SUMMARY

• Certified GCP Cloud Engineer and Scrum Master with 8+ years of experience. Proven experience in working on on - prem to cloud migrations. Experience on provisioning & setting up Google Cloud Platform services i.e., DataProc, Cloud Storage, Cloud composer, Big Query, IAM & VPC. Liaison between the Project team and business
• Worked and carried software methodologies like Agile Methodology (iterative development & sprints) and Scrum. Ability to work on cross-functional programs with multiple stakeholders: advocate for improved tooling and processes that enable teams to execute deliverables effectively and efficiently.
• Effective in Enterprise Analysis, Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring, Elicitation, Requirements Analysis, Requirements Management, Communication, Solution Assessment, and Validation Strong understanding of Software development methodologies (waterfall, Agile, Spiral, Scrum) Effective in communicating requirements, creating accountability, allocating and assigning work, reporting on status and progress, highlighting progress, risks, and milestones, and escalation for resolution as necessary.
• Strong ability to use various collaboration and project management tracking/reporting tools like JIRA. Ability to enable collaborative conversations with product and service owners to understand their technical requirements and prototyping. Strong understanding of the development process, including development, testing, and deployment, as well as work breakdown, dependencies, and responsibilities (full SDLC).
• Developing detailed work breakdown of schedules, project estimates, and resource plans. Scope and risk management, defining project scope, goals, and deliverables that supported business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Highly proficient in project plan development and management, use of project metrics for analysis, reporting, presentation, documentation skills, risk assessment and quantification, issue escalation, resolution, budgeting, cost management.
• Knowledge on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Storage Buckets, Bit Buckets for code migrations, Cloud Data flow, Big Table, and Big Query services to load data into cloud data lakes.
• Adept with scrum methodology and agile framework.
• Strong knowledge in Planning, prioritizing, and iterating team's work with ease by monitoring Rally and Jira
• Integrated ALM and Jira software with all the tools by leveraging its robust set of APIs
• Acquired real-time, actionable insights into how the team was performing sprint over sprint
• Very strong communication, Customer interaction and management Skills. Ability to resolve customer issues very quickly and accurately and has earned a good reputation with customers.
• Have extensive Experience working for large-scale applications, databases, Managed Upgrade, enhancement, rollouts and migration projects.
• Able to collaborate with product owners to develop strategies for efficient product backlog management while also making technical and administrative decisions to satisfy project requirements.
• One of my main focus when working in teams is helping programmers deliver excellent high quality value to their clients and crack difficult challenges.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Google Cloud: UML Microsoft Visio

Big Query: MS o ce, Scrum

Lucid Chart: Project Management

SQL: Agile Methodology

JIRA: User Acceptance Testing

SDLC: Wireframe/Prototyping

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Cloud Consultant/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Certified GCP Associate Cloud Engineer and proficient in Big Query, SDK, Cloud Shell, Google Cloud Platform data proc, Google Cloud Platform storage and composer.
• Experienced in delivering 'on-premises' to 'cloud' projects
• Manage the deployment of cloud based distributed virtualized infrastructure solutions according to complex customer requirements and implementation best practices.
• Develop and deliver strategies and solutions for enterprise infrastructure operations.
• Implementation of technical activities related toCloud migrations.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform data engineering tools (data proc, big query) for ingestion and harmonization.
• Created and extensive Backlog for both IMR and GCP
• Drove the development, launch and growth of new service and features enhancements for cloud platform.
• Key responsibility involves working closely with technical architects, Product owners, enterprise compliance and security team, Business team, application, and SMEs
• Participation in creating strategic plans, conducting POCs and creating roadmap ensuring data governance aspects are being considered and implemented.
• Work across multiple business units to oversee all aspects of the projects ensuring that all areas are addressed and being adequately covered like migrating from Teradata SQL database to Google Cloud Platform.
• Analysis of all business-critical applications in-scope for strategic migration.
• Managing Scrum teams working on a web-based application for data standardization and data normalization.
• Assess cloud storage techniques and provide inputs to identify the right storage
• Meeting application needs and governance needs.
• Planning, scheduling, tracking/monitoring, resource allocation, and issue/risk management.

