Scrum Master

Company: Horizontal
Location: Indianapolis
Posted on: January 14, 2021

Job Description:

Projects the candidate will be working on:

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• This role will be serving as a dual scrum master / project manager for the App Ops teams supporting the UHOne business.
  
• There are multiple teams supporting UHOne each with a myriad of initiatives that need to be planned and monitored. This is considered a full-time role and we consider this a contract-to-hire position and not a temporary position.
  
  
  Ideal Background:
  
  
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  • Background in IT infrastructure / DevOps roles; looking for someone with both project management and scrum master/SAFe agilest experience to aid in the planning and execution of work of kanban teams.
    
    
    Team and Team size:
    
    
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    • These are operational teams made up of engineers, systems administrators, and a variety of other technical skills.
      
      
      Responsibilities:
      
      
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      • Act as a buffer between the software development teams and any distracting influences
        
      • Safeguard the quality of the products
        
      • Ensure that the Scrum process is used as intended and continually improved. Enforce the rules of Scrum, facilitate key meetings, and challenge the teams to innovate
        
      • Help the team with the planning of the Sprints, prioritization of the sprint backlog, coordinate the development process, identify and eliminate obstacles that prevent the team from achieving their goals, prepare burndown charts, and ensure crystal clear communication among everyone involved in the project.
        
        
        Primary Qualifications:
        
        
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        • Minimum of three years of ScrumMaster experience
          
        • Demonstrated solid understanding of Agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures
          
        • Experienced with leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
          
        • Must be self-motivated, positive, energetic, confident, and ethical with a strong drive for results
          
        • Excellent interpersonal, problem solving, and knowledge transfer skills
          
        • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
          
        • Capable of working individually and in a multidisciplinary team
          
        • Bachelors degree (or greater) in Computer Science or related field
          
          
          Competencies:
          
          
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          • Servant Leader - Must be able to garner respect from his/her team and be willing to get their hands dirty to get the job done
            
          • Communicative and social - Must be able to communicate well with teams
            
          • Facilitative - Must be able to lead and demonstrate value-add principles to a team
            
          • Assertive - Must be able to ensure Agile/Scrum concepts and principles are adhered to, must be able to be a voice of reason and authority, make the tough calls
            
          • Situational Awareness - Must be the first to notice differences and issues as they arise and elevate them to management
            
          • Enthusiastic - Must be high-energy
            
          • Continual improvement - Must continually be growing ones craft learning new tools and techniques to manage oneself and a team
            
          • Conflict resolution - Must be able to facilitate discussion and facilitate alternatives or different approaches
            
          • Attitude of empowerment - Must be able to lead a team to self-organization
            
          • Attitude of transparency - Must desire to bring disclosure and transparency to the business about development and grow business trust
            
          • Quick learner - Must be able to quickly gain a high level understanding of the technical and business domains of the Scrum teams
            
            
            Highly Desired Qualifications:
            
            
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            • ScrumMaster, CSPO or other Scrum certifications.
              
            • Background in Kanban and other Agile processes
              
            • Experience working with more than one team
              
            • Experience with offshore and otherwise distributed teams.
              
            • Previous software product development experience
              
            • Previous experience as a team lead
              
            • Configuration Management experience
              
            • Working knowledge of Rally
              
              
              Interview Process:
              
              
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              • a. How many rounds? We will review the resumes submitted, and then conduct a screening interview for those we select; we will select one or more candidates from the screening process to have one or more interviews (either 1 x 1 or panel) with the hiring manager and other team members. We anticipate making a final decision after conducting those interviews.
                
              • b. Video vs. phone? Video is preferred
                
              • c. How technical will the interviews be? That is to be determined; we will be seeking to assess the candidates knowledge and skills in the areas of project management and agile / Kanban practices as well as their experience with infrastructure / DevOps activities
                

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