Sr Scrum Master

Sr Scrum Master

located in MI, OH, IN, IL, WI, KY

• MUST be located in one of their six states (MI, OH, IN, IL, WI, KY).
• Looking for a Sr. Scrum Master with good experience in an SAFe Agile environment.
• experience in product deployment, CI/CD pipelines and QA Testing.
• Will have in-depth knowledge of the release process and have experience helping teams improve their release cadence.

MUST HAVES:

• Strong experience as a Scrum Master (ideally certified Scrum Master)
• Release Management experience
• Any retail/ in store technology experience is a plus but not required
• Prior experience as a developer is strongly preferred

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years as a Scrum Master, Delivery Lead, or Technical Project Manager in software engineering - with direct experience owning release management processes.
• Technical literacy - CI/CD pipelines, API contracts, SQL, Cloud terminology.
• Hands-on Azure DevOps experience (boards, dashboards, queries), GITHUB and experience managing release lifecycles including environment promotion (INT CERT PROD), code freezes, and rollback procedures.
• Experience with enterprise change management (ServiceNow, CAB, CR/CHG/CRQ, PRR) and SAFe or scaled agile frameworks including PI Planning.
• Excellent communication skills - translating technical complexity into clear status updates and risk assessments for non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience driving engineering quality practices - automated testing adoption, code coverage standards, and release gate enforcement in teams with varying test maturity.
• Demonstrated ability to own RCA processes that identify systemic gaps beyond proximate causes, with actionable follow-through on preventive measures.