Sr. Scrum Master

TEKsystems•Baltimore, MD

5d•$87,000 - $130,500•Remote

About The Position

Think of TEKsystems Global Services (TGS) as the growth solution for enterprises today. We unleash growth through technology, strategy, design, execution and operations with a customer-first mindset for bold business leaders. We deliver cloud, data and customer experience solutions. Our partnerships with leading cloud, design and business intelligence platforms fuel our expertise. We value deep relationships, dedication to serving others and inclusion. We drive positive outcomes for our people and our business, and we stay true to our commitments and act in harmony with our words. We exist to create significant opportunity for people to achieve fulfillment through career success. Ready to join us? Here’s what the opportunity supported through our TGS Talent Acquisition Team requires: The Sr. Scrum Master is responsible for ensuring Scrum Masters and Agile teams live and act in accordance with Agile values and principles. They also function as Jr. coaches and mentors. They provide support, guidance, and coaching,ensuring that engagements are delivered consistently using TEKsystems and Agile best practices. They coordinate withthe team and TEKsystems Delivery Management, coordinating scope, schedule, and work to achieve the best possible execution outcomes for our projects for both internal and external stakeholders. Participate in the recruitment process as and when required. Essential Functions: · Be a strong servant leader and serve for client engagement, ensuring client satisfaction and delivery outcome. · Remove impediments and escalating issues as appropriate. · Evangelize the Agile Mindset and Principles · Guide the team on the adoption of the chosen Agile framework for the engagement. · Expert in project initiation with the customer with the agile team and ready to facilitate Team alignment workshop, Way of Working session to form team consensus during DD&A phase. · Collaborates with technical subject matter experts to translate architectural guidance and non- functional requirements into practical delivery plans. · Foster an environment where the team is self-organizing, and the project goals are clear. · Mentor Product Owners and/or Business Analysts for effective Product Backlog management. · Coach on Agile principles and long-term product planning in an empirical environment · Facilitate team events and meetings as requested or needed. · Facilitate close cooperation, communication, and teamwork across the board. · Facilitate PI planning, Release planning around business objective, scope, and schedule. · Coordinates cross-team dependencies and maintains governance. · Enable team building and navigating internal team dynamics. · Protect the team from outside distractions. · Maintain overall transparency. · Ensure the existence and accuracy of information radiators. · Review SOW, SLAs and organize internal and external stakeholder’s expectations around value. · Collect metrics, create reports on Agile OKRs/KPIs along with the risk and mitigation strategy

Requirements

5-8+ years of relevant IT and consulting experience in the application development space
4+ years of scrum Master, agile project manager, technical project manager experience.
Experience working on complex projects with multiple streams using Scrum, Kanban, SAFe etc.
Understanding of microservices, APIs, CI/CD, Test automation, cloud, and DevOps practices
Proficiency in Planning, Estimation, Dependencies management, Impediment removal, Risk mitigation, and Stakeholder communication
Excellent in facilitation, conflict resolution, coach, and lead team by example without authority
Proficient in Jira, Azure DevOps, or other requirement and project management tools
Certified as a Scrum Master (CSM, PSM, SSM, etc.) in good standing.
Strong inter-personal skills and demonstrated leadership skills.
In depth understanding of Outsourcing Services
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Analysis and problem solving, strong analytical skills.
Excellent time management and organizational skills
Flexible, able to oversee multiple initiatives concurrently in a diversified environment.
Fast Learner with a Proactive attitude

Nice To Haves

Foundation level certification in AWS, GCP, Azure is a plus.
Certified Release Train Engineer (RTE) and Project Management Professional (PMP)is a plus.
Understanding of Business Analysis aspect
Handling of multiple teams

Responsibilities

Be a strong servant leader and serve for client engagement, ensuring client satisfaction and delivery outcome.
Remove impediments and escalating issues as appropriate.
Evangelize the Agile Mindset and Principles
Guide the team on the adoption of the chosen Agile framework for the engagement.
Expert in project initiation with the customer with the agile team and ready to facilitate Team alignment workshop, Way of Working session to form team consensus during DD&A phase.
Collaborates with technical subject matter experts to translate architectural guidance and non- functional requirements into practical delivery plans.
Foster an environment where the team is self-organizing, and the project goals are clear.
Mentor Product Owners and/or Business Analysts for effective Product Backlog management.
Coach on Agile principles and long-term product planning in an empirical environment
Facilitate team events and meetings as requested or needed.
Facilitate close cooperation, communication, and teamwork across the board.
Facilitate PI planning, Release planning around business objective, scope, and schedule.
Coordinates cross-team dependencies and maintains governance.
Enable team building and navigating internal team dynamics.
Protect the team from outside distractions.
Maintain overall transparency.
Ensure the existence and accuracy of information radiators.
Review SOW, SLAs and organize internal and external stakeholder’s expectations around value.
Collect metrics, create reports on Agile OKRs/KPIs along with the risk and mitigation strategy