Scrum Master (CSM/SAFe) | 5 7 Years Experience | Contract Opportunity

Job Title: Scrum Master
Location: Orlando FL
Duration: 12 Months 

AGILE / SCRUM PRACTICES

• Facilitate agile ceremonies including sprint planning, retrospectives, and sprint demos.
• Work with the Release Train Engineer to integrate efforts with other teams.
• Consult with the Product Owner to validate and communicate team priorities.
• Guide, coach, and motivate the team with the goal of increasing productivity.
• Guide the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to drive end value.
• Serve as the team’s Scrum expert.
• Guide the team toward improving the way they work.
• Remove impediments to help the team reach an optimum, sustainable velocity.
• Lead the team in self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks.
• Foster accountability, transparency, and regularity in status updates.
• Remove impediments external to the team.
• Ensure that the Rally system is always up to date to reflect the current state.
• Assess the Scrum maturity of the team and organization and coach the team to higher levels of maturity at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.

COMMUNICATION / COLLABORATION

• Communicate and ensure alignment of priorities with program stakeholders and within the team.
• Build and support a trusting and safe environment where challenges are addressed proactively with a focus on healing and problem-solving.
• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency and radiating the right information the teams need at the right time.
• Remove impediments or guide the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.
• Facilitate getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.

METRICS / REPORTING

• Manage, publish, and communicate information radiators and relevant metrics to the team on progress against team objectives.
• Understand and actively participate in Environmental, Health & Safety responsibilities by following established UO policy, procedures, training, and team member involvement activities.
• Maintain the facility in a clean and organized manner at all times.
• Store product according to established company standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Certified Scrum Master to lead Agile software development.
• Experience guiding teams to effectively write, split, and map stories.
• Understanding of basic fundamentals of software development processes and procedures.
• Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by IT.
• Ability to develop, plan, manage, or execute projects or work plans to ensure successful completion.
• Demonstrated knowledge of test-driven development.
• Experience with Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery processes related to Scrum.
• Experience with relative estimation, retrospectives, and agile release planning techniques.
• Must be self-motivated, well-organized, and have strong innovation and facilitation skills.
• Proven oral, written, and business presentation skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Ability to interface effectively with Release Train Engineer(s) and all levels across organizational lines, including business units.
• Ability to effectively utilize external vendors and resources throughout the organization.

EXPERIENCE

• 5–7 years of Scrum experience with at least 2 years as a Scrum Master required; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES & REGISTRATIONS

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) – Required
• SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM) – Desired
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) – Desired
• PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) – Desired
• Certified SAFe Agilist (SA) – Desired
• BA degree preferred.