MAX - Scrum Master
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*Hybrid Contract Opportunity* Lighthouse Technology Services is partnering with our client to fill their Scrum Master position! This is a 12+ month contract opportunity and will be hybrid in Buffalo, NY. This role will be a W2 employee of Lighthouse Technology Services. What You'll Be Doing: •Provide servant-leadership and mentorship to multiple cross-functional agile teams through effective application of Agile principles and frameworks including Scrum, Kanban and Extreme Programming (XP). Strengthen understanding of effective practices, theories and techniques to support continuous improvement. •Utilize a broad knowledge base of agile practices including user stories, retrospectives, story mapping, Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD), Test-Driven Development (TDD), continuous integration, pairing, information radiators, etc., to help create high performing teams. •Encourage a continuous improvement culture for individuals within the agile teams, constantly discovering better ways of working, through transparency, collaboration, and retrospectives. •Curate team-level coaching content used to guide teams regarding agile practices. •Facilitate meetings with the teams for purposes of idea generation, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, problem-solving and alignment. •Help the teams gain transparency into their workflow through appropriate use of information radiators. •Address blocking issues that are beyond the teams authority, or require support from other teams, so the teams remain focused on achieving their goals. •Work with other Agile Leaders to increase the effectiveness of the application of Agile within the organization. •Provide mentorship to less experienced Scrum Masters. •Seek and host a variety of individual and team learning opportunities, such as communities of practice, conferences, meetups, reading and classroom training. •Understand and adhere to the Company's risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company's Risk Appetite. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management. •Design, implement, maintain and enhance internal controls to mitigate risk on an ongoing basis. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management. •Maintain internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable. •While not having direct management responsibility, the position manages activities through influence, accountability and ownership, functioning in an agile environment. What You'll Need to Have: •Bachelors degree and a minimum of 4 years experience as a member of an agile team, including a minimum of 2 years Scrum Master experience •OR in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 8 years higher education and/or work experience, including 4 years experience as a member of an agile team, and 2 years Scrum Master experience. •Depth of knowledge in at least two technology team roles (project manager, user experience, business analyst, developer, testing, deployment). •Prior experience fostering team self-organization and continuous improvement. •Knowledge of Agile and Lean principles and practices. •Experience developing/managing digital capabilities. •Understanding of Design Thinking principles. Pay Range: $48-$63/hr + Questions about any of our jobs? Email us at ...@lhtservices.com View all of our open jobs here: jobs.lhtservices.com