SRA Information Technology Hiring for Scrum Master at Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Full Time

Scrum Master

Location – Canberra

Contract – 11 months + 12 month extension

BASELINE CLEARANCE REQUIRED

The client is undertaking a generational change program to replace its ageing technology and a high performing delivery team is required for the success of the program. The team is looking for a a highly organised and effective scrum master to build an agile delivery culture, be responsible for a number of deliverables and lead the day-to-day activities of the team.

At SRA, we maintain a dedicated and professional Placement Services team to ensure you are well looked after. We are preferred suppliers to Commonwealth and State Government departments as well as being able to place resources into enterprise organisation’s in all industries. We are not a recruitment agency. We are a professional services firm with over 30 years experience in ICT consulting across Australia and internationally. We know what staff on project teams require to be successful.

Essential skills and experience

• Minimum of three years’ experience as a Scrum Master within a SAFe or agile environment and a current SAFe® Scrum Master (SSM) certification or equivalent.
• Demonstrated evidence of ability to champion adherence to consistent application of the agile practices.
• Proven experience identifying an Agile team’s gaps in agile and leading them to adopt new practices.
• Proven experience writing Epics, Features and User Stories with acceptance criteria.
• Demonstrated ability to coach, inspire and motivate people to change their mind set and practices.
• Proven experience creating velocity tracking and graphs (e.g. Sprint Burn down, Release Burn down) using either Agile project management software.

Desirable criteria

• Ability to coach staff (including Scrum Team, Executive Sponsor, Project/Program Manager/s and key stakeholders).
• Exposure to Agile practices such as Extreme Programming (XP) techniques.
• Ability develop and empower individuals.

Apply simply by using your updated LinkedIn profile and attaching your resume. Further information and a full brief of requirements will be provided on request.

Please note it is a requirement that you have the right to live and work in Australia to be eligible for this role.

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