Scrum Master

Cognizant is looking for a Scrum Master, an individual who Implements agile practices for one team suggested by the coach, and facilitates all interactions that the team has with the Product Owner to gather and prioritize the requirements and review documented requirements as shared by the Product Owner.

Cognizant Digital Practice helps clients reinvent products, experiences, and business models to create new value, and differentiation, and drive revenue in the digital economy. We take an Experience centered approach which uses human insights to take ideas from vision to outcome and building end to end-experience led solutions that enable brands to transform their customer and employee experiences using design, marketing, and commerce capabilities

Job Location: Remote

• Participate in Integration Testing, UAT Testing, Defect Triaging, Production Implementation, and Post Production activities

• Participate & provide Deployment Support and Production Validation of release projects. Work on the emergency issues identified for the projects

• Execute batch jobs and provide support to other upstream and downstream systems

• Do estimation and scoping of Project Features, User Stories and Defects

• Act as a key liaison between our client and our offshore software development team in India

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of IT experience and 2+ years of scrum master experience
• Experience with projects using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• Experience with implementing Agile techniques in a software delivery environment
• Experience with setting up sprints, running reports, and creating queries
• Organizes and facilitates ceremonies, and identifies improvement opportunities to optimize velocity and quality while mitigating risk.
• Tracks and communicates the overall team progress providing visibility to stakeholders
• Partners with the Product Owner to ensure the backlog items are prioritized based on business value and ready for the team
• Ability to support a technical delivery lead in decomposition sessions to determine the next steps for feature development
• Knowledge of Rally or related tools
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work with multiple teams for coordination
• Agile certification is a plus.

The Salary rate for this position is between $91K – 132K, depending on the experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary rate, other compensation, and benefits 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.

About Cognizant

Cognizant is an equal-opportunity employer provider and is committed to creating a diverse environment. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is a member of the S&P-500, Nasdaq-100, and Fortune 200, and was recently ranked as the #1 Fastest Growing “All-Star” by Fortune Magazine. Cognizant demonstrates a highly flexible business model, a detailed global delivery network, and deep domain expertise to deliver to a long list of outstanding companies that are leaders in their own space.

Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com or follow us @Cognizant.

Employee Status : Full Time Employee

Shift : Day Job

Travel : No

Job Posting : May 11 2023

Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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