*Hi,* *Immediate Need!*
*Let me know if you have any candidate available for the below job position we have, Thanks!* *Please send resumes to **[email protected] <[email protected]>; **Direct: 201 308 –8704* *Scrum Master with strong exp on Agile Coach* *Fort Worth, TX* *12 Months* *Implement partner: Tech Mahindra* *Job Description* Tech Mahindra’s D3OP division is a dedicated global team of thought leaders, software engineers, and business folk who are looking for exceptional talent. We are seeking highly motivated and energetic Agile Coaches. The successful candidate has a blend of skills from communication & presentation to training & mentoring to technical implementation & best practices. This position will work directly with Fortune 500 companies to assess the current state of their team composition, SDLC process, and delivery pipeline technology. From the assessment, the Agile Coach will work closely with the DevOps Consultant to support and provide guidance on Agile philosophies and techniques over the course of time. The position also entails working with the client to identify and implement the right technology to enable a complete transformation. The Agile Coach is equally comfortable presenting to senior executives as well as mentoring and coaching at the individual team member level regardless of role. Essential Duties · *General* o Provide guidance/coaching for all Agile Teams, both Scrum Masters and Team Members to ensure Agile Best Practices are executed across the organization. o Identify areas to stream-line the Agile Process in the organization. o Identify new/innovative ways to execute Agile Projects and provide these ideas to the Agile Community. o Coordinate Goals of each piece of Org so each function understands actions to get to rapid releases so that everybody understands why those Actions are necessary o Work with the Development Org to promote best practices for developing code required for more frequent releases (including Quality Pre-checks, coding metrics, and backwards compatibility). o Work with the Quality Engineering Org to promote automation required for more frequent releases (Smoke/Regression Tests complete and able to be auto-executed). o Help kick-off Agile Projects to ensure understanding of the Agile methodology and insert best practices up front that promote an efficient, stream-lined Agile process and rapid release delivery. o Generate exciting, innovative presentation material to introduce concepts and provide guidance on achieving the recommended practices derived from those concepts. o Willing to travel and work at client sites 50%-80% of the time · Agile Coach o Guide teams in establishing and following effective processes to manage planning, development and deployment o Guide the team and organization on applying agile practices and values to deliver results o Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution o Guide the team on how to get the most of out self-organization o Assess the scrum/kanban maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable for the team and organization o Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and sharing of information o Collaborate and drive feature prioritization planning and backlog grooming with business stakeholders o Resolve conflicts and lead the team to ensure roadblocks and open issues are removed. o Foresee risks and dependencies and managed them proactively o Analyze risk and report problems and delays in meeting commitments o Coach and mentor agile practices across the organization o Provide guidance/coaching for all Agile Teams, both Scrum Masters and Team Members to ensure Agile Best Practices are executed across the organization o Coordinate Goals of each piece of Org so each function understands actions to get to rapid releases so that everybody understands why those Actions are necessary. o Coach Organization on the Agile methodology as practiced in this organization. o Work with Development and Quality Engineer Orgs to promote development best practices and test automation o Generate exciting, innovative presentation material to introduce concepts and provide guidance on achieving the recommended practices derived from those concepts. *Desired Skills* · *Required* o Strong professional experience and a proven understanding with iterative development, incremental software delivery, and the “why” behind it o Expertise in guiding team and enterprise level transitions to Kanban, Scrum, XP and Continuous Delivery principles and practices o Demonstrated knowledge with the principles behind emergent requirements o Excellent understanding of agile metrics (e.g. how to build a burn-down, track velocity/cycle time, backlog tracking, and task definition) o Ability to handle a number of simultaneous tasks, demonstrate a sense of urgency and ownership to drive issues to completion o Demonstrated experience and knowledge with a solid understanding of project management fundamentals (time/scope/cost) o Expertise in making continuous improvement changes, especially as it relates to software development o Exceptional facilitation skills; must be able to lead and demonstrate value add principles with transparency (e.g. desire to bring disclosure and grow trust) o Proven ability to lead teams to self-organize and work independently with limited supervision. o Experience using agile life cycle management tools o Outstanding organizational, communication, interpersonal, relationship-building skills conducive to collaboration at all levels o Working knowledge of at least one Agile ALM tool · Recommended o Knowledge of Trunk Based Development, Feature Toggles, API Versioning, Compile Toggles o Knowledge of Functional Test Automation, Test Driven Development, and Behavior Driven Development o Knowledge of at least one programming language o Knowledge of Microservices, Domain Driven Design, and Bounded Context · Knowledge of Cloud Native Design *Personality Traits* o Excellent technical acumen and ability to learn new software and business concepts quickly o Enthusiastic and fun demeanor with a mindset of team empowerment o Deep interest and curiosity for learning new things and doing things better o Good communication skills o Ability to context-switch between multiple projects, codebases, and concepts with ease o Strong problem-solving skills o Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment *Education / Experience* o Must have at least 10+ years of experience on Agile Development Teams o Must have at least 5 years of Scrum Master/Agile Coach experience o Bachelor's degree, ideally in a technical discipline with a development background -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VB.NET 2003 Group" group. 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