Perform all of Level I duties and responsibilities.
Facilitate Scrum ceremonies for up to two scrum teams
Ability to deliver thought leadership as an inspiring and confident evangelistic change leader.
Develop creative ways to embed Agile ceremonies, practices and values.
Coaching the team members in self-management and cross-functionality while challenging them to increase introspection through several different Retrospective techniques
Skillful in relationship building and negotiating by using facilitation techniques capable of connecting ideas and people providing positive outcomes.
Manage a portfolio backlog of epics and features, and facilitate effective decision making.
Provide feedback to management at all levels regarding agile practices and transformation within their teams.
Provide insight to new and emerging perspectives and point of views on Agile and related subjects.
Use knowledge of various Agile frameworks and techniques as theory to develop effective Agile practices within the MSUFCU organization which complement the highly valued organizational culture.
Develop and monitor metrics-led continuous improvement efforts tracking progress of Agile adoption and maturity to aid in accelerating overall Agile transformation efforts.
Coach and mentor wide variety of roles on agile fundamentals.
Work closely with IT and business leaders, architects, product owners, and scrum team members as an expert on agile methods.
Assist Product Owners in managing employee and member expectations, and stakeholder communications.
Assist Product Owners in managing/limiting Sprint interruptions ensuring the team is focused on Sprint goals and commitments.
Support and educate Product Owners, especially with respect to refining, prioritizing and managing the product backlog and Sprint backlog.
REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor’s Degree in software engineering, computer science, or related field preferred.
One to five years of knowledge and/or experience with Agile practices and techniques: Scrum, XP, Kanban, Lean, User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games.
Must be a team player, able to work collaboratively with multiple departments and personalities.
Work requires an understanding and continuous improvement of best practices and principles in: Agile, continuous improvement, continuous delivery, software testing, software development, DevOps, and financial business industry.
Experience using Atlassian application suite (JIRA, Confluence) preferred
Three to Five years of experience playing the Scrum Master role for multiple teams concurrently diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (ie: burndown techniques, retrospective formats, defect management, etc).
Demonstrated understanding of Unit Test-Driven Development and Acceptance Test-Driven Development and how to integrate it into agile delivery practices.
Experience working with DevOps continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines, test-driven development and rapid automated release practices and tools as well as agile transformation frameworks.
Demonstrated ability to guide others through the transition from a traditional delivery mindset to an Agile mindset.