Lead Scrum Master

Scrum Lead *LI-MB1

Location: Ireland Dublin or Limerick or Warsaw in Poland

We have an excellent opportunity to join a technology driven company working in a cross functional and collaborative environment in a role that will allow you to have a great deal of influence.

As a Scrum Lead you will lead a cross functional teams including software engineers, software testers, UI designer to deliver solutions that meet user needs, as well as provide leadership across a multi-functional team, ensuring readiness of all aspects of our software releases in line with the SDLC process and against our internal standards. As the primary actor in an agile environment, you will cooperate with the Product Owner to make sure that business owners and your team know where we are going and how this will be done.

Role responsibilities:

• Coordinate and Synchronize technical requirements between Scrum Teams.
• Continuously search for SDLC improvements (e.g. Automated Test Environment)
• Conduct Interview Processes for Software Engineer
• Educate newly hired software engineer on software architecture, software frameworks
• Deploy Software tools to Scrum Teams
• Act as Scrum Master for project assigned by Head Of Software
• Managing the delivery promise of a number of cross functional teams working using Agile methodologies
• Estimates user stories assigned to the sprint of a planning meeting.
• Reports the velocity achieved at the end of each sprint to the Head of Software.
• Makes sure that each team member follows Firecrest Software Methodology.
• Assigns tasks to team members based on business priorities.
• Facilitates daily stand up, sprint planning, and sprint retrospective meetings.
• Constantly improves team processes to make them as efficient and beneficial as possible.
• Works with Software Architect to identify the best technical solution for each sprint and continuously searches for efficiency and quality improvements.
• Works with UI Engineer to apply the best user interface design practices.
• Ensures that a team is fully functional and productive and shields from external interferences.
• Applies the best engineering practices and improves tools.
• Develops lower-level technical design to meet the high-level technical architecture.
• Works with Software Quality on completing validation for each release.
• Continuous team motivation

Supervision within the role:  

• Software SDLC
• Ensures code quality
• Mentors and teaches other team members

Experience / Skills required for the role:

• 4+ years’ experience in working as Scrum Master
• 8+ years’ experience of developing code in a Java environment
• Strong technical knowledge in Java and JEE
• Strong knowledge of software testing practices include development (Junit) and UAT testing (Selenium, Robot Framework)
• Ability to operate with high flexibility in a constantly evolving team environment.
• Thinks strategically and focuses on the ‘value add’ factor for their area.
• Displays strong analytical skills, logical and structured in approach.
• A sound knowledge of software development.
• Experience using agile planning techniques

Education:

• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or related subject.

Benefits of Working in ICON

ICON enjoys a strong reputation for quality and is focused on staff development.  We make it our mission to attract the most diverse and creative minds into the business and we continually strive to provide opportunities for our people to excel, grow and build a great career.  We understand that our greatest asset is the skills and talents of our people and they are truly what set us apart. 

Other than working with a great team of smart and energetic people, we also offer a very competitive benefits package.  This varies from country to country so a dedicated recruiter will discuss this with you at interview stage.

We care about our people as they are the key to our success. We provide an open and friendly work environment where we empower people and provide them with opportunities to develop their long term career.   

ICON is an equal opportunity employer - M/F/D/V and committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment