Overview
On Site
USD 70.00 - 80.00 per hour
Full Time
Skills
Recruiting
Insurance
Microsoft Azure
DevOps
ADO
Product Development
Offshoring
Team Leadership
FOCUS
Continuous Improvement
Conflict Resolution
Leadership
Mentorship
Communication
Facilitation
Organizational Skills
Agile Management
Continuous Integration
Continuous Delivery
Management
Dashboard
Lean Methodology
Machine Learning (ML)
Predictive Analytics
Sprint
Reporting
GitHub
Microsoft
Workflow
Productivity
Decision-making
Apache Velocity
Coaching
Onboarding
Scrum
Agile
JIRA
Artificial Intelligence
SAFE
Taxes
Life Insurance
Collaboration
Partnership
Business Transformation
Law
Job Details
*Insurance experience + Azure DevOps (ADO) HIGHLY Desired*
Strong Product Development experience
This will be a hybrid role, and candidates must be local to Edison, NJ | NYC or Hartford, CT. O
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Performs a combination of duties in accordance with departmental guidelines:
-Serves, leads, coaches, and supports multiple Agile Scrum Teams on complex initiatives, with teams consisting of internal & external (onshore and offshore) as well as business and technical resources in the delivery of IT and business products and solutions.
-Responsible for product delivery.
-Facilitates Scrum ceremonies and agile practices (such as daily standups, sprint review meetings, retrospective meetings, cross-team coordination, and etc.), alongside the product owner, ensuring that Scrum Teams adhere to the Scrum values of courage, focus, commitment, respect and openness in delivering IT solutions.
-Identifies and resolves delivery impediments to optimize delivery flow.
-Appropriately leads resolution of complex impediments and escalates impediments that cannot be resolved to senior leadership.
-Manages risks and issues and acts to ensure they do not recur.
-Fosters an environment of continuous improvement / learning and drives substantial improvement to the team (e.g., via the retrospective process).
-Guides team members in achieving maturity in Agile principles and Scrum practices, developing a proven track record of driving consistent velocity and velocity increases on mature teams.
-Proactively monitors and assesses team health and project needs.
-Serves as recognized Agile subject matter expert, thought leader, and mentor with extensive knowledge of Agile processes, tools, best practices, and standards.
-Provides guidance to more junior Scrum Masters on Agile Reviews and provides feedback on potential new tools / processes in the Agile space and is a visible champion for adopting them once ratified.
-Contributes to maturing Agile team through proactively bringing suggestions to COE / COPs Creates a strong team environment, with high team morale and cohesion Supports the Product Owner in managing backlog and guides the Product Owner / Scrum Team in prioritization, including maintaining relevant metrics.
-Maintains strong relationships within their Agile team, particularly with the Product Owner. Coordinates interactions within and outside the Scrum Team.
-Builds a trusting and safe environment within the team, Product Owners, and other stakeholders.
-Facilitates and manages conflict resolution within the team and key stakeholders; escalates more serious conflicts to leadership.
-Promotes practices that ensure delivery of quality products, ensuring that transparency is maintained around delivery progress, quality and schedule.
Skills: Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
-Prior experience with Agile Scrum methodology in a Scrum Master role.
-Solid experience acting as a servant -leader with strong coaching and mentoring skills; ability to get work done without assigning / dictating tasks.
-Experience in teams delivering modern software for enterprises using Agile methodologies.
-Strong communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with peers and team members.
-Excellent personal organizational skills and prior experience using Agile management tools such as Jira Proven track record of experience applying App. Dev. best practices on an initiative (e.g., automation, CI/CD pipelines) and consistently adopts these best practices as appropriate
-Jira Align Proficiency
-Hands-on experience using Jira Align to connect strategy to execution, manage program-level backlogs, and visualize dependencies across Agile Release Trains (ARTs). Ability to configure and interpret dashboards, OKRs, and lean metrics.
AI
-Required Skills - AI & Tooling Awareness
-Applied AI Literacy: Demonstrated understanding of how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) concepts intersect with Agile delivery-e.g., predictive analytics for sprint planning, intelligent backlog grooming, or automation of reporting.
-Tool Familiarity: Working knowledge of AI-enhanced platforms such as Jira Automation, Rovo, GitHub Copilot, Lucid AI, or Microsoft Copilot, with the ability to leverage these tools to streamline workflows, facilitate retrospectives, and enhance team productivity.
-Data-Informed Decision Making: Ability to interpret AI-generated insights (e.g., velocity trends, risk flags, sentiment analysis) and translate them into actionable guidance for teams.
-Change Enablement: Experience coaching teams through adoption of AI-driven practices, including ethical considerations, tool onboarding, and continuous learning.
