Amit Varma Email & Phone Number

Richmond, Va, Us

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Richmond, Virginia Area

Fairfax, Virginia

• Manage team of 6 resources working in an Agile development framework supporting EPA’s mission by developing and maintaining enterprise-wide applications and web services that support consolidating business processes.• Allocate resources across multiple projects according to project priorities and career goals of the individuals.• Lead SCRUMs on a daily basis for multiple projects, making sure the team is moving toward the sprint goal, and escalate issues as necessary.• Gather, refine, and organize requirements using the suite of Agile IQ tools (Confluence/JIRA).• Facilitate agile ceremonies including sprint planning, sprint retrospective and sprint review sessions regularly.• Adapt schedules to ad-hoc client requests when necessary and communicate concerns if necessary.• Produce monthly progress reports for the client which include financial projections and task-based summaries.• Monitor error tracking submissions, addressing pertinent issues and routing others to the applicable Action Officers and Data Stewards.• Communicate regularly with the client, addressing ad-hoc requests and working with the CGI team to determine our recommendations and level-of-effort.• Perform application testing on bug fixes, tasks and other issues when needed due to resource constraints.

Fairfax

• Managed and supervised a team of 4-6 developers, providing bi-weekly check-ins and yearly appraisals.• Involved in all aspects of the hiring process for my project to find the best fit and talent for our team.• Lead multiple business process improvement projects simultaneously while being CMMI level 3 compliant• Managed risks, resources, budgets and deliverables for > $1 million dollar projects to ensure they are delivered on time and within budget.• Provided support to clients to further our relationship and accomplish business development.• Met regularly with clients to gather requirements and manage their project/expectations.• Follow SDLC methodology in an agile development environment using the Serena Business Manager tool. • Presented trainings and business development sessions to the client and other users on the software tool, as well as the final product in settings ranging from 1-20 users.

• Managed the functional team making sure deadlines are met and constantly communicating with the client.• Lead the Change Control Board meetings on a monthly basis where client’s tasks are prioritized and status updates are communicated. • Established and maintained a solid working relationship with highly respected business partners. • Extensive experience with gathering and documenting business requirements.• Involved in the hiring process to find the best fit and talent for the team.• Provided detailed reviews of all deliverables during the software developmental life cycle. • Coordinated with requirements team to identify gaps between existing applications and project business requirements. • Bridged the gap between the development team and the business subject matter experts. • Performed dual role as a Quality Assurance Manager on multiple projects using intermediate SQL queries.• Actively worked on the Chief Army Reserve Decision Support Systems project and Army Reserve Engineering Metrics project performing functional analysis on multiple business intelligence tools for the Army Reserve.• Created sound business requirements documents for application enhancements/changes and served as a liaison between the customer and development team.• Developed client requested Excel based reports using an ad-hoc reporting tool by querying different functional within the USAR Data Warehouse. • Generated and executed test scripts to validate requirements to ensure quality solutions.• Provided trainings on the host of business intelligence tools to the customer on a monthly basis.• Tasked as Quality Control Lead for the project, testing the products and services against standards outlined in the Quality Control Plan and providing results to the customer.• Troubleshoots client helpdesk requests by utilizing an understanding of database structures to research and create queries in SQL Server 2005/2008.

• Evaluated and analyzed client forms while working with the client to understand their business process; extrapolated pertinent information to help determine data mapping between form information and the software application. • Configured software application from requirements definition mapping sessions.• Communicated with the client and internal project stakeholders throughout phases of the configuration lifecycle to ensure the product met client’s needs. • Produced Testing Scripts and outlined Business Case Scenarios by the use of the Business Analysis Documentation.• Multitasked by working on numerous clients projects simultaneously, requiring excellent organization skills to achieve maximum productivity, and to meet critical deadlines.• Developed complex client reports, using SQL Reporting Services 2005, often communicated with the client engaging in requirements gathering for report specifications. • Queried database application to troubleshoot reporting and configuration issues reported by support staff.• Mapping and importing mass amounts of client records via MS SQL Management Studio.