Job Description

In this role as the Scrum Master and part of the testing unit, you will have the following responsibilities;

1. Facilitate scrum ceremonies like daily scrum, sprint review, sprint demo, and planning meetings
2. Facilitate discussion, decision making, and remove impediments
3. Oversee the scrum process and guide scrum team on how to use Agile/Scrum practices.
4. Help Product Owner to add user stories for automation feasibility assessment, tools assessment, and recommendations report.
5. Work with product owners and scrum team to ensure the product backlogs are ready for the next iteration
6. Collaborate with Scrum Master of other scrum teams to prioritize and resolve interdependencies

Qualifications

Mandatory Skills:

1. First level Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I)
2. Minimum 10 years of STLC (Software Test Life Cycle) with at least 6 years of test automation experience
3. At least 1 year relevant experience as a Scrum Master for a software development team.
4. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
5. Knowledge of Agile techniques like: User Stories, Continuous Integration, TDD, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games.
6. Understanding on tracking and reporting of metrics: burn-down, velocity, etc.
7. Familiar with DevOps practices (CI/CD, containerization/orchestration, config management, etc.)

Nice to have skills:

1. Experience on  Microsoft Azure DevOps
2. Experience in Utility domain

Additional Information

This is a contract role expected to last through July 2020.  There is some possibility that it can be extended past this date. 

You will be required to be on site to perform this role. 

We look forward to receiving your application! Local candidates strongly preferred.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guideline