Job Details
Contractors Role:
The Scrum Master facilitates the planning, tracking, communication and coordination of activities for an Agile project delivery team. He/she should have experience with Cloud technologies.
Qualifications:
- Intermediate to advanced understanding of basic software development methodologies and fundamentals (Agile, SCRUM, Kanban, Lean, Waterfall, etc.).
- Scrum methodology related responsibilities.
- Experience with developing, testing and deploying software utilizing a rapid, iterative delivery method.
- Understanding of all facets of the software development life cycle including planning, requirements management, development, quality assurance, change management and release management.
- Exposure or awareness of continuous integration and test-driven development practices, test automation and tools.
- Experience with Agile Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools (JIRA, Rally, Version One).
Nice to Haves:
Financial Industry experience is a plus.
Scrum Master Certification
ADO (Azure Dev Ops)
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Advanced interpersonal skills able to establish strong working relationships and promote bi-directional communication within and across teams.
- Able to organize, moderate and demonstrate value-add principles and practices to the teams.
- Strong leadership and organizational skills with excellent communication (written and verbal), time management, project management, and individual and team building skills.
- Experience with developing and executing plans, meeting deadlines, coordinating timelines and efforts and operating under tight time constraints.
- Ability to apply advanced principles, theories, and concepts and contribute to the development of innovative principles and ideas.
- Able to effectively facilitate discussions and suggest alternative approaches.
- Be transparent and provide visibility to Business and Technology.
- Develop and grow trust across the project team(s), Business and Technology.