SUMMARY

• Experienced in key business transformation levels and areas within the public & private sector, from software development and process improvement at the program level to enterprise requirements management
• Lead Project to build Secure Analytics Workbench and to receive certification as FedRAMP ready and CMS approved CSP
• Drafted and managed project schedule, budget, resource allocation and vendor management
• Worked with different phases of project starting from initiation and then planning, execution, control and closing
• Managed Project both in Projectized and Balanced Matrix organization structure
• Conscientious technical resource who created detailed functional test plans, user stories and product documentation to ensure system changes work properly, existing processes remain unaffected, and the business needs of the users are met.
• Successfully handled a wide range of functions using a combination of creative, organizational and critical thinking skills
• Meet challenges head - on and constantly found a way to effectively complete multiple assignments or tasks.
• Skills include Agile Lifecycle Management, IT Strategy and cross functional project team leadership
• Over 10 Years of extensive experience with delivering critical solutions on various levels of Scrum Leadership, product ownership and Quality Assurance for Client/ Server, SaaS (provided by Salesforce for CRM), web-service, web based and mobile applications
• Expertise in servant leadership, strategic analysis, business analysis, Data Science, and Quality Analysis with strong understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC), SOA and object oriented methodologies.
• Worked in all the stages of SDLC including Requirement gathering and analysis, Design, Implementation or coding, Testing, Deployment, Maintenance
• Skills include Leadership, strategy formulation, analyzing Business/System requirements, gathering acceptance
• Trained and implemented core scrum values: Focus, Courage, Openness, Commitment, respect
• Expert in Rally, Version1,HP QC, JIRA, TFS, Project Management for tracking project progress and generating reports
• Good Understanding of GUI and Web based applications with experience on agile development methodology.
• Experience on various environments like Windows and Linux based setups.
• Founded customer requirement focused to lead development of customer focused applications
• Designed Architectural Diagram, ERD (Entity Relationship Diagram) and DFD (Data Flow Diagram) for the system
• Designed Use Case Diagram, Sequence Diagram, Collaboration Diagram and Class diagram for the system
• Implemented agile manifesto values and practiced SAFe and Extreme programming (XP) methodologies
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with an eye to detail, with solid Analytical and Trouble shooting skills
• Quick-learner who meets clients’ needs

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating System: Windows XP, Server 2008, Mac OS Database Oracle, MS Access, DB-2, RDBMS

Query Language/Tools: SQL, PL/SQL Programming Linux/Unix, C++, Visual Basic, Java

Tools: QTP (VB Script), HP ALM/Quality Center, Version1, JIRA, Rally, Test Director, Load Runner, JMeter, Selenium

Data Analytics: R, M-Plus, Tableau, NVivo,STATA, STAT TransferOthers Splunk, Sort site, SharePoint (pulse, Alfresco), notepad++, SOAP UI, BadBoy, PuttyInternet concept HTTP, TCP, IP, web browser (Firefox, i.e., Safari, chrome) etc

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, VA

Agile Project Manager/ Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Drafted and Managed Master Schedule, budget and project resources in terms of personnel, licenses and existing framework
• Prepared status reports for the strategic team, composed of project sponsors and other major stakeholders
• Arranged daily stand ups, weekly meetings, backlog grooming meetings, sprint planning meetings and so on
• Led building of Data Analytics Platform as part of AIR’s initiative to become a market leader in Data Science
• Led security control implementation and documentation activities to prepare packages for FedRAMP Ready certification and CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) IDIQ.
• Coordinated collection and review of proposals from 3PAOs (third party assessment organizations) for security Assessment
• Managed 3PAOs security assessment activities, tracked gaps in JIRA and coordinated corrective actions
• Organized discussion session to clarify AWS security boundaries, to finalize software/tools list and to do pre-gap analysis and gap analysis in terms of business requirements and security controls.
• Managed building of analytics platform on Amazon Web Services (cloud platform)
• Managed vendors to prepare SSP( System Security Plan) and other associated documents including but not limited to, contingency plan, CMP, ISRA, e-authentication documents, BIA, PIA/PHA and user guide
• Implemented agile methodology (Sprint Sycle, burn down chart, velocity and so on) in a waterfall environment
• Worked as a JIRA admin and trained team members on JIRA, MS-project and other tools
• Led large multi-team development effort that utilizes Agile Scrum Development Methodology.
• Experienced using both Scrum and Kanban methodologies to lead software development and operations projects.
• Experience in hiring and building teams and mentoring cross-functional teams to deliver software.
• Implemented and practiced extreme programming (XP) methodologies
• Coordinated slicing and wrote epic and user stories based on technical requirements
• Coordinated transformation of high level business requirements to technical requirements presented them in the form of story boards before the client and other stakeholders to take approval
• Performed as Scrum Master for four scrum teams supporting the Plant Protection and Quarantine mission
• Supported team dynamics and velocity by removing blockers, facilitating retrospectives, and supporting intra-team discussion
• Created, analyzed and tracked burn down chart and conducted Scrum ceremonies and worked as an agile coach for the team
• Worked with Product Owner and other key stakeholders to prioritize features to develop a flexible system roadmap
• Led development following Agile Kanban method in order to systematically make minor enhancements to an application supporting the Investigative and Enforcement Services mission (ITEMS)
• Managed development and implementation of documentation and records management solution using a services-oriented approach. Solution included: document ingress, storage, and retrieval; document conversion; and records management.
• Managed the design and development of the new ARM website and integration with CBP system
• Created API for mobile application for tough pad (windows based) and also for android and iOS devices
• Conducted executive, management and stakeholder Agile workshops to convey differences, benefits, and communications
• Managed a team of functional analysts, requirements engineers, software and database developers, and test engineers
• Directed and led teams of mixed virtual and onsite team members, with a virtual client organization spanning around US.
• Served as a project manager to define target job families, job roles & respective competencies
• Co-authored the design and development of a foundational IT Strategic Plan, including current and target state enterprise architecture including bricks and patterns; gap analysis; and a five year roadmap with rough order costs, labor, and schedule
• Worked as a servant leader/facilitator by letting team members taking ownership, coordinating brainstorm sessions and so on
• Practiced Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) techniques to improve agile process across scrum teams
• Coordinated pre-release readiness review & lessons learned sessions and thus updating risk prevention methodology and contingency plan e.g. implementing mandatory DB back up request to NITC, code freeze time frame
• Worked in Agile CMMI level 3 environments and coordinated deployment (2-4 weeks sprint cycle).
• Utilized JIRA/Rally/Share point and Alfresco as bug control and documents repository
• Supervised and managed releases in UAT and Production environment
• Supervised development and coordinated verification and validation activities
• Architected static defect classification and prediction techniques
• Created framework for 508 accessibility assessment

