Sr. Scrum Master
Cognizant’s Digital Engineering practice is seeking a highly qualified Sr. Scrum Master with 10+ years plus experience. You will be part of a digital software team that works on high-demand applications. Our engineers have a passion for high-quality, reliable, and maintainable code. You will work side by side with product managers, designers, and clients, making decisions together to quickly deliver valuable working software to clients and their users. Our engineers are agile and retrospective, and not afraid to identify what we’re doing wrong, so we can fix it, and what we’re doing right, so we can improve on it. Above all, we judge success by the success of our team and the happiness of our customers.
Cognizant Digital Engineering If you’re like us, you’ve got big ideas. At Cognizant, we’re exploring new ideas every day. We help industry leading companies reinvent their business models and innovate products that create new value—by connecting people with things, insights, and experiences. Cognizant digital engineering designs, engineers and delivers digital products and experiences that drive digital-first business models. We offer the most comprehensive digital engineering expertise and client-centric methodology for sustainable innovation.
Location: Duluth, GA, USA (Onsite- 3 days/week)
You must be legally authorized to work in the USA without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
Roles/Responsibilities:
· Required to manage scrum ceremonies for two or more agile teams. Strong Agile fundamentals with technical acumen required.
· Drives alignment with POs, Engineers and leaders.
· Communication with leadership on delivery status and key decisions needed to support project delivery - including signoffs
· Steers technical program conversations (e.g., relating to architectural approach and system design) and articulates solutions; co-develops and documents solution
· Follows and instills documentation best practices to ensure designs meet requirements
· Develops documentation to ensure ongoing maintenance and development of technical and regulatory solutions
· Document all Tech Debt/Health features to be delivered in the upcoming timebox in JIRA (rotation basis each PI)
· Finalize commitments, sprint plans with Tech teams from a tech perspective
· PI Readiness (take features through the PI readiness criteria to assess the completeness of the features from a tech perspective)
· Risk and Issues identification and management plan
· Dependencies identification and management
· Milestones set-up and Release plan management
· Understands tech stack to help plan and progress work
Required Qualifications:
· Have a basic understanding of Agile concepts and principles
· Have some basic understanding of Scrum, Kanban
· Certifications: SAFE Certification Or Scrum Certification
· Communication: Excellent interpersonal communication skills to support and motivate developers
· Problem-solving: Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
· Leadership: The ability to lead and facilitate Scrum ceremonies
· Adaptability: The ability to adapt and be flexible
· Time management: The ability to manage time and prioritize
· Conflict resolution: The ability to resolve conflict and negotiate
Why Choose Cognizant?
It takes a lot to succeed in today’s fast-paced market, and Cognizant Technology Solutions has become a leader in the industry. We love big ideas and even bigger dreams! We stand out because we put human experiences at the core. Our associates enjoy robust benefits and training opportunities from our industry-recognized, award-winning Academy team. You will have access to hundreds of technical trainings to keep your skillsets fresh and have opportunities to acquire certifications on the newest technologies.
Everything we do at Cognizant we do with passion—for our clients (fortune 100 companies), our communities, and our organization. It’s the defining attribute that we look for in our people.
If you love ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we’d love to hear from you!
About Cognizant Digital Engineering
Well-designed software transcends digital technology, going beyond the fulfillment of basic requirements to focus instead on human needs. Within Cognizant Digital Engineering, we help clients develop software products that transform human insights into tangible, production-ready digital solutions. We also work with our clients to scale their native cloud applications. Using insights from the lived experiences of our consumers, we seamlessly replace traditional service strategies with engaging, precise, and direct digital applications. Designing phenomenal software is vital to success in the digital economy—and we understand that a human-centric approach is key to this design.
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The Cognizant community:
We are a high caliber team who appreciate and support one another. Our people uphold an energetic, collaborative and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.
About us:
Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant (a member of the NASDAQ-100 and one of Forbes World’s Best Employers 2024) is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com
Our commitment to diversity and inclusion:
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity, champions equity and values inclusion. We are dedicated to nurturing a community where everyone feels heard, accepted and welcome. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.
Disclaimer:
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
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