Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Leading and monitoring the daily Scrum, working closely with the Product Owner while collaborating with the business and the Scrum team.
• This position will be responsible for mentoring Agile practices on the development team; and works closely with subject matter experts to lead project efforts and build solutions for a high-volume, high-availability cloud-based system.
• Organizing and facilitating project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetings.
• Tracking and communicating team velocity and sprint/release progress.
• Removing roadblocks/impediments to teams' progress
• Ensuring that the development team's practice and adhere to the core agile principles of collaboration, self-organization, prioritization, team accountability and visibility.
• Liaison between technical and non-technical departments.
• Communicating with developers, management, and Stakeholders on development issues and providing guidance for resolution.
• Assisting the team in making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition.
• Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency and information.
• Assisting with backlog maintenance, prioritization and resolution of defects/bugs.
• Advocate for continuous improvement in quality and process.
• Act as change agent to drive continual adoption of Scrum and operational and technical excellence.
• Act as interference shield for team, so that it can remain focused on delivering business value every sprint.
• Support Scrum Teams in US and India.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or related field, or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• First level Scrum Master certification (PSM I, CSM)
• PMP certification a plus
• 3+ years of experience in development of highly transactional, business critical applications.
• 3+ years of experience as software Program/Project Manager using Agile techniques and iterative development.
• Ability to manage multiple scrum teams simultaneously.
• Experience being on multiple Scrum teams in a variety of different contexts (different team sizes, different organizations, different cultures, co-located vs. distributed, etc.)
• Proven success in leading and driving complex, time critical software development projects.
• Proven success in removing impediments enabling teams to progress.
• Thorough knowledge of agile software development methodologies, values and procedures.
• Strong working knowledge of software configuration management.
• Strong working knowledge of web application technologies.
• Strong working knowledge of burn down metrics, velocity, user story development and task definition.
• Knowledge of software development best practices, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Knowledge of a broad spectrum of infrastructure technologies and secure computing environments: network, hardware and operating systems, servers and storage.
• Knowledge of relational data bases and web technologies.
• Knowledge of enterprise application integration and messaging technologies.
• Experience with JIRA is a plus.
• Servant Leader Attitude

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