Confidential, DC

Lead Associate/Product Owner From

Responsibilities:

• Communicated with the non-technical product owner and clarified requirements, objectives, milestones and deliverables
• Analyzed business requirement documents, wrote test strategies, test plan and user stories
• Worked as a Technical Product Owner/Coordinator to ensure the vendors clearly understood technical requirements
• Managed an onsite team composed of designers, DBA, BA and QA to verify and validate deliverables
• Analyzed requirement documents, created epic and User stories in JIRA and Version1
• Presented mockups/wireframes on “Chemworx” and “heat map” before the board of directors to take approval and update progress using Microsoft Project and power point
• Reviewed and analyzed user requirements and coordinated Verification, Validation and Acceptance Testing
• Coordinated development of APIs and other web applications
• Co-ordinated, designed and constructed Test Scenarios and Test Cases according to requirements
• Coordinated development and testing activities with 2 different overseas teams and removed bottle necks through team work
• Worked closely at all the steps of SDLC and coordinated scrum, sprint planning and backlog grooming meetings and defined DoD
• Types of testing coordinated: Functional, regression, performance/load, positive/negative, backend, end-to-end and others
• Coordinated and created release documentations and releases
• Wrote SQL (2008) queries for RDBMS, edited tables and columns. Performed ETL and created meta data
• Database type: Oracle, SQL. Environment: Unix
• Implemented 508 assessment framework and Coordinated document management in SharePoint
• Coordinated development and maintained VB Scripts for QTP for functional and regression testing
• Created performance test strategy and coordinated performance testing using Load Runner and JMeter (badboy)
• Created and analyzed load/stress test reports for scalability, capacity planning and status reports
• Other tools used: JIRA, Sort Site, Splunk, Version1, JAWS, TFS,Visual Studio (VS 2010), MS Office
• Coordinated development and testing of mobile API over SOAP and REST Client for android and iOS

Confidential

Senior Software QA/ Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interpreted and translated Business and System Requirements and interacted with users and developers.
• Created test strategies, test plan, test scenarios, test scripts and test cases and analyzed and interpreted test results
• Participated in design enhancement reviews and submitted status reports on the progress of the testing effort.
• Worked with team from the beginning of the SDLC in an agile (scrum) environment and Performed ETL process
• Tested different modules and their functionality before and after bugs fixing which included various test run on PC and host side to test the system integrity and compatibility between modules (integration Test).
• During the test life cycle performed transaction testing, regression testing and performance testing
• Executed Extensive SQL statements (Oracle, moved to SQL developer).
• Analyzed business flow of the application and architected end to end test scenarios
• Communicated defects, encountered during regression test and followed-up with developers until all issues were resolved.
• Done API testing with XML scripts and Used SOAP UI and notepad++
• Managed Defect Tracking process, including prioritizing bugs, assigning bugs and verifying “bug-fixes” using HP Quality Center.
• Created, executed and updated automated and data driven test scripts using HP QuickTest Pro.
• Performed load testing: measured throughput, Hits per second, Response time, and Transaction time using LoadRunner Analysis
• Investigated and troubleshoot performance problems in a lab environment which reflected problems in a production environment.
• Done content management including but not limited to: checked out items, modified/updated them, compared versions, merged files, edited change request, generated reports & charts, created & organized requirements, etc. using Pulse and knowledge link

Confidential

Developer/ QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Was Responsible for Client communication. Issue resolution, writing test scenarios based on inputs from business leads.
• Involved in analyzing and writing test plan in accordance with business requirements.
• Wrote and executed Test Plan/Test Cases following Tech-Specs.
• Analyzed business requirements to transform in to technical requirements and system specification.
• Worked on the development of Time Tracking System application for the employee management.
• Involved in managing the requirements and assigning priorities through TestDirector.
• Developed Test Plan, Test Cases and Test Scripts for testing the applications.
• Managed the Traceability between requirements and test cases.
• Tested User Interface Inconsistency and application functionality
• Started working in waterfall and moved towards agile
• Worked with SQL, PL/SQL and initially TOAD to test database functionality.
• Created Test Scripts and assisted in User Acceptance Testing. Used TestDirector for managing the defect flow.
• Involved in documenting Test failures and interfaced with developers resolve technical issues.
• Done performance testing with Load Runner and Conducted End-To-End testing and automated the test using QTP.
• Performed Black box testing including Smoke, Functional and Regression, back end testing & data driven testing using QTP.
• Created and edited scripts in HTML and C#