SUMMARY:

• Adaptable professional with over 10 years of experience and a proven knowledge in design and implementation of enterprise solutions using DevOps.
• Currently working on transforming teams to Agile; coaching and mentoring on best practices of Scrum.
• Seeking to leverage my diverse skills to assist in implementing and improving Agile practices and collaboration between individuals, teams, programs and organizations.
• Facilitated the transformation of two (2) teams to Agile. Currently working on transforming my present team, mentoring and coaching on best practices of Scrum.
• Pioneered the creation of the Confidential Community of Practice (CoP) for UNIX System Administrators to improve processes and methods.
• Reduced time from provisioning/post - provisioning to delivery of servers/platforms and setting them to in-use to 30 minutes or less.
• Wrote and updated methods for improving processes at the d Confidential center.

SKILLS

• Experienced with Version One, JIRA, AWS.
• Speaks and writes French fluently.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Reston, Virginia

Agile Methodologist

Responsibilities:

• Design, build and deploy IT infrastructures including user systems, servers, storage and network connectivity; manage IT infrastructure and any processes related to these systems.
• Facilitate the transformation of teams to Agile by providing coaching and mentorship on all aspects of Agile project management framework, with strong emphasis on Scrum practices.
• Help with new Scrum team setup by providing technical guidance in the implementation of Scrum in the Software Development Process of the team.
• Deliver classes, workshops and presentations on best practices of the Scrum Methodology to Product Owners, Scrum Masters, developers and testers as well as other Project and business stakeholders.
• Plan and facilitate Scrum ceremonies and support Product Owner with grooming and maintaining product backlog.
• Take responsibility to manage dependencies between Scrum teams and help to remove or escalate roadblocks and impediments for the teams and individuals.
• Track and communicate team progress and metrics via burndown and burnup charts as well as other information radiators with the team members, management and other stakeholders.

Confidential, Richmond & Tysons Corner, Virginia

Agile Systems Administrator/Integrator

Responsibilities:

• Work with my Agile Team to design, build and maintain enterprise IT solutions.
• Analyze, troubleshoot and resolve issues with IT infrastructures.
• Acting Scrum Master to assist two (2) teams transitioning to Agile, train and mentor new Scrum Team on Agile principles.
• Plan and facilitated Sprint planning, Sprint review, daily stan-ups, Sprint demo and Sprint retrospective.