Scrum Master - Contractor

Position Location: Hybrid (3 days/week in office) - Pittsburgh, PA; Strongsville, OH; Birmingham, AL; Dallas, TX; Phoenix, AZ; Cincinnati, OH; Miamisburg, OH; Downers Grove, IL; Overland Park, KS; Philadelphia, PA; Columbus, OH; Little Rock, AR; Jacksonville, FL

Summary:

The main function is to guide a team to use Agile and Scrum practices and values to meet customer needs. The typical Scrum master coaches a team to perform all task according to scrum processes.

Job Responsibilities:

• Facilitate daily stand-ups and supporting the team in following the Scrum delivery process..

• Handle traditional project management duties including: scope definition, staffing, communication of status to clients and partners, and risk/issue management.

• Consult with users, management, vendors, and technicians to assess computing needs and system requirements.

• Author user stories, acceptance criteria and execute a portion of the testing on projects.

• Serve the team and product owner in turning requirements into the working software.

• Ensure product quality expectations are defined and known across the team. Collaborate with the team in scheduling work, including defect remediation and refactoring, guarding against the accumulation of technical debt.

• Evaluate data processing proposals to assess project feasibility and requirements.

Must Have Technical Skills:

1. Technical Knowledge (UI/API/DB knowledge of each component and how they interrelate)

2. Tracking backlogs - (Jira/Azure DevOps)

3. Review logs / repos – (DevOps Tool: Jenkins, BitBucket

4. Leadership

5. Excellent written and verbal communications skills

6. High problem-solving ability

7. Conflict Resolution skills

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field or equivalent work experience required

. MBA or other related advanced degree preferred.

• ScrumMaster Certification Preferred but not required

• 3-6 years experience required.