Position: Sr. Scrum Master

Location: Remote

Duration: 12 Months

• MUST have at least one of the certifications – CSM, PMI-ACP, SAFe SSM, SAFe RTE or SPC
• MUST be an Expert with ADO Azure DevOps

Requirements

• MUST have at least one of the certifications – CSM, PMI-ACP, SAFe SSM, SAFe RTE or SPC
• MUST be an Expert with ADO Azure DevOps
• Scrum Master works closely with the Product Owner, team and others needed for team to deliver initiative’s capabilities by removing impediments, facilitating all standard agile ceremonies, and fostering an environment for high performance
• Advocate, adopt and coach their team on lean, agile and scrum practices following scaled agile principles
• Individual contributor and mentor to team members who are at various stages of agile maturity for bringing entire team(s) to follow same practices consistently.
• Exhibit behaviors of a Lean-Agile Leader through mindset; helps the team embrace SAFe core values, adopt and apply SAFe principles and implement SAFe practices
• Support the team rules of Scrum, eliminate impediments, and lead the team in efforts for relentless improvement and heightened efficiency
• Understand basics of Data Engineering work and contexts of the data product development, accordingly customize the approach/process/artifacts to meet the delivery need of the team
• Ensure team commits sprint goals using capacity effectively and meet sprint and overall PI goals.
• Collaborate with Product Owner, requirement owners and team to identify and clarify scope of business/systems requirements and help build healthy backlog for team
• Support the team’s efforts to continuously improve communications and relationships with other delivery teams; represent the team in the Scrum of Scrums (SoS), helping the team remain aware of engagement opportunities and program effectiveness
• Engage in challenging the old norms of development to improve performance in the areas of quality, predictability, flow, and velocity
• Facilitate scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily stand up, Refinement, Retrospective, Sprint Review) efficiently and assist removing blockers/impediments
• Facilitate backlog grooming and estimation using Story-Point (SP)
• Ensure work is estimated and tracked using Azure DepOps (ADO). Review ADO team board regularly and ensure team updates ADO properly
• Coaches team in scaled agile practices and help team using ADO effectively
• Capture and Analyze metrics and help team for improvement
• Tracking team status of PI and Sprint goals, dependency and risk logs using ADO
• Significant working experience as a Scrum Master or Release Train Engineer
• Hands on experience of at least Agile tools e.g. ADO, JIRA, Version One
• Extensive experience in leading, guiding and coaching agile or SAFe to teams
• Significant experience leading agile development teams and facilitating team meetings in Agile environment
• Strong knowledge of SAFe framework including SAFe principles, value and practices and implement them in real world projects
• Basic understanding of the Data Engineering and how it adds value to the organization
• Strong adaptability and interest to know new skills continuously needed to play the role of Scrum Master effectively
• Experience of Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)

REQUIRED

At least 10 years of agile project management experience

At least 5 years of working experience as a Scrum Master or Release Train Engineer

Advanced degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Hands on Data Engineering experience as Data Analyst, Data Engineer or Tester

Expert in ADO including customized reports using ADO and PowerBI

In-depth knowledge and experience in Banking/Finance/Investments, familiar with terminology, concepts and business processes and systems

Familiarity with banking industry standards and regulations.