Scrum Master

Zenith Services Inc.; California (MO); On-site; USD 55,104 - 82,656; Part time

Job summary

A leading service provider in IT recruitment is looking for a Senior IT Recruiter to facilitate Agile practices within IT teams. The role requires a deep understanding of Scrum principles, with a focus on promoting quality and mitigating impediments in team dynamics. Candidates should have strong experience as a Scrum Master and familiarity with tools like Jira and Confluence. This position is a contract role at mid-senior level located in California. Ideal candidates are expected to embrace Agile values while leading in a matrixed environment.

Qualifications

• Five (5) years of experience as a Scrum Master for Scrum team(s).
• Five (5) years of experience in a large matrixed organization.
• Demonstrated experience in Agile leadership.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate all team meetings including daily stand-up and retrospectives.
• Promote Agile quality practices to meet team goals.
• Coordinate with other Agile teams for support.

Skills

Lean-Agile leadership

Scrum principles and practices

Agile quality practices

Coordination with Agile teams

Education

SAFe Scrum Master or Certified Scrum Master or Certified Scrum Professional

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Senior US IT Recruiter at Zenith Services Inc.

Location: Pleasanton, CA (Onsite)

Description:

Minimum Requirements for Scrum Master

1. SAFe Scrum master or Certified Scrum Master or Certified Scrum Professional from Scrum Alliance or Scrum.org
2. Five (5) years of experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least one or more Scrum team(s) that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory
3. Five (5) years of experience working in a large matrixed organization with an understanding of IT landscape and End to End Delivery Process.

The Candidate shall demonstrate Scrum Master experience, particularly in the following areas:

• Exhibit Lean-Agile leadership and help team members embrace Agile values, adopting and applying Agile Principles, and implementing Agile practices.
• Promote Agile quality practices so the team can meet its goals.
• Identify and work to mitigate impediments.
• Facilitate all team meetings, including (but not limited to) the daily stand-up, Iteration Planning, Team Demo, and Iteration Retrospective.
• Guide the team in estimating the team’s work.
• Keep the team focused on daily and iteration goals to include achieving results, quality, flow and velocity.
• Ensure team follows standards developed for code development, automated testing and build procedures.
• Ensure team follows standards for code version control, quality and documentation.
• Calculate team metrics, and help the team use the metrics to guide improvements.
• Facilitate the team’s retrospective process/events and lead the team’s improvement efforts.
• Help maintain the team’s work items in the appropriate tools, such as Jira and Confluence.
• Coordinate with other Agile teams, such as participation in the Scrum of Scrums meeting. Liaison work with other Teams as necessary to gain or provide support.
• Support the Product Owner in the communication of priorities and scope, develop roadmaps, and execution of the Iteration Review and system demo.
• Expertise in leading an Agile development team accordingly as a master of the Scrum method.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Information Technology