About the role
The Agile, Scrum Master candidate will facilitate all Scrum ceremonies, including Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives, ensuring they are positive, productive, and kept within the timebox. Guide and coach the Scrum Team on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers. Act as a servant-leader for the Scrum Team, helping to remove impediments and protect the team from outside interruptions and distractions. Utilize Jira and other Agile project management tools to track team progress, manage backlogs, and provide key metrics and reports on team performance.
Required Qualifications and Skills
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent work experience. Minimum of 5 years of experience in a Scrum Master role for a software development team. Valid Scrum Master certification (e.g., Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM)). Extensive, hands-on knowledge and experience with Jira for Agile project management. Expert-level understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and various Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, etc.). Proven experience in coaching teams on Agile principles and Scrum practices. Excellent communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Advanced Scrum certifications (e.g., A-CSM, PSM II). Experience in a technical role (e.g., developer, QA) prior to becoming a Scrum Master. Experience with other Agile tools like Confluence.
This start as a contract role but the candidate must be open to be converted to permanent. Work is Hybrid (3 days on side).
About IT Connex
"Connecting Excellence with Excellence"
"I highly value the service I received from IT Connex. The people I dealt with were instrumental in relaunching my career as a Software Developer/Architect in Canada." Software Architect
"Having offers was great, having multiple offers closely aligned to my goals and dreams was AMAZING. IT Connex helped me get there." Senior Application Developer
"After a couple of days of working together they put me in front of top tier employers in my field for positions I was not even aware were available despite all my own job market research." IT Consultant
Through my experience I can confirm they go far and beyond their client’s expectations, in my case they put lots of effort into understanding my motivations and goals." Senior Software Engineer
"The IT Connex team is adept at gathering the information required at initial stages of a search, asking thought-provoking questions in order to go to market and readily identify the profile of a successful candidate." Retail Client
"The people they have placed with my team have been solid long term fits both technically and culturally. I have found them to be flexible and patient when dealing with our unique environment and feel that their service is definitely customer centered." Health Care Client
"IT Connex has been a huge support with our company’s technical recruitment. They offer a professional service and deliver results with a sense of urgency." Financial Client
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About the role
The Agile, Scrum Master candidate will facilitate all Scrum ceremonies, including Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives, ensuring they are positive, productive, and kept within the timebox. Guide and coach the Scrum Team on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers. Act as a servant-leader for the Scrum Team, helping to remove impediments and protect the team from outside interruptions and distractions. Utilize Jira and other Agile project management tools to track team progress, manage backlogs, and provide key metrics and reports on team performance.
Required Qualifications and Skills
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent work experience. Minimum of 5 years of experience in a Scrum Master role for a software development team. Valid Scrum Master certification (e.g., Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM)). Extensive, hands-on knowledge and experience with Jira for Agile project management. Expert-level understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and various Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, etc.). Proven experience in coaching teams on Agile principles and Scrum practices. Excellent communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Advanced Scrum certifications (e.g., A-CSM, PSM II). Experience in a technical role (e.g., developer, QA) prior to becoming a Scrum Master. Experience with other Agile tools like Confluence.
This start as a contract role but the candidate must be open to be converted to permanent. Work is Hybrid (3 days on side).
About IT Connex
"Connecting Excellence with Excellence"
"I highly value the service I received from IT Connex. The people I dealt with were instrumental in relaunching my career as a Software Developer/Architect in Canada." Software Architect
"Having offers was great, having multiple offers closely aligned to my goals and dreams was AMAZING. IT Connex helped me get there." Senior Application Developer
"After a couple of days of working together they put me in front of top tier employers in my field for positions I was not even aware were available despite all my own job market research." IT Consultant
Through my experience I can confirm they go far and beyond their client’s expectations, in my case they put lots of effort into understanding my motivations and goals." Senior Software Engineer
"The IT Connex team is adept at gathering the information required at initial stages of a search, asking thought-provoking questions in order to go to market and readily identify the profile of a successful candidate." Retail Client
"The people they have placed with my team have been solid long term fits both technically and culturally. I have found them to be flexible and patient when dealing with our unique environment and feel that their service is definitely customer centered." Health Care Client
"IT Connex has been a huge support with our company’s technical recruitment. They offer a professional service and deliver results with a sense of urgency." Financial Client