Description
About Us:

Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant, a member of the NASDAQ-100, is ranked 195 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com.

About Cognizant's IoT Practice:

Intelligent, IoT-enabled products will soon result in the proliferation of data and disrupt virtually all industries. To be successful, both large and small companies must leverage IoT capabilities by designing modern products that fundamentally connect people with processes. Within Cognizant IOT, we engineer industry-aligned, IoT-enabled products that merge industry needs with human drivers. Our intelligent products will revolutionize experiences and result in exciting, transformative outcomes. Without human-centered thinking, connected products are just standalone things-but with it, our modern connected products facilitate a unified way of life enjoyed by all.

Job Summary

You will be our go-to person for applying scrum to produce high-quality work. Scrum Master duties include driving our scrum framework, resolving problems and coaching team members on Agile methodologies. You should have excellent knowledge of the scrum framework, with all its artifacts and techniques. You'll also need the ability to coordinate people and projects (occasionally facilitating changes) with your mind set on deliverables. If you're a strong communicator, a capable leader and you're invested in Agile frameworks, we'd like to meet you.

Roles & Responsibilities

Build and maintain a strong framework of Agile practices, processes, and artifacts,

Support and coach our Scrum teams through all agile scrum events and practices to enable the teams in their delivery and execution of business value.

Define, maintain and update the Scrum team's metrics and artifacts to ensure accurate and transparent communications to the stakeholders and across the teams.

Work closely with Product Owners to assist with the backlog's health assessment and enrichment.

Encourage Agile behaviors, reinforcing practices, norms, ceremonies, and supporting the overall Scrum Team performance and effectiveness,

Drive a collaborative and supportive team culture through team building and engagement practices,

Adapt our structures to client's agile frameworks (e.g. SAFe) and ensure compatibility.

Cultivate strong inter- and intra-departmental relationships and promote a positive, execution-focused work environment.

Guide development teams as well as leadership to higher scrum maturity.

Help build a productive environment where team members 'own' the product and enjoy working on it

Enable the organization to scale while applying agile principles.

Requirements and skills

Working on agile scrum development teams for 10+ years in a dedicated role as Scrum Master

Experience and practice of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.

Excellent knowledge of Agile techniques and artifacts (such as definition of done, user stories, automated testing, backlog refinement)

Solid Jira and Confluence Experience

Certified Scrum Master (CSM or alike) and/or SAFe certified

Experience with and/or understanding of techniques such as Behavior Driven Development, Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, and Automated Testing is a plus

Good knowledge of other Agile frameworks (SAFe, XP, etc.)

Degree in computer science, software engineering or a related field

Work Authorization

Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.

Compensation: -This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.

Benefits : Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Qualifications
Technical Skills

SNo

Primary Skill

Proficiency Level *

Rqrd./Dsrd.

1

Agile Methodologies

PL1

Desired

2

Scrum

PL1

Required

3

CX-Scrum Master

PL1

Required

4

Agile

PL1

Required

* Proficiency Legends

Proficiency Level

Generic Reference

PL1

The associate has basic awareness and comprehension of the skill and is in the process of acquiring this skill through various channels.

PL2

The associate possesses working knowledge of the skill, and can actively and independently apply this skill in engagements and projects.

PL3

The associate has comprehensive, in-depth and specialized knowledge of the skill. She / he has extensively demonstrated successful application of the skill in engagements or projects.

PL4

The associate can function as a subject matter expert for this skill. The associate is capable of analyzing, evaluating and synthesizing solutions using the skill.