Agile Master

Our client requires the services of a **Delivery Assurance Manager (Senior) - **Midrand/Menlyn/Rosslyn/Home Office rotation
- **Amazing brand with cutting edge technology**:

- **Excellent teams in Global team collaboration**:

- **High work-life balance with Flexible hours**:

- **Agile working environment**

**POSITION**:Contract until December 2026

**EXPERIENCE: 6-8 Years related working experience.**

**COMMENCEMENT**:As soon as possible

**QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE**

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- South African citizens/residents are preferred.
- Minimum years of experience:

- 7 -10 years experience in more than one Agile Team
- At least 10 years experience in the IT/Software DevOps industry is essential.
- Minimum qualification required:

- IT / Business / Engineering qualification
- At least 1 of the following:

- Professional Scrum Master II (scrum.org)
- Advanced Certified ScrumMaster® (scrumailliance.org)
- Scale Professional Scrum (scrum.org)
- Certification as Scrum Master (Advantageous)
- Project Management Qualification (Advantageous)
- Ability to manage a technical team using agile methodologies.
- Leadership skills and knowledge of facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.

**ESSENTIAL SKILLS**:

- Agile Working Model
- Project Management
- DevOps and Biz DevOps
- Transition Management
- PIC Process Management (Problem, Incident and Change Management)
- Knowledge of GROUP, ITPM, AWM (Advantageous)
- Excellent proficiency in the Agile Tool Chain (JIRA, Confluence, X-Ray, BitBucket)
- Previous exposure to finance function (either in finance function or Agile Master for a team that services a finance function)
- Knowledge of numerous well-documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the scrum approach (e.g., Numerous burndown techniques, retrospective formats, handling bugs)

**ADVANTAGEOUS TECHNICAL SKILLS**
- German speaking (Advantageous)

**Soft Skills**:

- Problem solving capabilities.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Ability to work interdependently as well as independently and to submit deliverables on time and with excellent quality.
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills with the ability to communicate effectively (both verbally and in writing) with both technical and non-technical colleagues / users.
- Strong ability to understand and interpret business needs and requirement with an aptitude to move concepts through to proposal and successful implementation.
- Strong presentation skills
- Above-board work ethics
- Flexibility to take up different tasks in the project.
- Ability and willingness to coach and give training to fellow colleagues and users when required.
- Willing and able to travel internationally

**ROLE**:

- Ensure projects/ maintenance are on-time, within budget and managed according to GROUP standard processes (AWM).
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and critical functionalities.
- Conduct a detailed analysis of the existing mainframe environment.
- Identify potential risks associated with the migration process.
- Develop mitigation strategies and contingency plans for unforeseen issues.
- Ensure compliance with GROUP regulations and data protection standards during the migration process.
- Work with the infrastructure team to map mainframe components to equivalent cloud services and resources.
- Develop a comprehensive strategy for migrating mainframe data to the cloud, considering data integrity, security, and mínimal downtime.
- Conduct performance, security, and compatibility testing.
- Create detailed documentation for the migration process, including step-by-step procedures and best practices.
- Document configurations, settings, and any customizations made during the migration.
- Coordinate with cloud service providers to optimize the migration process and leverage their expertise.
- Stay updated on the latest features and tools offered by the cloud providers.
- Implement security best practices for the cloud environment.
- Ensure data encryption, access controls, and compliance with security policies.
- Develop training materials for IT staff involved in the migration process.
- Conduct knowledge transfer sessions to ensure a smooth transition and ongoing support.
- Establish a communication plan to keep stakeholders informed of the migration progress.
- Address concerns and provide regular updates to the project team and key stakeholders.
- Continuously optimize the cloud infrastructure for cost, performance, and efficiency
- Periodically review and update the migration documentation to reflect any changes or improvements.
- Conduct a lessons learned session after the migration to gather feedback and improve future migration processes.
- Evaluate the success of the migration against predefined metrics.
- Identify areas for improvement and document lessons learned for future migrations.
- Driving the vision of the