Scrum Master

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Responsibilities:


Coaching the team and organization to use AgileScrum practices and values to delight customers


Coaching the team to get selforganized


Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization


Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel


Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame retribution or being judged with an emphasis of healing and problem solving


Facilitating to getting the work done without coercion assigning or dictating the work


Facilitating discussion decision making and conflict resolution


Assisting with internal and external communication improving transparency and streamlining information


Shield the team from outside distractions and interferences


Supporting and educating the Product Owner especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog


Providing all support to the team using servant leadership skills whenever possible and leading by example


Leads team efforts in relentless improvement Helps the team improve and take responsibility for their actions facilitates the team retrospective


The candidate must have


First level Scrum Master certification PSM I


5 years experience playing the Scrum Master role for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles practices and theory


Worked in the SAFe environment on three or more Program Increments PIs and be aware of how their SAFe team is structured


Capability to apply SAFe framework


Support the team rules These may include the rules of Scrum BuiltIn Quality practices from Extreme Programming XP Work in Process WIP limits from Kanban and any other process rules the team has agreed


Worked with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization


Good skills and knowledge of 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 example numerous Burndown techniques numerous Retrospective formats handling bugs etc


Excellent oral and written communication skills


Experience with some of commonly used tools Azure DevOps Confluence MS Teams SharePoint


Follow the Scrum values commitment focus openness respect and courage


Preferred Qualifications The candidate could have


SAFe Scrum Master SSM certification as an added advantage


Knowledge of other Agile approaches Kanban XP Crystal FDD etc


Knowledge andor experience with widely successful Agile techniques User Stories ATDD TDD Continuous Integration Continuous Testing Pairing Automated Testing Agile Games


Previous experience as a team lead


Skills


Mandatory Skills : Agile (Value-Driven Delivery)