Scrum Master – Data Platform & Cloud Projects - Banking*

Scrum Master – Data Platform & Cloud Projects - Banking*

Posted 1 week ago by GIOS Technology

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Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Knutsford, England, United Kingdom
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Summary: The role of Scrum Master involves acting as an Agile Coach with a strong technical background, focusing on maintaining the change backlog and collaborating with a wider team. The position requires facilitating Scrum ceremonies and providing structured updates to stakeholders while managing technical risks and dependencies. Candidates must be based in or around Knutsford and possess proven experience in Agile development environments. A thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle and servant leadership principles is essential.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Facilitation of all Scrum Ceremonies, including daily scrum calls and backlog prioritisation.
  • Providing clear and structured status updates to various Stakeholders and Consumers.
  • Liaising with Project Managers or Product Owners, keeping them updated on progress against milestones, risks, issues, and budget control.
  • Providing input to the technical development approach of a project, balancing cost, time, quality, and risk.
  • Assisting in the identification, management, and resolution of technical Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies (RAIDs).

Key Skills:

  • Scrum Master / Agile experience (Certification is an advantage).
  • Experience of software and solution design across distributed and integrated architectures.
  • Hands-on technical experience building / implementing software.
  • Experience of working in Financial Services.
  • End-to-end software development lifecycle knowledge.
  • Agile Software development methodologies.
  • Awareness of leading-edge tools, techniques, and services within IT.
  • Familiarity with databases (Oracle / DB2 / SQL / IMS DEDB).
  • Knowledge of Webservices (WSDL – SOAP & REST / RAML).
  • Basic understanding of API development.
  • Experience with application servers (Websphere, Weblogic, JBoss, Tomcat).
  • Fundamentals of cloud deployments (AWS / Private cloud).
  • Version Control Software (Git / Bitbucket).

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Knutsford

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Role Title: Scrum Master

Location: Knutsford, UK(Hybrid)

Role Description: An Agile Coach/Scrum Master with a strong technical background. Able to maintain change backlog and work as part of wider team.

What we’re looking for:

  • Certified Agile Coach/Scrum Master
  • Only considering candidates who are based in Knutsford or the surrounding area.
  • Proven experience in Agile Development Environment
  • Thorough understanding of full end to end SDLC
  • Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment and increasing transparency

Key Accountabilities

  • Facilitation of all Scrum Ceremonies, including daily scrum calls and backlog prioritisation, feeding into wider Data Platform Prioritisation where appropriate
  • Providing clear and structured status updates to various Stakeholders and Consumers
  • Liaising, and working closely, with Project Managers or Product Owners, keeping them updated on progress against milestones, risks, issues and budget control
  • Provide input to the technical development approach of a project, balancing cost, time, quality and risk.
  • Assist in the identification, management and resolution of technical Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies (RAIDs).

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:

  • Scrum Master / Agile experience (Certification is an advantage)
  • Experience of software and solution design across distributed and integrated architectures.
  • Hands on technical experience building / implementing software.
  • Experience of working in Financial Services

Good to have/Preferred Qualifications:

  • Skills that will help you in the role: End-to-end software development lifecycle
  • Agile Software development methodologies
  • Awareness of leading-edge tools, techniques and services within IT
  • Software development consisting of some of the following languages and technologies:
  • Databases (Oracle / DB2 / SQL / IMS DEDB )
  • Webservices / knowledge of WSDL – SOAP & REST / RAML
  • API development (Basics of APIs)
  • Application servers (Websphere, Weblogic, JBoss, Tomcat)
  • Cloud deployments fundamentals (AWS / Private cloud)
  • Version Control Software (Git / Bitbucket)
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