Job Description

Scrum Master with Cybersecurity domain

Southlake, Texas- Hybrid Onsite

Contract on W2

Cybersecurity Portfolio & Product Management has an opening for a Scrum Master role. Reporting to the Sr Manager of Execution Services, this role will be integral part of the Execution services team made of Scrum Masters and Program managers.

What you're good at

Organizes and facilitates effective Scrum meetings: backlog grooming, Sprint planning, daily Scrum, Sprint review, and Sprint retrospective.

Encourages their teams to routinely inspect and adapt.

Identifies and facilitates the removal of team impediments and escalate as appropriate.

Works with and coach Product Owners to develop, manage, and continuously groom the team's product backlog.

In partnership with the Product Owner, track and communicate to stakeholders' information such as team velocity, Sprint/release progress, impediments, team successes, etc.

In coordination with Project Managers, facilitate cross-team coordination and collaboration when projects require it.

Assist Product Managers, Product Owners and Project Managers with planning and grooming activities.

What you have

5+ years experience as a Scrum Master

Led agile teams as part of Agile transformation

Day to day Agile team execution and go-to person for issue resolution

Communicative and social skills Able to communicate well with your Teams.

A thorough understanding and appreciation for the Agile values and principles.

Thorough understanding of:

o Backlog grooming and relative estimating

o Release planning

o Sprint planning

o Scrum metrics such as Sprint burndown, release burnup, & velocity, to name a few

o Sprint review best practices and techniques

o A variety of retrospective techniques

Expert at using Jira

Expert using Confluence

Certified Scrum Master and/or other Agile certifications preferred

Desired

Bachelor's Degree

Experience working in a Cybersecurity organization

Looking for a mid to senior level Scrum Master with Cybersecurity domain.

Preferred - Location is Southlake, TX

*** Please Note - The manager is not looking for Junior level candidates.

Additional Notes:

-Seeking True Scrum Master that is a servant leader > stay away from Agile Coaches or textbook kind of mentality,

-Cyber security is still a nice to have background, just needs some sort of IT related project exposure at the minimum.

-Setting up JIRA boards, backlog grooming, ceremonies, etc.

-True Scrum background, not Kanban.

-Certs are nice, prefers CSM.

Interview debrief notes:

• Discussed roles and projects on resume
• Explain projects worked managing multiple teams
• What tools have you used to manage dependencies
• Steps to configure jira bug from scratch
• Jira functions what are functions
• Scenarios and how to use Jira
• How have you managed defects in the past.
• Explain details in resume how to you streamline ceremonies
• How have you managed technical debts in your projects
• Ask about use cases on cyber security projects.
• How to walk through dashboards in jira, widgets in Jira

Regards,

Ayush Sharma

Sr. US IT Recruiter

321-323-1062 | Ext:149

Ayush@stellentit.com | G-talk: Ayush@stellentit.com

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