Scrum Master

Qualifications
years of experience 5-6 years
• Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least one year for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
• Good skills and knowledge of leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
• Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach(example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc)
• Previous experience as a team lead
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills
Job Description
• Facilitate daily standups (or the daily scrum) as needed.
• Protect the team from over-committing and scope creep. Aid in estimation and sub task creation.
• Participate in the meeting and capture feedback.
• Note areas for improvement and action items for future sprints.
• Work as the administrator of the scrum board. Ensure that cards are up to date and the scrum tool, Jira software or otherwise, is working well.
• Meet individually with team members and stakeholders as needed.
• Consult with team members and internal stakeholders on how best to work with the scrum team
• Regular analysis of burndown charts and other portfolio planning tools to understand what gets built and at what cadence.