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KēSTA I.T is actively seeking a Scrum Master for an immediate contract engagement with our government client.
Work Location: This position is Hybrid
Job Description:
We Are Seeking an experienced Scrum Master to lead Agile delivery efforts for a large-scale enterprise software initiative. This role is responsible for coaching Agile teams, facilitating Scrum ceremonies, removing delivery impediments, and driving continuous improvement throughout the software development lifecycle. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience leading Agile teams, strong knowledge of Scrum and scaled Agile frameworks, expertise with Agile lifecycle management tools, and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional business and technical stakeholders in a fast-paced enterprise environment.
Responsibilities:
· Serve as the Scrum Master for an enterprise software development team, ensuring adherence to Agile principles and Scrum best practices.
· Coach development teams, Product Owners, and stakeholders on Agile methodologies, servant leadership, and continuous improvement.
· Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
· Remove impediments and proactively resolve issues that impact team productivity and sprint commitments.
· Protect Agile teams from external distractions while fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment.
· Guide Product Owners with backlog refinement, user story decomposition, estimation, prioritization, and release planning.
· Monitor Agile metrics, sprint progress, burn-up/burn-down charts, dashboards, KPIs, and delivery forecasting.
· Coordinate cross-team dependencies and facilitate collaboration among engineering, quality assurance, product management, architecture, compliance, and operations teams.
· Support Agile planning across multiple teams within enterprise or scaled Agile environments.
· Promote Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, and other Agile frameworks to improve delivery effectiveness and organizational maturity.
· Assist with Quality Assurance activities, including regression testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and post-deployment validation.
· Support teams developing API-driven, integration-heavy, and data-centric applications.
· Collaborate with technical teams to align software development lifecycle (SDLC), secure development practices (SADLC), DevOps, and release management activities.
· Facilitate technical discussions, backlog elaboration sessions, dependency planning, and cross-functional communication.
· Provide executive-level project updates, status reporting, and Agile performance metrics.
· Contribute to Agile governance initiatives, process improvements, and Centers of Excellence (CoE) where applicable.
· Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, collaboration, and continuous delivery across the organization.
Required Skills:
· 5+ years of experience serving as a Scrum Master in Agile software development environments.
· Extensive experience facilitating Scrum ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
· Hands-on experience with Agile lifecycle management tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, Rally, VersionOne, or similar platforms.
· Strong knowledge of Agile software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile best practices.
· Excellent servant leadership, facilitation, coaching, and team-building skills.
· Strong communication, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
· Experience collaborating with cross-functional technical and business teams.
· Ability to manage competing priorities while supporting multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred Qualifications
· Experience serving as a Project Manager.
· Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or equivalent Agile certification.
· Experience supporting healthcare, medical, financial, or debt management systems.
· Advanced knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Nexus, LeSS, or other scaled Agile frameworks.
· Experience with enterprise financial, payment processing, collections, or case management platforms.
· Knowledge of secure software development lifecycle (SADLC), DevOps practices, and cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
· Experience supporting API-driven, integration-heavy, or data-centric applications.
· Familiarity with regulatory and security standards related to financial or healthcare software.
· Experience facilitating Quality Assurance, regression testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and release validation.
· Strong stakeholder management, conflict resolution, negotiation, and executive communication skills.
· Experience contributing to Agile governance, process improvement initiatives, or Agile Centers of Excellence (CoE).
· Additional Agile certifications such as SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM I/II), or ICP-ACC are highly desirable.
Available Benefits:
· Medical Benefits (Platinum level plans available)
· Work from home / Hybrid / Onsite options
· PTO
· Holiday Pay
· VTO
· 401K
· Charitable Match
· Training reimbursement
About KēSTA I.T.:
Our name says it all; KēSTA I.T. (Keys-to-I.T.) AND our people are our keys to our success!
KēSTA I.T. is a premier Utah-based technical staffing and consulting services firm. We specialize in temporary and permanent placement of Software, Hardware, Network, Cloud, CRM/ERP, Data, End-User support, Web and Executive / leadership-based positions on a full time and consulting basis.
If you're interested in a role where top performance is rewarded, personal time is valued, and excellence is demanded at every level we want to talk to you today!
Where do you want to go? We've got the keys! ~ KēSTA I.T.