Scrum Master

We are seeking an innovative, creative Scrum Master who is ready for the challenges, responsibilities, and rewards that come with working in a high-energy, fast-paced environment. The Scrum Master will work with Agile Team/s and all level of management, development and product management to help the team/s adopt agile framework. The successful person will be someone with strong leadership skills who can lead initiatives in the organization to improve our agile delivery and drive planning and improvements. A highly motivated self-starter with strong written and oral communication skills. If you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment with the smartest team, and the very latest technology, then this is the job for you!

• Support Product Owner and work closely with the team in product backlog grooming, program increment planning, sprint level planning / tracking and building software release plan
• Identify risks, barriers blocking the team and work with internal / external resources to remove or resolve the impediments
• The Scrum Master will be responsible for supporting Agile Team/s and provide them guidance in adapting SAFe, Scrum, Kanban and XP/Lean best practices.
• Organize and facilitate program increment planning ,daily stand-up, sprint planning, review, demo and retrospective & other agile related events
• Build and develop high-performing, self-organizing teams by facilitating team collaboration, manage conflicts resolutions and team challenges
• Lead teams to meet their goals and promote continuous improvement in areas including quality, predictability, flow, velocity and work processes
• Develop , track , monitor release plans for your teams & adjust plans as needed
• Track and communicate metrics including team velocity and iteration/release progress.
• Protect the team from distractions and external interferences
• Maintain a proper power of balance among the project owner, scrum team and management
• Create communication channels, coordinate activities with other remote teams
• Attend Scrum of Scrums meetings
• Partner with Product Owner/s to ensure Organizational Readiness prior to implementations.
• Update agile tracking system to provide transparency on Product & Iteration Backlogs.
• Communicates status, report progress to management and outside stakeholders

• Certified Scrum Master and Scrum Professional. PMP certification is a plus
• Must have development (or) engineering experience in at least one of the following technology areas – satellite communications, telecommunications, Networking , VOIP, Video
• 7+ years of Scrum master experience
• Previous experience working with Engineering/ Software/Hardware/Firmware Development Teams and guiding the teams in adapting agile practices.
• Must have experience managing projects with distributed team members including a mix of onsite and offshore resources.
• Must be familiar with a variety of SDLC concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Strong working knowledge of Scrum concepts, rules and practices
• Knowledge of Agile methodology and frameworks like Kanban, XP, Lean, SAFe etc.
• Proven ability to coach team to ensure Agile / Scrum principles, practices are adhered to by the team
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
• Proven results of having created useful, reliable and practical plans through sprints executions
• Familiar with software development processes, procedures and product development life cycle.
• Experience using Agile development tracking tools such as Jira, Rally, Version One etc
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and work independently in a demanding, dynamic environment

• M.S / B.S. Degree in Computer Science/ Engineering or a related field

PROFESSIONAL QUALITIES:

• Great Communicator, strong interpersonal skills, a people person
• Has a ‘can do’ attitude – willing to dive into and take ownership.
• Excellent management, negotiation and communication (verbal/written) skills at a technical /
• non-technical level
• Can work under pressure in high visibility situations.
• Flexible – able to quickly adapt to changing conditions and make decisions based on incomplete data.
• Self-motivated. Take initiative and demonstrate assertiveness to make timely decisions
• Demonstrate emotional maturity in all interactions
• Support the team/s using a servant leadership style and leading by example.
• While we emphasis the ability to work in a team, the candidate must also be effective as a single contributor as the situation warrants.
• Willing to take direction and follow sound departmental processes.