Client: SEI Investments
Title: ScrumMaster
Location: Oaks, PA (2 days' per week on-site is required from the start)
Duration: Long-Term Contact (multi-year)
Interview Process: 2 steps with client (both via video)
Responsibilities include:
- Mentors the empowered, self-organizing, and self-accountable teams that are responsible for delivery of successful outcomes at each sprint.
- Facilitates the teams progress toward the PSI and team objectives
- Protects the team from external distractions
- Leads the team's efforts in continuous improvement which includes; helping the team to improve, take responsibility for their actions and become problem solvers for themselves.
- Records suggested improvements and tracks progress towards achieving these goals
- Enforces the rules of the SAFe Agile and Development Team Scrum process
- Helps eliminate obstacles to the adoption of enterprise Technical Practices - adhering to SAFe's - Six Agile Software Engineering Practices for Achieving High Quality Code agile architecture, continuous integration, test-first, refactoring, pair work and collective ownership
- Leads the team to stay focused on Business and Sprint Goals
- Identifies and tracks cross-team dependencies
- Eliminates impediments by actively addressing issues with other scrum teams so that the team can stay focused on achieving the objectives of the iteration.
- Coordinates with other Scrum Masters, the Systems Team and shared resources in the Agile Release Train (ART) Release Planning meetings.
- Facilitates preparation and readiness for Sprint and PSI Planning meetings
- Works with other Scrum Masters, the Systems Team and shared resources throughout each Sprint and PSI
- Uses normalized estimating to help the program estimate larger features and EPICs
- Assists the Product Owner in preparing for various planning,backlog refinement meetings and other requested activities
- Keeps track of the backlog to assist the Product Owner in aligning User Stories with Features / Business Objectives
- Documents decisions as needed
- Coordinates teams operating under architectural and portfolio governance, system level integration and System Demos
- Participates in the Scrum of Scrums and coordinates with other Scrum Masters as necessary
- Escalates impediments and risks to the RTE that cannot be resolved at the team level
- Facilitates team collaboration with System Architect to ensure high quality technical delivery
- Facilitates team collaboration with QA Manager to drive testing strategies, testing automation and overall quality process improvement
- Supports RET and Scrum Master in Train/Team retrospectives and continuous improvement activities.
- Support User Acceptance Testing Process
- Works with Product Management and Product Ownerto help assure strategy and execution alignment
- Encourages Communities of Practice around SAFeby participating in the Scrum Master Community of Practice forums
- Acts as a mindset change agent from traditional team manager to servant leader
Required:
- Displays Servant Leadership skills
- Working knowledge of Scrum, XP, and SAFe(CSM preferred)
- Ability to motivate a team
- Proven decision-making, problem-solving and conflict resolution skills.
- Detail oriented with the ability to organize and prioritize tasks to ensure timely delivery of the Sprints/PSI's.
- Strong Process orientation
- Strong conceptual grasp of technology with successful history of delivery technical projects.
- Strong understanding of SAFe or iterative development processes, quality and testing best practices.
- Extensive experience in large-scale projects requiring the integration of 3rd party software within common technical infrastructure, as well as managing 3rd party software development.
- Must have experience with object-oriented development methodology for J2EE/UNIX/Oracle environment, including design, testing and performance engineering.
- Demonstrated solid leadership and collaboration skills.
- Proven track record of team management.
- Strong Verbal and Oral Communication skills.
- Conflict resolution and negotiating skills.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Demonstrable project management experience.
- Strong problem solver and proven ability to think creatively and seek optimum solutions.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, or equivalent relevant experience.
- History of successful project completion and team building;
- Good presentation, communication, and negotiation skills
- Experience interfacing with management
- Desire to work collaboratively with the all Agile teamsand their stakeholders
- Possess a high level of technical savvy.
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills, including understanding of technical writing requirements
- Comfort in delegating tasks, inter-relating with teams and hitting deadlines
Required Skills : 7+ years of IT experience with 2-3 years+ of ScrumMaster experience
Basic Qualification : Must work on-site 2 days' per week
Additional Skills : Must work on-site 2 days' per weekLong Term Contract
Background Check :Yes
Drug Screen :Yes
Notes :Long Term Contract
Selling points for candidate :Long Term Contract
Project Verification Info :Apex Letter SOW/PO Client Letter w/ language of 3 years!
Candidate must be your W2 Employee :No
Exclusive to Apex :No
Face to face interview required :No
Candidate must be local :No
Candidate must be authorized to work without sponsorship ::No
Interview times set :Yes
Type of project :Other Project Type
Master Job Title :Scrum Master
Branch Code :Philadelphia