Scrum Master - Release Management, Azure DevOps

Responsibilities

• Facilitate all core Scrum ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews and retrospectives.
• Partner with Product Owners to ensure the API backlog is prioritized, refined and aligned with business outcomes.
• Coach the team on Agile best practices, helping improve velocity, quality and predictability.
• Identify and remove impediments impacting API development or platform delivery.
• Promote continuous improvement and team cohesion across engineering, QA, architecture and Dev Ops.
• Own the end-to-end release process for API services and platform modules.
• Define and maintain release plans, calendars, and cutover activities.
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies, ensuring API versions, integrations and platform components are ready for release.
• Conduct release readiness checks, verify testing completion, assess risks, and approve deployment scope.
• Collaborate with Dev Ops teams to ensure releases follow CI/CD standards and security compliance.
• Track release issues, manage hotfix timelines, and ensure post-release validation.

• 8 plus years of experience in a blended Scrum Master Release Management or Delivery Lead role.
• Strong understanding of API development, REST frameworks, microservices, and integration patterns.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and Dev Ops tools (e.g. Azure Dev Ops, Jenkins, Git Hub Actions).
• Hands‑on experience with Agile tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure Dev Ops Boards.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong problem solving and risk management capabilities.