Scrum Master

Job Title: Scrum Master
Location : Jefferson, AZ (hybrid)
Contract Duration: Contract until 06/30/2027
Work Hours: 1st 08:00 - 17:00

Position Description
The Scrum Master serves as a servant leader and agile coach for one or more project teams, facilitating Scrum events and removing impediments so the team can deliver value effectively. The Scrum Master position promotes and supports the adoption of agile and Scrum principles, practices, and rules across the Judicial Branch, working closely with the Product Owner, development team, and stakeholders to continuously improve team performance and delivery outcomes. The Scrum Master serves as a servant leader and agile coach for one or more project teams, facilitating Scrum events and removing impediments so the team can deliver value effectively. The Scrum Master position promotes and supports the adoption of agile and Scrum principles, practices, and rules across the Judicial Branch, working closely with the Product Owner, development team, and stakeholders to continuously improve team performance and delivery outcomes.

Experience/Skills Required        
Knowledge of:

• Agile frameworks and methodologies, including Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe.

Skill in:

• Facilitating meetings and group discussions to drive consensus and keep teams focused on outcomes.
• Using agile project management tools, such as Azure DevOps or Jira, to manage sprints and backlogs.
• Coaching and mentoring team members on agile practices and self-organization.
• Identifying and resolving conflict within teams and across stakeholder groups.

Ability to:

• Foster a collaborative team environment that encourages transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Communicate information and ideas, both verbally and in writing, in a way that is appropriate to the needs of the audience.
• Relate on the appropriate level to business staff, technical staff, and end users, and influence without direct authority.

Experience Preferred   
Preferred education and/or experience: Experience serving as a Scrum Master or agile coach within a government or judicial branch technology environment. Experience supporting multiple concurrent Scrum teams or working within a scaled agile framework (SAFe).

Education Required       
Minimum education and/or experience: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field and two (2) years of professional experience facilitating agile or Scrum teams, or serving in a project coordination or Scrum Master capacity.  Job related work experience may substitute for educational qualifications on a year for year basis. Specialized training, certifications, and/or other special requirements: Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM) certification preferred.

TechLink Systems is a national provider of staffing services with offices all over the USA as well as development and support centers globally. We are a MBE (NMSDC), WBE (WBENC), and WOSB certified minority business that has been awarded 2017 TAPFIN Premier Partner, 2016 Manpower Excellence Award, 2016 TAPFIN Elite Partner, are a Known Tier Supplier for Agile 1, and have been ranked as a Top Women and Minority Owned Company since 2004 by several businesses including Philadelphia Business Journal, Diversity Business, Inc 5000, Inc 500, San Francisco Business Times, Diversity2000, and Los Angeles Business Journal.

We serve the contract staffing, direct hire, staff augmentation, recruitment, HR management, and project outsourcing needs of clients nationwide. Striving to create personal relationships with clients, TechLink Systems becomes a virtual extension of clients’ own in-house capabilities to help achieve new levels of growth, productivity, and competitiveness.