Scrum Master

Equifax is where you can power your possible. If you want to achieve your true potential, chart new paths, develop new skills, collaborate with bright minds, and make a meaningful impact, we want to hear from you.

The Scrum Master is responsible for ensuring that the squads understand agile metrics and improve their performance in the areas of quality, predictability and velocity.

What You'll Do

• Participates in backlog grooming and sprint commitments (as needed) to ensure that the right capabilities are developed
• Works with business analysts and product managers to ensure that business objectives are understood in the features and user stories to be developed
• Facilitate sprint planning, release planning, daily stand-ups, stakeholder demos, and sprint retrospectives.
• Mentor team members on Agile/Scrum best practices and ensure the development teams are practicing the Agile principles and SCRUM Best Practices
• Oversees strategic plan, monitoring and adapting as needed
• Reports on project / Program progress, offers viable solutions and opportunities as they arise
• Works with SREs to ensure applications / systems from a security standpoint and make sure all teams are complaint
• Participate in the Testing Life Cycle by partnering with Quality Engineering
  • Ensuring documentation of Test Scripts
  • Log Test Issues and Facilitate Issue Resolution
• Track metrics of team progress, productivity and use the metrics to help the team get better. I.e. Velocity & volatility and Story cycle time
• Provide all support to the team using servant leadership and leading by example

What experience you need

• BS or MS degree in a STEM major or equivalent job experience required
• 5+ years of experience in IT with 3+ years in IT Project / Program management
• Experience with managing multiple projects and priorities
• Experience with Jira and AHA
• Expert in Agile methodologies. SCRUM Master certification is a plus
• Thrives in a collaborative environment. 5+ years working with balanced teams
• Experience in requirements definition, design, configuration, testing, training and implementation
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and commitments in a fast-paced dynamic environment.
• Self-motivated, demonstrated problem solving skills, high level of determination and positive demeanor
• Solid communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written; the ability to work in a collaborative manner
• Experience Business & IT strategy, Customer-focused mindset
• Proven leadership skills, Expertise in conflict resolution
• Analytical and strong organizational skills, with excellent verbal and written ability
• Be a trusted advisor in how to setup, mature and scale an Agile setup making use of different Agile scaling frameworks.
• Empower teams to collaborate and make effective decisions promoting adaptive planning, evolutionary development, early delivery and continuous improvement.

What could set you apart

• Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
• Experience with widely successful Agile techniques such as: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games
• Release Management experience
• Experience supporting teams with process improvement initiatives and solving problem
• Previous experience digging through data and pull high level reports.

We offer comprehensive compensation and healthcare packages, 401k matching, paid time off, and organizational growth potential through our online learning platform with guided career tracks.

Are you ready to power your possible? Apply today, and get started on a path toward an exciting new career at Equifax, where you can make a difference!

Equifax is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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Primary Location:

USA-St. Louis-Lackland

Function:

Function - Tech Dev and Client Services

Schedule:

Full time