The Scrum Master is responsible for leading Agile execution for a cross-functional delivery team developing secure, compliant financial technology solutions for government cloud environments. This role drives Agile best practices, facilitates team ceremonies, removes delivery impediments, manages dependencies, and ensures predictable, high-quality delivery across product, engineering, quality assurance, security, compliance, and client-facing stakeholders.
In this role, you will:
· Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, release planning, and dependency management.
· Remove team impediments and proactively resolve delivery risks, blockers, assumptions, and cross-functional dependencies.
· Coordinate execution across Product Owners, Engineering, QA, DevSecOps, Security, Compliance, and business stakeholders.
· Monitor Agile delivery metrics including velocity, burn-up/burndown, cycle time, defect leakage, sprint health, and release readiness.
· Drive transparency, delivery predictability, continuous improvement, and adherence to Agile principles and Scrum practices.
Work model:
We strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a remote position open to qualified applicants in United States. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.
The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.
What you need to have to be considered
· 5+ years of Agile delivery experience, including 3+ years as a Scrum Master, Agile Delivery Lead, or similar role.
· Experience delivering technology solutions within financial services, banking, capital markets, fintech, or regulated government cloud environments.
· Strong expertise in Scrum, Agile methodologies, servant leadership, team facilitation, and stakeholder management.
· Hands-on experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, Agile dashboards, and delivery reporting.
Salary and Other Compensation:
The annual salary for this position is between $ 68422 to $ 114000 depending on 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, 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.
Über Cognizant
Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) i ist ein Technologiedienstleister und Entwickler von KI-Lösungen. Wir schlagen die Brücke zwischen KI-Investitionen und echtem unternehmerischem Mehrwert, indem wir ganzheitliche Full-Stack-KI-Lösungen für unsere Kunden entwickeln. Mit unserer fundierten Branchen-, Prozess- und Engineering-Expertise integrieren wir die spezifischen Anforderungen von Unternehmen passgenau in Technologiesysteme. So entfalten wir das menschliche Potenzial, erzielen greifbare Ergebnisse und sichern globalen Unternehmen in einer sich rasant wandelnden Welt den entscheidenden Vorsprung. Erfahren Sie mehr unter cognizant.ai oder @cognizant.
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