Responsibilities

• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives).
• Guide the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values.
• Remove impediments or guide the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the blocker.
• Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on healing and problem-solving.
• Facilitate getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.
• Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.
• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.
• Support and educate the Product Owner, especially on grooming and maintaining the product backlog.
• Provide all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Proven 5+ years' experience as a Scrum Master in a software development environment, specifically with projects involving Java, MongoDB, and Informatica.
• Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.
• Knowledge of various well-documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.).
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills.
• Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I) is strongly preferred.
• Experience with Agile software development methodologies.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain Public Trust Clearance
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