What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Agile Master position at Steneral Consulting?
Job title Sr. Agile Master
Location Greenville, SC Hybrid
Rate $74/hr. on w2
Visa USC, GC
JD
What You'll Do
Location Greenville, SC Hybrid
Rate $74/hr. on w2
Visa USC, GC
JD
What You'll Do
- Ensures adherence to the core elements of the agreed agile working model (e.g. Sprint reviews, Retrospectives) including organization, moderation and follow-up of Agile events.
- Coaches and supports feature teams regarding organization, effective working methods, moderation, and methods and ensures the cooperation within the feature team.
- Supports the implementation of large initiatives involving multiple feature teams using scaled agile methodologies.
- Eliminates impediments for feature teams, including management of an impediment backlog, if necessary.
- Supports the product owner in ensuring an effective distribution of backlog items across the teams (avoiding risks, ensuring knowledge transfer).
- Visualizes the performance of the teams with appropriate metrics and continuous improvement of collaboration to promote team efficiency.
- Identifies deficits (e.g. local optimization) and improvement requirements.
- Protects the feature team from unauthorized interruptions during a sprint.
- Oversees the flow of information between the product owner and the feature teams.
- Provides project management support for product line projects, as well as ensuring BMW standards during all phases of the project.
- Monitors all elements of the projects (time, costs, quality, and risks).
- Ensures:
- IT project management Agile guidelines are being followed in the project.
- IT project documentation follows current standards.
- IT project sites are kept up to date on status, with written documentation of defects and open issues.
- Jira and Confluence sites are up to date.
- Collaborates closely with the business to understand business requirements.
- Performs planning, analysis, designing, requirements definition, functional design, development, testing and implementation of IT solutions.
- Provides support for difficult and complex system environments.
- Provides support, assistance, and training to users.
- Drives small to medium sized projects with planning, development and implementation of system solutions.
- Coordinates activities for multiple projects simultaneously.
- Utilizes ITPM Agile methodology effectively in performing all tasks.
- Meets with decision makers, systems owners, and end users to define business requirements and systems goals, and identify and resolve business systems issues.
- Ensures compatibility and interoperability of in-house computing systems.
- Reviews and analyzes the effectiveness and efficiency of existing systems and develop strategies for improving or further leveraging these systems.
- Creates systems models, specifications, diagrams and charts to provide direction to application developers.
- Coordinates and performs in-depth tests, including end-user reviews, for modified and new systems.
- Conducts research on software products to justify recommendations and to support purchasing efforts.
- Performs other duties as assigned by Operations Supervisor.
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology/Management or Computer Science or the equivalent of 4 years of professional experience in IT application development and support.
- In a variety of Agile methodologies with competency for the specification and the adherence to the obligatory elements of the agreed agile working models.
- In planning, analysis, design, testing, implementation, documenting and training of IT applications.
- In project management (small-to-medium size).
- Working in a customer service orientated environment.
- Working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
- Working in a scaled agile framework.
- With IT governance and system development life cycle.
- Basic knowledge of business operations, preferably in the area of assigned responsibility.
- Basic knowledge of database, operating systems and IT relevant infrastructure environment.
- PMO certification.
Salary : $74
