Scrum Master

Client is looking for a Scrum Master that will bring passion and enthusiasm for coaching teams and evangelizing scrum and agile best practices. The ideal Scrum Master will be a team player and a great communicator, with the ability to facilitate creativity and empowerment for the team

Responsibilities:

• Manages the scrum process with the coordination of scrum team
• Removes all impediments to the team's success, such as logistic challenges
• Ensures that the team's progress and successes are highly visible to all stakeholders
• Facilitates daily scrum, sprint review, and planning meetings in a way that ensures full team engagement
• Fosters communication and close cooperation across all team members, encourages cross-training and supporting each other Shields the team from external interference and ensures the team is fully functional and productive
• Facilitates regular team retrospectives to continually advance the state of the practice
• Work with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of scrum in the organization

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in agile development, with specific Scrum Master experience
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a leadership or project team role preferred
• Familiarity with Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline
• Certified Scrum Master preferred
• Confident and skilled at navigating the team through road-blocks impeding delivery progress
• Able to resolve conflicts within the team before they become an issue, i.e. a strong mediator
• Experience in facilitating meetings, identifying risks/dependencies/impediments and handling multiple priorities
• Brings a high-energy and passionate outlook to the job and can influence those around them
• Able to build a sense of trust and rapport that creates a comfortable & effective workplace
• Able to solve complex problems end-to-end and exert their own opinion on decisions to optimize user and business impact
• Passion for innovation and "can do” attitude

Required technical experience:

• Jira

Nice to have technical experience:

• GitHub
• Confluence