Location: Madison, WI 53783 (Hybrid - 2-3 days a week in the office)
Duration: 12 months
Contract Type: W2 only
Pay Rate: $65 - $70/Hour
Responsibilities
Facilitates Agile events for assigned product and services production delivery teams.
Provides and develops meaningful metrics including Velocity, Sprint Burndown, Lead time, Cycle time and throughput to drive continuous improvement and to support forecasting and planning.
Acts as servant leader to enable the team to be self-organized, cross-functional and effective in an environment new to Agile delivery.
Facilitates team collaboration, decision making and conflict resolution in the production support Incident and Problem Management space.
Assists in managing dependencies with other teams and areas across the enterprise.
Coordinates team activities during PI planning events
Manages projects as needed.
The Scrum Master will be assigned to multiple engineering squads consisting of the following areas:
Application Production Support
Security
Platform Hardening and System Performance
Duties include:
Coaches squad Members and Product Owner on Agile principles and best practices
Assists squad in clearing obstacles that prevent completion of work
Protects squad from outside interruptions and distractions, and from requests not following squad's intake process and/or not prioritized by the Product Owner
Identifies and addresses team dynamics that affect productivity (and escalates if needed)
Identifies and addresses gaps in squad processes and duties
Monitors squad's board(s) to ensure all required information is completed for Stories and Epics
Guides the squad members in self-management and cross-functionality