Technology News: US CONSULTING - CONTRACT Urgent Client Requirement : Scrum Master : MI : Confirm Interview

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Role: Scrum Master

Duration: 6+ months

Location: Southfield, MI

Start: ASAP

Interview :Phone

Job Responsibilities:

1. 2-5+ years of Agile/ Scrum Master Experience
2. Ability to lead/coach/teach/mentor 12 developers (Java) in the Agile Methodology
3. Ability to conduct estimations of full lifecycle project & ability to estimate defects.
4. Ability to work with offshore teams (India)

Job Description:
• Understand basic fundamentals of iterative development
• Understand other processes and methodologies and can speak intelligently about them and leverage other techniques to provide value to a team/enterprise
• Understand basic fundamentals of software development processes and procedures
• Understand the value of commitments to delivery made by a development team
• Understand incremental delivery and the value of metrics
• Understand backlog tracking, burn down metrics, velocity, and task definition
• Familiarity with common Agile practices, service-oriented environments, and better development practices
Communication & Leadership Skills:
• 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.
• Situationally Aware – 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

Responsibilities:
• Keeps Scrum process running
• Ensures a proper power balance between PO, Team, Management
• Protects the Team
• Moderates in the Team
• Helps to organize (e.g., Meetings)
• Helps to keep the Team focused on the current Sprint
• Helps to achieve Sprint goals
• Works with PO
• Educates PO, Team, Management and Organization
• Solves impediments
• Encourages and helps to achieve transparency
• Strives to develop a Team into a High Performance Team
• Encourages and protects self-organization
• Educates and focuses a Team toward business-driven development
• Supports Team building and Team development by utilizing the abilities and skills of individuals, and fostering a Feedback culture
• Helps to self-help
• Ensures and supports Empowerment of the Team
• Addresses needs efficiently and effectively
• Detects hidden problems and strives to solve them
• Helps Team to learn from its experiences