Sr. Scrum Lead/Product Manager/Delivery Manager

Professional Experience:

Over **years of professional experience in Software Analysis, Design, Software Development, and Software Testing (Manual, Automation), Production Support of Client Server, Enterprise, Server-side Multi-tier distributed and Web based Applications in Windows and Linux environment.

Experienced in Project Management with solid understanding of Agile (Scrum, Kanban, TDD, BDD, Scaled Agile Framework, Lean, Six Sigma, XP).

Extensive experience in the Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Testing of enterprise applications with web technologies, distributed technologies and client-server architecture environment.

Worked on implementing software development projects using methodologies such as Waterfall, Rational Unified Process, and Agile/Scrum.

As SCRUM master, facilitated the sprint planning meeting, daily SCRUM, the product backlog refinement meetings, the SCRUM review and SCRUM retrospective.

As Product Owner, translated strategic differentiators into innovative and detailed product requirements.

Experience in developing GUI using HTML, CSS, Java Script, XML, XSL/XSLT, AJAX, JQuery and Angular JS.

Experience in writing SQL queries and developing PL/SQL, Stored Procedures, and Triggers with major Relational Databases.

Expertise in designing and developing applications using Struts, Spring Framework, Spring Components like AOP, Spring JDBC and ORM Technology like Hibernate.

Strong skills in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Policy, QA Principles, Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), Test Methodology, Change Management, Risk Analysis, and GAP analysis.

Substantial knowledge about IBM Web Sphere Application server, Apache Tomcat Web Server, Glassfish server, JBOSS and Web logic server.

Strong knowledge on creating Software Testing Deliverables (Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Summary Report, Traceability Matrix).

Involved in writing Unit Test Cases and having good knowledge in JUnit.

Experience with versioning tools like Clear-case, Subversion, IBM RTC, Perforce and Git-Hub.

Extensive work experience in Production Support of Enterprise level applications

A well-organized, goal-oriented, highly motivated and effective team player with excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem solving skills.

Excellent Verbal & Written Communication skills and strong in Documentation.

Flexible, enthusiastic and project oriented with excellent communication and leadership skills to develop creative solution for challenging client needs.

Top BA Skill:

Being a bridge between Client and Development team.

Running quires to generate reports to present to management.

Decomposing artifacts into unambiguous requirements.

Clearance held

- Department of Veterans Affairs – Public Trust (04/2015-03/2016).

- Department of Veterans Affairs – Secret Clearance (04/2016 – Present).

Technical Skills:

Databases:

MS SQL Server 2008, Oracle 10-11g, IBM DB2, MySql 5.

Frameworks & Tools:

Jdk1.5/1.6/1.7, JSF1.2, Struts1.x/2.x, Spring 3.0/4.0 with WebSockets, Ant, Maven 3, Spring MVC, Hibernate 2x, Log4j1.2, Eclipse 3.x, Netbeans, Jenkins, BuildForge, SVN, JMS, Ajax, SOAP & REST Web Services, XML, JSON, SQL.

Database Tools:

Oracle AnswerFlow, SQL Profiler, Performance Monitor, TIBCO Jaspersoft Server.

QA Tools:

POSTMAN, Selenium Server (Grid, Webdriver), SOAPUI 5.0/5.2, JIRA,HP Quick Test Professional, Quality Center, HP ALM, JUnit 4.10.

508 Compliance Testing Tools

JAWS 16.0/17.0, Adobe Acrobat DC – Jasper Reports Testing.

Web Technologies:

JSP, Servlets, EJB, ESB, JNDI, JDBC, HTML 5, CSS, XSL/XSLT, JavaScript, jQuery, Angular JS, Web Services (JAX-WS, JAX-RS)

Application Servers

WebSphere 8.5, JBOSS 4.x, Tomcat 5/6, Web Logic, Microsoft TFS, Glassfish

Operating System:

Windows, Linux, IOS, Unix

Work Experience:

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Apr 2015 – Present

Sr. Scrum Lead/Product Manager/Delivery Manager Alexandria, VA

Project 1 - The mission of the Office of Information and Technology (OIT), Product Development (PD) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is to provide benefits and services to Veterans of the United States. The Enterprise Health Benefits Determination Program (EHBD) will provide enhancements to ensure the Enrollment System (ES) and deliver functionality within fiscal year 16 (FY16). Enrollment System supports the management of enrollment correspondence and telephone inquiries; shares eligibility and enrollment information with other Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and non-VA (e.g., Department of Defense) organizations and supports national reporting and analysis of VHA Enrollment data.

Environment: Java 1.6/Java 1.7, Ant 1.7/1.9, Struts 1.2.4, JSF 2.2, Spring 1.2.8/4.1, Hibernate 3.0/5.0, Quartz 1.5.2/2.2, JAX-WS 2.1/2.2.11, JasperSoft Reports, JAWS 16.0/17.0 2.0/6.2, XML, XSD, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JUnit, IBM JRules/IBM ODM, WebLogic 10.3.6/12c, Oracle XE 11g, Selenium (Grid, Web driver), Adobe Acrobat DC, IBM RTC, JIRA, AWS.

