Job Title: Lead Scrum Master
Location: Philadelphia, PA 19103 (3 days in office until May and expected to be fully onsite in June)
6 Months contract and potential for extension
The candidate must be local to Philadelphia, PA and must be authorized to work on a W2.
Position Summary:
The main function is to guide a team to use Agile and Scrum practices and values to meet customer needs. The typical Scrum master coaches a team to perform all task according to scrum processes.
Job Responsibilities:
• Facilitate daily stand-ups and supporting the team in following the Scrum delivery process..
• Handle traditional project management duties including: scope definition, staffing, communication of status to clients and partners, and risk/issue management.
• Consult with users, management, vendors, and technicians to assess computing needs and system requirements.
• Author user stories, acceptance criteria and execute a portion of the testing on projects.
• Serve the team and product owner in turning requirements into the working software.
• Ensure product quality expectations are defined and known across the team.
Collaborate with the team in scheduling work, including defect remediation and refactoring, guarding against the accumulation of technical debt.
• Evaluate data processing proposals to assess project feasibility and requirements.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Maintain team of 5-8 people Supported by both FTE and contractors
Keep track of work in progress
Weekly status updates
Maintain scheduling for completed work.
Must-Have Technical Skills:
Understanding of technology- Mainframe DB2/ open systems Agile methodologies
Preferred Skills: 8 years of experience- majority of experience as Scrum Master Cobol SQL Java
Degrees/Certifications: Bachelor's degree
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