Certified Technical Scrum Masters

Company: The Judge Group
Location: Providence
Posted on: February 22, 2021

Job Description:

Location: Providence, RI Salary: Hourly, based upon experience Description: Our client is currently seeking Certified Technical Scrum MastersRemote until September- this is a one year initiative with potential conversion to perm FTE. Must be a US Citizen or GC Holder. Background screening and (2)- 45 minute MS Teams interviews Start immediately! _____________________________________________________________________________________________ This is a Strategic Initiative for an Agile Chapter seeking a half dozen Scrum Masters for both "Feature Teams" and "Technical Enablement Teams". Will be managing Multiple Teams simultaneously. Must be well versed and experienced in mid to large size enterprise wide initiatives around Cloud based (Azure) technologies, CI/CD, Dev Ops and Data Analytics. Will conduct Ceremonies, retrospectives and will standing up teams (who may be new to Agile). This is a technical, "get your hands dirty" Scrum Master role (not a PM). Must be experienced in scaling methodologies/ scaling options for both autonomous teams and strategic enterprise initiatives. Seeking knowledge in dependency management and risk management. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ OVERVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES: The Scrum Master is a servant-leader responsible for two or more teams promoting Agile frameworks, principles, practices, and values. Acts as a team coach, and mentors teams and Product Owners as needed in Lean-Agile mindset enabling teams to deliver business value early and often. Supports Agile Chapter in Agile adoption and implementation; helps team members and stakeholders understand and enact empirical product development; challenges teams and removes organizational and/or cultural impediments to increases productivity and effectiveness of Agile transformation in the organization. ---Practices servant leadership focusing on the needs of the team and those they serve, with the goal of achieving results in line with the organization's values, principles, and business objectives ---Acts as mentor to development teams, Product Owners and other Scrum Masters helping to develop Agile mindset, business value, and cross-team/product/program/portfolio coordination ---Organizes and facilitates daily stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, refinements, Scrum of Scrum, and other Scrum-related events as needed ---Facilitates the Agile maturity assessment of the team, and coaches the team to higher levels of maturity at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team ---Helps in planning, organizing, and facilitating Agile Release planning meetings at team and program level ---Collaborates with the Scrum team on developing and maintaining team standards, performance metrics, tools, and best practices, including working agreements, definition of done, and definition of ready ---Promotes a Community of Practice among Agile Chapter by freely sharing knowledge and feedback ---Takes a holistic view of processes and interactions, and identifies bottlenecks and areas for improvement; able to promote innovative thinking and self-improvement in team ---Displays skill and confidence to help the team navigate through roadblocks, and fulfil their commitment ---Resolves conflicts within the team before they become an issue - strong mediator QUALIFICATIONS: Experience ---4 plus years of combined experience working in complex Agile environment with multiple teams and dependencies in an enterprise organization ---2 plus years of experience as a Scrum Master working with multiple teams in a complex environment ---Experience working in scaling Agile environment. ---Experience working with Agile tools e.g. Jira, Rally, ADO, VersionOne, etc. ---Exposure to modern engineering practices like UTDD, ATDD, Test Automation CI/CD, etc. Skills/Knowledge ---Knowledge and expertise in Lean and Agile frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, etc. ---Understanding of one or more Scaling Agile frameworks ---Strong facilitation and communication skills: ability to facilitate teams through tough conversations and maintain a positive and supportive team environment ---Able to challenge and remove team, organizational and/or cultural impediments promoting and supporting change that increases the Scrum teams' productivity ---Able to resolve conflicts within the team before they become an issue - strong facilitator ---Agile champion, promoter, protector, and team coach ---Able to create, teach and help teams maintain Agile performance metrics like Velocity, Lead/Cycle Time, Technical Debt, Automation, etc. EDUCATION: ---Bachelor's degree ---Degree in Computer Science or Engineering preferred ---Certification in CSM / PSM / CSPO / PSPO or similar required

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