Scrum Master Consultant Must be GC-USC

Job Description

Looking for Scrum Master Consultant===Must be GC-USC

Location: Rensselaer, NY

Citizenship Status - Must be US Citizen or GC

Rate: $DOE

Target Conversion Salary: TBD

Assignment Duration: Temp-To-Hire

Immediate requirement for Scrum Masters to support ongoing efforts to enhance the NYS MMIS (eMedNY) Agile Scrum Software Development Methodology across all projects within the portfolio. The successful candidate will facilitate increasing the organization’s utilization and skills in agile methodology (Scrum, SAFE, and others as defined); agile development best practices, and provide hands on assistance to project teams on setting up development projects using standardized program cadence, toolsets, etc.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

Support an Agile “Center of Excellence” within Systems Development

Coach and mentor Scrum Teams practicing agile methods and standard program cadence and release train approach

Work with Scrum Teams to create, prioritize and otherwise groom backlogs

Provide experienced senior leadership for implementation of the enterprise Agile program

Provide Agile metric progress reporting (Burndown, Team Velocity, etc.), Agile project maturity recommendations, training progress and set up processes to measure overall methodology efficiency

Assist with updating Agile process (i.e. SDLC), policies, standards, etc.

Assist with identifying Agile project potentially shippable increments (PSI), development of effort roadmaps, and support of project planning activities

Prepare Communications for IT Management

Provide guidance to Scrum Teams on Scrum processes, deliverables, and project status

Work with the Scrum Team to raise issues, identify benefits, and promote successes

Provide leadership and guidance to the Scrum Team on project status and visibility, including problem solving that may arise during an Agile project

Audit teams artifacts & Agile process documents for improvements

Support multiple Scrum Teams concurrently

Education:

Bachelors" Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Engineering or related field of study

Required Qualifications:

Minimum of 10 years" of directly related work experience

Must have a minimum of 8+ years of professional scrum master experience and have Scrum Master Certification (CSM)

Expert knowledge of Agile Scrum methodology

Expert knowledge of Atlassian Jira and Confluence, or similar tools

Must have hand on experience coaching and mentoring for new Agile Scrum team, Scrum Master, and Product Owners and mentoring existing Scrum Masters for continuous improvement

Demonstrated ability to facilitate and run effective meetings required

Ability to work under pressure and adhere to tight deadlines with a strong attention to detail required

Excellent communication skills both verbal and written

Desired Qualifications:

Knowledge of the following tools: Junit, Jenkins, Sonar, AppScan, and ServiceNow

Previous experience in a breadth of project management and/or technical roles that employed Agile delivery

Demonstrate and display high passion of the agile values and principles, be an inspiring and confident evangelist for the organization and enterprise

--

Best Regards

Vijay

Intuites LLC

4640 Valais Ct, Ste 101A, Johns Creek, GA 30022

Direct: Fax:

Email:

Full-time