Scrum Master

job summary:

Our West Michigan Client is looking for a Scrum Master to assist with upcoming projects. Ideal candidates are located in or near West Michigan.

location: Telecommute

job type: Contract

salary: $50 - 67 per hour

work hours: 8am to 5pm

education: Bachelors



responsibilities:

• Facilitate sprint ceremonies (planning, stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives) and maintain the team backlog in Azure DevOps with clear acceptance criteria, dependencies, and technical context.
• Track, improve, and communicate delivery metrics (velocity, burndown, cycle time) and release metrics (deployment frequency, lead time, change failure rate, MTTR) to stakeholders.
• Own the release calendar and related Change documentation. Enforce the release process end to end - code freezes, regression windows, go/no-go checkpoints, rollback plans, and environment promotion (INT ? CERT ? PROD).
• Enforce release gates, including regression execution, passing code quality and security scans (SonarQube, Veracode), confirmed test coverage, and complete traceability (repo links, pipeline links, test evidence).
• Own the RCA process for production incidents.
• Proactively identify and escalate technical risks (upstream delays, environment issues, API breaking changes, pipeline failures) before they impact delivery.
• Champion SAFe ceremonies (PI Planning, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt, Scrum of Scrums) and ensure squad-level work aligns with PI objectives.
• Drive automated testing adoption by championing unit test coverage, integration testing, and API contract validation.
• Track Technology Modernization and tech debt ensuring visibility in the backlog with appropriate prioritization.
• Coach team members on agile principles, self-organization, and sustainable pace while shielding the team from external disruptions and scope creep.
• Maintain a release audit trail - release notes, deployment records, incident postmortems - and monitor post-deployment health via Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Splunk.

qualifications:

5+ years as a Scrum Master, Delivery Lead, or Technical Project Manager in software engineering - with direct experience owning release management processes.

Technical literacy - CI/CD pipelines, API contracts, SQL, Cloud terminology.

Hands-on Azure DevOps experience (boards, dashboards, queries), GITHUB and experience managing release lifecycles including environment promotion (INT ? CERT ? PROD), code freezes, and rollback procedures.

Experience with enterprise change management (ServiceNow, CAB, CR/CHG/CRQ, PRR) and SAFe or scaled agile frameworks including PI Planning.

Experience driving engineering quality practices - automated testing adoption, code coverage standards, and release gate enforcement in teams with varying test maturity.

Demonstrated ability to own RCA processes that identify systemic gaps beyond proximate causes, with actionable follow-through on preventive measures.

Review the Overall PR Metrics, Familiar with Branching

skills:

API contracts,Application Insights,API,audit trail,automated testing,Cloud,Azure Monitor,test coverage,code coverage,Technical literacy,CI/CD pipelines,GITHUB,integration testing,Azure DevOps,MTTR,release management,release management processes,SQL,Scrum Master,Scrum,Scrums,ServiceNow,production deployment,software engineering,code quality,SonarQube,Splunk,unit test,Veracode,security scans,Excellent communication skills,Proactively,acceptance criteria,burndown,change management,cycle time,dashboards,shielding,packaging,metrics,release notes,risk assessments,promotion,self-organization,technical understanding

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.


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