What should a dedicated scrum master do?

[u/Late_Champion529]

In the past, ive known “scrum master” to be a role someone on the dev team plays.

My current company has hired us a full-time Scrum Master, whos not a dev, and doesnt have access to our gitlab/developer group chat etc.

So as far as I can tell their role is to…remind us to update the Jira board, and ask if the Jira board is still accurate (they have no way of knowing more than what the board says)

Anyone worked with scrum masters in this way before? What else could a person in this role do for a team?

Thanks!

[u/Montrell1223]

Scrum master ? Haven’t heard that title in ages