Release Train Engineer/ Program manager Resume

SUMMARY

Large IT Program/Portfolio Manager, Experienced in IT Project Management from intake process to production release, budgeting/forecasting, demand and capacity.
Very effective in collaborating with a diverse group of stakeholders including System/ Solution Architects, Business partners, program managers, to resolve risk /dependency, and addressing critical bottlenecks and communication.
Expertise working in multiple time zones with offshore teams in India/Australia/Dubai/Nepal etc., Third Party vendors as Oracle.
SAFE Certified Release Train Engineer, Effectively facilitating PI Planning, Solution/System demos and development of solution vision, roadmaps, backlog, Product Management Council, and Scrum of Scrum meetings. Expert Rally user
SAFE Certified Advanced Scrum Master/ Scrum Master, Experienced in leading multiple Scrum teams.
Experience in Leading Software Quality Assurance team.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Project Management Tools: Azure DevOps, Jira, Rally, Flow docks, Excel, PowerPoint, Timesheet system (HP - PPM)

Test Management Tools: HP Quality Center, HP Unified Functional Testing, UFT

Browsers: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Mozilla, Safari, Chrome

Office Productivity Tools: MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, one note, Outlook)

Database: Toad for Oracle and PL SQL Developer

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Release Train Engineer/ Program manager

Responsibilities:

Actively Involved with stakeholders to identify budget, estimation, delivery schedule and resource demand- capacity for the upcoming projects.
Creating roadmap from the existing initiatives, encouraging management and leadership to embrace the agile method to maximize the flow
Closely working with higher management to Identifying and establishing Value Streams i:e Product, Finance, Engineering, Ops, Enhancements and production support.
Implementing agile methodology from waterfall, Utilizing SAFe scale methods and oversee the development of existing agile teams to ensure effective outcomes for the organization.
Identifying roles and responsibilities of each scrum teams and team members and coaching benefits of Implementing agile can help streamline processes.
Educating and establishing cadence and scheduling PI planning, SOS, Daily Standups, Art Synch etc. meeting and encouraging teams to get on board with a new methodology which requires significant effort on the part of management as well.
Collaborating and Identifying agile software project management tool such as Azure dev, Jira and Rally which can support teams to utilize in all stages of software development.

Confidential - Optum

Release Train Engineer/ Program Manager

Responsibilities:

Extracting/ Managing Program portfolio level weekly financial report for leadership review of demand-capacity, resourcing, building forecast, and budget prioritization.
Establish and communicate calendars for Iterations and Program Increments
Facilitate PI Planning readiness, main PI planning event, Summarize team and program level PI objectives and publish for visibility and transparency to all stakeholders.
Inspect and Adapt, retrospective workshops, to assess the agility level of the ART and help them improve
Facilitate SOS, PMC meetings, solution/system demos, for tracking execution of features and capabilities.
Collaborating with System architect, Product management team and stakeholders for successful program execution and operational excellence.