Scrum Master Product Owner

Edith Lenyonga

240-***-****, Bladensburg MD.

ad2mw8@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

I am an accomplished Scrum Master with over five (5) years of experience supporting cross-functional technical teams to execute projects using Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe frameworks. I have a keen ability to keep teams focused and effectively guide them to deliver value in a rapidly evolving environment. With my extensive knowledge of Agile principles and concepts, I can expertly coach teams to become self-organizing and mature, leading to increased productivity and higher customer satisfaction.

COMPETENCIES & TOOLS

Mentor & Coach Servant Leader Conflict Resolution Strategic Planning Agile Values & Principles Stakeholder Engagement Regulatory Compliance Training and Development Risk Analysis and Management Project Scoping Root Cause Analysis

Agile framework: SAFe, Kanban, and Scrum,

Technical tools: Confluence, Jira, and SDLC tools such as CI/CD, TDD, and ATDD

Office Tools: Microsoft Office suite, Slack, Teams, and Zoom

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE.

SCRUM MASTER, DECEMBER 2020 - PRESENT

PNC BANK, ARLINGTON, VA.

Ensure the development teams work efficiently towards sprint goals by coaching teams to create good user stories using different techniques, facilitating estimation sessions, assessing the team's load vs. velocity, and promoting optimal developer commitment.

Partner with the product owner to effectively manage product backlogs; ensure stories are well detailed, prioritized, and ready for the next sprint.

Enhance team productivity by Protecting teams from external distractions, facilitating the removal of impediments, and proactively managing dependencies.

Periodically assess teams' scrum maturity, sprint velocity, capacity, and productivity to guide coaching techniques and continuous improvement initiatives.

Utilize JIRA, Confluence, and SharePoint to manage and share relevant communication with team members and stakeholders.

Facilitate Scrum ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint review, and retrospectives.

Promote open communication among team members to enhance positive team dynamics and effective collaboration.

SCRUM MASTER, JULY 2017 - NOVEMBER 2020

GEICO, CITY, MD.

Partnered closely with agile coach to promote understanding of agile practices and principles within the organization by coaching and training personnel and leadership across the organization.

Collaborated with the product owner to ensure the product backlog is prioritized and aligned with business needs.

Built and maintained a trusting and safe environment so that team members can share opinions and resolve conflict in a positive and productive manner.

Guided scrum teams through the framing of the definition-of-ready, team working agreement, and definition-of-done.

Empowered the teams to self-organize and self-govern to improve the delivery efficiency of sprint goals.

Shielded teams from external distractions and facilitated the removal of impediments to enhance teams’ productivity and workflow.

Host scrum ceremonies and tracked and reported vital metrics such as velocity, and sprint/release progress, providing visibility to the teams' performance.

CYBER SECURITY ANALYST

NetCom Inc, Rockville, MD. Contract January 2016 to June 2017

Analyzed Security Control Assessment (SCA) results to understand and communicate risks to ISSO/ system owner and key stakeholders.

Performed Continuous Monitoring by updating the A&A documents and ensuring that scans are done using tools like Nessus to identify vulnerability.

Developed, reviewed, and updated Information Security System Policies, System Security Plans (SSP), and Security baselines in accordance with NIST, FISMA, OMB, NIST SP 800-18 and industry best security practices.

Developed and updated System Security Plan (SSP), Privacy Impact Analysis (PIA), System Security Test and Evaluation (ST&E) and the Plan of Actions and Milestones (POA&M)

Ensured that applicable cyber security policies are implemented for the system and for those aspects of system related to physical security also under purview.

Ensured the system is properly monitored and vulnerabilities or weaknesses are addressed.

Ensured continuous monitoring after authorization (ATO) to ensure continuous compliance with the security requirements.

Put together Authorization Packages (SSP, POA&M and SAR) for Information systems to the Authorization Officer.

EDUCATION

Master of Science Cybersecurity Management and Policy. University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi Maryland. (In progress)

Bachelor of Science Cybersecurity Management and Policy. University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi Maryland.

Associate of Science General Study. Prince George’s Community College

CERTIFICATIONS

Professional Scrum Master (PSM1)

SAFe Scrum Master (SSM)

Certified Information Security Auditor (CISA)

CompTIA Security+

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