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.

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.

• 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.

• 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.
• 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.