Scrum Master

Responsibilities include:

• Facilitate the Agile Scrum process and ensure adherence to Scrum principles and practices.
• Lead the team consisting of Solution Architects, Developers, and Testers working from different geographical locations to ensure end-to-end accountability is in place for the delivery of project goals.
• Lead and facilitate all Scrum ceremonies (daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint review, retrospective) and ensure their effectiveness.
• Facilitate transparent and effective communication between the Scrum Team and stakeholders, ensuring alignment on project goals and progress.
• Maintain and update the team's Sprint and Product Backlogs to reflect the current state of the project.
• Ensure successful project delivery by managing story tickets through the Agile process.
• Identifies, removes or guides the team to remove impediments that hinder the team's progress. working collaboratively with team members and stakeholders to resolve issues.
• Support the product owner in backlog management, prioritization, and release planning.
• Ensures work is completed according to customer priority.
• Facilitates discussions, decision-making, and mediate and facilitate conflict resolution within the team, ensuring a healthy and collaborative work environment.
• Provide support to the team using a collaborative style and leading by example.
• Shield the team from external interruptions and distractions, allowing them to focus on their work during the sprint.
• Help the team understand and use relevant metrics to track progress and make informed decisions. Generate and maintain Scrum-related metrics and reports on team performance and progress using Agile metrics and tools.
• Coach and mentor the Scrum Team in Agile and Scrum principles, helping them understand and implement best practices for collaboration, self-organization, and cross-functionality.
• Collaborate with the team to continually improve their processes and practices, helping them increase their quality, and overall performance.
• Ensure the teams adherence to security, best practices, and documentation.
• Able to juggle between project tasks based on priorities.
• Keep up to date with Agile and Scrum practices and share knowledge with the team and the organization.

Job Requirements

Essential Skills

Experience in the following technologies is required:

• Proven experience as a Scrum Master in software development projects or equivalent delivery management experience
• In-depth knowledge of Agile methodologies and Scrum framework.
• Knowledge and/or experience with widely used Agile techniques such as User Stories, TDD, Continuous Integration, and Automated testing.
• Strong understanding of software development processes and practices.
• Excellent facilitation, coaching, and mentoring skills.
• Effective communication, collaboration, and interpersonal abilities.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Experience with Agile tools and project management software.
• Ability to lead and motivate teams towards achieving project goals.
• Strong problem-solving and conflict resolution.
• 5+ years as a Scrum Master for a software development team or equivalent delivery management experience
• First-level Scrum Master Certification or willingness to work towards.

Desirable Skills

• Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM) is highly desirable.
• Project Management Experience.
• Experience with Atlassian Jira Software

Experience with Automation Hub.