Skills
Scrum, Agile, Jira Align, Jira, AI, scaled agile framework, SAFe
Top Skills Details
Scrum,Agile,Jira Align,Jira,AI,scaled agile framework,SAFe
Experience Level
Expert Level
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Edison, NJ.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $70.00 - $80.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:
Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a hybrid position in Edison,NJ.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Nov 23, 2025.
>About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services
We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
Strong Product Development experience
This will be a hybrid role, and candidates must be local to Edison, NJ | NYC or Hartford, CT. O
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Performs a combination of duties in accordance with departmental guidelines:
-Serves, leads, coaches, and supports multiple Agile Scrum Teams on complex initiatives, with teams consisting of internal & external (onshore and offshore) as well as business and technical resources in the delivery of IT and business products and solutions.
-Responsible for product delivery.
-Facilitates Scrum ceremonies and agile practices (such as daily standups, sprint review meetings, retrospective meetings, cross-team coordination, and etc.), alongside the product owner, ensuring that Scrum Teams adhere to the Scrum values of courage, focus, commitment, respect and openness in delivering IT solutions.
-Identifies and resolves delivery impediments to optimize delivery flow.
-Appropriately leads resolution of complex impediments and escalates impediments that cannot be resolved to senior leadership.
-Manages risks and issues and acts to ensure they do not recur.
-Fosters an environment of continuous improvement / learning and drives substantial improvement to the team (e.g., via the retrospective process).
-Guides team members in achieving maturity in Agile principles and Scrum practices, developing a proven track record of driving consistent velocity and velocity increases on mature teams.
-Proactively monitors and assesses team health and project needs.
-Serves as recognized Agile subject matter expert, thought leader, and mentor with extensive knowledge of Agile processes, tools, best practices, and standards.
-Provides guidance to more junior Scrum Masters on Agile Reviews and provides feedback on potential new tools / processes in the Agile space and is a visible champion for adopting them once ratified.
-Contributes to maturing Agile team through proactively bringing suggestions to COE / COPs Creates a strong team environment, with high team morale and cohesion Supports the Product Owner in managing backlog and guides the Product Owner / Scrum Team in prioritization, including maintaining relevant metrics.
-Maintains strong relationships within their Agile team, particularly with the Product Owner. Coordinates interactions within and outside the Scrum Team.
-Builds a trusting and safe environment within the team, Product Owners, and other stakeholders.
-Facilitates and manages conflict resolution within the team and key stakeholders; escalates more serious conflicts to leadership.
-Promotes practices that ensure delivery of quality products, ensuring that transparency is maintained around delivery progress, quality and schedule.
Skills: Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
-Prior experience with Agile Scrum methodology in a Scrum Master role.
-Solid experience acting as a servant -leader with strong coaching and mentoring skills; ability to get work done without assigning / dictating tasks.
-Experience in teams delivering modern software for enterprises using Agile methodologies.
-Strong communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with peers and team members.
-Excellent personal organizational skills and prior experience using Agile management tools such as Jira Proven track record of experience applying App. Dev. best practices on an initiative (e.g., automation, CI/CD pipelines) and consistently adopts these best practices as appropriate
-Jira Align Proficiency
-Hands-on experience using Jira Align to connect strategy to execution, manage program-level backlogs, and visualize dependencies across Agile Release Trains (ARTs). Ability to configure and interpret dashboards, OKRs, and lean metrics.
AI
-Required Skills - AI & Tooling Awareness
-Applied AI Literacy: Demonstrated understanding of how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) concepts intersect with Agile delivery-e.g., predictive analytics for sprint planning, intelligent backlog grooming, or automation of reporting.
-Tool Familiarity: Working knowledge of AI-enhanced platforms such as Jira Automation, Rovo, GitHub Copilot, Lucid AI, or Microsoft Copilot, with the ability to leverage these tools to streamline workflows, facilitate retrospectives, and enhance team productivity.
-Data-Informed Decision Making: Ability to interpret AI-generated insights (e.g., velocity trends, risk flags, sentiment analysis) and translate them into actionable guidance for teams.
-Change Enablement: Experience coaching teams through adoption of AI-driven practices, including ethical considerations, tool onboarding, and continuous learning.
Skills
Scrum, Agile, Jira Align, Jira, AI, scaled agile framework, SAFe
Top Skills Details
Scrum,Agile,Jira Align,Jira,AI,scaled agile framework,SAFe
Experience Level
Expert Level
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Edison, NJ.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $70.00 - $80.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:
Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a hybrid position in Edison,NJ.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Nov 23, 2025.
>About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services
We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
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