Responsibilities:

  • Act as Scrum master for 2 – 4 scrum teams with a focus on guiding the teams towards improving the way they work.
  • Facilitate Scrum Events ensure that they are focused and productive (Daily Stand-ups, Sprint
  • Planning, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives and Backlog Grooming)
  • Help facilitate Product Planning Workshops and Release Planning Sessions
  • Assist the Product Owner in prioritization and scheduling of work, to meet delivery time frames
  • Ensure backlog is in good standing by having regular re-occurring weekly backlog grooming sessions
  • Ensure that all the team members understand their role and fulfil them to the best of their ability
  • Guide/coach/mentor the development team to take on the responsibilities of the process and ownership of the product – lead the team to a self-organized state
  • Build a high performing team, focusing on improving team dynamics and performance, help the team manage interpersonal conflicts, challenges and opportunities for growth.
  • Protect the team from interruptions and distractions to maximize productivity and create flow of work
  • Identify and facilitate the resolution of identified impediments
  • Help the team make achievable sprint commitments with the use of velocity data and team availability
  • Help the team members communicate, co-ordinate and meet their delivery goals
  • Ensure the team / stakeholders adhere to Definition of Ready (DoR) / Definition of Done (DoD)
  • Highlight risks and dysfunctions where the DoR / DoD is not met
  • Ensure the team uses the standardized reference story for estimating
  • Ensure understanding of the Agile principles and Scrum process, across teams and stakeholders
  • Ensure adherence to the Agile principles and Scrum process and help resolve any deviations
  • Raise issues that are putting delivery at risk as soon as they arise
  • Help facilitate delivery solutions and manage expectations
  • Responsible to produce the following artefacts (Weekly Sprint Reports, Release projection / Burndown) to create visibility and transparency of the progress and status of the systems delivery
  • Continually grow and share Agile knowledge.

Education:

  • Matric
  • Certified scrum master/scrum practitioner
  • Tertiary degree (B. Engineer, B.Com, BSC) advantageous

Experience:

• At least 2-4 years’ experience working in a Scrum Master role

• At least 2 years’ experience working in an agile environment, preferably in a variety of situations

• Experience working within Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) advantageous

Desired Skills:

  • Scrum master certification
  • Agile knowledge
  • DoR
  • Scale Agile Framework

About The Employer:

Reverside is a Global ICT company focusing on Digital Engineering, Integration, Cyber-Security, Cloud and Digital Transformation services with delivery centres in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa and Gurgaon, India. Reverside has its Global Headquarter in South Africa and is a B-BBEE Level 1 IT consulting & services organization. Reverside was founded in 2006 and has since grown to a strong team of over 300+ consultants, serving more than 40+ active clients globally.
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