Job Description :
Project Deliverables: The Scrum Master will provide leadership as follows:
Help assure the team follows the Scrum and Scaled Agile Framework processes, S/he will coordinate sprint planning, lead daily scrums, coordinates each sprint review and participate in Agile Release Train planning sessions. S/he will make sure that sprint participants understand their roles and assignments;
Assure that all aspects of Rally, the SAFe software portfolio management tool used, are promptly updated for each scrum team;
Help the team meet their Program Increment objectives for all features committed to during Program Increment planning through solid execution of each of the Program Increment Sprints;
Help the team meet their daily and iteration objectives, including working to remove impediments and communicating with other teams;
Facilitate Team continuous process improvement;
Coordinate solution implementation and delivery with other Scrum Masters on the Release Train;
Help foster Agile code quality practices, including providing guidance to assist the teams in constantly improving code quality;
Keep leadership informed, through participation in the Scrum of Scrum meetings;
Coordinate team efforts under architectural and portfolio governance, system level integration and the biweekly System Demo;
Use normalized estimating to help the program estimate larger features and epics;
Facilitate preparation and readiness for release planning and Inspect and Adapt ceremonies.

The Scrum Master will be assigned to one of five scrum teams. For each sprint, the SM will:
Groom the backlog; keep the number of user stories greater than the work to be done. With each sprinit, establish the priorities for the sprint.
Update all Rally scrum team artifacts.
Update the task board moving items to completed.
Maintain a burn-down chart showing progress.
Maintain a cumulative flow from the sprints, managing the workload.
Coordinate the showcase at the end of each sprint, guiding team to that end, scheduling and inviting stakeholders.

Project Requirements:
The system will eventually be used by approximately 20,000 users throughout the State and provide information to or respond to requests from over 87 separate external interfaces.
Client will be in full compliance with the Statewide Enterprise Architecture standards, the Statewide Project Management Methodology and provide software support for numerous MN and Federal statutes in the Vehicle and Driver’s License domains.

Mandatory Qualifications:
5 years of Scrum Master experience
3 years of Scrum Master experience in a multi-scrum team environment for one or more large enterprise project(s) (project budget in excess of $2 million)

Desired Skills:
Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) experience
Certification in SAFe
             

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