Scrum Master Resume Bellevue, WA - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

Certified Scrum Master with 5 years of experience leading Agile Scrum teams as a Scrum Master and coaching following scrum principles.
Extensive experience working in Scaled Agile Framework, Software development methodology (SDLC) Iterative, Incremental development and Waterfall model.
Additionally, brings over 12 years of experience managing and developing web based applications.
Strong background - Collaborating with cross functional teams to gather business requirements related to ongoing development;
Building consensus among stakeholders to prioritize & align business and technology roadmaps;
Data driven decision-making, bias for action and influencing using appropriate persuasion techniques;
First-hand experience capturing user requirements, prioritizing work and providing execution visibility.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software Development Methodology: Agile, Waterfall and Incremental

Platforms: Windows, Unix

Frameworks: J2EE

Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, DB2

Tools: Rally, JIRA, Microsoft Visio, Visual Studio, Eclipse, VSS, Subversion, Toad, HP Quality Center

Other Skills: Requirements Engineering, Design Patterns, User Story Creation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

Served as a Scrum Master for multiple teams distributed geographically across different time zones
Conducted Technical Training Sessions regarding Agile Development Methodology
Evaluated information radiators and Scrum issues on daily basis
Facilitated and participated in Sprint Ceremonies, Technical Discussions, and Release Planning
Improved velocity of the team by conducting backlog grooming sessions on regular intervals
Captured the technical requirements during backlog grooming session and documented them as user stories for development
Set up an environment where Product Owners could bring their features to the team and stay involved through launch
Led Release Planning meetings and actively channeled the team and Product Owners during breakout sessions
Prepared and collaborated future project proposals and schedules after release planning
Formulated, implemented, and maintained tools and practices
Set expectation of the team and business stakeholders through ‘Team Work Agreement’
Improved transparency of the deliverable across business and delivery teams by proactively communicating project status
Monitored IT programs and supported financial management functions

Confidential, Bellevue, WA

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

Agile Coach: Trained teams to adapt to Scrum methodology and coach team to follow agile practices
Scrum Master: Remove impediments, radiate information, support the Product Owner, facilitate, and empower development team, conduct scrum cadences.
Coordinate and work with extended scrum teams.

Confidential, Seattle, WA

Scrum Master/Project Lead

Responsibilities:

As Scrum Master, managed and drove: Stand-ups, Grooming Sprint Planning Meetings, Retrospectives, Demos, Story Board
As a facilitator ensured that the tasks, activities, and day of each team member is easier by removing any impediments that obstructed the team’s pursuit of its sprint goals
Participated actively in architecture, design and code reviews and contributed to the team delivering the right solution not just the fastest solution
Worked in conjunction with the team and product owner to prioritize the work that came out of release planning
Assisted team and product owner to prioritize the user story and arrive at Sprint ‘Definition of Done’ and ‘Definition of Ready’
Tracked the development progress of the stories and managed handing them over to System Testing and Performance Testing team
Participated actively in Agile Transformation initiatives
Team successfully launched more than 50 features on the Confidential .com website

Confidential, New York, NY

Java Consultant

Responsibilities:

Architecting, implementing and maintaining large content driven and ecommerce based JAVA applications
Led project from inception until delivery
Led team in automating build process
Exposed 7 different modules as web services using AXIS2
Developed user interface using GWT for 2 different applications
Documented major projects for technical and functional design

Confidential

Project Engineer

Responsibilities:

Responsible for technical requirements gathering, evaluating technical feasibility, solution development, coordinating and designing application interaction mechanism with the dependent third party solution providers & interfacing between Business groups and offshore technical teams
Supported the production systems efficiently thereby winning client appreciation award for excellence in application support activities
Contributed to the architecture of systems involved in creation of the policy