Job Description

Vaco is working with a market leading client on a major company program that is transforming enterprise systems. We are looking for a Senior Scrum Master to guide 3-4 Agile teams and drive this initiative forward. In this role, you will be responsible for providing effective collaboration, facilitation, leadership, and coaching skills to support the Agile development process. As an Agile expert, you will be responsible for enforcing the Agile principles as well as removing impediments and promoting empowerment through self-organizing teams. You will take an active role in guiding your teams and the organization on leveraging Agile best practices and values to maximize the delivery of business value for their stakeholders. You will work closely with other Scrum Masters and the overall Agile Transformation team.
We are looking to interview interested candidates immediately and our client is looking to start interviews within the next week. If this aligns with your background and you are ready to explore an amazing opportunity, please apply today and our Vaco Arizona team will reach out to you. This is a long term contract position paying $65-70/hr.

• Serves as Scrum Master for 3 - 4 Agile teams comprised of 8-10 technical staff.
• Establishes and upholds Agile values and principles including collaboration, fostering a culture of openness, team self-organization, continuous improvement and flexibility to adapt to emerging business needs.
• Coaches teams on the basics of Scrum and/or Kanban.
• Proposes, champions, and empowers experimentation for agile teams in their development goals.
• Anticipates issues that may develop and organizes team resources to evaluate and resolve.
• Facilitates Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, sprint planning and sprint retrospectives.
• Establishes Agile backlog tracking, burndown metrics, velocity and task definitions.
• Coordinates across other Agile and traditional teams for complex projects.
• Focuses teams to deliver value quickly through iterations.
• Coaches IT and Business Leadership on Agile principles to facilitate change.
• Escalates and/or resolves impediments to help your team ship code on regular intervals.
• Tracks and communicates team velocity and sprint/release progress.
• Updates Agile tracking systems to provide transparency on Product and Sprint Backlogs in order to measure & monitor against the team’s commitments.
• Facilitates discussions and manages conflict resolution effectively.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned or apparent.

• Scrum Master certification (CSM or higher)
• Strong understanding of Scrum techniques and its associated artifacts, including User Stories, Backlog Refinement, Definition of Done, etc.
• 5+ years of combined technology development experience in a Scrum Master, Project Manager, or Developer role.
• Proven successful experience in converting development teams to Agile processes
• Demonstration of knowledge of various agile techniques – Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.
• Proven successful experience in leading and driving complex, time critical software development projects.
• Experience with software development best practices, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing and operations.
• Outstanding communication skills and strong time management and organizational skills.

Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

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• the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations;
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.

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