Agile Scrum Master

Agile Scrum Master

Location:

Jersey City, New Jersey (Hybrid)

This position is responsible for facilitating scrum ceremonies, managing dependencies, and providing visibility into delivery plans and progress. The role involves promoting agile principles and enabling continuous improvement across multiple scrum teams. Key responsibilities include optimizing the flow of stories and the value delivered for medium to high complexity projects.

• Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews/Demos, and Retrospectives.
• Prepare agendas, drive discussions, and ensure follow-through on action items.
• Coach teams on Agile principles, Scrum practices, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Own and administer Jira boards, workflows, dashboards, and reports while maintaining data hygiene.
• Manage backlog health and partner with Product Owners to ensure a well-groomed and prioritized backlog.
• Coordinate end-to-end production release activities, including scheduling, approvals, and readiness.
• Manage risks, dependencies, and blockers across teams and partner organizations.
• Coordinate Level 3 production support activities and support handover processes.
• Serve as a central coordinator for team documentation, status reporting, and capacity planning.
• Support the onboarding of new team members by providing guidance on processes and team practices.

Functional

Skills:

Agile Scrum Master, Business Analyst, Change Management.

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), SAFe Scrum Master, or equivalent certification.
• Experience working in large enterprise technology organizations.
• Experience supporting financial services or capital markets technology teams.
• Familiarity with application development, solution architecture, automation, testing, and Dev Ops practices.
• Experience participating in Scrum of Scrums, Agile Release Train events, and Program Increment planning.

• Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection.
• We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure.
• Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a Support Linc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts.
• In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA.
• Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach.
• You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

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