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Position: Scrum Master Client: Prudential Location: Newark, NJ(Hybrid/Onsite) Duration: 1 Year Rate: $50/hr on C2H Visa: USC, GC, GC EAD and H4EAD What You'll Do: Coach multiple complex teams on Agile values and principles and their application as well as backlog management to maximize business value. Facilitate Scrum ceremonies including Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Reviews, Retrospective and Backlog Refinement. Support the team in removing and/or escalating impediments including topics related to scope, schedule, prioritization, decision making, risk management, etc. Assist RTE with SAFe PI Planning meetings and manage dependencies with other teams. Lead team to a high performing level by recognizing areas of strength and continuous improvement. Act in a capacity of Scrum Master or Service Delivery Owner. Facilitate Agile Retrospective using techniques like Silent Writing, Happiness histogram, Sad Mad Glad, Speed dating etc. Work closely with product owners managing the product backlog including understanding of MVPs and delivering clearly written stories. Guide decomposing of features into smaller user stories for effective utilization by identifying SMART tasks with the help of the team. Assist the team and product owner to prioritize using prioritization techniques like 100 Dollar test, MOSCOW, Business Value based etc. Guide teams in capacity planning and story sizing utilizing estimation techniques like Planning Poker, T-shirt sizing and relative mass evaluation. Coordinate and collaborate with other scrum teams to help identify and track user story dependencies including KANBAN to visualize workflow for Kanban teams. Support teams in identifying and mitigating various issues and risks. Remove team impediments on a daily basis to allow the team to deliver on goals. Track progress against goals through metrics and dashboards in Jira. Maintain and present Burn-down Charts, Product Burn-Down Charts, and Product Burn-up Chart to show the progress of the team during iteration. Assist in facilitating ART events and processes - help manage risks and drive relentless improvement via Inspect and Adapt workshops. Work within SAFe framework with other scrum teams, attend Scrum of Scrums to assist in coordinating dependencies across Agile Release train. Lead lean Agile teams in the continuous improvement process involved in PDCA cycle within the continuous delivery pipeline. Assist in facilitating PI planning meetings, summarize team PI objectives into program PI objectives and publish them for visibility and transparency. Enable improvement in team delivery commitments through facilitation of RCAs. Work with in Agile best practices such as time-boxing, continuous integration, code/design reviews, transparency, accountability, product visioning, technical debt reduction. What You Bring: Certified Scrum Master in SAFe with over 7 years of experience in lean agile software development methodology. Proven ability in motivating and enforcing the agile principles and removing impediments. Well versed in both Kanban and Scrum with experience as both a Scrum Master and Service Delivery Owner. Strong knowledge of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Project Life cycle. Expertise in using the Atlassian Products- Jira and Confluence, and MS Office Suite. Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university. Preferred Qualifications: o Expert level experience working in Jira setting up Team Boards for both Kanban and Scrum and creating customized reports and dashboards. o Strong experience setting up team artifacts in Confluence. o Experience as Scrum Masters in healthcare insurance and/or Financial Services. o SAFe Agile Coaching Experience. o Acting in Scrum Master/SDO role during an Agile Transformation. o Additional SAFe Certifications that complement the Scrum Master Role. o Experience working in Jira Align. o Working for large scale applications, databases, Managed Upgrade and migration projects. o Knowledge of other agile concepts such as CI/CD, Test Driven development (TDD), Behavior Driven Development (BDD) etc. (link removed) [Message clipped] View entire message