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Senior Scrum Master
Business Professional
Chicago, IL, 60611
Contract
Ref.: 136305
Job Summary:
Our client is seeking a Senior Scrum Master to join their team! This position is located in Chicago, Illinois.
Duties:
Our client is seeking a Senior Scrum Master to join their team! This position is located in Chicago, Illinois.
Duties:
- Serve as a Scrum Master for DevSecOps teams, leading all Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, retrospectives, and reviews, cross team plannings
- Collaborate with developers, administrators, and stakeholders to prioritize and deliver enhancements, customizations, and integrations
- Promote and implement DevSecOps best practices within the software development lifecycle, ensuring security is integrated throughout
- Manage and optimize workflows using Azure DevOps, including work item tracking, backlog management, and release pipelines
- Identify and resolve impediments to team progress, ensuring continuous delivery of value
- Act as a servant leader, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and collaboration
- Monitor sprint metrics to track progress and identify opportunities for optimization
- Work with the Product Owner and Business System analyst to ensure the product backlog is well-defined, prioritized, and aligned with business goals
- Champion secure development practices, advocating for automated security testing and compliance checks within CI/CD pipelines
- Communicate project status, risks, and dependencies to stakeholders and leadership in a clear and timely manner
- Proven experience as a Scrum Master in Agile/Scrum environments
- Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps for Agile project management and CI/CD pipeline management
- Familiarity with DevSecOps principles, such as secure coding practices, static/dynamic code analysis, and vulnerability management
- Understanding of Agile frameworks such as: Scrum, Kanban and Scaled Agile and the ability to adapt them to team needs
- Understanding of CI/CD tools and integrations, including automated testing and security scanning tools
- Strong leadership and mentoring skills to guide teams in Agile best practices
- Effective communication, facilitation, and conflict-resolution skills
- Certifications such as Certified ScrumMaster are highly desirable
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance Plans
- 401K offered
