Scrum Master (1-year contractfull-timeonsite)
Job Summary
We are scaling up a high-performing delivery team for a global client and we need serious talent fast. If youre a senior engineer or delivery lead who thrives in fast-paced onsite teams this is your move.
Location: WFO or Onsite Colombo (Sri Lanka)
Category: Full-time 12-month contract (1 YR FTC)
Notice Period: Immediate joiners or up to 1 month
Experience: Minimum 5 years hands-on exposure
- Facilitate sprint planning daily stand-ups backlog refinement reviews and retrospectives for the squad.
- Identify and remove impediments by blocking the squad escalating quickly when resolution is outside squad scope.
- Coach the squad on Scrum Kanban and agile engineering practices (pairing CI/CD DoD DoR).
- Report squad health delivery predictability throughput and risk to engineering leadership.
- Facilitate release readiness and post-release retrospectives with the squad.
- Provides direction coaching and guidance to team members for their career and professional development.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Business or related field.
- 8 years of experience facilitating agile delivery with Scrum or Kanban.
- CSM PSM or equivalent certification is preferred.
- Strong working knowledge of Scrum and Kanban frameworks.
- Hands-on experience with Jira Confluence and agile reporting tools.
- Good understanding of software delivery practices (CI/CD branching release processes).
- Familiar with DORA metrics and delivery health indicators.
- Fluent in English Language.
- Skilled facilitator able to run focused outcome-driven ceremonies.
- Strong coaching and servant-leadership mindset.
- Effective conflict-resolution and stakeholder-management skills.
- Comfortable with data metrics and trend analysis.
- Demonstrates consistent delivery of squad improvements and agile health.
About Company
Nextjob is a boutique technical staffing firm located in the suburbs of Colombo. Our expertise is mainly in sourcing and placing high-end, niche IT, Tech & Engineering talent with some of the best employers worldwide. Our key services are headhunting, full life cycle recruitment & exe ... View more