Job Title: Scrum Master
Location: Raleigh, NC (Onsite)
Experience: 8–10 Years
Job Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Scrum Master to join our team in Raleigh, NC. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Agile methodologies, Scrum frameworks, sprint planning, and Agile project delivery. The candidate will be responsible for facilitating Scrum ceremonies, removing impediments, coaching Agile teams, and ensuring successful delivery of software development projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Serve as a Scrum Master for one or more Agile development teams.
- Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, including Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, Sprint Retrospectives, and Backlog Refinement.
- Work closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, QA teams, and stakeholders.
- Coach teams on Agile principles, Scrum practices, and continuous improvement.
- Identify and remove impediments affecting sprint progress and project delivery.
- Monitor sprint progress using Agile metrics such as Velocity, Burndown Charts, Burnup Charts, and Cycle Time.
- Manage sprint backlogs, user stories, and project tracking using JIRA and Confluence.
- Ensure timely delivery of project milestones while maintaining quality standards.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to manage dependencies, risks, and issues.
- Support Agile transformation initiatives and promote Agile best practices.
- Facilitate communication between technical teams, business stakeholders, and leadership.
- Help teams improve productivity, collaboration, and delivery predictability.
- Support release planning, capacity planning, and resource coordination.
- Work with distributed and onsite teams to ensure smooth Agile execution.
Required Skills:
- 8–10 years of overall IT experience, including significant hands-on Scrum Master experience.
- Strong knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and SDLC.
- Experience facilitating Scrum ceremonies and managing Agile software development teams.
- Hands-on experience with JIRA, Confluence, and Agile project management tools.
- Strong understanding of Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming, User Stories, and Acceptance Criteria.
- Experience tracking Agile metrics, including Velocity, Sprint Burndown, Cycle Time, and Team Capacity.
- Ability to identify and resolve project impediments, risks, and dependencies.
- Experience working with Product Owners and cross-functional development teams.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, facilitation, and leadership skills.
- Experience with software development lifecycle and Agile delivery processes.
- Ability to manage multiple Agile teams and coordinate project deliverables.
Preferred Skills:
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM I/II) certification.
- Experience with SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework).
- SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) certification.
- Experience with Agile transformation and enterprise Agile environments.
- Knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud technologies.
- Experience with Azure DevOps or Rally.
- Familiarity with Agile Release Trains (ART), Program Increment (PI) Planning, and Scrum of Scrums.
- Experience in enterprise application development, digital transformation, or cloud migration projects.
Essential Skills:
Scrum Master | Agile | Scrum | Kanban | JIRA | Confluence | Sprint Planning | Sprint Retrospective | Backlog Refinement | Agile Delivery | Stakeholder Management | Impediment Resolution | SDLC