Agile Scrum Master - Onsite

Genesis10 • Chicago, IL

7h • Onsite

About The Position

Genesis10 is seeking an Agile Scrum Master for a 12-month contract opportunity with a Global Financial Institution. This onsite role is located in Denver, CO, Chicago, IL, or Washington, DC. The Scrum Master will lead and direct agile project teams to achieve project-defined business outcomes, serving as a process coach within a cross-functional software development team. Key responsibilities include ensuring the team adheres to agile values, identifying and resolving risks and impediments, and facilitating team progress.

Requirements

• 8 years of demonstrable experience of Scrum Management
• Strong organization and facilitation skills, including the ability to prioritize work and drive out deadlines
• Expert ability to track, manage and resolve dependencies, blockers, issues, and risks
• Strong analytical skills and drive to take initiative and be proactive to collect details needed to address blockers
• Strong ability to lead, influence and drive team efforts and results
• Must work well with internal and external team members, with an ability to manage and resolve conflicts collaboratively and with patience
• Advanced experience in JIRA, Confluence, and Release Management tools
• Excellent written, oral communication, and presentation skills
• Hands-on experience with managing large scale agile, technical projects and executive communications
• Able to work independently with limited supervision
• Experience building dashboards and filtering/lookups in Jira
• Experience working in an Agile development process and deep understanding of various phases of the Software Development Life Cycle

Nice To Haves

• Experience or understanding of SOAR, SIEM, TINES
• Understanding of enterprise change standards

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct agile project teams to deliver the project-defined business outcomes
• Act as a process coach within a cross-functional software development team
• Guide the team's adherence to the agile values and principles within the software development lifecycle
• Support the team in identifying risk, identifying proposed solutions for identified issues, and leading the removal of impediments
• Manage scrum team coordination, work with Product Owners and Technical Leads in managing the backlog, and provide support for backlog related activities
• Consult and coach other Scrum Teams and support the development of Agile Scrum processes

Benefits

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20 years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed