Guardian Life is Looking for Lead Engineer IT (Scrum Master) at India Full Time

Job Description:

Requirements Elicitation, Understanding, Analysis, & Management

· Understand the project’s Vision and requirements, and contribute to the creation of the supplemental requirements, building the low-level technical specifications for a particular platform and/or service solution.

Project Planning, Tracking, & Reporting

· Estimate the tasks and resources required to design, create (build), and test the code for assigned module(s).

· Provide inputs in creating the detailed schedule for the project.

· Support the team in project planning activities, in evaluating risks, and shuffle priorities based on unresolved issues.

· During development and testing, ensure that assigned parts of the project/modules are on track with respect to schedules and quality.

· Note scope changes within the assigned modules and work with the team to shuffle priorities accordingly.

· Communicate regularly with the team about development changes, scheduling, and status.

· Participate in project review meetings.

· Tracking and reporting progress for assigned modules

Design:

· Create a detailed (LLD) design for the assigned piece(s) with possible alternate solutions.

· Ensure that LLD design meets business requirements.

· Submit the LLD design for review.

· Fix the detailed (LLD) design for the assigned piece(s) for the comments received from team.

Development & Support

· Build the code of high-priority and complex systems according to the functional specifications, detailed design, maintainability, and coding and efficiency standards.

· Use code management processes and tools to avoid versioning problems.

· Ensure that the code does not affect the functioning of any external or internal systems.

· Perform peer reviews of code to ensure it meets coding and efficiency standards.

· Act as the primary reviewer to review the application code created by software engineers to ensure compliance to defined standards. Recommend changes to the code as required.

Testing & Debugging

· Attend the Test Design walkthroughs to help verify that the plans and conditions will test all functions and features effectively.

· Perform impact analysis for issues assigned to self and software engineers.

· Actively assist with project- and code-level problem solving, such as suggesting paths to explore when testing engineers or software engineers encounter a debugging problem, and escalate urgent issues.

Documentation

· Review technical documentation for the code for accuracy, completeness, and usability.

· Document and maintain the reviews conducted and the unit test results.

Process Management

· Adhere to the project and support processes.

· Adhere to best practices and comply with approved policies, procedures, and methodologies, such as the SDLC cycle for different project sizes.

· Shows responsibility for corporate funds, materials and resources.

· Ensure adherence to SDLC and audits requirements.

· Adhere to best practices and comply with approved policies, procedures, and methodologies.

Qualifications:

Essential Duties:

• Guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers.

• Guiding the team on how to get the most of out self-organization.

• Guiding the team on self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks.

• Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.

• Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.

• Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on healing and problem-solving.

• Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.

• Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.

• Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.

• Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially on grooming and maintaining the product backlog.

• Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example.

• Proficient in Agile Metrices and able to coach team in gauging the deliveries.

Required Skills/Experience:

• Experience in playing the Scrum Master role for at least two year for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.

• Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.

• Knowledge of various techniques of doing Scrum events.

• Able to perform as an individual contributor.

• Excellent communication and mentoring skills.

• Experienced in collaboration and coordination with multiple delivery teams [ex. ART teams]

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Certification or Experience in Scaled Agile Framework. [Safe Practitioner / Safe Scrum Master]

• Experience is playing the Scrum Master role for at least two years for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory. (Adjust based on your necessity)

• Knowledge of other Agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, etc.

• Awareness and experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games.

• Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team.

Location:

This position can be based in any of the following locations:

Gurgaon

Every day, Guardian helps our 29 million customers realize their dreams through a range of insurance and financial products and services. Our Purpose, to inspire well-being, guides our dedication to the colleagues, consumers, and communities we serve. We know that people count, and we go above and beyond to prepare them for the life they want to live, focusing on their overall well-being — mind, body, and wallet. As one of the largest mutual insurance companies, we put our customers first. Behind every bright future is a GuardianTM. Learn more about Guardian at guardianlife.com .