Scrum Master

Hello,


Hope you are doing good.

Position: Scrum Master


Location: Remote


Duration: Long Term


Client: State of IN


Job ID: 726146

Job Description:

This position is responsible for supporting Agile Teams during the planning, developing, testing and release of value to our customers by employing Agile practices and lean principals within a scaled Agile Framework. Scrum Master Certification desirable

About the Job:


This position will be responsible for supporting Agile Teams during the planning, developing, testing, and release of value to our customers by employing agile practices and lean principals within a scaled agile framework.


A Day in The Life:


The essential functions of this role are as follows:
• Provide agile and lean coaching to Agile Team and other professionals in ITS with the intent of building a generative culture.
• Help Agile Teams implement changes in approach processes, policies, and procedures.
• Mitigate blockers that prohibit development or testing during increments by engaging the correct resource(s) that can resolve blockers.
• Provide independent voice during planning and refinement to ensure that Agile Team understands work as defined by customer's acceptance criteria.
• Ensure that Agile Teams and customer stay within scope as defined in acceptance criteria during increments.
• Ensure that requests for changes in work during increment are discussed during problem-solving workshop with customer and ITS and the impact to development and testing during the increment is minimized.


Lead daily stand-up meetings and other meetings, such as an Inspect & Adapt meeting.
• Ensuring ITS processes, policies, and procedures are followed.
• Work with business stakeholders to drive decision making and timely responses to development and testing questions during the increments.
• Monitor progress of Agile Teams and ensure that retrospective feedback is presented to management and adopted by Agile Teams.
• Ensure that planned cross-domain work is visible to product owners and product management.
• Ensure that dependencies and enablers that block prioritized work is delivered to architecture team.
• Provide weekly status updates for product management and architecture team on the state of development and testing during the increment.
• Continue to enrich understand of agile practices and lean principals through workshops, other learning sources, and certifications.
• Report and escalate issues that are not getting mitigated to product management
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned


The job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time.


What We're Looking For:


You're an ideal candidate if you have a BS in Business or an Information Technology degree and/or 5+ years of applicable experience in IT or as a Scrum Master. Experience as a java developer or in quality assurance preferred. Scrum Master certification(s) are highly desirable.


What You'll Need For Success:
• Intrinsic motivation
• Sound understanding of how to prioritize your work
• Flexibility in working with professionals from diverse backgrounds and experience levels
• Familiar with software development
• Basic understanding of agile development tools, such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, and others
• Ability to handle routine and sensitive contacts with governmental officials, consulting firms, contractors, developers, and business users
• Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills suitable for a wide variety of contacts
• Confidence and ability to learn on the job and adapt quickly to changing circumstances
• Basic knowledge of the mission and role of DWD
• Strong knowledge of Agile Concepts
• Prior experience coaching teams in Agile or as Scrum Master
• Ability to handle multiple priorities
• Proficient at refinement, story splitting, velocity, retrospectives, and other agile techniques.

Supervisory Responsibilities/Direct Reports:


This role does not provide direct supervision to direct reports.

BS in Business or an Information Technology degree and/or 5+ years of applicable experience in IT - Scrum Master certification highly desirable


Highly desired


5


Years


Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills


Required


3


Years


Basic understanding of agile development tools such as: JIRA, Azure DevOps, Confluence and others.


Required


3


Years


Ability to prioritize work load


Required


3


Years


Strong knowledge of Agile concepts


Required


3


Years


Proficient in refinement, story splitting, velocity, retrospectives and other agile techniques


Required


3


Years


Familiar of software development