Agile Scrum Master

Agile Scrum Master

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina (Hybrid)

Employment Type: Contract

Contract Duration: 12 Months

Role Overview

This role involves serving as a Scrum Master for two cross-functional Agile teams. The position requires facilitating all Scrum ceremonies, coaching team members, and removing impediments to ensure adherence to Scrum principles and practices. This position has a hybrid schedule requirement of a minimum of three days per week onsite.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as Scrum Master for two cross-functional Agile teams, ensuring adherence to Scrum principles and practices.
• Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies: Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Act as a coach and mentor to team members, Product Owners, and stakeholders to promote Agile best practices.
• Identify and remove impediments to team progress, escalating as necessary.
• Track and report team metrics such as velocity and burndown to drive transparency and improvement.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning.
• Coordinate dependencies and align delivery across both teams.
• Support Product Owners in backlog refinement and prioritization.
• Promote Agile maturity and innovation across the organization.

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Scrum Master for multiple Agile teams.
• Strong understanding of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe).
• Excellent facilitation, coaching, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Experience with Agile tools such as Jira, Confluence, or Azure DevOps.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience working with distributed or hybrid teams.
• Understanding of Agile metrics and reporting tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to Agile transformation initiatives.
• Certifications such as Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), or PMI-ACP.
• Background in software development or technical project management.
• Knowledge of Lean principles, Design Thinking, or Scaled Agile frameworks.
• Experience in change management or organizational development.
• Experience with CICD build and deployment tools.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

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