Job Description
Job Description
Title: Sr. Scrum Leader - WIC Eng. (SRE)
Pay Rate: $70
Job Type: 6+ month contract
Location: San Francisco, CA 94105 (100% Remote)
Job Code: JPC-10441/ 33824187
Tekberry is looking for a highly qualified and motivated
Scrum Leader to work with our client, a top-tier identity cloud software and web services company. As a W2 employee you will have access to health benefits.
Benefits include health, dental, and vision (eligible on the 1st of the month following your start date).
Job Brief:
We are looking for an experienced Agile Scrum Master to join our Engineering Infrastructure TPM team. As a Scrum Master, you will work with our Service Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams to develop efficient and effective processes for intake, triage, grooming, prioritization, planning, and execution. You will serve as an example and a coach. Your goal will be to lead each team to a higher level of operational maturity.
You will work closely with Architects, Engineering Managers, and Technical Program Managers (TPMs) to ensure that the teams' daily work aligns with organizational priorities. You will enable the team to manage risk, remove obstacles, and manage stakeholders. You will serve as a mentor to our teams helping to foster a culture of adaptability and continuous improvement.
We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome individuals of diverse backgrounds, experiences and ideas to apply for this position. We are committed to creating a dynamic and inclusive work environment that values and celebrates diversity and strives to provide a positive work-life balance for all employees.
Objectives of this role
- Partner with SRE scrum teams to develop high functioning agile practices
- Partner with SRE teams to ensure effective processes for intake, triage, grooming, planning, execution, and stakeholder management are in place
- Train Engineering Managers & Team Leads how to serve in the role of Scrum Master
- Ensure agile ceremonies are efficient and effective.
- Guide and coach the team on Agile Scrum principles and practices.
Your tasks
- Temporarily facilitate Scrum ceremonies such as daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning, and sprint retrospectives while training the team how to serve in the role of scrum master
- Lead the clean-up of the team's backlogs, intake processes, sprint boards, and other dashboards
- Evaluate the quality of the team's work tickets, and lead an effort to ensure all internal stories are written with a high degree of quality.
- Identify and troubleshoot obstacles that are hindering the team's velocity.
- Promote continuous improvement through retrospectives and feedback sessions.
- Work with the team to develop effective means for managing stakeholders, communicating status, and for addressing risks and issues.
- Assist the teams in managing their quarterly roadmaps.
- Ensure that the team adheres to Agile principles
- Coach the teams in self-organization
- Create internal agile documentation for the teams to refer to
Skills:
- Minimum of 3 years of experience as a Scrum Master in a product development organization
- Technical project management experience; Strong knowledge of Agile principles and practices.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Ability to lead and facilitate Scrum ceremonies.
- Experience working with JIRA and Confluence
- Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams
Preferred Skills And Qualifications
- Experience working with SRE or Infrastructure teams working on a cloud hosted product.
- Certification in Agile methodologies, like Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM).
- SAFe certification and Kanban certification are a plus
We need hard working, reliable employees. Tekberry offers a $100 reward for referrals!
Tekberry Inc., a Soal Technologies company, is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other protected categories under all applicable laws.
Tekberry, Inc is a Certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE).
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