Scrum Master and Project Manager - $65 CTC - REMOTE (Onsite once every couple of months)

Job Description:

CHANDRA TECHNOLOGIES INC is committed to providing some of the most competitive rates in the industry for qualified consultants. For candidates with current or prior experience with the State of Wisconsin experience and all required skills outlined in the job posting, we offer up to 98.5% of the client bill rate on CTC basis, ensuring a very low margin (under $1). Please be advised that client administrative fees will be deducted if applicable. Our payment terms are Net 30, and we guarantee payment within that period of Net 30, regardless of the client's payment status to us.

***Crop to Crop resumes are accepted

Location Requirement: Remote or On-site? Candidate Must be a WI resident or willing to relocate to WI at candidates' expense. Remote with the potential requirement to come onsite when needed (once every couple of months).

This position is responsible for leading and coaching a project team on a hybrid project methodology
combining PMI Project Management best practices and agile practices/ principals to deliver high quality
products and services for our external customers (state schools and districts) and internal customers (DPI
users). This position will facilitate the execution and delivery of well-defined software releases using the Hybrid framework, including project planning deliverables such as Project Charters, Stakeholder Analysis, Risk Assessment, Estimation, sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review, sprint retrospectives and close out phase deliverables. This position will work with project teams, as well as internal and external stakeholders, to influence and drive decision making. This position will resolve team impediments with other scrum masters/ project managers, improving the effectiveness of the project management framework in the agency. This position will be responsible in maintaining a healthy product backlog, planning all releases of the system, and documenting system dependencies.

This position will work with and serve as a liaison between IT Teams, management and business units within DPI and external vendors to identify and analyze opportunities for improving processes and business systems. This position will also help facilitate quality assurance tasks, UAT efforts and provide product customer support when needed. Under the general supervision of the Applications Development Team manager, this person will work closely with others to accomplish project objectives, or function independently to accomplish daily work requirements as a member of the Applications Development Team. Objectives, priorities, and deadlines are established in consultation with the department program area leaders, project managers, and the Applications Development Team manager.

Required Skills:

• Minimum 2-5 years' experience using Agile/Scrum Development Methodology
• Minimum 2 -5 years experience in PMI- Project Management Methodology (Defining Scope, Stakeholder Analysis, RACI, Project Charter, Project Estimations, Risk Assessments, Budget tracking etc..)
• Minimum 2-5 years' Prepare business requirements and functional specifications
• Minimum 2-5 years' Ability to effectively refine and maintain a product backlog

Required Technical Skills:

• Ability to grasp technical concepts and communicate to developers in a .NET based development environment
• Experience using Microsoft Azure DevOps, or equivalent software, to manage user stories and sprint backlogs.

Desired Skills:

• Experience working with education software systems at the school, district, or state levels.
• Knowledge of data warehousing and reporting