*Agile Scrum Master* *12 months*
*Please note these positions are not open for H1B visa holders. Candidates must be Permanent Residents or Citizens of the U.S.* *Agile Scrum Master* We currently have multiple positions open for contract engagements in Atlanta, GA, Norfolk, VA and Richmond, VA. *Responsibilities:* - Facilitate all Scrum events for the team including preparing, moderating and post processing - Hold effective retrospectives and track and monitor improvements; help the team to continuously improve their process - Support the Product Owner in their role in writing effective user stories, planning releases, and prioritizing value - Coordinate across teams as necessary at a SOS or program level - Remove team impediments - Help the team to keep focus (e.g. by acting as a buffer between external distractions and the team). - Help the team to maintain their Scrum tools (Story board, Action board, charts, backlogs, etc.). - Help the team and product owner to find suitable norms, definition of ready, and definition of done - Mediate team members through conflict; help the team to make decisions and foster self-organization - Reflect Agile and Scrum values to the team. - Foster continuous learning and challenge the team to improve; exchange methods and learnings across the organization and further the Agile community within it - Encourage the use of Agile Engineering Practices and Automated Testing within the development team - Champion and support the culture change to improve agility - Determine metrics as a catalyst for change and improvement *Skills:* - Hands-on experience as a Scrum Master with a minimum of 5 years working with multiple teams - CSM held for 5+ years; CSP preferred - Proven experience transforming teams to Agile/Scrum from waterfall or other methodologies. - Excellent communication skills; both written and oral - Excellent facilitation skills - Ability to work effectively as a team member and servant-leader - Working knowledge of other practices such as Kanban, XP and SAFe - Proven leadership experience in IT delivery, building and sustaining high performing teams. Best Regard Sai Kiran saikir...@usmsystems.com 703-880-4146 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "US_IT.Groups" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to us_itgroups+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to us_itgroups@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/us_itgroups. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
