Agile Scrum Master

Agile Scrum Master

Job Description

The client requires the services of a senior Agile Scrum/Flow Master with the responsibilities for supporting the agile teams in their agile ceremonies and planning and implementation for the project and the operations and maintenance.

The client requires the services of a senior Agile Scrum/Flow Master in the client organization with the responsibilities for supporting the agile teams in their agile ceremonies and planning and implementation of Epics and features that adds business value for both the project and the operations and maintenance. This role will perform daily assignment tracking, prioritization with business and divisions and will be involved in removing impediments for the team, and release planning with technical leads and team. This role will help with daily srum meetings, backlog refinement meetings, sprint planning and other agile ceremonies along with monthly releases, quarterly PI planning and other status meetings for managerial briefings and updates. This role will also help in measurig various metrics in the agile teams and drive continuous improvement, guiding and coaching team to achieve agile maturity along with planning, managing, and delivering solution for program backlogs. This position will work as Scrum/Flow master under Aqua portfolio and will be used for various client program efforts around FNS and EPI programs and potentially help other programs supported in Aqua portfolio for agile transformation, RSC meetings, Sync meetings etc. This role will also help with the quarterly PI planning and RSC coordination across client and potentially across Aqua Portfolio in the near future.

Skill - Required / Desired - Amount of Experience
Strong experience understanding and implementing Agile values, principles, and practices (i.e., Kanban, Scrum) based on Team's maturity. - Required - 7 Years
Strong hands on experience with tools like JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and SharePoint. - Required - 7 Years
Experience with JIRA to create/enhance dashboards, monitor progress of sprint/work flow, and providing statuses in timely manner. - Required - 7 Years
Demonstrated experience working on multiple priorities and/or projects simultaneously without impact to quality of work. - Required - 7 Years
Experience working with stakeholders for backlog item prioritization, grooming, and understanding of epic/stories/tasks - Required - 7 Years
Experience with work breakdown and estimation, sprint planning, monitoring progress and removing impediments to deliver solutions for business needs. - Required - 7 Years
Strong experience using facilitation and communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences. - Required - 5 Years
Strong experience using risk and business impact analysis and reporting skills. - Required - 7 Years
Experience in gaining buy-in and support from stakeholders - Required - 4 Years
Experience managing, maintaining, and analyzing data to derive meaningful and actionable insights about the portfolio. - Required - 4 Years
Demonstrated experience using effective leadership, interpersonal and conflict resolution skills. - Required - 4 Years
Demonstrated experience working with planning just enough, just in time to START moving forward. - Required - 4 Years
Certified Agile Scrum Master or Kanban Flow Master - Required - 5 Years
Experience with Program Increment (PI) planning and tracking dependencies across functional teams. - Required - 3 Years
Demonstracted experience on the technical side of the application development cycle to support the agile teams in driving enhancements and projects. - Required - 7 Years
Certified SPC or SAFe agilist in SAFe transformation - Desired - 3 Years
Certified Project Manager - Desired - 5 Years

Notes:
Hybrid

VIVA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants have an equal opportunity for placement, and all employees have an equal opportunity to develop on the job. This means that VIVA will not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.