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Company: Armor
Location: Dallas, TX

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At Armor, innovation is realized each day. Every employee feels our passion, knows the vision and lives the company values. Everyone on the team — regardless of their professional background, department or position — learns right away that their role is important to Armor’s success. The ability to scale, innovate, design and deliver are made possible by our values.
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Scrum Master

Summary:

Armor is seeking a talented and dynamic certified Scrum Master to join our Product Delivery team. This role will work as part of the scrum team to provide guidance and coaching on agile and lean practices as well as the Scrum framework. The ideal candidate will help the scrum team achieve self-organization, become highly effective at delivering software features, focus on business value and delighting users, as well as promote a sustainable and predictable work pace. Ideal candidates for this position will have deep knowledge of or experience in:

  • Coaching agile concepts and lean thinking
  • Scrum framework
  • Software development organizations
  • Working within a high growth company


Scrum Master Essential Duties and Responsibilities: (Additional duties may be assigned as required)

  • Responsible for motivating teams to achieve a high level of efficiency and predictability through coaching, planning, and metrics reporting
  • Guiding the team on how to get the most out of self-organization to meet team goals and product deliverables
  • Assess the agile maturity of the team to focus efforts for continuous improvement
  • Remove organizational impediments as well as guiding the team on how to resolve impediments independently
  • Build a trusting and safe environment where issues can be raised and addressed with an emphasis on problem-solving and collaboration
  • Facilitating task commitment and completion without coercing, assigning, or dictating the work
  • Facilitate discussion, decision-making, and conflict resolution
  • Assist the team with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
  • Support and educate the Product Owner on roadmap planning, backlog maintenance, and scrum ceremonies
  • Facilitate discussions to define the Definition of Done, Definition of Ready, and CI/CD strategy
  • Coach team on how to collaborate effectively with other teams, stakeholders, and other areas of the organization
  • Provide support to the team using a servant leadership style, and leading by example
  • Ensure stakeholders and subject matter experts are engaged and expectations have been set regarding their involvement and participation
  • Familiarity with cultures and business practices throughout the Americas, EMEA, and APAC


Required Skills:

  • Ability to coach and mentor teams on Agile practices
  • Ability to think critically and assess the needs of the organization to adapt and apply agile practices to projects and teams
  • Experience in product delivery within a software company
  • Exceptional communication (oral and written), interpersonal, organizational, and presentation skills
  • Rapidly adapt and respond to changes in environment and priorities
  • Excellent listening, problem solving, management, and analytical skills


Education And/Or Experience:

  • Scrum master certified (CSM)
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience in a Scrum Master role
  • Experience developing metrics/KPI to assess team performance (e.g. burndown charts, velocity, defect tracking, release projections, etc.)
  • Experience working with SDLC tools and software (i.e. Jira)


Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate. The work environment may be in either an office setting, at the company’s data center, or at a third-party location for training.


Equal Opportunity Employer


It is the policy of the company to comply with all employment laws and to afford equal employment opportunity to individuals in all aspects of employment, including in selection for job opportunities, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local laws.

Armor Core Values
Fight for the Greater Good : At Armor, we don’t take the title of “hero” lightly. We understand that our customers look to us for guidance through the increasingly treacherous threat landscape, often entrusting us with their vital assets: their data. Being a “hero” means that you are driven by a cause greater than yourself, driven to fight for what is right and just for the benefit of others. To answer this call, Armor Heroes must be morally right, virtuous servants. A vigorously trained, committed group devoted to protection and defense. Their unrelenting desire to destroy attackers and eliminate threats is innate. Their ultimate reward is the fulfillment in knowing that people have been protected.
Relentless Security : We are a security company. It’s our top priority. It is why we exist. We never compromise in our effort to defend sensitive data and provide customers with the industry’s most secure environments. We volunteer our best every day and go to any length to ensure our customers are protected to the fullest extent possible. We do not believe in taking shortcuts to deliver services or protect our customers. Simply put, we want customers to rave about their experience with us.
Embrace Change : When frequent and unexpected change becomes the only constant, Armor Heroes must be able to adapt quickly while remaining focused on delivering exceptional results for our customers. In the modern IT landscape, we don’t have the luxury of becoming set in our ways, especially when the threat landscape continues to evolve at a blistering pace. Being complacent not only puts our customers at risk but also the legacy we have built as champions for data security in the face of increasingly sophisticated threats. We are ardent believers in embracing change and leveraging it for the betterment of those we serve.
Bad News First : We know that from time to time situations occur that are out of our control. We also acknowledge that no company or individual is perfect. We foster a culture that encourages a healthy degree of calculated risk-taking, which we believe drives creativity and innovation. While we strive for perfection, we encourage Heroes to bring issues to the table and recommend solutions. This corporate culture allows us to grow as a company, determine areas where we can improve, and work in an environment of honesty and openness.
Tenacious Execution : When it comes to the security we provide our customers, good-enough service is simply not good enough. Armor believes in going beyond the expectations of our customers and providing them with a level of service that leaves them with a raving impression of our company and employees. We apply this same pursuit to our Heroes. We want our Heroes to rave about working at Armor. Their enthusiasm and passion will produce a higher quality of service that translates to a better customer experience. We understand the importance of this connection. Ultimately, our goal is to make every customer a Raving Fan.
Check your Ego : We recognize that every employee brings experience and a unique skill set to the company. We value our diversity. No one individual is more important than another and that every contribution has significance in its own way. This is why our heroes check their ego at the door each day. This cultural mindset helps ensure that we work together effectively, as a team, to deliver the best security and service to our customers.
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