Technical Scrum Master

at Teksystems in Evanston, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Description:

Our client is looking for a Scrum Master that will be supporting multiple internal products. They need to be very hands on and have a solid technical understanding to be able to talk with developers and understand what they are looking for (ideally coming from a developer background ). They do not need someone who is just a facilitator, they need to be very hands on and have a very strong understanding of the product they are supporting. Should have experience in an Agile environment – they are currently experimenting with SAFe so that is a plus to have.

Organization Overview

Our client unites people from all continents and cultures who take action to deliver real, long-term solutions to pressing issues facing our communities. Each year, members invest more than $200 million and 16 million volunteer hours to improve lives and create positive change in the world. In exchange for hard work and dedication in support of our client’s clubs and humanitarian initiatives, our employees receive competitive salaries, flexible schedules, comprehensive benefits, and job enrichment.

This position reports into lead scrum master role within IT delivery team. They will perform as a Scrum Master and Business Analyst on various product/project teams. As a Scrum master, they will enforce the rules of Scrum, remove impediments, ensure delivery, and constantly improve standards of work. When needed, they will gather requirements and convert them in user stories for development teams. They will work with a geographically distributed and diverse teams. The successful candidate will be a strong servant leader with knowledge of SDLC and product delivery.

Skills and Experience

- Bachelor’s degree

- 5 or more years of work experience as a Business analyst/Scrum Master/Product Owner

- Software Development Lifecycle knowledge (SDLC)

- Agile development practices

- Scrum Ceremonies

- Requirements Gathering

- User Story writing, grooming and estimating

- Familiarity to work with offshore teams

- Technically savvy to be able to run SQL queries, test Restful services, test frontend technologies

- Cross functional coordination experience is a plus

- Ability to translate technical nuances to simple language for business users

- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, JIRA and Confluence

Leadership Attributes

- Collaboration

- Communication

- Accountability

- Adaptability

Responsibilities:

Liaison and Communication

- Serve as liaison between technical and non-technical departments.

- Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution.

- Remove impediments within and among teams.

- Provide regular updates and feedback to product and project managers on the progress of IT efforts.

Business Analysis

- Model and analyze current state business processes and identify opportunities for improvements

- Design future state business processes

- Hold clear and concise discussions with stakeholders, partners, and vendors to gather requirements

- Translates business requirements into groomed user stories

- Coordinates and consolidates accurate estimates for groomed user stories

Planning and Management

- Participate in product requirement discussions and identify technical dependencies

- Help product owner and scrum team understand the need for clear and concise product backlog items

- Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress.

Development and Delivery

- Organize and facilitate all the scrum ceremonies and any meetings to remove impediments

- Channel scrum team’s focus on creating high-value increments that meet the Definition of Done

- Help identify feature dependencies and collaborate with other product teams for resolutions.

- Plan and run the Scrum of scrums to monitor the dependencies.

- Hold products teams accountable for their commitment and sprint outputs

- Ensure delivery of completed products following the established change control practices

- Directs user acceptance testing, as needed

Vendor management

- Assists product owners in the coordination of RFI/RFP efforts for technology vendors

- Assists product owners in consolidating RFP responses

- Supports coordination of technology vendor selection

Mentor and Coach

- Lead, train, and coach the team and organization in its scrum adoption

- Empower the team to self-organize and self-manage

- Coach the team on collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

• Scrum meetings sometimes need to start as early as 7am to accommodate off shore team so flexibility in work hours is required *

*Hybrid position – must be able to come into the office in Evanston on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

*Must be COVID vaccinated with at least one booster

6 month contract to start with intent of extending

This team currently is made up of 5-6 scrum masters. There are multiple products

We’re partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That’s the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.