and accessible project documentation.

• Manage changes to project scope, schedule, and budget, obtaining appropriate approvals.

• Track and report project performance metrics.

• Coordinate with technical teams to ensure deliverables meet agreed quality standards.

Scrum Facilitation and Team Support

• Facilitate effective, time-boxed Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives.

• Coach the team and Product Owner on Scrum principles, practices, and values.

• Identify and remove impediments that affect team progress.

• Help manage external interruptions and competing requests to maintain focus on sprint goals.

• Encourage a self-managing, cross-functional team environment.

• Improve communication and collaboration within the team and with external stakeholders.

• Support the Product Owner with backlog refinement, prioritization, and readiness for sprint planning.

• Monitor and communicate team performance using metrics such as sprint burndown and velocity.

• Help the team identify and implement improvements through retrospectives and ongoing feedback.

Required Qualifications • Must possess an active Top Secret Clearance

• Must be willing and able to obtain a polygraph

• Experience managing software development or technical infrastructure projects.

• Experience serving as a Scrum Master and facilitating Scrum events.

• Ability to manage project scope, schedules, resources, budgets, risks, and changes.

• Strong understanding of Agile delivery and Scrum principles, practices, and values.

• Experience communicating project status and managing stakeholder expectations.

• Ability to coordinate technical dependencies across infrastructure, application development, and data engineering teams.

• Experience using project and team metrics to identify delivery risks and improvement opportunities.

• Strong organizational, facilitation, problem-solving, and conflict-resolution skills.

• Ability to maintain clear documentation and support accountable decision-making.

Technical Environment The role requires sufficient technical understanding to coordinate work, dependencies, risks, and delivery across the following technologies and capabilities.

Cloud Infrastructure and DevSecOps

• AWS Cloud Services.

• Kubernetes.

• Terraform.

• GitLab CI/CD.

• JFrog Artifactory.

Application Development

• Vue.js.

• Flask.

• Elixir.

• Phoenix LiveView.

• DaisyUI.

Data Engineering and ETL

• In-house custom data pipeline development and maintenance.

• Python.

• Cribl.

• Apache NiFi.

• PostgreSQL.

• Apache Kafka.

• Splunk.

• Custom government off-the-shelf (GOTS) applications.

• Complex data parsing and streamlined ingestion.

• Provenance and end-to-end data lineage tracking.

• Schema-aligned ingestion and normalization of diverse structured and unstructured data.

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Fantom Corp is a Software Development, Agile Cloud, Software Development, Cyber Security (Risk Management, Assessments & Authorization (A&A)), Data, AI Platform (Computer Vision Models), Podcasting Media Services, and IT Services provider. Established in 2015, Fantom Corp serves Federal customers with top-notch Cybersecurity Architects, Data Scientists/Analysts, Software Engineers/Developers, DevSecOps Engineers, Project Managers, Identity, Credential Access Management (ICAM) services , and Cloud-certified practitioners. We excel in delivering emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) with a focus on identifying trends, object detection, and classification of structured and unstructured data. Fantom Corp possesses mastery in all aspects of digital audio production. We lead in the ideation and creation of efforts for clients who want to harness the power of podcasting. We guide them in selecting the right show format for their needs and goals. As a Small Business, we possess the innovation, speed and flexibility to meet your requirements. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.