Sr. Scrum Master

Job Profile Summary

CAI is hiring! We are looking for highly motivated, energetic, and highly organized Scrum Master who thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment. In this role, you will be the team cheerleader/coach driven to do whatever you can to help the team succeed. You'll help establish team metrics such as capacity and throughput so you can track sprint progress and help drive teams to meet their sprint goals. This is a 6+ month contract opportunity - hybrid in Miramar, FL.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Coach and train team members and others on the Scrum framework and related artifacts (user stories, story point estimation, etc.) as well as other agile methodologies to help guide teams to more successful outcomes.


• Embody Scrum values and principles.


• Demonstrates and understands what specific Lean/Agile/Tools/Techniques/Principles to best apply, based on Team needs, environment and constraints.


• Displays a 'continuous learning' mindset; always seeking to expand lean/agile knowledge and experience.


• Capable of leading distributed and remote teams.


• Hold the Team accountable to the agreements they set and the commitments they make.


• Socialize and discuss team dashboards (burn ups, burn downs, etc.) always driving continuous improvement


• Be the team cheerleader/coach driven to do whatever you can to help the team succeed.


• Help establish team metrics such as capacity and throughput so you can track sprint progress and help drive teams to meet their sprint goals.

Qualifications

• Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.


• Knowledge about tasks, backlog tracking, burndown metrics, velocity, user stories etc.


• Experience in applying Scrum patterns and techniques (like Burndown techniques, Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.)


• Strong skills in: Facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, team- empowerment, and building a transparent culture.


• Excellent communication and mentoring skills


• At least 5 years of experience in software development delivery with at least 3 years of dedicated full-time Scrum Master experience in software development.


• Has a proven track record of successfully growing and maturing teams and/or experience leading Agile transformations.


• Is familiar with different agile methodologies including by not limited to Scrum, Kanban and Scaled Agile.


• First level Scrum Master certification (CSM)


• Knowledge of scaled agile environment


• Knowledge of Atlassian (Jira & Confluence, specifically) or related software and tools

Physical Demands

Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA and other federal, state, and local standards

Sedentary work that involves sitting or remaining stationary most of the time with occasional need to move around the office to attend meetings, etc.

Ability to conduct repetitive tasks on a computer, utilizing a mouse, keyboard, and monitor

Ability to move up to 50 lbs. using a pushcart

CAI is a global technology services firm with over 8,500 associates worldwide and a yearly revenue of $1 billion+. We have over 40 years of excellence in uniting talent and technology to power the possible for our clients, colleagues, and communities. As a privately held company, we have the freedom and focus to do what is right-whatever it takes. Our tailor-made solutions create lasting results across the public and commercial sectors, and we are trailblazers in bringing neurodiversity to the enterprise.

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