Infrastructure Scrum Master

Job Title: Infrastructure Scrum MasterDuration: 12-18 monthsLocation: Chandler, AZ (ONSITE INTERVIEW REQUIRED)Required Pay Scale: 70-73Due to client requirements this role is only open to W2 candidates

Job Summary

As a Contractor Scrum Master supporting Technology Infrastructure Priorities, you will enable one Agile team within a Scaled Agile (ART) environment to deliver technology outcomes across Database, Middleware, and Messaging platforms.

You will be accountable for facilitating the Scrum operating rhythm, strengthening delivery predictability, managing dependencies and impediments, and ensuring alignment with Enterprise Change Management and other policy requirements.

This role is PI Planning-critical: you will drive PI readiness (backlog quality, dependency clarity, objective readiness) and ensure post-PI execution stays aligned to PI objectives, risks, and commitments.

Daily responsibilities and/or priorities include:

Facilitate and continuously improve Scrum ceremonies: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Review/Demo, and RetrospectivesLead PI Planning preparation for the team: ensure objectives, dependencies, risks, and capacity assumptions are ready; support program board inputs and follow-through on commitments.

Create stakeholder transparency: communicate plans, progress, risks, and dependencies using Jira/Jira Align signals and concise, executive-ready written/visual updates.

Proactively manage delivery risk: dependency mapping, impediment removal, escalation as needed, and ensuring compliance with Enterprise Change Management and related governance.

Partner with Product Owner/Product Manager to maintain a healthy backlog: clear priorities, right-sized epics, ready stories, acceptance criteria quality, and effective story splitting/estimation.

Use Jira Software Plans roadmap views to validate and communicate the team’s plan, including capacity, dependencies, sequencing, and target dates.

Use metrics to drive improvementCoach for team health and performance: psychological safety, conflict navigation, cross-training, and continuous improvement grounded in Agile values and principles.

Middleware platform lifecycle upgrades, resiliency enhancements, operational efficiency improvementsStronger production readiness and operational handoffs (release-ready, supportable outcomes)Improved backlog quality and team maturity measured through metrics and retrospectivesMaintains high-quality delivery artifacts and data hygiene in Jira/Jira Align to enable trustworthy reporting and traceability.

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