Scrum Master

About Us:

Platform9: Private Clouds Made Easy
Platform9 is the leader in simplifying enterprise private clouds. 

Enterprises are struggling to find a better way to run their cloud infrastructure: on the one hand, they have woken up to the staggering true cost of public cloud providers, and on the other hand, they are also painfully aware of daunting virtualization costs and engineering complexity of running a private cloud. Platform9 provides the solution: a better way to deploy, operate and scale private clouds.

The company’s flagship product, Private Cloud Director, delivers an open, comprehensive private cloud platform that is developer-friendly and cost-effective, while enabling enterprise IT teams with critical capabilities they need to modernize their legacy virtualized infrastructure. 

Platform9 was founded by a team of VMware cloud pioneers and has over 20,000 nodes in production at some of the world's largest enterprises, including Cloudera, EBSCO, Juniper Networks, and Rackspace. Platform9 is an inclusive, globally distributed company backed by prominent investors, committed to driving private cloud innovation and efficiency.

All this means that the future for Platform9, for our customers, and for our team is bright and exciting. We’re big enough that we have survived many market shifts and economic climates, and we are small enough that we retain a high energy start-up culture. We value customer obsession, innovation, openness, bias towards action, and speed. And we are looking to add a seasoned cloud talent to our tight-knit team.
Role Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Scrum Master to lead and transform our DevOps team into a high-performing, sprint-based platform development unit. This individual will play a key role in fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement, ensuring the team delivers high-quality results that align with business objectives. The ideal candidate is a proactive leader with a deep understanding of Agile principles and the ability to adapt them to a fast-paced DevOps environment.
Key Responsibilities:

Agile Facilitation:

• Lead daily Scrum stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Facilitate discussions, decision-making, and conflict resolution to ensure smooth team operations.
• Promote an Agile mindset within the team and across the organization.

Backlog Management:

• Partner with stakeholders to intake new tasks and ensure they are well-defined.
• Triaging tasks to assess urgency and relevance.
• Collaborate with team members to refine and groom the backlog, ensuring items are ready for sprint planning.
• Define and document clear acceptance criteria for all tasks and stories.
• Work with the Product Owner to prioritize backlog items based on business value and team capacity.

Sprint Execution:

• Lead the team in estimating tasks using story points and ensuring work is appropriately scoped.
• Assign and distribute tasks during sprint planning, ensuring balanced workloads.
• Track and report on sprint progress, identifying and removing impediments.

Team Development:

• Coach team members on Agile principles and practices, fostering an environment of trust and collaboration.
• Help the team identify and implement improvements to enhance productivity and quality.
• Act as a servant leader, enabling the team to own and achieve their commitments.

Metrics and Reporting:

• Monitor team performance using key metrics such as velocity, sprint burndown, and cycle time.
• Provide transparent reporting to stakeholders on progress, risks, and achievements.