Scrum Master
PyramidConsulting1
Posted: September 16, 2015
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Quick Summary
A Scrum Master is responsible for facilitating the Scrum framework, ensuring team adherence to agile values and principles, and providing guidance on Scrum practices and processes.
Required Skills
Job Description
Pyramid is a leading Information Technology Consulting services company headquartered in metropolitan Atlanta, GA with prime emphasis on the following service offerings:
• Staff Augmentation
• Lifecycle IT solutions
• Application Development & Support
• Outsourced Testing
• Mobile Development and Test Automation
Job Title: Scrum Master
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Duration: 6+ Months Contract
Job Description
• Solid understanding of agile values, principles and Scrum framework.
• Possesses situational awareness, and demonstrated judgment in prior experience.
• Interested in continual improvement, learning, and knowledge sharing. Understands conflict resolution, appreciates organizational transparency, and building trust.
• Ability to communicate effectively across an eCommerce organization to forge relationships with business users, product managers, testers, release teams, platform engineering teams, and user interface teams.
• technical and business audiences, executives, and external partners.
• Ability to work in an unstructured, fast-paced environment.
• Training in agile, and or completed Scrum certification
• Preferred: Experience in a multi-country high traffic eCommerce business implementing web sites, service-oriented (SOA) architectures, middle-ware, supply chain solutions, or “Software-as-a-Service” (SaaS),
• Ability to work with outsourced technology partners based in multiple, global locations.
• Project Management Certification and Scrum Master certification.
• Candidate must be a strong project manager having formed scrum team, managed 2-3 concurrently, managed multiple dependencies (within team and with outside teams) under tight timelines in a large, complex live-to-sight SW delivery environment.
• Candidate should be highly adaptable in driving team to deliver program but always with the end customer experience or business goal in sight. This opportunity may require off hour work.