Scrum Master

We are now looking for an experienced Scrum Master to Product & Production, Assurance Services organization within Telia IT. In Product & Production we continuously consolidate and develop our OSS backend systems, thereby, Simplicity and Automation are driving our activities to support our business and stakeholders in the most efficient way. We are looking for motivated drivers to succeed in our journey.
Your next challenge?
As a Scrum Master you will have the direct operational responsibility for the work within a Capability team but also facilitating the co-creation with neighboring Capabilities. Typical tasks of a Scrum Master include e.g. supporting Product Owner on grooming and maintaining the product backlog, coaching the team on how to use Agile / Scrum practices and values to delight customers, guiding the team on how to get most out of self-organization, assessing the Scrum maturity of the team and coaching the team to higher level at the pace that is sustainable for the team and organization.
In this key position you will be co-creating the further direction of our highly skilled Agile DevOps team supporting Telia’s Service Assurance business area with high-quality, cutting-edge IT services. You will be part of a multi-national team within Telia IT, where your skills are valued, opinions taken into account, and constant drive for and delivery of improvements recognized and rewarded all the way through.
Responsibilities
Facilitating the work done without coercion, assigning or dictating the work.
Facilitating discussion, decision making and conflict resolution.
Build trust and safe environment where problems can be raised for improvement.
Continuously keep different technical documentation up to date.
Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency and radiating information.

Who are you?
Knowledge and experience
You have a technical background, university degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience.
Experience in Scrum Master role for at least 1 year for a software development team diligently applying Scrum principles, practices and theory.
Knowledge of various well-documented patterns and techniques for filling the intentional gaps left in Scrum approach (burndown technologies, retrospective formats, handling bugs etc.).
Knowledge of various Agile approaches like SAFe, awareness and experience with Agile techniques: user stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration / Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing etc.
Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by an Agile team.
Familiarity with and experience in DevOps best practices and transformations.
Experience as a Business Analysts & Agile Coach are a major plus.

Personal characteristic
Excellent in servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment and increasing transparency.
Excellent in communication and mentoring.
You understand the importance in delivering quality and being thorough.
You like to solve tasks as an individual or in virtual teams, where the ambition is to grow together with the team to a high level in DevOps maturity.
You are able to work unhampered in English and Swedish, both written and verbally.
You are positive and open for new ideas and changes and can present them structured way to stakeholders.

Interested?
If you fancy joining our team, apply for the job! For further information, feel free to contact Anu Kukkonen +358 40 865 32 96. Selection is ongoing, so do not hesitate to get in touch. The last day to apply is the 21st of April, 2020.
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