Scrum Master - IT Networks

Scrum Master - IT Networks

Location: Eagan, Minnesota (Remote)

Role Overview

This critical role supports IT Networks and focuses on establishing and guiding a newly formed Scrum team. The position requires an agile practitioner with strong coaching abilities, patience, and a dedicated focus on servant leadership to guide the team through its formative stages. The successful candidate will work closely with the Product Owner to understand business needs, manage feature development, and remove productivity impediments to deliver high-impact results.

Key Responsibilities

• Coach the Scrum team and organization on agile practices, methodologies, and values.

• Partner with the Product Owner to refine the product backlog and maximize delivery impact.

• Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to drive network product initiatives forward.

• Identify and eliminate technical and business impediments affecting team delivery.

• Assess the agile maturity of the team and provide coaching to higher levels of sustainability.

• Establish a trusting, collaborative, and safe environment that supports collective problem-solving.

• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, discussion, decision-making, and conflict resolution.

• Manage team communications to ensure transparency and information alignment across stakeholders.

• Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience. A high school diploma or GED is required.

• Experience: A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in Scrum/Agile, information technology, business analysis, or project management, including at least 2 years of experience coaching teams and providing work direction.

• Technical

Skills

• Proven expertise in planning, monitoring, and controlling products within Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming (XP), and SAFe frameworks. Strong experience working within traditional Software Development Life-Cycle (SDLC) environments and test-driven development methodologies is required.

• Preferred Qualifications

• 5 years of experience serving as a Scrum Master for multiple embedded technology teams.

• Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM) certification.

• Certified Team Coach credential.

• About Everforth Apex

• Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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• Everforth Apex

Benefits

• Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

• Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

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