Mastech Digital provides digital and mainstream technology staff as well as Digital Transformation Services for all American Corporations. We are currently seeking a Scrum Master for our client in the IT-Services domain. We value our professionals, providing comprehensive benefits and the opportunity for growth. This is a Contract position and the client is looking for someone to start immediately. Duration: 6+ Months Contract Location: Pleasanton, CA Role: Scrum Master Primary Skills: Scrum/ Agile Project Management Role Description: The Scrum Master must have at least 3+ years of experience. In this role, you will act as an enabler for the effective functioning of a software development team using Agile Methodology. Is also a custodian for the Agile process and ensures all scrum processes are used as intended. Responsibilities: - Protects the team, removes barriers to successful implementation, and keeps them focused on the task at hand. - Helps the Product Owner maximize productivity. - Maintain the backlog and release plans, publish reports to ensure the product owner is updated about the team's progress. - Responsible for working with the product owners to identify and prioritize epics and user stories across Program Increments and Sprints - Assist with estimating/sizing/solutioning and distributing user stories based on the skillset of the development team - Manage the development team to ensure completion of the user stories per designs - Track status of user stories in Jira and raise risks and issues as necessary Education: High School/Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Information Technology or another related field or Equivalent. Experience: Minimum 3+ years Relocation: This position will not cover relocation expenses Travel: No Local Preferred: Yes Note: Must be able to work on a W2 basis Recruiter Name: Sayan Roy Recruiter Phone(Ext: 2062) Equal Employment Opportunity