Apex Systems is hiring for a high profile financial client in the search for a qualified Scrum Master located near Plano, Texas. This is a 12 month contracted role. If interested, please email resumes to !
General Responsibilities:
Delivery
Supports one or more software engineering teams through Kanban/Scrum Agile methodologies
Ensures team(s) maintains focus on quality and continuous delivery
Provides visibility into delivery targets, commitments, and progress
Is well managed - understands and coaches the team on delivery controls, compliance to minimize operational, and reputational risk
Understands domain architecture and targets to identify upstream and downstream dependencies and to support the team in risk management
Proactively identifies impediments and appropriately resolves using network of peers and formal channels (including escalation if required)
Supports Release Train Engineers, Product & Tech Teams to remove impediments and manage dependencies for delivery
Coaching
Integrates Agile and Lean principles into team practices and work products
Coaches Product Owner and team on backlog refinement and prioritization
Utilizes team feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity and works with team to continuously improve
Innovates with practices and frameworks through experimentation to improve the team and their delivery
Developing understanding and encouragement of team's engineering innovation and improvement (engineering practices, DevOps, etc.)
Coaches the team to improve collaboration and self-organization
Developing ability to act as an Agile mentor and coach to other Scrum Masters or any Agile role
Agile and Technical Learning: Actively seeks and participates in a variety of learning opportunities such as Communities of Practice, conferences, classroom training, and independent study to further develop self and community
Communicates with leaders across the organization on a regular basis to ensure transparency into delivery, risks, issues, etc.
Basic Qualifications:
At least 2 years of Agile Delivery experience utilizing Scrum, Kanban or SAFe methodologies
At least 4 years of Technology Project Delivery experience
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree
2+ years of experience with Jira, Jira Align, or Confluence
6+ years of Technology Project Delivery experience
Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), or PMIs Agile Certified Professional (ACP) certification
SAFe certified or experience (or other scaled agile frameworks)
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