This is a contractor role through Magnit for an American Energy company. This role is hybrid to Jackson, Michigan with minimal on-site work on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays each week at One Energy Plaza (OEP) in Jackson, Michigan.

Job Title: Scrum Master

Responsbilities:

* Doing everything possible to ensure delighting customers

* Guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers

* Guiding the team on how to get the most of out of self-organization

* Guiding the team on self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks

* 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 to remove the impediment.

* 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 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 radiating information

* Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog.

* Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example

Required Skills/Experience

* Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least one year for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.

* Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, 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)

Preferred Skills/Experience (Any of these is a plus)

* Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least two years for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.

* Knowledge of other Agile approaches: XP, Kanban

* Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games

* Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team

Education:

A bachelor's degree is required; preferred field of study in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or other IT-related area, Business or related

Experience:

PMP is not required, but at least 5-10 years experience with related skills

Hourly Pay Rate Range (dependent on location, experience, expectation)

The pay range that Magnit reasonably expects to pay for this position is: $75-$88

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K (provided minimum eligibility hours are met)

All qualified applicants will not be discriminated against and will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability, race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.