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Rickmanswoth

- Working as Scrum Master for PayPort Maintenance Release; planning & organizing meetings, facilitating scrum of scrums, sprint planning & review meetings, sprint retrospective meetings, story estimation, daily stand-ups, iteration & release planning & reviews and other agile ceremonies; additionally, managed a team of 4 Testers - Analyzing the current project processes, identifying areas of improvement and executing improvements in coordination with stakeholders; spearheading activities… Show more - Working as Scrum Master for PayPort Maintenance Release; planning & organizing meetings, facilitating scrum of scrums, sprint planning & review meetings, sprint retrospective meetings, story estimation, daily stand-ups, iteration & release planning & reviews and other agile ceremonies; additionally, managed a team of 4 Testers - Analyzing the current project processes, identifying areas of improvement and executing improvements in coordination with stakeholders; spearheading activities for timely delivery of test function of PayPort Member release projects - Understanding development & testing practices in order to make informed decisions, facilitate conversations, lead the team and provide various ideas & strategies - Administering requirements gathering, collating functional & technical requirements in coordination with banks (clients); following up with clients throughout the project lifecycle to ensure full understanding of needs and concerns - Front-leading delivery of projects from the stage of initiation till monitoring & control including planning, estimation & scheduling, integrating change control, planning risk responses and contingency planning - Controlling all phases of the project lifecycle inclusive of scoping, development, integration, deployment, testing, maintenance and production support - Developing, circulating and ensuring formal approval of Test Strategy - Hiring new talents and monitoring their performance for completion of projects within time and budget constraints - Managing 3rd Party Supplier with excellent negotiation skills for agreeing plans, resource loading, administering contracts and ensuring quality of work across all business unit project and programs Show less

Delhi, India

Negotiated contracts with both clients and vendors effectively, ensuring mutually beneficial terms were agreed upon.• Enhanced client satisfaction by delivering high-quality work within deadlines.• Strengthened client relationships with consistent communication and timely project updates.

London Area, United Kingdom

Oversaw a team of 19 Testers, earning client accolades for seamless project execution and adherence to technical specifications.• Ensured on-time project completion within budgetary constraints, maintaining high standards of quality and compliance.• Facilitated proper installation, deployment, and postinstallation services, enhancing overall project efficiency and effectiveness.• Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement through proactive training initiatives and… Show more Oversaw a team of 19 Testers, earning client accolades for seamless project execution and adherence to technical specifications.• Ensured on-time project completion within budgetary constraints, maintaining high standards of quality and compliance.• Facilitated proper installation, deployment, and postinstallation services, enhancing overall project efficiency and effectiveness.• Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement through proactive training initiatives and client-focused support efforts.• Created test strategies and ensured successful sign-off fromstakeholders.• Collected data to support test cases, wrote test plans & scripts for tracking defects in product development; assessed documents and formulated steps to initiate testing; conducted Defect & Escalation Analysis and optimized test cases.• Developed generic, business & keywords functions for functional test cases; analyzed complete Functional/Technical Specification Document • Formulated test cases and prioritizing testing activities; analyzed and fixed defects/bugs in the defined time in coordination with the Development Team • Ensured end-to-end software testing using different testing methodologies and in various testing environments; identified defect and defined severity and priority for each defect; managed defects using JIRA and Bugzilla • Reviewed project test and implementation schedules; monitored, documented, and reported the status of progress for each testing cycle and overall project to the clients through regular Scrum Meetings• Used ISO 8583 simulator provided by third party for testing; identified defects in ISO 8583 Simulator, ISO 8583 Parser and FIN IPC Parser• Executed testing of various channels like ETS, STS (SwiftNet Transmission Service) Show less

Bachelors, Mechanical Engineering

Cbse Syllabus