Junior Scrum Master

Yoh has a contract-to-hire opportunity for a JUNIOR SCRUM MASTER to join our client in Santa Monica, CA.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Organize and facilitate release planning, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog grooming, retrospectives and demo meetings.
- The Scrum Master will be responsible for conducting and managing agile scrum activities for multiple teams.
- The Scrum Master will ensure that scrum processes are followed and scrum metrics are gathered in order to track team progress.
- Will be working closely with Manager of Project Management, Technology leads and Product Owners to establish priorities and determine delivery dates.
- Track and communicate scrum metrics including velocity, capacity, sprint release progress and retrospective outcomes.
- Ensure that the teams are practicing the core agile principle of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, visibility and continuous improvement.
- Assist the team by updating and monitoring our Agile tracking system (Jira) as needed.
- Recommend improvements and assist with changes to achieve best practices.
- Assist team with making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition.
- Identify and remove impediments and prevent distractions so that the team can focus on sprint goals.
- Facilitate discussions and conflict resolution.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

- One (1) year experience in a Scrum Master role.
- Excellent team player and interpersonal skills with the ability to work with diverse personality types.
- Ability to understand technical issues at a high level.
- Through understanding of Agile methodologies.
- Must have exceptional communication, organization and time management skills.
- Experience in documenting requirements and creating agile stories.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills with a high attention to detail.
- KEY SKILLS:
- WEB DEVELOPMENT PROJECT EXPERIENCE.
- Ability to multi task- manage Agile Scrum activities for multiple teams.

PREFERRED JOB SKILLS/EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE:

- CERTIFIED SCRUM MASTER CERTIFICATION IS PREFERRED
- JIRA W/GREEN HOPPER EXPERIENCE IS PREFERRED.
- Confluence experience is preferred.
- Prior IT development background is preferred.

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RECRUITER: Gomes (Gomathi Bala)

Yoh is a professional staffing provider with over 70 years of experience in the short and long-term staffing services industry; visit our website to learn more about our company.

Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V.

Tax Term: CON_HIRE_W2

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Branch: IT & Telecom