SUMMARY

• A dynamic, result - oriented IT Professional with more than 8 years of experience in banking, finance, and telecommunications domains;
• Demonstrated expertise in the areas of Agile software development, Agile coaching, Service delivery and Release Management.
• Excellent knowledge of the Scrum Guide and Agile methodologies, having executed multiple SDLC projects within scrum and other agile frameworks.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Tools: & Technologies: Jira, Confluence, Rally, TFS, MS Project, Azure DevOps, slack, Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, Amass, Sublist3r, XSS-Hunter Metasploit, Recon-ng, SQLmap NeXpose, Nessus, Qualys, WireShark, BeEF

Languages: Proficient In: HTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript Basic working knowledge: Bash, Python

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr Scrum Master

Confidential - Culpeper, VA

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated daily scrum meetings, sprint planning meetings, planning poker sessions, sprint reviews and retrospective meetings
• Facilitated scrum ceremonies simultaneously between two agile teams implementing SAFe and helped my RTE plan PI, Scrum of Scrum (S0S) meetings, coordinate inspect and adapt (INA)
• Coached scrum teams in utilizing agile best practices with project development
• Coach and mentor Scrum Masters, Product Owners and Developers with regards to the application of Agile practices
• Worked on projects with the goal to enable, align, and coordinate IT activities for mergers and acquisitions, such as integration of systems (like SAP, Siebel, and MS Dynamics), master data management and on-boarding of new bank customers
• Worked with other scrum masters and RTE to create high performance teams, manage dependencies, identify risks from inject work, and integrate work
• Worked with product owners to prioritize, refine, and validate user stories to maximize business value
• Investigated and corrected project issues, radiating/escalating major issues to program and delivery managers when need be
• Assisted my teams in capacity planning, story estimation, and led retro discussions with opportunities for improvements
• Documented and tracked project issues, risks and concerns, with the mindset of resolving them in a timely manner
• Worked on addressing business issues and identifying opportunities in the context of the requirements
• Tracked project metrics to assess project progress while managing risks and impediments, stakeholder communication plans, vendors, and other outsourced resources

Scrum Master

Confidential - Wilmington, DE

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated daily stand ups, sprint planning and all other scrum ceremonies (backlog grooming, sprint reviews, retrospectives, release planning, bug triage meetings, product discovery sessions, etc)
• Proactively managed sprint-level risks, inter-team dependencies issues and assumptions, ensuring they were identified, mitigated, or escalated when necessary
• Worked effectively with product management and team members to clarify project needs and plan delivery of major product changes and future versions of the product
• Developed and followed agile project management plan (Agile Ceremonies). Facilitated build requirements log (product backlog) with cost estimates and priority
• Ensured all agile concepts and principles were adhered to by scrum team and business stakeholders
• Worked with other scrum masters to coordinate and synchronize project plans, activities, and dependencies of parallel projects, making sure work was continuously in sync
• Fostered a climate of collaboration between the teams, client executives, and delivery managers

VoIP Support Technician/ Agile Lead

Confidential - Herndon, VA

Responsibilities:

• Supported fortune 100 & fortune 500 clients with VoIP implementations
• Troubleshot VoIP communications with Edgemarc routers running CentOS Linux
• Investigated and resolved fraudulent call cases
• Provided break-fix solutions and spent approximately 75% of the time troubleshooting in the customer network
• Trained as a scrum master and led sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement
• Coached teams in applying agile best practices, encouraging team cohesion and collaboration, and training teams on overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity
• Organize multiple sessions of community of practice where we share knowledge and come up with solutions to issues faced within our teams
• Responsible for creating project Weekly Status Reports burn-down reports for clients and delivery managers

Penetration Tester

Confidential - Sterling, VA

Responsibilities:

• Conducted security assessments on government and commercial clients for web and mobile applications, as well as their underlying infrastructure
• Conducted vulnerability assessments; carried out penetration tests, performed social engineering tests; analyzed technical security weaknesses; performed risk analyses; and developed exploits. Researched and maintained proficiency in tools, techniques, countermeasures, and trends in computer and network vulnerabilities, data hiding and encryption
• Developed tools, techniques, training and countermeasures for computer and network vulnerabilities, data hiding and encryption