SUMMARY

• Adept knowledge of SDLC process and implementation of Agile methodology across project teams.
• Proficient in facilitating Scrum ceremonies including Release planning, Sprint planning, Daily scrum, Backlog grooming, Sprint review and Sprint retrospective.
• Assisted organization, teams and individuals to adopt enterprise - wide Scaled Agile framework (SAFe) utilizing Scrum, Scaled Scrum (Nexus) and Kanban principles.
• Administrative experience with JIRA tool in configuring the tool and workflow as per project requirements.
• Ensure that team adheres to Definition of Done and Definition of Ready by removing all impediments.
• Efficient in working with Product owner to maximize value of Product backlog.
• Extensive experience in establishing test process, test planning, test case development and execution.
• Proficient in scheduling project tasks, allocating resources, identifying gaps and risk factors, performing risk analysis and embedding risk driven testing in the test process.
• Experienced with lean Six Sigma five-step framework to create a common problem-solving approach.
• Expertise in manual and automation Testing with involvement in all test phases.
• Detailed experience in functional, integration, regression and user acceptance (UAT) testing phases.
• Proficient knowledge working with development tools - Jira, Confluence, Rally and HP ALM
• Proficient in SQL Queries using Oracle, MS-SQL and SQL Server for back-end testing/ data validation.
• Proficient in facilitating project meetings and efficient in interacting with project stakeholders, business, development and management teams.
• Efficient working on Data Migration projects and adopting industry best-practices like Continuous Integration utilizing DevOps model, TDD, BDD, ATDD, XP and Pair Programming
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to quickly adapt across various domains and diversified work culture.
• Delivered high traffic web-based projects with a responsive design for regular web, mobile and tablet platforms across Pharma, Healthcare, Retail, Finance and Manufacturing industries.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Business Tools: Jira, Confluence, Rally, Adobe XD, Product Board, Windows, Unix, MS Office

Database Tools: SQL Server, Oracle, Amazon - Dynamo DB, S3, RedShift, Toad

Development Tools: .NET, Java, Amazon AWS (Lambda, REACT.js, Node.js), VB Script, Datadog

Testing Tools: HP UFT (QTP), HP QC/ALM, X-Ray, Microsoft TFS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Worked with Product Owner and ensured that the user story format aligned with J&J SDLC format.
• Facilitated Scrum ceremonies and ensured that the team adopted J&J Agile practices.
• Provided internal training on SDLC and Agile principles including Scrum and Kanban approach.
• Ensured effective transformation of projects transitioning from Waterfall to Agile.
• Utilized Data Sampling Plan during Data migration and guided the QA team on testing data samples.
• Reviewed all SDLC deliverables and provided process guidance to the project team.
• Ensured traceability matrix completion right from User Stories, Design, Code, Test to Defects.
• Monitored and ensured that the stage gate assessments were completed in all development phases.
• Performed test planning, test execution and ensure correct defect management practices.
• Reported SDLC metrics including Defect density and Aging and analyzed them with statistical tools.
• Received appreciation for implementing Lean Agile and Zero CAPA from SQA for JJAR Audit

Tools: Jira, Confluence, X-Ray, HP ALM, Adobe XD, Solman, Cloudera, Azure, BitBucket, TruVault, Docspace, Adobe PDF, Instantis, ServiceNow, Adaptiv, Data Version Control (dvc), funretro.io

Confidential

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated scrum ceremonies and ensured that all stakeholders adopt Agile mindset.
• Worked with data migration team and guided them in selection of effective data sampling plan as per ANSI/ASQC Z1.4 standards.
• Ensured that the Definition of Ready and Done were met across all sprints.
• Coached teams on SAFe Agile Principles and assisted the teams in adopting SAFe across their projects.
• Configured JIRA as per project requirements and provided assistance to teams on workflow usage.
• Reported consistently on Agile metrics such as Sprint Velocity, Burn-down and Burn-up charts.
• Participated in Scrum of Scrums meeting and synced up with Release Train Engineer (RTE) to ensure effective synchronization across the project.
• The sprint velocity increased within a span of 6 months by following best industry practices like next gen tools, test automation, reducing team meetings and following best documentation practices

Tools: Jira, Confluence, X-Ray, Adobe XD, Amazon AWS (React.js, Lambda, API, Node.js), Dynamo DB, S3RedShift, Funretro.io, Product Board

Confidential, New York, NY

Scrum Master and QA Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Worked with Product owner in arranging the product backlog effectively through grooming sessions.
• Performed manual and automation testing across browsers and platforms.
• Used SQL Queries to perform data validation between Oracle and Business Objects.
• Facilitated data migration testing and ensured that data conversion was performed successfully.
• Involved in End-end testing of critical components during Integration testing phase
• Involved in test planning, test case design, test execution, defect tracking, status and reporting metrics.
• Used hybrid test automation framework to automate regression tests using Unified functional tester.
• Proposed run book creation to the business team to assist new team members in master requirements.

Environment: Java, Jira, HP QC/ALM12, HP UFT/QTP12, Oracle, SQL, Sybase IQ, Business Objects Xi