Scrum Master Senior I

About Us

SoCalGas, the nation’s largest gas distribution utility, is dedicated to providing safe, reliable, and affordable energy to over 21 million Southern California customers. Through innovation, collaboration, and an unwavering commitment to the needs of our communities we proudly uphold our mindset of “Glad to be of Service” and  provide exceptional customer service today and ready to meet California’s energy needs with innovative solutions for tomorrow.  

As an employee of SoCalGas, you will support our core values to do the right thing, champion people, and shape the future. You will play a pivotal role in the energy transition initiatives, supporting our mission: Safe, reliable, and affordable energy delivery today. Ready for tomorrow.  We are committed to attracting top talent and fostering a diverse workforce that reflects the vibrant communities we serve.   

As an employee of SoCalGas, you’ll enjoy a competitive compensation plan, upward mobility opportunities and the ability to find a true work life balance.  Discover the rewards of joining SoCalGas by exploring our website: Our Mission; Sustainability, In the Community, and Employee Benefits. Join SoCalGas today and become a vital part of a team that is driving innovation, championing community needs, and shaping the future of energy in California. 

Primary Purpose
Supports effective Scrum delivery by applying Agile practices, facilitating ceremonies, removing impediments, and maintaining clear communication with stakeholders. Monitors team performance through metrics and maintains comprehensive project documentation to enable consistent, high‑quality delivery.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures the team adheres to scrum practices and principles, guiding them in maintaining focus on sprint goals and delivering high-quality increments.
• Acts as a liaison between the development team and stakeholders, ensuring clear communication of progress, issues, and changes in priorities.
• Documents project information, including objectives, scope, justification, scheduling, budgeting, communication strategy, risk identification and mitigation, and project activities, including planning, execution, and monitoring.
• Monitors and reports on team progress, using tools like burndown charts and other metrics to provide transparency and insights into the team's performance and velocity.
• Identifies and removes any impediments that are blocking the team's progress covering technical, procedural, or resourcing issues.
• Facilitates daily standups, iteration reviews and iteration planning ceremonies to ensure full team engagement.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Required: Typically requires a 4 year degree in a relevant field, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

• Required: Typically requires 5 years of related experience.

• Required: Agile Methodologies - A project management approach utilized in software development, which is characterized by the division of tasks into short phases of work (known as sprints) and frequent reassessment and adaptation of plans.
• Required: Project/Program Management - The process of leading the work of a team to achieve goals and meet success criteria at a specified time.
• Required: Requirements Management - The process of documenting, analyzing, tracing, prioritizing and agreeing on requirements and then controlling change and communicating to relevant stakeholders.
• Required: Continuous Improvement - An ongoing effort to improve processes, systems, and practices by regularly assessing performance and implementing incremental changes.
• Required: Product Backlog Management - A prioritized list of work for the development team that is derived from the roadmap and its requirements. The most important items are shown at the top of the product backlog so the team knows what to deliver first.
• Required: Coaching - Supports talent in achieving a specific personal or professional goal.
• Required: Epic/User Story Development - Describes and outlines a general explanation of a software or product feature written from the perspective of the end users to ensure the software or product will provide value to customers. Specifically, Epics are large bodies of work that can be broken down into a number of smaller tasks (called stories). Stories, also called “user stories,” are short requirements or requests written from the perspective of an end user.
• Required: Program Increment (PI) Design - Facilitates a collaborative focused planning process among teams, stakeholders and product owners to review program backlog and align on a committed roadmap.
• Required: Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - A process used by the software industry to design, develop and test high quality softwares.
• Required: Issue Resolution - Addressing problems that need to be solved, the decisions that need to be made, and the risks that need to be mitigated.