Scrum Master 4 - Contingent (contract)

Title: Lead Scrum Master

Location: 300 S Brevard St Charlotte, NC

Alternate Locations: Irving, TX

Duration: 12 months

Work Engagement: W2

Work Schedule: 3 days in office/2 days remote

Benefits on offer for this contract position: Health Insurance, Life insurance, 401K and Voluntary Benefits

Summary:

In this contingent resource assignment, you may: Consult on complex initiatives with broad impact and large-scale planning for Scrum or Agile. Review and analyze complex multi-faceted, larger scale, or longer-term Scrum Master challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors, including intangibles or unprecedented factors. Contribute to the resolution of complex and multi-faceted situations requiring solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements that meet deliverables. Strategically collaborate and consult with client personnel.

Responsibilities:

• Lead all Scrum ceremonies:
• Sprint Planning
• Quarterly planning
• Daily Stand ups (Daily Scrum)
• Sprint Review (Demo)
• Sprint Retrospective
• Resource capacity tracking and forecast
• Ensure adherence to Scrum framework and Agile principles
• Facilitate backlog refinement (grooming) with Product Owners
• Support empirical process control (inspect and adapt)
• Manage sprint execution and track progress against goals
• Monitor delivery using Agile metrics:
• Velocity
• Sprint burndown/burnup
• Cycle time / throughput
• Identify and remove team impediments and blockers
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies and risks
• Technical Enablement:
• Understand system architecture, APIs, integrations, and dependencies
• Help teams assess technical feasibility and complexity during planning
• Assist with identifying and managing:
• Technical debt
• Environment and infrastructure issues
• Release and deployment risks
• Software/Hardware End of Life management
• Vulnerability Management effort tracking and prioritization
• Partner with Product Owners on backlog prioritization
• Engage engineering leads and architects on delivery risks
• Communicate progress, risks, and outcomes to leadership
• Shield the team from distractions and unplanned work
• Coach teams on Agile and Scrum practices
• Drive continuous improvement through retrospectives
• Promote self-organization and accountability within teams
• Agile Scrum Frameworks:
• Scrum (primary)
• Kanban (flow-based work management)
• Scrum of Scrums
• Agile Delivery Tools:
• Jira (boards, backlog, sprint tracking, reporting)
• Confluence (documentation, retrospectives, knowledge base)
• SharePoint
• MS Office and Teams expertise
• Sprint-based delivery (time-boxed iterations)
• Backlog management and refinement
• Definition of Ready (DoR) / Definition of Done (DoD)
• Story sizing (Planning Poker, Fibonacci estimation)
• Incremental and iterative delivery
• Agile SDLC workflow
  
  

Required Qualifications:

• Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
• 5 years of Scrum or Agile experience
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), or equivalent
• Experience with enterprise platforms (cloud, data platforms, DevOps environments)
• Prior engineering, QA, or development background
• Experience in large-scale enterprise or multi-team delivery environments