Scrum Master
- Hiring Squad
- 4 - 7 years
- Hyderabad
- 16 days ago
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Job Description
Role details -
- Candidate must have prior experience as Developer (Ex: Java, Dot.Net, SQL, Python etc) before moving to Scrum Master role.
- 4-9 years of experience.
- Job location: Hyderabad
- Only Immediate joiners or candidates with less than 30 days notice period are preferred.
The opportunity
The Technical Scrum Lead, Specialist is responsible for driving Agile adoption and execution within technology teams, ensuring efficient sprint execution and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. This role involves facilitating Agile ceremonies, such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews and retrospectives, to keep teams aligned and productive.
Your key responsibilities
- Lead cross-functional agile teams in iterative technology development, ensuring smooth collaboration and adherence to Agile/Scrum principles.
- Coach teams on best practices, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improving agile maturity.
- Work closely with product owners and stakeholders to define, prioritize and align technology-related outcomes with business goals.
- Identify and proactively remove roadblocks that hinder project progress, ensuring teams have the necessary resources and support.
- Manage stakeholder expectations by maintaining transparency around scope, schedule and budget while effectively addressing concerns.
- Facilitate key agile ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives to ensure alignment and continuous improvement.
- Assist teams in estimating deliverables, increasing velocity and identifying opportunities for efficiency.
- Maintain product and sprint backlogs, ensuring tasks are documented, prioritized and aligned with evolving business needs.
- Apply agile methodologies to integrate changing customer inputs and business conditions into technology-related product development.
- Serve as a mentor, thought leader and agile champion, participating in special projects to drive organizational agility.
Skills and attributes for success
- A team player with strong analytical, communication and interpersonal skills
- Constantly updating yourself about new technologies in the market
- A winning personality and the ability to become a trusted advisor to the stakeholders
To qualify for the role, you must have
- Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience, with at least 5 years in Agile project management, Scrum Master roles, or technical leadership in software development.
- Bachelor's degree (B.E./B.Tech) in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Strong expertise in Scrum, Kanban and SAFe frameworks, with a deep understanding of Agile principles and best practices.
- Hands-on experience with JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps and other Agile project management tools.
- Proficiency in coding and technical concepts, including Java, Angular, Node.js, POSTMAN, CUCUMBER, AWS and SQL queries.
- Familiarity with version control and CI/CD tools such as GitHub, Bitbucket, Bamboo, TDD/BDD and monitoring tools like Splunk and Honeycomb.
- Experience in monitoring and refining dashboards, optimizing workflows, and driving continuous process improvements in Agile environments.
- AWS Cloud Practitioner certification and Professional Scrum Master (CSM, PSM, SAFe) certification is preferred.
Ideally, youll also have
- Strong verbal and written communication, facilitation, relationship-building, presentation and negotiation skills.
- Be highly flexible, adaptable, and creative.
- Comfortable interacting with senior executives (within the firm and at the client)
What we look for
- Strong teamwork, work ethic, product mindset, client centricity and a relentless commitment to EY values.
Job Classification
Industry: Financial ServicesFunctional Area / Department: IT & Information SecurityRole Category: IT & Information Security - OtherRole: IT & Information Security - OtherEmployement Type: Full timeContact Details:
Company: Hiring SquadLocation(s): Hyderabad
Keyskills: Scrum master Kanban Confluence Agile project management Scrum JIRA Azure DevOps
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