Agile Scrum Master
Markham, ON L3P 0A1 Canada
Job Description
Position : Agile Scrum Master
Location : Markham, Ontario-Canada
Duration : Contract
Job Description
- As a Scrum Master, Guide the team to follow the values and principles of Agile and apply the appropriate Agile framework and techniques and create an environment of self-organisation.
- Teach and Coach the team and organisation in Agile theory and software engineering techniques.
- Support and educate Product Owners, especially with respect to refining and maintaining a product
- backlog.
- Ensure both internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information on team activities.
- Collect and communicate all necessary metrics and propose new ones in the spirit of constant
- empiricism.
- Optimise integrated change across assigned technology platform. Ensure quality is driven into all
- aspects of the delivery lifecycle and defects are driven out as early as possible.
- Perform gap analysis of overall technology platform capabilities and tool and develop a roadmap for
- improvement
- Support value stream mapping carried out by Agile Delivery Lead
Skills / Experience
- A solid understanding of Agile values and principles.
- A good overall knowledge of a range of Agile frameworks
- Insurance business knowledge.
- Good stakeholder management skills and an ability to inspire individuals and teams to change and
- improve.
- Knowledge of widely successful Agile techniques and software development processes: Test
- Automation, Continuous Integration, Pairing, DevOps, Refactoring, ATDD/TDD/BDD, Extreme
- Programming (XP), Value Stream Mapping
- Self-motivation and willingness to learn and explore new ideas.
- Insurance / Finance domain knowledge preferred.
- Data Domain Guidewire, Informatica and Master Data Management preferred
- Qualifications Professional Certification (minimum PSM1/CSM or equivalent)
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