Sr. Scrum Master

Job Description:

The Sr. Scrum Master will be responsible for an agile team, and complex projects. The responsibilities will include:

Agile based software development

Agile based module development

Cross functional communication

Applying software development practices from requirements through delivery

Teaching and coaching team members and product owners on applicable processes and tools for effective agile adoption.

Skills/Experience:

• Ensures the Scrum team is practicing the core SAFe agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, and team accountability to achieve Sprint goals and lead the team towards Agile maturity

• Implements program level transparency, metrics, and other data that instills accountability measures within team and working with the Release Train Engineer

Establishes themselves as a welcomed and trusted advisor on agile transformation to managers, scrum masters, product owners, developers and other stakeholders

Helps to identify and attack organizational impediments which limits team productivity, quality, and ability to implement continuous improvement

Supports Product Owners with backlog maintenance, backlog prioritization, and user story refinement process to deliver highest business value

Facilitates Sprint planning, daily scrum, dependency reviews, demos to stakeholders, and retrospectives

Uses Scrum of Scrums (SOS) forum and coordinates with other teams to manage cross-team dependencies

Facilitates frequent retrospectives, sharing metrics to identify and implement improvements

This list is not all-inclusive and you are expected to perform other duties as requested or assigned

Qualifications:

4+ w/Bachelors degree

A-CSM or SAFe SM or PSM-I

Expert knowledge of facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution

Strong organizational skills to increase productivity and efficiency while managing multiple projects

Understands software application development process steps (from design to delivery)

Advanced understanding of various agile methodologies; SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, XP

Ability to develop and use historical data to help team learn and improve their process and practices

Understands the role and function of Product ownership in an agile team

Has skills and experience in teaching new Agile/Scrum concepts to the team

Seeks the latest trends in process improvement

Mastery of Lean Agile Leadership

Awareness of CI-CD and DevOps concepts and how it impacts software development and delivery

Be an Agile champion and guide one or more teams in adoption of Agile/Scrum/SAFe principles

Advanced knowledge of, Jira, Confluence, and Jira Align, MS-Office Applications