Scrum Master II

Overview

On Site
$40 - $68
Contract - W2
Contract - 6 Month(s)

Skills

Acceptance Testing
Agile
Continuous Improvement
JIRA
Kanban
Mapping
Sprint
Scrum
User Stories
Extreme Programming
Workflow
Scrum master

Job Details

Title: Scrum Master II (Only w2 candidates)

Duration: 6+ months

Location: Buffalo, NY

MUST:

Experience with using agile in a business environment. Advanced skills in Jira, Target Process, Reporting, Capacity Planning.

OVERVIEW:
Provides servant-leadership and mentorship to multiple cross-functional agile teams through effective application of Agile principles and frameworks including Scrum, Kanban and Extreme Programming (XP). Strengthens understanding of effective practices, theories and techniques to support continuous improvement. Educates and coaches teams to create an environment that fosters self-organization, cross-functionality, collaboration, conflict resolution, transparency and continuous improvement. Visualizes, communicates and radiates team information to keep their work and impediments visible to stakeholders.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Utilize a broad knowledge base of agile practices including user stories, retrospectives, story mapping, Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD), Test-Driven Development (TDD), continuous integration, pairing, information radiators, etc., to help create high performing teams.
Encourage a continuous improvement culture for individuals within the agile teams, constantly discovering better ways of working, through transparency, collaboration, and retrospectives.
Curate team-level coaching content used to guide teams regarding agile practices.
Facilitate meetings with the teams for purposes of idea generation, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, problem-solving and alignment.
Help the teams gain transparency into their workflow through appropriate use of information radiators.
Address blocking issues that are beyond the teams authority, or require support from other teams, so the teams remain focused on achieving their goals.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Bachelors degree and a minimum of 4 years experience as a member of an agile team, including a minimum of 2 years Scrum Master experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 8 years higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 4 years experience as a member of an agile team, including a minimum of 2 years Scrum Master experience.

Skill Set 1
Experience using agile in a business environment
Skill Set 2
Advanced skills in Jira and Target Process
Skill Set 3
Advanced skills in reporting and capacity planning
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