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Hyderabad, Telangana, India

 Group Customer API: Configurable gateway application for global partners of HSBC Holdings to access customer data Scrum Master● Providing needed support to the teams using a servant leadership style whenever possible and lead by example● Enforcing the Scrum of Scrums to facilitate collaboration between multiple teams working on one product backlog● Contributing to the Agile Centre of Excellence by building a list of best practices, recommendations and… Show more  Group Customer API: Configurable gateway application for global partners of HSBC Holdings to access customer data Scrum Master● Providing needed support to the teams using a servant leadership style whenever possible and lead by example● Enforcing the Scrum of Scrums to facilitate collaboration between multiple teams working on one product backlog● Contributing to the Agile Centre of Excellence by building a list of best practices, recommendations and guidelines● Developing an assessment model to evaluate the success rate of Agile Adoption across projects in the department● Generating metrics to help teams measure, strategize, optimize and become self-organizing and self-managing Additional Roles: Agile AuditorApplications: Jira, Confluence, MS Office | Technologies: MongoDB, Kafka, APIs, Springboot, Mulesoft Show less

Hyderabad Area, India

 Group Customer API: Configurable gateway application for global partners of HSBC Holdings to access customer data Scrum Master● Providing needed support to the teams using a servant leadership style whenever possible and lead by example● Enforcing the Scrum of Scrums to facilitate collaboration between multiple teams working on one product backlog● Contributing to the Agile Centre of Excellence by building a list of best practices, recommendations and… Show more  Group Customer API: Configurable gateway application for global partners of HSBC Holdings to access customer data Scrum Master● Providing needed support to the teams using a servant leadership style whenever possible and lead by example● Enforcing the Scrum of Scrums to facilitate collaboration between multiple teams working on one product backlog● Contributing to the Agile Centre of Excellence by building a list of best practices, recommendations and guidelines● Developing an assessment model to evaluate the success rate of Agile Adoption across projects in the department● Generating metrics to help teams measure, strategize, optimize and become self-organizing and self-managing Additional Roles: Agile AuditorApplications: Jira, Confluence, MS Office | Technologies: MongoDB, Kafka, APIs, Springboot, Mulesoft Show less

Hyderabad Area, India

 Client Lifecycle Management for Finance: Product development for Finance module of Pega Infinity, a BPM platform Scrum Master● Scheduled/allocated work, provided advice/guidance, resolved problems to meet technical/financial objectives● Assisted in defining/deploying new product development processes and facilitate continuous improvement● Liaised between development team and project stakeholders fostering communication within various teams● Updated Definition of Done and… Show more  Client Lifecycle Management for Finance: Product development for Finance module of Pega Infinity, a BPM platform Scrum Master● Scheduled/allocated work, provided advice/guidance, resolved problems to meet technical/financial objectives● Assisted in defining/deploying new product development processes and facilitate continuous improvement● Liaised between development team and project stakeholders fostering communication within various teams● Updated Definition of Done and tracking systems to provide transparency on product and sprint backlogs● Built relationship with Product owner and other stake holders to facilitate team's interaction with them● Conducted workshops and training sessions across the organization to promote best practices in delivery approach Additional Role: Release ManagerTechnology: Pega Rules, Pega Infinity | Application: Pega Agile Studio, MS Office Show less

Bengaluru Area, India

 Office Companion: Legal workflow/document management system integrated with MS Office for Wolters Kluwer, USA Scrum Master● Worked continually with members of a cross functional team to make the team self-organizing and self-managing● Coached team about techniques like swarming, pairing, self-organization, velocity optimization as a servant leader● Competent at Rally for tracking Iteration/Team status, Sprint/Release planning, Delivery on demand release setup● Safeguarded… Show more  Office Companion: Legal workflow/document management system integrated with MS Office for Wolters Kluwer, USA Scrum Master● Worked continually with members of a cross functional team to make the team self-organizing and self-managing● Coached team about techniques like swarming, pairing, self-organization, velocity optimization as a servant leader● Competent at Rally for tracking Iteration/Team status, Sprint/Release planning, Delivery on demand release setup● Safeguarded the quality of the work products through swarming and enabling seamless interaction between teams● Planned and conducted demos of the accepted and ready to ship work product as per the Definition of Done● Helped the team with the Planning of sprints, Prioritization of product backlog, Backlog grooming and Sizing● Coordinated the development process, identified and eliminated impediments for the team to achieve sprint goal Additional Role: Quality AnalystTechnology: .net, MS Visual Studio, ASP .net, SQL Server | Application: Jira, Confluence, MS Office Show less

Hyderabad Area, India

 Process Engineering & Reporting: Executive reporting, audit and improvement of internal software engineering process Scrum Master● Conducted Scrum ceremonies like daily scrum, retrospective, review, demo as part of Agile adoption● Coached and guided the team to success with techniques such as swarming, pairing and self management● Assisted team to remove impediments by having an understanding of the control and release processes● Facilitated internal and external… Show more  Process Engineering & Reporting: Executive reporting, audit and improvement of internal software engineering process Scrum Master● Conducted Scrum ceremonies like daily scrum, retrospective, review, demo as part of Agile adoption● Coached and guided the team to success with techniques such as swarming, pairing and self management● Assisted team to remove impediments by having an understanding of the control and release processes● Facilitated internal and external communication to improve transparency and radiated information● Reinforced Scrum framework and train team members, product owner and stakeholders on other frameworks Business Analyst● Translated unstructured, ambiguous work requests into user stories through problem decomposition and planning● Assisted the Product owner with Product backlog maintenance; planning, prioritization (MoSCoW / Kano model)● Engaged frequently with the development team to facilitate discussions during design activities and decision making● Provided clarification for story acceptance and refinement, testing and validation, demo, UAT and release plans● Conducted customer and stakeholder interviews and elaborated on user personas, mockups and wireframes Additional Roles: Quality Analyst / Process AuditorTechnology: .net, AngularJS, MS SQL Server Reporting Services | Application: Rally, HP ALM, Axure, MS Office Show less

