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Scrum Master III Renton, WA 98057 Contract
The Scrum Master serves the Agile PHP Information Services Team(s). Teams consist of staff with business analysis, software development, engineering, production operations and/or quality assurance backgrounds. The Scrum Master is a key partner to business sponsors and owners in delivering value. The Scrum Masters role is to create an environment for the Agile team to be self -organizing and high performing, where delivering value to the customer is the highest priority. Servant Leadership is a critical skill, as the Scrum Master is charged with removing impediments and barriers to a team's success. The Scrum Master must keep apprised of the strategic objectives of PHP set forth by Administrative, Strategy and Operations Councils, monitor the value production of the team and communicate value/status to customers. PHP Agile teams serve the organizations customers and ministries. Agile teams may do work as part of a Project Management initiative.Extended Job Details • Guiding the team on how to get the most out of self-organization. • Guiding the team on self-organizing to fill in the gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks. • Assessing the maturity of the team and organization, then coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization. • Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving. • Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work. • Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and disseminating information. • Supporting and educating the Business Owner of the PHP Agile Team (aka Product Owner), especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog. • Providing support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example in support of Client's Mission and Values. • Establish a strong partnership with Business Owners, Sponsors, and Stakeholders. • Understanding of supported applications and their interaction with interdependent systems. • Support and assist the Business Owner and Solution Architects in preparing a comprehensive cost/benefit analysis. • Provide neutral coaching to agile teams that are looking to improve their processes, experiencing troubles in the application of agile, or having interpersonal challenges amongst team members.QUALIFICATIONSEDUCATION Required/Preferred Education Level Major/Area of Study And/Or Required Bachelor's Degree And 4 years industry related experience. Or equivalent educ/experience Required Coursework/Training Ongoing education in agile, scrum master skills and best practices, and coaching.Education/Experience Equivalencies OR Associate degree and 6 years of industry related experience; OR 8 years of industry related experience.EXPERIENCE Required/Preferred Minimum Experience Details Required 5 years Experience playing the Scrum Master role with a software development team that was diligently applying agile principles, practices, and theory. Strong preference given to Scrum and Kanban agile methodologies. Required Software development/integration experience. Required Experience acting as an Agile team scrum master. Required Experience making presentations. Required Has taken a leadership role in addressing system related issues. Required Experience providing leadership, guidance and assistance with a focus on 'leading from behind', fostering a high-performing team environment focused on value delivery. Required Experience providing neutral external coaching to agile teams (Scrum and/or Kanban) in agile principles and practices. Required Experience applying a wide variety of 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.). Preferred Experience as a technical team lead.JOB SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES • Emotionally intelligent and able to facilitate highly effective teams. • Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency. Continual self-learning in this area is essential. • 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, handlingWhy Kelly ® ?By partnering with Kelly® Technology, you'll have direct connections to top companies around the globe-giving you the chance to put your tech skills to work on some of today's most intriguing, innovative, and high-visibility projects. In a world where change is the only constant, our unparalleled connections and IT market expertise help you take your skills exactly where you want to go. We're here to help you gain experience, keep learning, and move your career forward.About Kelly ® At Kelly, we're always thinking about what's next and advising job seekers on new ways of working to reach their full potential. In fact, we're a leading advocate for temporary/nontraditional workstyles, because we believe they allow flexibility and tremendous growth opportunities that enable a better way to work and live (plus, did we mention we provide a ton of benefits ?). Connecting great people with great companies is what we do best, and our employment opportunities span a wide variety of workstyles, skill levels, and industries around the world. Kelly is an equal opportunity employer committed to employing a diverse workforce and providing accommodations for people with disabilities in all parts of the hiring process as required under its Employment Accommodation Policy. Kelly will work with applicants to meet accommodation needs that are made known to Kelly in advance.Vacancy expired!