Agile Scrum Master Job at BCforward, Atlanta, GA

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  • BCforward
  • Atlanta, GA

Job Description

Agile Scrum Master

BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated Agile Scrum Master for an opportunity in Atlanta, GA !

Position Title: Agile Scrum Master

Location: Atlanta, GA

Anticipated Start Date: ASAP

Please note this is the target date and is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.

Expected Duration: 12 Months.

Job Type: FULL TIME, CONTRACT, ON-SITE

Pay Range: $78/hr.

Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.).

Requirements:

  • Agile Release Trains (ART)
  • Banking/Financial services industry

Job Description:

  • Support of all project types including Business Enablement, Maintenance, Operational Excellence. End result are clearly documented agile artifacts in JIRA. Agile Scrum Master will focus on lean Agile delivery providing guidance on best practices and practical facilitation to ensure defect free delivery of the correct value-based solutions in a timely matter.
  • Solution Train Engineer is responsible for multiple release trains for large complex solutions and technology portfolio.
  • Agile scrum will
  • Coordinate and lead quarterly planning sessions.
  • Training and guidance of Agile framework
  • Development of JIRA reporting to summarize work efforts
  • Ensuring governance of Agile ceremonies
  • Optimizing the flow of epics/features and the value delivered by multiple Agile Release Trains (ART)
  • Coordinates and facilitates Solution Train ceremonies, manages complex dependencies across ARTs, and provides visibility into the health of epic/feature delivery and the overall program increment for the Solution Train
  • Ensures impediments to epic/feature delivery are resolved quickly, protects the ARTs from outside disruptions to delivery, and drives continuous improvement for the Solution Train
  • Manages financials for the Solution Train, assist with resource planning, and facilitating synch points between business and technology leaders
  • Guides and coaches leaders and RTEs in the Solution Train in the ART on Agile practices, and develops their understanding of Agile principles
  • Helps define norms/agreements for the Solution Train and enforces the agreements
  • Coordinates and facilitates Solution Train ceremonies - e.g. Backlog Refinement, Pre-PI Planning, Post-PI Planning, Solution Train Sync, Architect Sync, Solution Demo, and Retrospective. In collaboration with the Product Manager(s), ensures the solution train has a healthy backlog and reviews demand versus capacity
  • Works closely with the Release Train Engineers (RTE) to coordinate the complex dependencies (including suppliers) and integration of all epics/features across ARTs that are needed to deliver the solution
  • Facilitates dependency management/risk management/impediment removal for the Solution Train
  • Promotes/facilitates communication and collaboration within the Solution Train to support value delivery and PI commitments
  • Responsible for status updates and reporting pertaining to Solution Train delivery/timelines/ impediments to stakeholders and leadership. Ensures that execution is aligned with solution strategy by working with Product Management and other stakeholders
  • Enables the Solution Train to become high performing through collaboration and relentless focus on continuous improvement
  • Measures Solution Train delivery, maturity, and performance and reviews the metrics with the Solution Train to identify improvement opportunities.
  • Advocates and advances modern software development practices and evangelizes great design, engineering, and organizational practices.
  • Primary communication responsibility between the CIO and his/her leadership team and the Transformation objectives (CICD, Testing, PI Readiness and Execution, Agile, LPM and Release Management).
  • Required (hard) skills/experience
  • 10+ experience with implementing Agile methodology within an organization
  • Excellent verbal communication skills with the ability to mentor coaches, scrum masters, and project managers in using Agile methodology
  • 5+ years actively using JIRA including creation of JIRA dashboards
  • Preferred skills/experience
  • Experience within the Financial Services industry

Keywords:

ART , RTE ,financial service, banking

Benefits:

BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.

About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

To learn more about how BCforward collects and uses personal information as part of the recruiting process, view our Privacy Notice and CCPA Addendum. As part of the recruitment process, we may ask for you to disclose and provide us with various categories of personal information, including identifiers, professional information, commercial information, education information, and other related information. BCforward will only use this information to complete the recruitment process.

This posting is not an offer of employment. All applicants applying for positions in the United States must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The submission of intentionally false or fraudulent information in response to this posting may render the applicant ineligible for the position. Any subsequent offer of employment will be considered employment at-will regardless of the anticipated assignment duration.

Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 223958 when responding to this ad.

Job Tags

Full time, Contract work, Temporary work, Immediate start, Offshore,

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