Scrum Master

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Job no: 668269
Work type: Regular (Full-Time)
Location: Orlando
Categories: Information Technology, Orlando - Professional Generic

The Scrum Master will facilitate agile development and how information is exchanged across teams to support delivery. Support the scrum methodology that allows the team to self-organize and make changes quickly, in accordance with agile principles. This person supports that all activities use the principles of the Universal Scrum Framework and guides the team toward improving the way they work to be more effective.

The Scrum Master removes impediments internal and external to the team and guides the team to an optimum, sustainable velocity. Act as support leader that enables the team to adopt an attitude of continuous improvement. The Scrum Master facilitates Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, retrospectives and sprint demos to maintain team effectiveness. The Scrum Master works with the Release Train Engineer(s) to integrate the team’s efforts with other teams.

They communicate information and metrics to the team on progress against team objectives.

AGILE / SCRUM PRACTICES

• Facilitate agile ceremonies including sprint planning, retrospectives and sprint demos. Work with the Release Train Engineer to integrate efforts, other teams. Consult with the Product Owner to validate and communicate team priorities. Guide, coach and motivate the team with the goal of increasing productivity.
• Guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to drive end value
• Serve as the team’s Scrum expert. Guide the team toward improving the way they work. Remove impediments to help the team reach an optimum, sustainable velocity.
• Leads the team on self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks.
• Foster accountability, transparency, and regularity in status updates. Remove impediments external to the team. Ensure that the Agile tracking system is always up to date to reflect the current state.
• Assess the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.

COMMUNICATION / COLLABORATION

• Communicate and ensure alignment of priorities with Program stakeholders and within the team.
• Build and support a trusting and safe environment where challenges are address proactively with an emphasis on healing and problem-solving.
• Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating the right information the teams need at the right time.
• Remove impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.
  Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.

METRICS / REPORTING

• Manage, publish, and communicate information radiators and relevant metrics to the team on progress against team objectives.
• Understands and actively participates in Environmental, Health & Safety responsibilities by following established UO policy, procedures, training and team member involvement activities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Certified Scrum Master to lead Agile software development
• Experience guiding teams to effectively write/ split / map stories
• Understanding of basic fundamentals of software development processes and procedures.
• Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by IT.
• Ability to develop, plan, manage or execute projects or work plans to ensure successful completion
• Demonstrated knowledge of test driven development
• Experience with Continuous…