Senior Scrum Master

Job Description - Scrum Master

As a Scrum Master you will be responsible for supporting the development and execution of processes related to best practices of Agile methodology.

The Scrum Master will utilize communication, interpersonal, technical and organizational skills to remove obstacles, enhance collaboration, and ensure teams are able to deliver results.

• Job Posting Title

Senior Scrum Master

• Job Description Summary

Facilitates one or several agile teams, each working under the scrum methodology on a diverse, moderately complex IT project.

The Scrum Master provides effective collaboration, facilitation, leadership, and coaching skills that directly impact our Agile development process and the delivery of our applications. As an Agile expert, the Scrum Master will be responsible for enforcing Agile best practices, removing impediments, and promoting empowerment amongst team members. The Scrum Master is a servant leader with the demeanor and acumen to handle most any situation faced by our development teams. This job profile is meant for jobs that are fully dedicated scrum masters, not for jobs that have scrum master duties as part of their role.

• Job Description

As a Scrum Master you will be responsible for supporting the development and execution of processes related to best practices of Agile methodology.

The Scrum Master will utilize communication, interpersonal, technical and organizational skills to remove obstacles, enhance collaboration, and ensure teams are able to deliver results.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Facilitate and organize daily stand-up meetings, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos, and other activities as needed

• Prevent or remove impediments and distractions that interfere with the ability of the development team to deliver on their goals

• Work with Product Owner and Business Analyst to groom and prioritize backlog for upcoming releases and iterations.

• Aid delivery team with determining suitable commitments for user stories, defects, and tasking

• Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution

• Maintain process documentation

• Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress

• Participate proactively in developing and maintaining team standards, tools, and best practices

• Assist as needed with backlog maintenance

Job Qualifications Education

• BS or equivalent combination of education and work experience

• 5+ years of experience in the software industry as a Scrum Master

• Preferred First level Scrum Master Certification (CSM, PSM I) Experience

• Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least three years for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.

• Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency

• Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (eg. numerous Burn down techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.)

• Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games.

• Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team.

• Effective verbal, written, and presentation skills.

• Experience using Azure DevOps to manage Scrum activities.