Scrum Master Job at HCLTech, Hartford, CT

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  • HCLTech
  • Hartford, CT

Job Description

Job Description.

  • Scrum Master - involves facilitating the agile Scrum process by coaching the team on Scrum principles, removing impediments, and leading ceremonies. This role acts as a servant-leader and coach, who helps the team self-organize and improve their productivity, ensuring adherence to the framework.

Responsibilities

  • Facilitate Scrum events: Organize and lead all Scrum ceremonies, including the Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective.
  • Remove impediments: Identify and help resolve any obstacles or issues that slow down the development team.
  • Coach the team: Train and mentor the team on Scrum theory, practices, and agile principles to foster self-organization and continuous improvement.
  • Support the Product Owner: Work with the Product Owner to ensure the product backlog is well-managed and understood by the development team.
  • Promote communication: Ensure effective communication within the Scrum team and between the team and stakeholders.
  • Responsible for managing agile board (ADO), including agile metrics (e.g. sprint burndowns/burn-ups, work planned vs completed, velocity, etc.) and for keeping agile board in good working order
  • Reporting: Regular analysis of burndown charts, communicating work planned vs work completed by sprint, team velocity and other portfolio reporting to understand what gets built and at what cadence.

Required Working Experience & Education

  • 3+ years experience with Agile as a Scrum Master (including scrum techniques and artifacts such as Scrum, Kanban, user stories, backlogs, Scrum/Kanban boards, sprint planning, retrospectives, burndown metrics, velocity).
  • Solid understanding of software development life cycle models as well as knowledge and experience of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project
  • A proven track record of successfully implementing projects using Agile methodologies.
  • Agile Certifications required (CSM, PSM, etc)
  • Experience working with project teams that contain Developers, IT Business Analysts, Architects, Quality Assurance, Business Product Owners, Project Sponsors, etc.
  • Experience in coordinating with multiple extended teams

Required Skills And Qualifications

Technical Must have

  • Agile Project Management tools such as Azure DevOps, Rally, Jira, etc.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Project, Powerpoint, Excel, Word

Technical Nice to have

Personal Must have

  • Proactive, takes initiative, accountable, self-motivated
  • Strong written and verbal communications skills, including meeting facilitation and presentation skills.
  • Collaborator and team player, with the ability to build and maintain strong internal and external relationships.
  • Strong planning and organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to handle multiple concurrent assignments.
  • Ability to work & think independently, and meet tight deadlines.
  • Ability to share knowledge at different levels, be hands-on with the team as required
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Excellent problem solving and influencing skills
  • Excellent negotiation and conflict management skills

Personal Nice to have

Additional information

Preference is for Scrum Master to be local to Hartford CT and available to come into the office 2 days per week.

HCLTech is not the employer for this role. This work is contracted through a third-party whose employees provides services to HCLTech and/or its clients.

Candidates interested in applying for this Contract opportunity must have a valid work authorization to work in the United States. We do not accept agency resumes and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. Candidates who are currently employed by a client of HCLTech may not be eligible for consideration, as decided on an individualized basis depending upon business considerations.

The expected pay range for this contract assignment is shown above with the Job details. The exact pay rate will vary based on skills, experience, and location and will be determined by the third-party employer.

HCLTech is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race, religion, sex, color, age, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, physical disability or genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with federal, state, and/or local law. Should any applicant have concerns about discrimination in the hiring process, they should provide a detailed report of those concerns to ***email_hidden*** for investigation.

Job Tags

Contract work, Work experience placement, Work at office, Local area, 2 days per week

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