**Hybrid in Pittsburgh, PA.**

Our financial services client is looking for a Junior Scrum Master to join their team.

We will accept corp to corp or w2 contractors. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Pay Rate: $35.00 - $45.00/hr on W2

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be taken into account when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting is a reflection of a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided pay range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.

Responsibilities of the Junior Scrum Master:

• Guide the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers
• Guide the team on self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks
• Assess the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization
• Coach the team to higher levels of maturity
• Remove impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments
• Build a trusting and safe environment
• Facilitate getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work
• Facilitate discussions, decision making, and conflict resolution
• Assist with internal and external communication, improve transparency, and radiate information
• Support and educate the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog
• Provide all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example

Requirements of the Junior Scrum Master:

• Previous experience as a manager
• Experience playing the Scrum Master role for a software development team
• Experience with widely successful Agile techniques
• 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
• Knowledge of other Agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, etc
• Knowledge of the technologies used by the team

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Job ID: 385231