Scrum Master IT

Join Us as a Scrum Master and Help Shape the Future of Energy! The role focuses on fostering a strong culture within the team and Agile Release Train (ART). The ideal candidate possesses technical awareness in areas such as Lifecycle Management, Security, Quality, Non-Functional Requirements, Technical Debt, Compliance, and Audits.

At Essent, we believe that collaboration is key to advancing the energy landscape. As a Scrum Master IT, you will be an essential expert in enhancing cooperation within our DevOps teams and across multiple teams to manage dependencies effectively. This role is essential for driving quality and performance in a collaborative, agile environment. Your key responsibilities are: 

• Promoting the integration of quality into user stories and features, ensuring it is a fundamental part of the team’s workflow.
• Facilitating outcome-oriented discussions around performance metrics with teams and stakeholders to encourage accountability for improvements.
• Supporting the team (Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Engineers) in embedding quality practices into daily operations.
• Utilizing Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and collaborative modeling techniques to engage the right stakeholders and assist developers in software modeling sessions.
• Cultivating a generative culture within the team and ART that fosters collaboration and continuous improvement. 

Are you driven by a strong desire to empower teams and bring about meaningful change? At the I Empower Agile Release Train (ART), we aim to enhance the experience of our internal stakeholders by simplifying procedures and providing tools that make their jobs easier. Our focus on IT4IT and Developer Experience fosters a collaborative environment where each team member thrives.
The System Team, made up of four highly motivated DevOps engineers, shares this vision. We are passionate about improving the developer journey to enable teams to deliver high-quality, shippable products to our customers faster and with greater confidence. We are currently seeking an effective Scrum Master to lead us on this pioneering journey, supporting agile practices and promoting a culture of continuous improvement both within the team and beyond.
If you’re ready to make a significant impact in the energy sector while fostering an agile and collaborative work environment, we want to hear from you! Join us at Essent and help us take the next step in energy together.

We’re looking for team players and go-getters who want to make the Netherlands a bit more sustainable. Who look at what is possible now. Today. To bring us closer to tomorrow. You recognise yourself in this and in the following:

• A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent academic level.
• Over 5 years of relevant experience in an agile software engineering environment.
• Proven experience in driving sustainable transitions, both in processes and in team mindsets and behaviors.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to connect with individuals and teams effectively. 

You also are Analytically strong, have a proactive mindset, organization sensitivity, convincing with a positive attitude, customer focused, enthusiastic training and facilitation skills. Furthermore, you are eager to learn and improve, focus on results and how to achieve them (both in process and in behavior) and last but not least self-reflective and teaching by example. If you’re ready to be part of a forward-thinking team dedicated to making a positive impact on our environment, apply now and help us pave the way toward a more sustainable future!

We appreciate and value the energy and motivation you put into your work so that we can be the best energy partner for our customers. We show this by providing a nice employment package. We offer you:

• A job in which you can use your expertise to contribute to the sustainability of the Netherlands!
• A gross monthly salary between € 4.968 en € 7.054
• A bonus of up to 10% of your annual salary to express our appreciation even more
• 30 day’s holiday and 8% holiday pay
• The opportunity to work within a true hybrid model. You decide where you work, every day.
• The opportunity to work hybrid. Prefer a workation? Again, we have a nice arrangement for 20 days a year
• A discount on your energy bill and on all products of our service partners (solar panels, heat pump, maintenance, etc.)
• An attractive head office within walking distance of Central Station Den Bosch with amenities such as a good coffee bar, two company restaurants and free fresh fruit
• An NS Business Card for commuting or a mileage allowance. You decide.
• Development and growth opportunities and an associated personal development budget of € 500 per year. You can also follow job-related education, training and courses at our expense. International ambitions? As part of the E.ON Group, we also offer you plenty of development opportunities within the other E.ON countries. 
• And last but not least: an environment in which you can really be yourself. For us, all that matters is who you are and what you can do. So feel free to leave out your gender, nationality and/or age on your CV. 

This is a great opportunity to get started as a Scrum Master IT. Curious about what’s next? Check out the steps for our application process below.

As an energy supplier, we help more than 2.5 million customers in the private and business market. With our Essent, energiedirect.nl and Vandebron brands and our service partners throughout the Netherlands, we assist our customers with energy solutions. With more sustainable living and saving energy. We do this with sustainable products such as solar panels, heat pumps and insulation for an energy-efficient home. We also invest heavily in innovative solutions that are part of the energy system of the future, such as hydrogen and cooling and heating networks. Together with our customers, we take the next step in energy. We are part of major European player E.ON.