Scrum Master

  • Advansys
  • Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
  • Full-time

وصف الوظيفة

o   Lead the scrum team in using Agile methodology and scrum practices

o   Help the scrum team achieve higher levels of scrum maturity

o   Ensure that each team member is fully engaged and making a meaningful contribution.

o   Facilitate getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.

o   Facilitate discussions, decision making, and conflict resolution

o   Remove impediments and coach the scrum team on removing impediments

o   Collaborate with the team in scheduling work, including defect remediation and refactoring, guarding against the accumulation of technical debt.

o   Partner with the leadership in managing expectations for outcomes, stakeholder communications, and working with the scrum team(s).

o   Be able to plan and facilitate the following ceremonies: daily stand-up, backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint retrospectives,

o   Collaborate closely with project leads: enhancing team communication, improving team morale, ensuring cross-dependencies are known, clarifying the product vision

o   Helping the product owner/project lead and development team to achieve customer satisfaction

o   Champion continuous improvement initiatives to implement best practices for Agile/Scrum frameworks. Ensure changes and strategies that are generated by scrum retrospectives are implemented.

o   Support the product owner/project lead and provide education/training where needed

متطلبات الوظيفة

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Computer Science

• Min. of 3 years of relevant experience (Business and/or Software environment)

• 3-5 years of proven experience working with Software development teams in Software Environment, with at least 1 year as Scrum Master for a software development team using Agile/Scrum/Kanban principles and practices

• Scrum/Agile certification is a plus.

• Experience working with geographically distributed teams working across several time zones

• Excellent skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continuous improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency on project delivery timelines

• Ability to adapt to a changing environment

• Experience with successful Agile techniques

• Strong communication, interpersonal and mentoring skills

• Must have experience using Atlassian tools including Jira, Jira Agile, and Confluence to manage backlogs, burndowns, and team collaboration

• Must be self-motivated, dedicated and have the ability and desire to work in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment

• Excellent Analytical and Problem-solving skills

• Must be a self-starter and can work independently on diverse problems

• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills

• US-time zone working hours