Job#: 3031879 Job Description: Agile Scrum Master
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina (On-site)
Employment Type: Contract
Role Overview
This role is responsible for optimizing the flow of stories and the value delivered by one or more Scrum teams. The position focuses on serving the needs of the team to drive performance and growth. Key responsibilities include coordinating and facilitating Scrum ceremonies, managing dependencies, providing visibility into team delivery plans, and enabling continuous improvement within the team.
Key Responsibilities
- Guide and coach one or more teams on Scrum practices and develop their understanding of Agile principles.
- Facilitate Scrum ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Demos/Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives.
- In a Scaled Agile model, facilitate scaled planning for the team and represent the team in Scrum of Scrums/ART Syncs.
- Help the team define and enforce norms and agreements, like a Definition of Ready and Definition of Done.
- Ensure the team maintains a healthy product and Sprint backlog in collaboration with the Product Owner.
- Facilitate dependency management, risk management, and impediment removal for the team.
- Promote and facilitate communication and collaboration within the Agile team to support value delivery and Sprint commitments.
- Provide visibility into the Agile team's delivery plans and progress to stakeholders.
- Enable the team to become high-performing through collaboration and a focus on continuous improvement.
- Measure team delivery, maturity, and performance, and review metrics with the team to identify improvement opportunities.
Required Qualifications
Technical Skills:- Expert knowledge of Jira and Confluence.
- Practical working experience guiding and coaching teams on the implementation of agile best practices and changing mindsets.
Additional Skills:- Agile Practices
- Business Acumen
- DevOps Practices
- Influence
- Result Orientation
- Collaboration
- Solution Delivery Process
- Risk Management
- Stakeholder Management
Preferred Qualifications
- Certifications from Scaled Agile or Scrum Alliance are preferred.
- Practical knowledge of the applications supported by our teams.
Compensation & Benefits
The pay rate for this position is between $68.00 and $73.94 per hour.
We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
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Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.
Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
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