At Third Federal, named for five years in a row as “One of the Best Companies to Work For in America by Fortune magazine, we look for associates who can help us fulfill our mission to help customers achieve the American dream of home ownership and financial security and provide value to our customers and our communities. We take a genuine interest in each of our associates – from their professional development to their health and wellness. We offer a pleasant customer service oriented work environment, competitive salary, comprehensive benefits package and career growth opportunities. At Third Federal, you will find strength and stability in your career. Nearly 15 percent of our associates have been with the company for 25 years or more and, in the more than 80 year history of our company, we have never had layoffs. Job Summary Third Federal is seeking an individual with strong analytical, organizational, technical, and interpersonal skills for the position of a Scrum Master in the Custom Application Development Department. The Scrum Master role will facilitate the implementation and adoption of agile methodologies that allow project teams to make changes quickly to allow for continuous improvement. The role acts as a liaison between the business and technical teams ensuring projects are well organized, using the proper tools and effectively communicating between teams. Works to remove barriers, drive decision making and keep project teams focused, within scope and on track. Will be required to identify and troubleshoot obstacles that are hindering team's progress. This role will effectively communicate project status, scope, risks and issues to project stakeholders. Essential Job Functions:
- Contributes to the advancement and improvement of agile practices within the organization
- Facilitates and supports sprint planning, Daily Stand Up meetings, sprint review and sprint retrospectives
- Work with business users to define system and application requirements
- Formulate test plans, train and assist with testing for new applications and upgrades
- Maintain and update documentation
- Create Data reports
- Ability to work on several concurrent initiatives and formulate project definitions while considering business processes and/or system capabilities to solve complex issues
Required Qualifications:
- 2+ years of experience serving in a Scrum Master role
- Certified Scrum Master Certification or other relevant certifications
- Comprehensive understanding of agile methodologies and principles
- Experience using Azure DevOps
- Experience using Microsoft Office applications including Word and Excel
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Ability to work independently, while contributing to a team goal
- Ability to prioritize and multi-task
- Recognize opportunities and propose solutions to improve system processes
- Ability to lead meetings
Third Federal is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, gender identification or sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status or any other classification protected under law. Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)