E7 Solutions is an award-winning Michigan-based, technology firm specializing in custom software development and Atlassian consulting. As an Atlassian Platinum Partner and full-service technology consulting firm, our goal is to help teams reach their potential, innovate, and collaborate.

The core values of E7 form the foundation on which we perform work and conduct ourselves.

Integrity Commitment Continuous Improvement Focus

Our core values will always remain constant. They are timeless. They are not descriptions of the work we do, nor the strategies we employ to accomplish our mission. These values underscore our work and how we interact with each other, our partners, and our clients.

Job Description:

As a Scrum Master, you will provide servant-leadership and mentorship to a cross-functional agile team. This position will guide and serve teams that deliver technology solutions, through effective application of the Lean/Agile principles and frameworks including Scrum and Kanban Method. The Scrum Master will coach the team to create strong skills in self-organization, cross-functionality, collaboration, conflict resolution, transparency, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

Expert understanding of Agile principles and experience with a wide variety of agile approaches, such as Scrum, XP, Kanban and Lean, and how they work to deliver business value. Expertise in how various Agile practices can and should evolve, including: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games, Ceremony facilitation, etc.
Demonstrated leadership ability to coach and empower the team to reach their highest potential. Excellent team player and team builder
Expert skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continuous improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to address issues with team dynamics, excel at coaching team members around agile concepts
Proven ability to identify the right person(s) or portion of the organization needed to remove impediments, or guiding the team to remove impediments themselves
Arrange, facilitate and schedule meetings, demos and decision-making processes to ensure that the proper adaptation process is in use. This includes sprint team backlog grooming, estimating and sizing effort, release planning, sprint planning, daily stand-ups and retrospective
Coaches the team members on the Agile values and principles such as collaboration, self-organization, cross-functionality, prioritization, team accountability and transparency
Ensures understanding of the spirit of Scrum, coach on Scrum practices, and facilitate Scrum ceremonies
Fosters a motivating culture of openness, self-organization, collaboration, and continuous improvement
Coaches the team to higher levels of agile maturity, especially focused on Agile engineering practices, within a sustainable pace of change
Facilitates discussion, problem-solving, decision making, conflict resolution, and delivery of committed work goals
Actively addresses blocking issues that are beyond the teams authority, or require support from other teams, so that the team can remain focused on achieving the Sprint Goal
Communicates effectively across diverse audiences within and outside of the team (Management, Stakeholders, and Executives). Helps protect the team from uncontrolled injection of work
Works with and/or coaches other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Agile within the organization

Requirements:

6+ years of experience in playing a scrum master on cross-functional teams for software implementation projects while applying Scrum principles, practices and theory
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) Certification (required)
Bachelor’s degree in business, management information systems, computer science or related field preferred
Working knowledge of JIRA, Confluence and JIRA Service Desk a plus
Creative individual with strong written and oral communication skills, as well as presentation skills
Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills
Ability to effectively manage and lead multiple projects on time and within budget
Extensive knowledge of Agile project delivery approach
Demonstrated knowledge of technologies and best practices
Proven ability to coach, manage change and collaborate across groups
Extremely detail-oriented and inquisitive, with excellent problem-solving skills
Experience with process definition and improvement highly desired
MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) knowledge a must