Confidential

Scrum Master/Manager

Responsibilities:

• Completed in-depth analyses for business-optimization projects, reporting tools, back-office programs, and loan processing
• Managed status reporting, scheduling, running meetings, ensuring the project starts and completes efficiently, interfacing with multiple delivery portfolios and non-functional groups
• Managed strong partnerships with key stakeholders from Loan processing Team and PMO
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform data engineering tools (data proc, big query) for ingestion and harmonization.
• Established effective cross-functional processes to anticipate, understand, prioritize, and exceed the needs and requirements
• Lead projects involving loan processing platform, Workflows.
• Responsible for the strategy, product roadmap, scope prioritization, business development and communication for projects and enhancements.
• Applies critical thinking to select the best way forward.
• Handled daily scrum development.
• Providing day to day direction to the project team and regular project status to the Business User / Stakeholders.
• Investigated, identified, and removed impediments that affected the team to deliver the sprint goal resulting in meeting sprint goals in 98.9% of sprints.
• Facilitated and collaborated scrum events (Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Retrospectives, Sprint Review and Demo, and Daily Stand up).
• Executed the project according to the project plan via Agile framework. Closely monitor project risks and escalate to appropriate individuals.
• Promoted an incremental approach to implementing Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) development within a Waterfall SDLC environment.
• Worked closely with C-level executives, product development teams, customer, and finance teams to conceptualize, design and deliver new dashboards and critical product features and capabilities
• Worked closely with Product Owners, coordinating product backlog refinement and story estimation.
• Actively involved with backlog tracking, burndown metrics, velocity, and task definition using Jira Confluence.
• Worked closely and collaborated with leadership and stakeholders to scope the project. Assisting Product owner to capture the requirements into Epics/User Stories in JIRA.

Confidential

Scrum Master/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Effective Requirements gathering, Analysis, Requirements Management and Communication.
• Used survey platforms like Decipher for creating market surveys
• Data validation for completed market research
• Manage vendors and daily reporting
• Working closely with survey programmer and data validation team.
• Worked with the PO’s and Dev teams in effective product backlog management, the definition of done, ready, and more.
• Aided in the rapid deployment of advanced platform tools by actively working with PO to clarify requirements from stakeholders and converting them into effective user stories.
• Facilitates communication within and across the team by leveraging the scrum values of openness, honesty, and respect.
• Provided information needed to make business decisions and make recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Developed, administered, and monitor project progress by tracking activities; resolving problems; publishing progress reports; recommending actions.
• Analyzed business needs to determine technical requirements and identify impacted areas/systems/processes and evaluates alternative solutions.
• Uses Jira to monitor and track product development progress through different sprints.
• Ensures the effectiveness of product development and delivery by constantly evaluating team performance and carrying out process improvement sessions during retrospective events.
• Getting ready for each sprint and release planning meeting by working with the team to breakdown feature stories into small deliverable User Stories that are appropriately sized for each sprint.

Confidential

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Ensured successful execution of assigned projects through detailed planning, design, development
• Interacted with business owners, project stakeholders and cross-functional teams
• Implement processes by working closely with external / internal stakeholders (Product owners, management & support) to identify needs, remove roadblocks and coordinate all cross functional activities.
• Guides the scrum team(s) and organization to follow accepted Agile/Scrum practices and daily activities to promote prioritization, team readiness, and commitment for each sprint.
• Monitoring project progress, taking full responsibility of Confidential channels, including reviewing, maintaining, and enhancing
• Handle partner media profiles and take full responsibility for their end-to-end requirements
• Provide hands on during analysis, testing, implementation, and post implementation phases of new Confidential channels
• Worked on developing all project deliverables, work breakdown structure (WBS), sprint planning, backlog grooming, scope, milestones; Performed all agile planning, backlog grooming, project estimating and scrum reporting.
• Tracked process improvement initiatives identified in retro’s and other forums.
• Worked hand in hand with PO’s to communicate and deliver work to higher management.
• Delivered multiple products that helped the delivery chain smoother, faster, and more efficient.
• Used JIRA to keep track of all the ongoing tasks and maintain bug resolutions.