Scrum Master I

**Overview**

Bank of America is one of the world’s leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses, and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services.

We are committed to attracting and retaining top talent across the globe to ensure our continued success. Along with taking care of our customers, we want to be the best place for people to work and aim at creating a work environment where all employees have the opportunity to achieve their goals.

We are a part of the Global Business Services which delivers technology and operations capabilities to Bank of America lines of business (LOB) and enterprise functions.

Our employees help our customers and clients at every stage of their financial lives, helping them connect to what matters most. This purpose defines and unites us. Every day, we are focused on delivering value, convenience, expertise and innovation for individuals, businesses, and institutional investors we serve worldwide.
- BA Continuum is a nonbank subsidiary of Bank of America, part of Global Business Services in the bank.

**Process Overview**

The ADSP group maintains the home loan databases of Bank of America.

Production jobs run 24/7 and there are continuous enhancements and improvements done in the system.

**Job Description**

The Scrum Master role advocates and advances modern, Scaled Agile delivery practices and evangelizes great design, engineering and organizational practices. Accountable for solution delivery management as relevant to their teams e.g. capacity management, forecasting, prioritizing Risk, compliance ,Release change management adherence, and supporting audits. Ensures that execution is aligned with product strategy by working with Product Owners, Development teams and other stakeholders. Creates an inclusive and healthy working environment, and helps to resolve organizational impediments/blockers. Leads and creates followership in Communities of Practice in the organization.

**Responsibilities**
- Assist with Agile related routines (including but not limited to Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Backlog refinement, SOS, Retrospectives ,PI planning activities) and support the active management and disposition of decisions, issues and risks. This facilitation is expected to leverage core BAC tools, including JIRA, Confluence, and SharePoint etc.
- Ability to work with multiple stakeholders (including Development teams, Product Owners, Product Managers, RTE etc.).
- Should be versed with agile metrics reporting to track Team progress.
- Understand and make connections throughout the Mortgage Data technology process to ensure roadblocks and impediments are removed.
- Communicate, influence, and negotiate to obtain agreement between partners and escalating items, when needed, to ensure execution activities remain on track.
- Should be able to coach the team and organization to follow Agile/Scrum practices.
- CSM and SAFe 5 certifications preferred.
- Development experience on SQL, ETL, and Hadoop will be key plus.

**Requirements**

**Job Title**
- Scrum Master I - GBS IND.

**Education**
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or relevant discipline.
- Certifications If Any: Na.

**Experience Range**
- 06 Years to 08 Years.

**Foundational Skills**
- Experience as an Agile Scrum Master.

**Desired Skills**
- SQL,.NET.

**Work Timings**
- Normal working hours 09:00 AM to 7:00 PM IST.

**Job Location**
- Chennai, Mumbai and GIFT.

**Job Band**:
H6

**Shift**:
**Hours Per Week**:
45

**Weekly Schedule**:
**Referral Bonus Amount**:
0