Herndon, Virginia

 Symphony Wireless Orders: Order Management, Provisioning of wireless devices for Comcast Corporation, USA Scrum Master● Helped the Product owner with prioritization of backlog and the Quality Manger with resolution of defects● Built a relationship with Product owner and other stake holders to facilitate team's interaction with them● Acted as a buffer between the software development teams and any distracting influences● Motivated the team for completing the sprint work… Show more  Symphony Wireless Orders: Order Management, Provisioning of wireless devices for Comcast Corporation, USA Scrum Master● Helped the Product owner with prioritization of backlog and the Quality Manger with resolution of defects● Built a relationship with Product owner and other stake holders to facilitate team's interaction with them● Acted as a buffer between the software development teams and any distracting influences● Motivated the team for completing the sprint work and achieving the sprint goal at the end of the sprint Quality Analyst● Tracked testing activities, including testing results, test case coverage, defects discovered and reported status● As the Test Lead, generated test and test metrics for the use of upper management and internally for the team● Prepared the Test plan and Test case execution with the aid of HP Quality Centre 10.0● Ran test cases in test lab and tracked the defects in Quality Center and did Web Services testing using SoapUI Business Analyst● Analyzed client’s business requirements and processes through document analysis, interviews and workshops● Conducted testing including functional, regression and user acceptance to verify the client’s needs are met● Communicated client’s business requirements by constructing easy-to-understand data and process models● Provided input to developing and modifying systems to develop business specifications● Interacted with business representatives including technical architects to accommodate the business needs Additional Role: Team LeadTechnology: ConceptWave OrderCare, Java, Oracle SQL Developer | Application: Quality Centre, SoapUI, MS Office Show less

Fairfax, Virginia

 infoAdvantage: Enterprise Resource Planning solution to manage financial and human resources data for LA County, USA Quality Analyst● Collaborated with business analysts, user acceptance testers and offshore QA team to create detailed test cases● Created appropriate test plan, test cases and test scenario for functional testing of web-based applications● Built and executed test cases to verify specifications are met by analyzing expected input/output results● Organized… Show more  infoAdvantage: Enterprise Resource Planning solution to manage financial and human resources data for LA County, USA Quality Analyst● Collaborated with business analysts, user acceptance testers and offshore QA team to create detailed test cases● Created appropriate test plan, test cases and test scenario for functional testing of web-based applications● Built and executed test cases to verify specifications are met by analyzing expected input/output results● Organized and generated test data to validate the features and maximize test functionality● Compiled and distributed weekly metrics to team leaders and managers to review customer reported defects● Verified test results by checking the values in database to check and validate post-conditions for test cases Business Analyst● Coordinated with the offshore development team to transfer knowledge on the business requirements● Prioritized change requests to efficiently deliver product enhancements which add value to the end product● Engaged the client to gather software requirements/business rules and ensure alignment with development teams● Analyzed client’s business requirements and processes through document analysis, interviews and workshops● Translated stakeholder requirements into functional specifications, user stories and workflow/process diagrams● Liaised between business and technical team members to ensure a good understanding of processes and applications Additional Initiative: Data assurance Tool - After looking at the trend of defects, built a tool to match the source and target data using Java and XMLs- Reduced the number of defects by proactively checking for inconsistencies in the source and target databasesTechnology: Java, Pervasive Data Integrator, SQL Server | Application: IBM ClearQuest, MS Office Show less

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

 Merlin:Sales, Order and Evaluation of Positions business process for Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, UK Application Developer● Fixed top high priority critical defects identified by the user base in production environment● Made changes to UI for gathering customer details, credit check, contract generation and sign-off● Struts 1.2.9 was the framework and Hibernate was the data access technology used for data retrieval/persistence● JSP, JavaScript, JSTL, Tiles, XSLT… Show more  Merlin:Sales, Order and Evaluation of Positions business process for Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, UK Application Developer● Fixed top high priority critical defects identified by the user base in production environment● Made changes to UI for gathering customer details, credit check, contract generation and sign-off● Struts 1.2.9 was the framework and Hibernate was the data access technology used for data retrieval/persistence● JSP, JavaScript, JSTL, Tiles, XSLT, JAXB and Validator were used at the view layer of the application Test Engineer● Utilized business requirements to plan, develop and execute test strategies● Wrote Test Cases according to the acceptance criteria for Functional, Smoke, Regression and Integration testing● Logged defects in Remedy Action Request System which was used internally to track defects and change requests● Triaged defects with onshore manager, development team to understand the severity of defects● Created SOAP messages to verify functionality by executing test cases in SOAPUI Additional Initiative: ValidaTest Tool● Developed a tool to perform verification and validation of test output to reduce the effort to a couple of minutes● Optimized the testing effort by defining a template for test case execution evidence for reporting testing metricsTechnology: J2EE, Struts, WebLogic, Websphere | Application: Remedy Action Request System, MS Office Show less

Master'S Degree, Engineering Management

Activities and Societies: Director of Activities for the Student Union Board. Organized fun trips and activities as part of social events.

Bachelor Of Engineering (Be), Computer Science And Engineering

Education record

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science, 3.8