SUMMARY:

A seasoned certified Scrum master and information security with over 8 years experience. Results - driven, goal-oriented and a solid track record of success in delivering projects on time and within budget . Help remove blockers/impediments that arise during Sprint's be it internal/external dependencies or third-party business vendors. Distinguished ability to employ problem solving and decision making skills to quickly deliver solutions to complex problems. Adapt at driving full project lifecycle from concept, design, development, testing, and delivery. Able to establish and maintain productive relationships across all organizational levels. Bilingual in French and English.

AREA OF EXPERTISE:

Knowledge of various Agile frameworks: Scrum, Kanban Principles.

Strong technical command of management tools: Jira, Confluence and TFS, Scrum Ceremonies and Product Backlog Grooming

Experienced in Agile techniques: User Stories, Continuous Integration

TECHNICAL SKILLS/TOOLS:

Microsoft Office (Advanced Word, Excel + Financial, PowerPoint, and Outlook) Agile Methodology and Waterfall MS Excel data analysis and metrics (Vlookups, Pivot Tables, dashboard metrics and Visio) Kanban Processes Jira Putty SQL PLUS Confluence Jira SharePoint Oracle RDBMS 10g, 11g and 12C (Container and Pluggable databases) SQL Developer RedHat Linux 5,6, 7 Oracle Linux HP Unix SSMS OEM RMAN Terarada SQL Assistant

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Scrum Master

Confidential, Mooresville, NC

Responsibilities:

• Introduced scrum principles, practices and benefits to delivery team and demonstrate the benefits of the scrum framework by allowing team to monitor the progress of projects and be aware of pertinent project issues.
• Coach and mentor agile team members and provides constructive performance feedback
• Work with Product Owner and Scrum team members to establish healthy time-boxes around feature work & user stories within a Sprint that is feasible and realistic.
• Organize and facilitate Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and Retrospective.
• Focused on developing more trusted and collaborative team environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame or being judged with a complete focus on problem .
• Documented team working artifacts within JIRA such as: commitment rosters, calendar planning and teams working Agreement
• Facilitate Scrum meetings with offshore Scrum teams in India (Bangalore).
• Communicated and presented weekly updates to manager using confluence and scrum dashboards.
• Guide teams of other Scrum Masters and Product Owners to ensure alignment of priorities and that dependencies are delivered in the appropriate sprints to support other team’s delivery commitments.
• Empower teams to self-organize and facilitate decision making during sprint planning sessions ensuring the commitments made are appropriate and uphold scrum principles.
• Engaging with other Scrum Masters by attending Community of practice (COP) meetings to increase the effectiveness of the of Scrum framework in the organization.
• Foster an agile culture, building trust and collaboration across all team members;
• Created and maintained Artifacts and Information Radiators such as Sprint Burn-down, and Release Burndown.

Scrum Master

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Responsibilities:

• Coaches the team and act as agile framework custodian ensuring agreed agile process is followed
• Scheduled and facilitated agile ceremonies, daily scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Demo & Sprint Retrospective meetings.
• Followed with good interpersonal relationship and communication skills, both with technical and non-technical audience.
• Supported the Product Owner to ensure the backlog has sufficient prioritized user stories at a ready status to stay ahead of the Team
• Removing barriers and impediments that are preventing the team from completing work and escalating issues.
• Ensure Jira tool is updated daily and accurately with current execution status.
• Provide agile reports such as the Burn down and velocity charts.
• Help to establish and maintain a culture of self-organization and self-accountability amongst the team
• Build trusting environment where the team is comfortable raising issues without fear of blame, retribution or being judged, with emphasis on problem solving.
• Experience coaching, and coordinating efforts with, multiple teams, agile coaches and Scrum masters within a matrixed technology organization.
• Strong knowledge with Agile methodologies; Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.
• Track story progress throughout the sprint and review backlog for upcoming sprint to ensure product owners are constantly prioritizing stories and stories are constantly groomed.

Oracle DBA/Information Security Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Carry out security incident response using Confidential as a guideline.
• Team lead for contingency planning using Confidential as a guideline.
• Evaluation of RMF using Confidential as a guide.
• Contact clients to alert and assist in remediation of security concerns.
• Document the results of Assessment and Authorization information and coordination to prepare the System Security Plan and update POA&M.
• Backup and recovery using RMAN.
• I create, review and update these documents on weekly and monthly to keep the systems in compliance.
• Monitoring and maintaining database security and Auditing.
• Managing, Monitoring and optimizing the performance of the databases on a periodic basis using AWR, ADDM reports and providing recommendations.

Information Security Analyst

Confidential, Boston, MA

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed and maintained some of the system categorization using FIPS 199, Initial risk Assessment, E-authentication, PTA, PIA, SAR, SSP, SAP and POA&M.
• Worked effectively and efficiently in a high pressure environment with changing objectives.
• Advised ISSM on system security plan, FISMA and FISCAM audits, contingency plans, incident reports and plan of Action and Milestone.
• Determined security categorization using FIPS 199 as a guide
• Worked with remediation team to remediate vulnerabilities.
• Experiences in ensuring organizations are in compliance with applications standards and frameworks such PCI, DSS and HIPAA.
• Also perform risk assessment on System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) by evaluating the risk at each stage of life cycle.
• Perform vulnerability scanning on monthly basis using Nessus tool. Analyze the root cause of the vulnerabilities and come out with remediation and mitigation plans.