What are the responsibilities and job description for the Agile Specialist position at Dupaco Credit Union?
Description
As an Agile Specialist, you liaise with cross-functional teams and project managers to gather project requirements on behalf of the Software Development team. Within the Software Development team they will lead discussions to estimate work effort, allocate resources, and ensure project milestones are achieved in a timely manner.
What you'll Do :
Provide quality service to members, potential members and coworkers.
Demonstrate teamwork and professionalism in all interactions with coworkers.
Promote a professional image of the credit union at all times.
Gathers project requirements, writes user stories, manages project backlogs, and facilitates story pointing efforts for the development team.
Manages incoming software development requests and brings them to governance team.
Coordinate meetings with appropriate stakeholders, documents issues, and risks that may be discovered through project planning process.
Performs analysis of collected information to identify patterns and develop potential solutions in collaboration with designers, architects, developers, project managers and stakeholders.
Conducting all Scrum Ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint Retrospectives, Sprint Demos, Story Refinement, and Release Planning.
Act as liaison between project team and assigned functional area for project-related communications and tasks; coordinates status reporting, monitor’s deliverable execution, etc.
Participate, lead, and / or coordinate end-user training.
Assist in testing efforts to ensure issues are identified and solution matches requirements.
Perform other duties as assigned.
What You'll Need :
Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience
Strong oral and written communication skills across all levels
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate well with others
Strong problem solving skills
Strong attention to detail
Experience with issue and project tracking software like Wrike or Jira, preferred
Experience with formal software development processes and methodologies such as Agile and SCRUM, preferred
Qualifications
Behaviors
Preferred
Team Player : Works well as a member of a group
Detail Oriented : Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
Functional Expert : Considered a thought leader on a subject
Motivations
Preferred
- Ability to Make an Impact : Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization
Education
Required
Experience
Preferred
Experience with issue and project tracking software like Wrike or Jira
Experience with formal software development processes and methodologies such as Agile and SCRUM
Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
