Scrum Master Jp 9906

2 weeks ago


Dublin, United Kingdom Pontoon Full time

Scrum Master JP 9906
Dublin
6 months initial contract
Hybrid - Flexible 3 days on-site and 2 days WFH
My high-profile banking client are recruiting for a Scrum Master to work in the Dublin based offices on an initial 6-month contract with the possibility to extend the contract and eventually becoming permanent. This is great opportunity; Training will be provided.
RDS | Scrum Master
The RDS team provides reference, market, and pricing data to several systems and components in the Prime Brokerage Margin and Risk Technology (PBMRT) space. We serve a horizontal function across a wide range of systems and components and, as such, our dataquality, data integrity and systems reliability are of paramount importance to us.
Our team is embarking on a journey of modernisation and re-factoring, replacing our current legacy environment with a redesigned and re imagined suite of high performance, highly resilient, fault tolerant services. The existing system will be retired surgicallyand strategically with the introduction of each re-factored service. As we are a live system it's important for us to maintain serving our existing clients while we replace legacy services.
Position Summary
The scrum master is a key individual in the RDS team and will work very closely with the product owner and lead engineer in keeping the team delivery focused.
- Organise and facilitate scrum events such as daily stand ups, backlog grooming, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Serve as a liaison between the product owner and development team to ensure requirements are met.
- Backlog maintenance and grooming.
- Leverage data to measure and monitor progress (burn down chart, sprint velocity) to provide insight to the delivery process.

**Required Skills**:

- Strong communicator.
- Demonstrable experience in a similar role for large teams.
- Experience with Atlassian tools (JIRA and Confluence).
Desired Skills
- Experience with SAFE agile.
- PSM Certifications.
- Background in either software engineering or project management.
- Fintech experience, particularly Prime Brokerage, a plus.
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