Scrum Master with Agile

Job Description:

Coaching the team and organization to use Agile Scrum practices and values to delight customers

Coaching the team to get self organized

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 Built In 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.