Scrum Master – Application Development

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🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

⚡️ Scrum Master + Agile Coach

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Ontrac Solutions

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2010

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

💼 Consulting

🤝 B2B

Artificial Intelligence • Consulting • B2B

Ontrac Solutions is an AI-first technology services firm that helps organizations design, implement, and scale AI-driven systems, cloud architectures, and enterprise platform integrations. They provide AI strategy and generative AI implementation (including RAG and intelligent search), cloud migration and optimization (multi-cloud architecture, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps, and FinOps), data and integration engineering, CRM/CMS/e-commerce platform development, and embedded technical talent / staff augmentation to move AI from experimentation into production. With innovation hubs in Chicago and Karachi, Ontrac focuses on delivering production-ready AI and cloud solutions that drive measurable business outcomes.

📋 Description

• Facilitate Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Retrospectives • Coach development teams, Product Owners, and stakeholders on Agile principles, Scrum frameworks, and best practices • Baseline Agile maturity, set improvement targets, and report progress • Identify and remove blockers, surface conflicts, track resolution, and escalate unresolved impediments within 24 hours with recommendations • Track velocity, capacity, flow metrics, team health, and delivery trends • Contribute to PI Planning, iteration planning, System Demos, and Inspect and Adapt • Manage dependencies across teams within the Agile Release Train • Prepare teams for PI Planning with refined, sized, dependency-mapped backlogs • Support Product Owners with backlog refinement, acceptance criteria, Definition of Ready, prioritization, and ready-work maintenance • Support client demos and working sessions and maintain trusted stakeholder relationships • Communicate sprint progress, Agile maturity, delivery risk, pace, and trade-offs to client stakeholders • Track sprint progress, burn-down/burn-up charts, backlog health, and report to stakeholders and the PMO • Produce a concise one-page delivery summary each sprint • Maintain RAID logs and track scope changes, including schedule and budget impacts • Maintain Jira and Confluence documentation and boards • Contribute reusable Agile assets and practice improvements to the PMO Center of Excellence • Define and track success measures and delivered value • Provide probabilistic delivery forecasts and update them every sprint • Partner with architects and engineers to improve Google Cloud delivery practices, CI/CD, automated testing, and release cadence • Track deployment frequency and lead time for changes • Mentor junior Scrum Masters and Agile practitioners and help shape Agile delivery standards • Participate in client-facing touch points, PI Planning, sprint reviews, steering committees, and Agile workshops • Manage time and priorities across billable engagements and flag capacity concerns early • Deliver a day-30 baseline assessment and day-90 improvement plan with measurable targets

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field • At least five years of experience in a technical, engineering, or software development environment • At least three years as a Scrum Master or Agile delivery lead, facilitating all Scrum ceremonies for one or more application development teams • At least three years of IT consulting or professional services experience in a client-facing role • CSM, PSM, or SAFe Scrum Master certification • Hands-on participation in at least two SAFe projects or Agile Release Trains, including PI Planning • Experience supporting UX, design, and engineering teams to turn requirements into shippable increments • Strong capability with Jira and Confluence • Experience tracking team metrics, including velocity, capacity, and burn-down, and providing status reports • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including with senior stakeholders • Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and conflict-resolution skills • Positive attitude toward change and ability to adapt in a fast-paced environment • Love for cloud computing and modern application development • Demonstrated ownership of delivery outcomes, project recovery, or early risk escalation • Advanced Agile certifications are useful: A-CSM, PSM II, PMI-ACP, or equivalent • Experience with GCP or other public cloud application development projects is useful • Consulting experience at a cloud partner, systems integrator, or advisory firm is useful • Exposure to pre-sales, solution scoping, or Agile transformation initiatives is useful • Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines is useful • Experience in the government sector is useful • Experience with distributed and offshore teams is useful • Experience with probabilistic forecasting, Agile maturity assessments, or coaching Product Owners and client executives is useful • Must be located in and authorized to work in the United States for the full duration of the engagement

🏖️ Benefits

• Customized development plan following either the individual contributor or management track • Onboarding and training during the first several weeks, including materials, assignments, compliance training, and meetings • Opportunities to mentor junior Scrum Masters and Agile practitioners • Opportunities to contribute reusable Agile assets and ideas to the PMO Center of Excellence • Professional growth toward senior leadership