What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scrum Master position at Cognizant?
Cognizant’s Digital Engineering practice is seeking a highly qualified Scrum Master with experience developing and building high-performing, scalable, enterprise applications. You will be part of a digital software team that works on high-demand applications. Our engineers have a passion for high-quality, reliable and maintainable code. You will work side by side with product managers, designers, and clients, making decisions together in order to quickly deliver valuable working software to clients and their users. Our engineers are agile and retrospective, and not afraid to identify what we’re doing wrong, so we can fix it, and what we’re doing right, so we can improve on it. Above all, we judge success by the success of our team and the happiness of our customers.
Cognizant Digital Engineering If you’re like us, you’ve got big ideas. At Cognizant, we’re exploring new ideas every day. We help industry leading companies reinvent their business models and innovate products that create new value—by connecting people with things, insights and experiences. Cognizant digital engineering designs, engineers and delivers digital products and experiences that drive digital-first business models. We offer the most comprehensive digital engineering expertise and client-centric methodology for sustainable innovation.
Primary Location: Hartford, Connecticut
You must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
Cognizant will not sponsor H-1B or other U.S. work authorization for this role.
Roles/Responsibilities
Why Choose Cognizant?
It takes a lot to succeed in today’s fast-paced market, and Cognizant Technology Solutions has become a leader in the industry. We love big ideas and even bigger dreams! We stand out because we put human experiences at the core. Our associates enjoy robust benefits and training opportunities from our industry-recognized, award-winning Academy team. You will have access to hundreds of technical trainings to keep your skillsets fresh and have opportunities to acquire certifications on the newest technologies.
Everything we do at Cognizant we do with passion—for our clients (fortune 100 companies), our communities, and our organization. It’s the defining attribute that we look for in our people.
If you love ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we’d love to hear from you!
About Cognizant Digital Engineering
Well-designed software transcends digital technology, going beyond the fulfillment of basic requirements to focus instead on human needs. Within Cognizant Digital Engineering, we help clients develop software products that transform human insights into tangible, production-ready digital solutions. We also work with our clients to scale their native cloud applications. Using insights from the lived experiences of our consumers, we seamlessly replace traditional service strategies with engaging, precise, and direct digital applications. Designing phenomenal software is vital to success in the digital economy—and we understand that a human-centric approach is key to this design.
www.cognizant.com
NASDAQ: CTSH
Cognizant Digital Engineering If you’re like us, you’ve got big ideas. At Cognizant, we’re exploring new ideas every day. We help industry leading companies reinvent their business models and innovate products that create new value—by connecting people with things, insights and experiences. Cognizant digital engineering designs, engineers and delivers digital products and experiences that drive digital-first business models. We offer the most comprehensive digital engineering expertise and client-centric methodology for sustainable innovation.
Primary Location: Hartford, Connecticut
You must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
Cognizant will not sponsor H-1B or other U.S. work authorization for this role.
Roles/Responsibilities
- Lead agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Oversee the implementation of agile methodologies and ensure adherence to Scrum principles.
- Provide guidance and support to the development team to ensure timely and high-quality deliverables.
- Facilitate effective communication and collaboration between cross-functional teams.
- Identify and remove impediments that hinder the teams progress.
- Ensure the team is focused on delivering value to the customer and meeting project goals.
- Lead agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Oversee the implementation of agile methodologies and ensure adherence to Scrum principles.
- Provide guidance and support to the development team to ensure timely and high-quality deliverables.
- Facilitate effective communication and collaboration between cross-functional teams.
- Identify and remove impediments that hinder the teams progress.
- Ensure the team is focused on delivering value to the customer and meeting project goals.
- Monitor and report on team performance and progress to stakeholders.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the team.
- Collaborate with product owners to prioritize and manage the product backlog.
- Coach team members on agile best practices and principles.
- Ensure alignment of project goals with business objectives and customer needs.
- Drive the adoption of agile tools and practices to enhance team productivity
- We are seeking a Scrum Master with 6 to 9 years of experience to join our dynamic team.
- The ideal candidate will have a strong background as a Scrum Master
- Have excellent communication and facilitation skills.
- Exhibit strong problem-solving and conflict resolution abilities
- Have experience in managing and prioritizing product backlogs
Why Choose Cognizant?
It takes a lot to succeed in today’s fast-paced market, and Cognizant Technology Solutions has become a leader in the industry. We love big ideas and even bigger dreams! We stand out because we put human experiences at the core. Our associates enjoy robust benefits and training opportunities from our industry-recognized, award-winning Academy team. You will have access to hundreds of technical trainings to keep your skillsets fresh and have opportunities to acquire certifications on the newest technologies.
Everything we do at Cognizant we do with passion—for our clients (fortune 100 companies), our communities, and our organization. It’s the defining attribute that we look for in our people.
If you love ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we’d love to hear from you!
About Cognizant Digital Engineering
Well-designed software transcends digital technology, going beyond the fulfillment of basic requirements to focus instead on human needs. Within Cognizant Digital Engineering, we help clients develop software products that transform human insights into tangible, production-ready digital solutions. We also work with our clients to scale their native cloud applications. Using insights from the lived experiences of our consumers, we seamlessly replace traditional service strategies with engaging, precise, and direct digital applications. Designing phenomenal software is vital to success in the digital economy—and we understand that a human-centric approach is key to this design.
www.cognizant.com
NASDAQ: CTSH
