Data Migration Scrum Master

Job Description:

The Scrum Master facilitates and champions the Agile software development process by coaching and mentoring development teams, identifying and eliminating impediments, and promoting the use of standards and best practices. The Scrum Master ensures smooth operation of Agile processes and activities, and is responsible for leading daily stand-ups, backlog prioritization meetings, and retrospectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Organize and facilitate Agile activities and ceremonies, including daily stand-up meetings, sprint reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, and product backlog refinement sessions
• Ensure that all meetings are positive, productive, stay on topic, and are kept within the timebox
• Collaborate closely with the product owners to manage the backlog
• Effectively manage user story estimation and forecasting
• Champion and facilitate adoption of Agile standards, tools, and best practices
• Coach team on established IT and corporate standards (e.g., security, quality, and architecture) to minimize operational and reputational risk
• Proactively identify and resolve impediments to team progress
• Communicate with leaders across the organization to ensure transparency into delivery progress, challenges, and risks
• Utilize team feedback and metrics (e.g., quality, delivery, cadence, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity and work with team to continuously improve
• Coach the team to improve collaboration and self-management, promoting healthy interactions both within the team and with external stakeholders
• Represent the team at broader planning and coordination sessions (e.g., Scrum of Scrums)
• Support the team in using Agile planning and development tools (e.g., JIRA preferred, Confluence, Rally)
• Experiment with new practices and frameworks to improve team outcomes
• Coach junior Scrum Masters in both process and team interactions

Skills and Competencies:

• Deep knowledge of Agile practices, frameworks, and techniques
• Excellent people and project management skills
• Coaching skills and ability to motivate teams
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience with Agile planning and development tools (e.g. JIRA preferred, Confluence, Rally)
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical information in a condensed manner to various stakeholders, verbally and in writing

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent years of experience)
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience with Agile development
• Minimum of 3-5 years of Scrum Master experience
• Agile or Scrum certification preferred (e.g. CSM, CSP, SAFe)
• Background in scrumming teams for Software Development, Software Configuration, Data Management, Data Migration, and/or Data Architecture teams is required