Project 2 - Veterans Benefits Management System (VBMS) is a solutions project to transition VBA from a paper-intensive claims processing environment to a paperless-based environment. It automates the processes, workflow and management. VBMS-Rating is an automated processing and rating of a Veteran’s established claim. With VBMS-R system, based on the disability evidence provided, the overall evaluation percentage of the compensation that the Veteran can claim is determined faster than the paper-based system.

Environment: Java 1.7/Java 1.8, Spring MVC, Hibernate, Orika Framework, Web Services, SOAP/REST, XML, XSD, XPath, XSLT, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AngularJS, Ajax, Junit, IBM JRules/IBM ODM, JAWS, WebLogic 12.1.3, Ant, Maven, SonaNexus, Oracle 11g, Liquibase, Selenium WebDriver, Selenium Standalone Server, IBM RTC.

Project 3–The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) established the BCDSS (Benefits Claims Decision Support System)project to demonstrate the feasibility of using automation and predictive models to calculate the Combined Disability Determination (CDD) for specific conditions contained within Veteran claims for disability compensation. Such capabilities could help the VA improve the quality and consistency of its current claims adjudication decisions and potentially could provide Veterans with the ability to obtain the likely outcome of their claims for benefits at the time of filing. Both outcomes could significantly improve the veteran experience and the efficiency of VA’s claims adjudication process.

Environment: Java 1.8, maven 3.3.9, Spring Boot, Spring JDBC, Hibernate 3.0/5.0, Quartz 1.5.2/2.2, JAX-WS 2.1/2.2.11, JAWS 16.0/17.0 XML, XSD, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Angular JS, JUnit, Apache Tomcat, Jenkins, Oracle XE 11g, JIRA, SOAP UI 5.2.1, SOAP and REST Web-Services, AWS.

Responsibilities:

Provided coordination and communication plan in order to effectively communicate with internal and external partners in fast-paced AGILE business environment.

Assisted detailed technical requirement gathering and technical requirement translation coordination with business teams and technical teams.

Defined the product roadmap based on the strategy and vision; manage prioritization and trade-offs among customer experience, site performance and operational support load.

Interacted with customer to gather requirements and business artifacts based on Agile SCRUM methodology.

Own the development of the product strategy and vision supported by internal and external analysis.

Write complete and detail-oriented product requirements documents, ensuring clear communication of those requirements to the business, design, usability and development teams.

Analyze current DEV procedure, TEST strategy to build the entire Framework of the system.

Delivered software services and updated existing technical documentation and artifacts that support delivery of EHBD enterprise services.

Utilized TIBCO JasperSoft Studio, to generate dynamic content in various formats such as PDF, XML and migrated legacy reports to the upgraded version of Jasper Reports and performed 508 compliance testing.

Created an Integrated Master Test Schedule in order to coordinate internal project deployments and external partner dependencies.

Experience in performing Hybrid Framework to validate the components displayed on the website using Selenium.

Collaborate with project partners and internal projects to manage and mitigate project risks and issues in regards to schedule dates and dependencies, blockers and proper escalation mechanisms.

Participated in implementing the upgrades – JUnit, Log4j, Quartz, JAX-WS and APACHE ANT. Also, converted the Enrollment System UI from Apache Struts to Java Server Faces.

Provided weekly PD Status Reports and published meeting notes for all meeting attendees and ensured as they are stored in the required document repository.

Coordinating releasing activities to include dependencies with partner services, internal ES projects, deployment scheduling and trigger dates.

Designed wireframes and developed web pages by using HTML 5, CSS, JSP and JavaScript.

Extensively used IBM RTC - Eclipse client to track the status of the user stories, defects and issues.

Built dynamic web projects using Java, Spring and Hibernate on MVC framework.

Designed and developed IBM JRules/rule flows using IBMODM for automating evaluation process.

Involved in defining build process with Maven scripts and customizing through CI&D builds using Jenkins.

Implemented SOAP and Restful Web-Services to integrate different applications (external systems).

Reviewed the XML logical data model and developed XML schema (XSD) to validate the model and used JAX-B for Xml-Java Mapping and XML-XSLT conversion.

Enhanced Selenium automated scripts by guiding and motivating the test team for Integration testing, Regression testing and Certified Build Testing.

Involved in pre-testing the Web-Service calls with SOAP UI/POSTMAN using end-points.

Identified and categorized various Information Assurance defects using HP Fortify.

Involved in Production Support and had extensively used Splunk for more than three major releases as well as patch.

