Scrum Master

• Candidate MUST have at least 12 years of total IT experience*

• Candidates MUST be local to Louisiana.

• Candidate MUST have any government experience.

• Candidate MUST have an active Scrum Master certification (include copy)

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Guide and Mentor multiple teams and organization using Agile/Scrum best practices, methodologies and values.
• Assess the Scrum maturity of the teams and organization and coaching the teams to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the teams and organization.
• Remove impediments or guide a team to remove impediments.
• Facilitate completion of work assignments, assigning, or dictating work assignments.
• Facilitate discussion, decision making, team building and conflict resolution.
• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information; supporting product owners and project leadership to maximize return on investment (ROI) and meet the organization's objectives.
• Support and educating the Product Owner and teams, to include, but not limited to grooming and maintaining the product backlog.
• Engage in agile delivery utilizing best agile methodology (i.e. Scrum, Kanban, etc).
• Provide support to teams using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example.
• Facilitate all necessary team meetings in accordance with Scrum ceremonies.
• Participates in all design sessions.
• Performs or directs the performance of special tasks as assigned.

Core Skills: Scrum, JIRA, Kanban

Mandatory Skills:

1. 5 years of experience in the Scrum Master role
2. Scrum Master certification (include copy of certificate with resume)

Desirable Skills:

1. Identifying and building Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure program performance.
2. Experience with JIRA.
3. Creating and maintaining product timelines, status reports, communication plans, and other product management related documentation.