Quick overview
SeniorityMid Senior
Work modeOn Site
LocationHouston, TX, United States
ScrumContinuous ImprovementAgileProject Management
Job description
Role: Senior Scrum Master / Release Train Engineer (RTE) – Data & Analytics Platform
Location: Houston, TX - Hybrid(4 days in-office)
Support Area – Data & Analytics
Key Responsibilities
-
Serve as Scrum Master for Data & Analytics teams, facilitating Agile delivery across data engineering, data integration, BI, reporting, and analytics initiatives.
-
Facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and backlog refinement sessions.
-
Work closely with Product Owners and business stakeholders to maintain prioritized and well-defined product backlogs.
-
Coordinate with data engineers, data architects, BI developers, data analysts, and other technical teams to ensure smooth sprint execution.
-
Track sprint progress, team capacity, velocity, burndown charts, and delivery commitments.
-
Identify and remove impediments, resolve delivery bottlenecks, and proactively manage risks and dependencies.
-
Ensure user stories have clear requirements, acceptance criteria, estimates, and appropriate prioritization.
-
Coordinate cross-team activities involving data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, data warehouses, data lakes, reporting, and analytics platforms.
-
Promote collaboration between technical teams and business stakeholders to ensure alignment on scope, priorities, and expected outcomes.
-
Monitor Agile delivery metrics and provide regular sprint status, progress reports, and delivery updates to stakeholders.
-
Coach team members on Scrum principles, Agile practices, continuous improvement, and effective team collaboration.
-
Support release planning, testing coordination, deployment readiness, and resolution of issues impacting production delivery.
Key Requirements & Qualifications
-
Scrum Master Experience: 5–10+ years of hands-on experience as a Scrum Master, leading Agile teams in an enterprise IT environment.
-
Data & Analytics Exposure: Experience supporting Data & Analytics initiatives involving data engineering, ETL/ELT, data integration, data warehouses, BI, or reporting platforms.
-
Agile Expertise: Strong understanding of Scrum and Agile methodologies, including sprint planning, backlog management, estimation, retrospectives, and Agile metrics.
-
Tools & Delivery Management: Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, or similar Agile project management tools; ability to track sprint progress, dependencies, and delivery metrics.
-
Stakeholder & Team Management: Strong facilitation, communication, conflict-resolution, and coordination skills, with the ability to work effectively with technical teams, Product Owners, and business stakeholders.
Similar jobs
- IN

Scrum MasterRecently posted Auto Apply
Insurity · Remote - US · Remote 🇺🇸
SAFeRecruitingOnboarding+6Operations & Project Management$65k - $109k/yr - MW
Project Manager / Scrum MasterRecently posted
Mind Ware Inc · Plano, TX · On-site 🇺🇸
SAFeScrumWaterfall+1Operations & Project ManagementSalary not listed - LF
Release Train Engineer (RTE)Recently posted
Long Finch Technologies · Washington, DC · On-site 🇺🇸
SAFeScrumOKR+1EngineeringSalary not listed - RD

Agile Scrum MasterRecently posted
Randstad Digital · Jersey City, NJ · Hybrid 🇺🇸
Stakeholder ManagementScrumConfluence+4Operations & Project Management$64 - $74/hr - IC

AI Technical Scrum Master(Remote)Recently posted
Innovative Consulting Solutions, LLC · United States · Remote 🇺🇸
ScrumOperations & Project ManagementSalary not listed - MM

Agile Scrum MasterRecently posted
Mitchell Martin, Inc. · Jersey City, NJ · Hybrid 🇺🇸
SAFeScrumConfluence+4Operations & Project Management$78 - $83/hr - MM

Scrum Master / Project ManagerRecently posted
Mitchell Martin, Inc. · Irving, TX · Hybrid 🇺🇸
ScrumConfluenceKanban+3Operations & Project Management$61 - $71/hr - DD

Senior Scrum MasterRecently posted Auto Apply
Delta Dental · Oakland · Hybrid 🇺🇸
SAFeScrumConfluence+6Operations & Project Management$107.4k - $232.8k/yr - RD

Release Train Engineer (RTE)Recently posted
Randstad Digital · DC · On-site 🇺🇸
SAFeScrumOKR+1Engineering$70 - $80/hr - BS
Scrum Master, SeniorRecently posted Auto Apply
BSC · Oakland · Hybrid 🇺🇸
SAFeStakeholder ManagementScrum+4Operations & Project ManagementSalary not listed - AS
Sr. Scrum MasterRecently posted
Apex Systems · Reston, VA · On-site 🇺🇸
SAFeStakeholder ManagementScrum+4Operations & Project ManagementSalary not listed - KT

Senior Scrum MasterRecently posted
Kforce Technology Staffing · Irving, TX · Hybrid 🇺🇸
SAFeStakeholder ManagementScrum+7Operations & Project ManagementSalary not listed