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Skill Languages Conscious : C++ (OOP Concept), Unix, VB Script, Java Script, WSDL, XML
Skill Configuration Tools : GIT, GitHub Extension, SVN, CVS, VSS, Mindshare, SharePoint
Skill Other Tools : Putty, WinScp, SOA, Junit, TestNG, POM, AutoPilot for MQ
Skill Operating System : Windows/XP professional, Citrix Metaframe Server, Unix
Skill PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Skill UHG (Optum Insight), MN, USA - Oct 2015 to Till Date
Skill Scrum Master, QA Lead – Agile/Scrum/PM/QA - Care Manager ()
Skill Technologies: Java, Rally, ALM, ETL Datastage Director, SQL Developer, SharePoint, Jenkins, Git, JIRA, Selenium, TestNG, MS Visio and Office, SOAP/REST, Swagger, AutoPilot, WinSCP, Putty, Beyond Compare
Exp Role and Responsibilities:
Exp Acted as the primary point of contact for the design team in all development meetings which strengthened work alignment between development and design teams
Exp Developed and maintain the design team's product backlog and roadmap improving team organization and clearly defines sprint goals
Exp Responsible for managing global project teams and supporting Optum in their Agile transformation. Facilitating workshops with multiple stakeholders, development and support teams to create a common understanding of project objectives, features and user stories, sprint planning, tracking, removing impediments, commu...
Exp Planned sprint priorities with Product Owners & Product Managers to ensure proper design requirements are consistently met.
Exp Facilitated scrum meetings and encouraged team collaboration to enable design team to achieve sprint goals & deliverables.
Exp Aided our Product Manager & Product Owner by created and maintaining a competitive analysis of similar products throughout the business intelligence/data analytics industry.
Exp Removed impediments and combated evolving requirements by implementing a workflow oriented process to better represent proper scope of stories while working with cross functional teams.
Exp Handled scrum team consist of cross trained resources in Java , ETL resources and BI tools .
Exp Involved on effective testing strategies to provide Quality Assurance and developed test cases.
Exp Managing software development life cycle (SDLC) for Java, J2EE Projects including analysis, design, testing and implementation of software applications.
Exp Source code and version control management with Git, Github extension and SharePoint.
Exp Lead the daily scrum calls with offshore teams situated in different time zones to monitor the progress of the deliverables.
Exp Guiding the team to produce quality software on a predictable schedule using Agile/Scrum principles and practices.
Exp Coach teams through Scrum ceremonies, including: Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Demo, Sprint Retrospective, and Daily Stand-up.
Exp Facilitating and following up on actions for all Scrum ceremonies including grooming, planning, stand-ups, reviews and retrospectives.
Exp Creating and maintaining information radiators that track progress at multiple levels, including following up with the team to ensure daily updates.
Exp Removing impediments to team progress either directly or by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.
Exp Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving.
Exp Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.
Exp Helping the team to continually evolve the process, seeking improvements and greater efficiency.
Exp Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.
Exp Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog.
Exp Provide process and tool training and coaching for new projects and new team members.
Exp Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example.
Exp Implementing SAFe inorder to Visualize and limit WIP, reduce batch sizes and manage queue lengths.
Exp Apply cadence, synchronize with cross-domain planning using SAFe, Decentralize decision-making- SAFe concept.
Exp Manage scope and risks associated with 4 major quarterly and 8 monthly releases annually.
Exp Evolve release and program management processes as the organization incorporates Agile software development tools and methodologies within IT.
Exp Performed initial risk assessment and document risk mitigation plans and contingency procedures with the project team and maintain throughout life of the project.
Exp Managed and optimized business processes using Six Sigma and Lean, including defining the KPIs .
Exp Interact with cross functional teams to facilitate gathering of testing requirements.
Exp Assist with weekly daily scrum meetings with offshore and onshore team.
Exp Performed impact analysis during QA planning. Work with trading partners, clients, management, technical and non-technical personnel to create use cases and testing documentation.
Exp Involved in automating test cases and creating automation framework.
Exp Training and Agile coaching to team on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values, implemented Agile methodology throughout QA process.
Exp Conducted test planning, chose test strategy, coverage and acceptance criteria.
Exp Created RACI to align team on responsibilities - improving overall testing process.
Exp Writing test cases based on the requirements, Designed and developed test cases in ALM, Rally as well as MS Excel. Use TDD, Continuous integration and testing methods.
Exp Created automated test script using Selenium for regressing testing.
Exp Developed test execution sequences, Manually performed Integration, Functional and Regression Testing.
Exp Executed manual test cases for releases , Performed basic backend testing (SQL), Reported defects via Rally.
