SCRUM MASTER L1

Wipro Technologies; Port Reading (NJ); On-site; USD 60,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental benefits

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Wipro Limited is seeking an experienced Scrum Master to facilitate a Scrum team, remove impediments, and ensure sprint goals are met. You will protect the team, foster self-management, and coordinate with the Product Owner on backlog refinement and acceptance criteria.

The role emphasizes Agile practices, ceremonies, and cross-team collaboration across integrating services. The ideal candidate has 8–10+ years of transformation program experience, strong Azure and API knowledge, and excellent

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of experience leading large-scale transformation programs with complex, multi-year delivery scopes.
• Strong expertise in Integration Services and enterprise architecture discussions.
• Solid understanding of REST APIs, GraphQL, and Microservices architectures.
• Good knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and automated deployment processes.
• Proficient in Azure cloud services for integration and transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate a Scrum team, remove impediments, and ensure sprint goals are met.
• Protect the team and encourage self-management and collaboration.
• Help the Product Owner with backlog refinement, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Facilitate planning ceremonies, estimation, and ensure artefacts are up to date.
• Provide feedback to the Agile Line manager and program leaders.

Skills

Scrum Master

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Team facilitation

Coaching

Tools

Microsoft Azure

PowerPoint

Microsoft Project

REST APIs

GraphQL

Job description

Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading technology services and consulting company focused on building innovative solutions that address clients’ most complex digital transformation needs. Leveraging our holistic portfolio of capabilities in consulting, design, engineering, and operations, we help clients realize their boldest ambitions and build future-ready, sustainable businesses. With over 230,000 employees and business partners across 65 countries, we deliver on the promise of helping our customers, colleagues, and communities thrive in an ever-changing world. For additional information, visit us at www.wipro.com.

Job Description

Role Purpose

As a trained Scrum Master, you are responsible for facilitating a Scrum team and are accountable for removing impediments of the team to achieve the sprint goals/deliverables. You are responsible to ensure that the Scrum process is used as intended. A key part of your role is to protect the development team, allow the teams to be self managed, foster collaboration across teams and keep them focused on the tasks at hand.

• Is accountable for meeting Sprint objectives along with scrum team
• Ensure meeting of sprint commitment
• Own and help resolve impediments of the team
• Help PO adopt Scrum Process properly and ensure PO availability
• Support the PO in maintaining the Product Backlog, defining User Stories and Acceptance Criteria
• Facilitate estimation, backlog refinement and all planning ceremonies
• Ensure that DOR, DOD, Acceptance criteria is available and adhered to
• Ensure MoSCoW adherence of Sprint Backlog at the Sprint level
• Accountable for the correct implementation of the Agile Process
• Protect the team from external interference.
• Facilitate technical assistance to the team and enables clear communication amongst the team members
• Participate in Scrum of Scrum across teams and highlights impediments
• Provide feedback on the team members performance to the Agile Line manager and Agile Program Leader
• Facilitate all the Scrum Ceremonies (Planning, Daily Standup, Grooming, Demo, restrospection) and ensure correct adoption

• Ensure updating of all Scrum artifacts
• Ensure ALM tool (either client or Wipro) is updated on a daily basis
• Update key Scrum metrics into Wipro internal tool on a Sprint-by-Sprint basis
• Analyse key Scrum metrics and take corrective actions
• Create competency improvement and cross-skilling plan for the team (by the start of the project). Review monthly and ensure improvement in competency score. Ensure multiskilling for at least 50% of the team.
• Help team attain stable velocity within 6-8 sprints (allowing for 10% variation either way)
• Train team on the proper adoption of Agile processes (Scrum / XP / Kanban)
• Help in adoption of engineering practices like ATDD, TDD, CI, CD, Refactoring
• Record and own the restrospection actions
• Participate in community of practice initiatives
• Provide inputs to the Line manager for internal quality forums (QIC / APR / QBR / MBR etc.)

Refined Role Requirements

• 8–10+ years of experienceleading large‑scale transformation programs with complex, multi‑year delivery scopes.
• Strong expertise in Integration Services, including dealing technical discussion with enterprise architects.
• Solid conceptual understanding of modern API technologies, such as REST APIs, GraphQL, and Microservices architectures.
• Good conceptual knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and automated deployment processes.
• Strong understanding of multi‑system integration environments, including data flows, dependencies, and cross‑platform orchestration.
• Proficient in Microsoft Azure, with the ability to leverage cloud services in integration and transformation initiatives.
• Excellent PowerPoint skills, capable of creating clear, compelling executive‑level presentations.
• Experienced in Microsoft Project (MPP)for creating, managing, and tracking detailed project plans and schedules.

Mandatory Skills: Project Management.Experience: 5-8 Years.

The expected compensation for this role ranges from $60,000 to $135,000.

Based on the position, the role is also eligible for Wipro's standard benefits including

• full range of medical and dental benefits options
• disability insurance
• paid time off (inclusive of sick leave)
• other paid and unpaid leave options

Wipro provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Applications from veterans and people with disabilities are explicitly welcome.

Wipro is committed to creating an accessible, supportive, and inclusive workplace. Reasonable accommodation will be provided to all applicants including persons with disabilities, throughout the recruitment and selection process. Accommodations must be communicated in advance of the application, where possible, and will be reviewed on an individual basis. Wipro provides equal opportunities to all and values diversity.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, caste, creed, religion, gender, marital status, age, ethnic and national origin, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, political orientation, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.