Job Description

Story Behind the Need:

• Business group: The GIAM IAM Engineering team oversees the management of staff authentication processes and provides IAM platform system set up and support. Currently, the team is involved in transitioning towards a Cloud-based Multi-Factor Authentication system.
• The Developer will be supporting the migration from the legacy solution to the new solution (Microsoft Entra ID/Azure Active Directory).

Candidate Value Proposition:

• The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work within the scope of US regulations and Entra Staff Authentication as well as bank's migration to Entra from ForgeRock Solutions. The candidate will be exposed to different stakeholders, including different business teams within the Bank. This project is highly visible.
• The ScrumMaster is responsible for driving team effectiveness by identifying and removing impediments, supporting the team, and encouraging practices in accordance with agile principles.
• The ScrumMaster is empowered to introduce better ways to drive team productivity.
• They guide the team by embodying agile values, facilitating ceremonies and supporting a culture of continuous improvement and shared practices. The incumbent will actively participate in developing and maintaining a high performing, self-organizing team.

Typical Day in Role:

• Co-ordinate with multiple teams and vendors within client to migrate existing Single Sign-On application from WAM to Entra ID
• Work closely with multiple stakeholders including upper management to provide project updates, timeline management and work closely with different focus groups to ensure the timely execution and migration of applications.
• Ensure that all technical and business requirements for application migration are met across non-pro and prod environment
• Provide support to teams using a servant leadership style
• Assess and coach the team to higher levels of performance, tracking acceleration metrics
• Guide the development team on how to integrate agile ceremonies and values into daily work.
• Encourage an environment where open communication and collaborative problem solving can pave the way for faster removal of any impediments and where the impact of mistakes can be minimized through early detection, making them into learning opportunities
• Engage with the team and technical SMEs to identify technical debt risks and develop approaches to remediate.
• Apply techniques for effective workflow visualization and management (e.g. Kanban or Scrum Boards)
• Identify, manage, and help mitigate issues and risks, with particular emphasis on timely removal of impediments for the team and/or directing obstacles to appropriate owners for quick resolution
• Facilitate identifying and enacting improvement strategies to increase the productivity of the team and quality of deliverables
• Ensure team execution and delivery to committed sprint work- maintaining the momentum of the initiative and upholding a sustainable pace of delivery; track agile metrics to provide statistical proof of momentum and sustainability
• Understand long-term product planning/ roadmap and help inform development teams to create quicker gains for the benefit of the end user
• Ensure that proper lightweight documentation (captured in artifacts such as program vision statement, program backlog, program roadmap, release plan, sprint backlog, and increments) is prioritized and added to the team backlog of work
• Compliance with client policies and procedures for project delivery
• Develop strong partnership with the Product Owner to gain strong understanding of objectives, sustain open dialogue to manage product backlog efficiently
• Influence a wide range of stakeholders (business, compliance, Legal, IT, etc.) to remove impediments and maximize team output
• Support and educate the Product Owner on agile principles and practices to preserve the team from external pressures which may inhibit its productivity
• Lead and coach the organization in its agile adoption, sharing successes, artifacts, and experience to accelerate transition to new delivery models
• Communicate effectively across diverse audiences within and outside of the development team (Stakeholders, Executives), acting as a champion of the agile methodology
• Partner with Agile Coach and other agile teams to share findings, best practices, and resources to help mature the organization agility

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:

• 5+ years of experience with large scale migration project, specifically, modernization of security applications
• 2+ years of People Management experience and/or leading large cross-functional/cross-regional teams on major organizational projects, preferably in an agile work environment
• Project Management experience with a strong understanding of agile project management principles practices coupled with working experience as a ScrumMaster in a recent project/initiative
• Knowledge of IT IAM technologies such as Entra, Cryptography
• 5+ years of experience working closely with multiple stakeholders, especially with senior management to ensure timely execution of the project and resolving technical issues in a cost-effective manner

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• ScrumMaster Certification (CSM)
• PMP certification
• JIRA, Confluence, Sharepoint

Soft Skills Required:

• Ability to develop strong relationships and to gain the confidence of stakeholders.
• Demonstrated results in unstructured situations.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to communicate objectives and document results.

Education:

• Post-secondary degree

Best VS. Average Candidate:

• The ideal candidate would have worked on digital migration/transformation projects for security applications, moving from Onprem to SAS solutions. They would be able to manage multiple application migrations simultaneously.

Candidate Review & Selection:

• 1 round - 1.5 hours - MS Teams Video
• HM + Tech Lead + Architect
• Mix of behavioural + situational questions plus questions about their previous Project management experience
• Some technical questions but focus will be on PM experience

Job Details
13745
Contract
11 month
Scarborough
85.00 CAD
Recruiter
Nitin Bajaj
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