Title: Agile Scrum Master

Location: Austin, TX

Duration: Long Term

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Job Description:

The Candidate will lead and provide day-to-day management guidance and direction to scrum teams in applying agile principles and best practices utilizing the Scrum framework for implementation of new CPA solutions, including but not limited to updating various Tax application solutions.

The Candidate will:

• Facilitate all scrum events: daily scrum, backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint demo and retrospective meetings.
• Guide, facilitate and teach the Agile mindset, core values, principles and Scrum best practices to the team and others throughout the organization.
• Manage, with Agile principles and best practices, multiple projects of medium to large scale and guide the teams through the scrum process to ensure tested, functional, valuable software is delivered to the customer at the end of each sprint/iteration.
• Recognize and remove impediments for the scrum (development) team.
• Ensure the teams are reflecting on their performance after each sprint to identify successes, as well as failures, and continuously improving their way or working to increase the value delivered to the customer.
• Assess performance of teams and programs, finds opportunities for improvement, and makes recommendations and implements changes and steps to increase the team's productivity.
• Work with product owners and teams to provide strategies and techniques to maintain and build product backlogs reflective of customers' needs.
• Coach scrum teams to become self-organizing.
• Collaborate with other scrum masters to improve the overall agile strategy and provide alignment in sprint execution.
• Provide detailed metrics and dashboard covering tasks, assigned resources, and story points including burn down charts.

CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Clear understanding of the agile mindset and the differences between agile and traditional waterfall methodologies
• Conflict resolution through conversation by focusing on scrum values of openness, honesty, and respect.
• Servant leader who puts others before themself and helps individuals develop and optimize performance to be successful.
• Lead through change, advocate for, and influence an agile transformation.
• Collaborate and work across the organization.
• Lead technical teams, such as development, architecture, test automation, and/or dev ops.
• Problem-solving and multi-tasking skills with a readiness to put in extra time and effort when necessary.
• Knowledge of agile development methodologies to include Kanban, Lean, Extreme Programming and others.
• Software development industry knowledge
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills

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• Certifications (at least one): Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), or SAFe Scrum Master

Required skills:

• 7 years of Extensive knowledge of the Agile Development Methodologies with advanced knowledge and experience utilizing the Scrum framework leading multiple scrum teams in medium to large scale enterprise environments

• 5 years of experience as a Scrum Master on large projects including Performing Scrum Ceremonies (sprint planning, daily standups, reviews/demos, retrospectives)
• 5 years of experience as a Scrum Master on large projects including: Refining backlog and helping team refine epics/stories through progressive elaboration
• 5 years of experience as a Scrum Master on large projects including: Creating burndown/burnup charts and reporting to management on team performance
• 5 years of experience with highly complex application security requirements
• 4 years of experience in Last 4 consecutive years with a working title on resume of "Scrum Master" or "Agile Coach"
• 4 years of experience as a Scrum Master and proven ability to lead scrum teams in the execution of scrum processes, agile principles/values, and providing monitoring including risk/issues management
• 4 years of experience in project management including Agile and other SDLC methodologies plus knowledge of software development methodologies, testing, design, and implementations
• 2 years of experience in Proficient with Jira and Confluence
• 2 years of experience in Certifications (at least one): Agile Scrum Master Certification (Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)

Preferred Skills:

• 3 years of experience in Proficient with the Microsoft Office products, including Outlook, TEAMS, Microsoft Project, Word, Visio, Excel, and PowerPoint
• 3 years of experience as a software developer
• 3 years of experience with modern development languages, frameworks, and architectures such as React, JavaScript, Spring Framework, Microservices, CI/CD, Cloud Native, etc.
• 2 years of experience with Java, .NET, Natural, or COBOL
• 2 years of experience using SQL in one of more of the following RDBMS products: DB2 z/OS, SQL Server, Oracle
• 2 years of experience in Serving in a technical leadership role on software development projects
• 1 year of experience in Texas CPA Systems
• 1 year of experience in as member of an agile development team and delivered a final finished product into a production environment
• 1 year of experience in Participation in a successful agile transformation
• 1 year of experience in Advanced certifications: Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM), SAFe Advanced Scrum Master, Certified Agile Leadership (CAL), Certified Agile Coach (CTC or CEC)
• 1 year of experience in Certifications (at least one): Certified Team Coach (CTC), SAFe (Scrum Master), Professional Scrum Master Trainer (PSMT)