Scrum Master

Scrum Master

Out of Scope contract

DESCRIPTION -

The Scrum Master is a servant leader and coach for the teams on the Agile Release Train (ART). They help educate the team in Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe, ensuring that the agreed development processes are being followed. They also help remove impediments and foster an environment for high-performing team dynamics, continuous flow, and relentless improvement. They have a solid grasp of how to scale Lean and Agile practices and understand the unique opportunities and challenges associated with facilitating and continuously aligning a large program.

RESPONSIBILITIES -

• Playing the role of scrum master and agile coach for one or more teams
• Work with the teams to improve say/do commitments
• Work closely with functional management to highlight and help remove impediments impacting development teams
• Escalate risks and issues needing management attention
• Help manage dependencies between delivery teams
• Radiating information that ensures team's progress/success are highly visible to stakeholders and the team (backlogs, metrics, etc.).
• Mentoring and supporting less experienced scrum masters.
• Creating a positive and open culture where creativity and innovation can flourish.
• Coaching the team on agile practices and effective ceremony execution (standups, estimation, backlog grooming, demonstrations, retrospectives - inspect and adapt workshops).
• Holding clinics to teach agile concepts and create communities of practice across the organization.
• Improving team's engineering quality practices by encouraging TDD, pair programming, test automation, continuous integration, and collective ownership.

RELEVANT KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Significant hands-on Scrum Master experience
• Agile experience in Scrum, Lean, Kanban, XP Practices and/or SAFE
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels
• Ability to work with technical teams
• Ability to build and maintain strong collaborative relationships
• Ability to enact change quickly
• Strong leadership and conflict resolution skills
• Proficient in MS Office
• Experience in hardware or complex systems engineering strongly preferred
• Experience with CA Agile Central (Rally) or JIRA and SharePoint desired]

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related discipline
• SAFe SASM, RTE or other advanced certification preferred

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