Lead - Scrum Master/ QA Lead Resume - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Passionate about agile methodologies and the Scrum process and dedicated to they’re successful implementation.
Eight years of experience as an Agile - Scrum Master, Scrum Product Owner and Quality Analyst
Extensive experience in managing, working with and leading Onsite, Offsite and Overseas teams, preparing and running calls and meetings
Work cohesively with all parties involved in the development life cycle while maintaining a positive relationship that demands respect for quality
In-depth knowledge of various SDLC methodologies and working experience in teams using Agile, scrum based methodologies
Experience in preparing Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM).
Expertise in developing and maintaining overall Test Methodology and Strategy, Documenting Test plans, Test Cases, executing Tests Cases and creating automation Test Scripts based on baseline requirements
Strong analytical, problem solving and diagnostic skills along with experience to drive the business initiatives from conception to realization
Expertise in automation testing of Web Services based applications through SOAP UI, Jmeter and Selenium
Strong experience of working closely with customers and product managers in the client location at Confidential
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to leverage technical and business acumen to communicate effectively with client stakeholders and cross-functional teams.

SKILLS:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Lead - Scrum Master/ QA Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Worked in a highly Dynamic, Agile environment
Responsibility of managing the offshore team and coordination with the onsite team
Was responsible for collecting requirements from product owners and documenting them for technical team implementations
Managed relationship with client business users and technical teams from other vendors in the project.
Project and execution planning activities with project stakeholders
Responsible for API automation plan, high level design, documentation and active execution
Client UAT responsibilities for ensuring smooth rollout to Production
Product validation to ensure release success and communication with client stakeholders
Assess the Scrum maturity of the teams and organization and coach teams to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.
Work with the Scrum Teams and the Product Owners to negotiate the minimum viable product for delivery
Engage with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization
As the Scrum Master, I created and managed the sprint burn-down and facilitated the sprint retrospective.
Provide oversight for Kanban team(s) working from a bug backlog.

Senior QA Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Documented business requirements from client stakeholders and translated them to use cases and JIRA stories
Was responsible for documenting test plans for both functional and automation QA
Coordinate project delivery activities across UI and Backend technical teams
Built an API automation framework using SOAP UI and JMeter
Co-ordinated and conducted UAT and Production validation for smooth rollouts
Establish and organize onsite/offshore communication and scrum calls
Was responsible for project delivery and Test automation plan and Implementation
Ownership and execution of complete web services testing using SOAP UI
Created Test Strategy and Test Plan for QA deliverables and acquired sign-off from business
Project planning activities and delivery status calls with client stakeholders
Co-ordinated and conducted UAT and Production validation for smooth rollouts

Senior QA Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Held the Ownership of projects and product enhancements with cross-functional teams
Writing Test cases based on Requirements
Writing Test Scripts for the Regression Test Cases
Performing Functional and Regression testing on different configurations
Preparation of traceability document
Performed ad-hoc, Integration and Compatibility Testing of Web-based Application
Wrote SQL scripts to perform back-end data integrity testing