Scrum Master

Job Description :

The client for a highly energetic and collaborative Scrum Master with strong Agile and Scrum knowledge, with experience working on Java Microservices, and API environments.

• Facilitator Leader - Sets up and runs team events including Daily Stand ups, Iteration Planning/Review/Retrospective - needs to ensure team productivity/velocity and time management/integrity.

• Plans an iteration based on available team capacity vs. total team capacity (e.g., considering PTOs, Individual Development time, Organizational obligations, etc.).

• Identifies/brings up impediments, facilitates and drives removal of such impediments, and proactively identifies/removes potential impediments - risk management/mitigation (Not only assess the current situation but also forward-looking)

• Coordinate with other (dependent) teams to manage cross-team dependencies (for an iteration or PI). Assists Product Owner in managing backlog - working closely with the dev team.

• Assist in PI Planning, Iteration/System Demos (not code walkthroughs), assist the team in Feature/User Story Estimation, establishing baselines, and driving and measuring continuous improvements.

• If/when a critical work item hits the team mid-iteration, have effective reprioritization conversations instead of (a) loading the team with additional work on one end of the spectrum, vs. (b) rigidly holding on to the Iteration Plan on the other end of the spectrum.

• Provide weekly status updates to the leadership teams - they should be able to derive (alongside the PM) and communicate the business value for each of the updates.

• Coordinates requirements, schedules implementation, and post-implement activities, and develops service-level agreements for vendor partners and global resources firms 

• Knowledge of agile methodology and frameworks like SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc.

• Good understanding of Microservices, APIs Qualification:

• Scrum Master certification (SAFe or Scrum Alliance)

• Knowledge of scrum frameworks and other Agile frameworks: Kanban, XP.

• Experience with Jira, JiraAlign, and Confluence. 

• Degree in Computer Science or other technical field preferred.