Scrum Master 3 #JN -042021-62262
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Posted on: April 6, 2021
Industry: Java/J2EE
Job Number: JN -042021-62262
Top must-have skills / Candidate Requirements:
- Agile is required
- Strong leadership skills
- Jira is required
- Ability to provide training to the teams that are not on Agile
- SharePoint
- Confluence
- Establish strong relationships with business owners and product owners
- Establish strong relationship with line of business
- Previous technical experience (previous Software Developer would be idea)
Years of overall experience required:
- 6-8
Day to day responsibilities:
- Train/Educate the Fixed income department on Agile
- Building strong relationships with the business
- Facilitate backlog grooming
- Keep reports up to date
- Work with team members
- Run multiple sprint planning and grooming sessions projects/teams
- Divide the large fixed income team into pods and run sprints with the teams and do the backlogs
Degrees or certifications required:
- 4-year degree
- Scrum Master Certification is required
Summary:
- The main function of a scrum master is to guide a team to use Agile and Scrum practices and values to meet customer needs. The typical Scrum master coaches a team to perform all task according to scrum processes
Job Responsibilities:
- Facilitate daily stand-ups and supporting the team in following the Scrum delivery process..
- Handle traditional project management duties including: scope definition, staffing, communication of status to clients and partners, and risk/issue management
- Consult with users, management, vendors, and technicians to assess computing needs and system requirements
- Author user stories, acceptance criteria and execute a portion of the testing on projects
- Serve the team and product owner in turning requirements into the working software
- Ensure product quality expectations are defined and known across the team. Collaborate with the team in scheduling work, including defect remediation and refactoring, guarding against the accumulation of technical debt
- Evaluate data processing proposals to assess project feasibility and requirements
Skills:
- Verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, attention to detail and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently and manage one’s time
- Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, electronic equipment and computer hardware and software
- Knowledge of production processes, quality control, costs and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods
- Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, and production methods
- Knowledge of computer software, such as Visual Basic, Java, SQL, etc.
Education/Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field or equivalent work experience required
- MBA or other related advanced degree preferred
- ScrumMaster Certification Preferred but not required
- 6-8 years’ experience required