Contract Scrum Master with Financial Services Experience Job at Shulman Fleming

Contract Scrum Master

MUST have Financial Services Experience

MUST be local to Iselin, New Jersey. Hybrid - 3 days on site

Scrum master position managing scrum team(s) for a large cloud-based data warehouse.

Major Responsibilities:

• Basic functions of scrum master: Sprint planning, daily scrums, grooming of backlog, retrospectives, managing burn downs, etc.
• Maintain RAID log for teams under management
• Work with project team to convey status reports
• Be capable of balancing PMO milestones with scrum activities by assessing team velocity, blockers and conflicts.
• Environmental Management when needed for projects
• Coach and mentor in agile best practices
• Ability to shield team from outside distractions and interferences.

Requirements:

• 7 to 12 years of experience required
• Financial background. Prefer knowledge in Derivative, Cash, Finance and Banking products.
• Technical background. Prefer knowledge in Snowflake, Python, ETL/ELT processing
• Experience with Atlassian suite of products (i.e. JIRA, Confluence, etc.)
• Understand agile approaches (Kanban, Scrum)
• Familiar with common development practices and the SDLC
• Ability to multitask several ongoing issues. This involves the ability to assess priority and make appropriate decisions quickly and effectively.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Effective presentation skills.

Education:

• Collage degree