Scrum Master Durbanville

We have an amazing opportunity for a Scrum Master in Cape Town. The Scrum Master is responsible to oversee the scrum and development team. The SM should be knowledgeable in Agile methodology and scrum and able to educate others. The ideal candidate should also act as a buffer between the scrum team and product owner and maintain a safe working environment for the team by helping with conflict resolution.  The Scrum Master will be responsible for the facilitating of scrum practices in the planning and execution of projects for the team.  The Scum Master is expected to be a coach and facilitator for IT teams. The work will include coaching team members, proactively eliminating barriers, and facilitating team delivery on sprint goals. This position works closely with product management, the development team, the CIO, Software Delivery Manager and Quality Assurance Manager.    The Scrum Master should ensure successful delivery of projects on time and support Sprint and Release Planning, foster team self-awareness, encourage cross-training, decision- making and continuous improvement.  * Lead the scrum team in using Agile methodology and scrum practices  * Assessing the Scum maturity of the teams and organization and coaching the teams to higher levels of maturity  * Fully understand the sprint board and activities and actively track estimations, tasks and progress  * Helping the product owner, development team and client relations manager to achieve customer satisfaction  * Monitor and manage performance of scrum teams and individuals  * Lead the scrum and development teams in self-organization  * Remove impediments and coach the scrum team on removing impediments  * Manage the scrum and development teams to identify and fill in blanks in the Agile framework with focus on burndown techniques, retrospective formats, grooming principles  * Resolve conflicts and issues that occur  * Help the scrum team achieve higher levels of scrum maturity  * Support the product owner and provide education where needed  * Manage internal and external communication improving transparency and co- operation  * Manage development team members to ensure that sprints are successful and on time while delivering good quality work  * Shield scrum teams from outside influence  * Assist in release planning and execution  * Assist in product development roadmap creation and management  * Manage grooming sessions to ensure it is effective and required standards for all phases, story creation, development, testing is met.  * Manage retrospectives to ensure a process of continual improvement  * Other duties as required  *Experience Required: * * Minimum 3 years proven working experience as a Scrum Master in the information technology or software development sectors.  * Experience with Software development    *Knowl