Exp Contribute in test planning, test estimation, test design, executed manual test cases for releases in ALM & Rally.
Exp Performed basic backend testing (SQL), Developed and tracked test productivity metrics.
Exp Collaborated with stakeholders, Participate in agile scrum meeting and everyday meetings.
Exp Run regression test scripts via Selenium Webdriver, TestNG, Maven tools.
Exp HP (Hewlett Packard), TX, USA/ Kforce - Feb 2015 to Sep 2015
Exp Scrum Master / QA Project Manager – Agile/Scrum/PM/QA - MD3 – Master Data Control Point (MDCP)
Exp Role and Responsibilities:
Exp Driving Agile Scrum principles, values, behaviors and methodologies throughout the organization.
Exp Assisting teams with planning and execution of ceremonies, use of selected standard Agile tracking tool, User Story development.
Exp Used TFS as the tool to Backlog tracking, burn-down metrics, velocity, and task management.
Exp Ensured a common understanding by setting expectations in accordance with the Scrum principles, to align the stakeholders and team members.
Exp Following all the SCRUM activities like Estimation, Sprint Demo, and Retrospective.
Exp Ensured product backlog management and stories prioritization for consistent delivery.
Exp Coach teams and management towards improving Agile process and metrics.
Exp Partnering with the Product Owner in keeping the Backlog groomed.
Exp Partnering with the Scrum Master to ensure cross-team coordination.
Exp Identifying and maintaining relevant metrics that give the team insight into how they are doing and reporting these metrics to management.
Exp Encouraging adoption of a truly Agile mindset, including ownership, self-management and empowerment.
Exp Managing overall operations for executing projects involving scoping, design & sourcing.
Exp Create Backlog and prioritize the user stories based on their business value.
Exp Report team progress by burn-down charts and by conducting Sprint demos.
Exp Record sprint metrics related to planned and completed story points, test cases, and bugs resolved.
Exp Follow Agile best practices by conducting backlog grooming sessions, Sprint planning, and Sprint retrospectives with the development team.
Exp Source code and version control management with Subversion(SVN).
Exp Monitoring / tracking projects with respect to budgeted cost, demand forecasts, time over-runs to ensure timely execution of projects.
Exp Addressing all the important issues & defining best practices for project support and documentation.
Exp Mentoring and training project members to enable them to perform their activities effectively.
Exp Performing project estimation, project scheduling and project costing.
Exp Steering Delivery Management for technical deliverables of concurrent projects.
Exp Analyzing user requirements and designing testing specifications.
Exp Developing test plans, test cases and testing strategies for Business Intelligence (“BI”) development projects;
Exp Analyzing and validating data quality, Creating Unit and Systems integrations test cases.
Exp Providing guidance on the development of application using SQL and SOAP UI.
Exp Analyzing test results and recommending modifications to the data warehouses to meet project specifications.
Exp Oversight of Risk Management and Mitigation planning for medium sized projects.
Exp Monitored networks and Departmental KPI's for Risk Assessment, based on usage, and consumption.
Exp Participating in the deployment of applications into the data warehouses from a quality assurance perspective.
Exp Documenting the test plans, testing status and testing outcomes as required by the project, provide Daily, Weekly, Monthly status reports to stakeholders.
Exp Strong experience in Onsite-Offshore working model (15+ team members), flexible, self-drive to identify process improvements and strong negotiation skill to implement the changes from QA front.
Exp Tools used HP Agile Manager, SQL Developer, SoapUI 5.1.3, ALM 12.01, ETL - IDD, Batch Data Loader tools and Web Services are being used for MD3 Project.
Exp PROJECT ONE: Walgreen Corporation, IL, USA - Mar 2014 to Feb 2015
Exp Associate Consultant(QA Manager, Scrum Master) – Agile/Scrum/PM/QA - Community Management Systems and Customer Systems , Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) - From June 2010 to Feb 2015
Exp Role and Responsibilities:
Exp Worked at onsite location for Onshore-Offshore model and led mid size teams (4-10 associates) for various eCommerce web applications under CMS Portfolio.
Exp Analyzed and reviewed functional overall design, technical overall designs and technical detailed design documents. Prepare Estimation of testing effort, Prepare Test Plan and Test Strategies with different approaches.
Exp Test Case creation, Test Case execution in ALM, Test Summary report preparation by managing the schedule and meet deadlines.
Exp The accountability for resources including people, budgets, systems, knowledge and experience.
Exp Analyse more complex problems and propose a range of options with an informed and considered recommendation of the most appropriate solution.
Exp Creating the project test plan and working with the development team to create Unit and Systems integration test cases.
Exp Used TFS as the tool to Backlog tracking, burn-down metrics, velocity, and task management.