Job Title: Scrum Master

Location: Irvine, CA

Duration: 10 Months 

Bill Rate: $69/hour (C2C)

Job Type: W-2, 1099, C2C

Client: To Be Discussed Later

Work Authorization: US Citizen, Green Card, OPT-EAD, CPT, H-1B, H4-EAD, Other

Job Description:

• Facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Guide the team in applying Scrum and Agile principles consistently and practically.
• Work with the Product Owner to maintain a healthy, prioritized, and well-understood product backlog.
• Identify and help remove blockers, dependencies, and delivery impediments affecting the team.
• Track sprint execution using Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar Agile tools, including velocity, burndown, and completion trends.
• Protect the team from unnecessary interruptions and help maintain focus on the Sprint Goal.
• Coordinate dependencies and communication across business, technology, product, QA, and other Scrum teams.
• Encourage self-organization and accountability rather than directly assigning or managing individual team members.
• Facilitate discussions around risks, issues, priorities, and delivery commitments, escalating when necessary.
• Support continuous improvement by converting retrospective feedback into specific improvement actions.
• Promote transparency through accurate reporting of sprint progress, risks, dependencies, and delivery health.
• Coach team members and stakeholders on effective Agile/Scrum ways of working.
• Help ensure stories meet agreed Definition of Ready and Definition of Done criteria.
• Partner with Product Owners and delivery leadership on release and capacity planning.
• Foster a collaborative environment focused on predictable delivery, quality, and continuous improvement.