Comcast, Oct 2013 – Mar 2015

Senior Development Engineer Philadelphia, PA

Project Description: Comcast is one of the nation’s largest service-based companies which provide a variety of services by building wrappers for trouble shooting customer issues. The author’s design the user stories so as the representative can easily troubleshoot customer issues. Based on the user stories, the call center representatives can take an initiative to resolve the customer issues. If they were unable to solve the problem, the ITG trouble shooting technicians will see the issues and get resolved by seeing the trouble shooting guide.

Environment: Java 6.0 & above, Spring with WebSockets, Spring Security, Web Services, CXF, RUP, JSON, Shell Script, UML, HTML, Eclipse, JUnit, Windows, Unix, WebLogic, JAX-B, Apache Axis-2, Jenkins, ANT, Restful, SOAP, JProfiler, Rally, Oracle 11g.

Responsibilities:

Participated in various phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) of the application.

Possess good experience in working with AGILESCRUM methodology and sound working knowledge with AGILE project management tool Rally and RUP.

Involved in gathering Business Level Requirements and reviewed manual testing methods.

Had a good hands-on experience on ORACLE ANSWER-FLOW editor for creating service calls and unit test cases that helps to test the wrapper code.

Solid experience in Object Oriented Programming concepts and writing code in Java.

Well versed in understanding complex coding at any given phase of application development process and expertise in coding.

Good exposure to Agile Scrum Process – assisted the product owner and later served as SCRUM master.

Developed designs using Spring Framework, its components such as AOP and implemented WebSockets Protocol for two-way communication.

Participated in developing and migrating several authentication services using Spring Security.

Hands on experience in deploying the application in pre-prod and production environment.

Proficiently helped the Master Test Team to automate the test execution process.

Successfully integrated cash back rewards program by working closely with user experience design, program management, and engineering teams in an agile environment.

Good understanding and practical knowledge working in continuous integration environment using tools like JENKINS.

Updating the web application in Web-Logic application server as a part of deployment.

Effectively used PUTTY to trace the logs.

Involved in consuming Restful web services and pre-testing the web-services using POSTMAN tool.

Pushed the code to Jenkins and integrated the code with Apache ANT.

Deployed multiple builds in a day as part of Sprints on various test environments.

Documented detailed versions of the user stories, corresponding test cases and tasks in sub version tool Tortoise SVN.

Built proxy for consuming the code big API services.

Designed automated testing tool using JUnit framework for helping developers to test the wrappers.

JDCQ Solutions, Dallas, Texas Aug 2012 – Sep 2013 Senior Consultant/QBOS ADMIN Dallas, TX

Project Description: JDCQ Solutions is the largest provider of release of information (ROI) services and audit management and tracking technology - partnering with thousands of hospitals, health systems, physician practices and clinics to process and fulfill medical record requests and maintain compliance related to releasing medical information to all types of requesters. To release the information, the patients will be identified with the unique identifier and the information will be gathered from all the pre-medical health centers and will also help patients and clinics by making their medical insurance companies relation simple.

Environment: Java5.0/6.1,SOA, Struts, Spring JPA, hibernate, Web Services, CXF, XML, XSD, Shell Script, UML, HTML, JavaScript, Angular JS, Eclipse, Junit, Windows, Unix, WebLogic AS10.3, Active MQ, JAX-B, JMS, Axis2, Ajax, Hudson, Maven, Nexus, Restful, SOAP, GC Viewer, JIRA, Oracle 11g, XPath, XSLT.

Role & Responsibilities:

Developed web pages by using HTML 5, CSS and JavaScript.

Used QBOS for storing and accessing data. Billing cycles are generated based on day to day cycles.

Used Eclipse to develop source code and debug the application.

Interacted with the stake-holders and gather requirements and business artifacts based on Agile SCRUM methodology.

Used GC Viewer to calculate garbage collection related performance metrics which include throughput, accumulated pauses, longest pause and often very useful for when necessary to run the garbage collection of a particular application by changing generation sizes or setting up the initial heap size.

Built a custom cross-platform architecture using Java, Struts MVC, Spring MVC and hibernate.

Configured and implemented the persistence layer with Spring and JPA.

Involved in defining build process with Maven scripts and customizing through CI builds using Jenkins.

Implemented Web-Services to integrate between different applications (internal and third party components using SOAP and REST services using Apache-CXF

Configured Queues and Topics as part of application integration and defined Camel routing between queues/topics.

Reviewed the XML logical data model and developed XML schema (XSD) to validate the model and used JAX-B for Xml-Java Mapping and XML-XSLT conversion.

Implemented Hibernate ORM tool integration with Spring MVC to interact with back end persistence system (Oracle11g)

Developed and published web-services using WSDL,SOAP and XML, JAX-B based on top-down and bottom-up approaches.

Involved in pre-testing the Web-Service calls with SOAP UI using end-points.

Coordinated Unit (JUnit, EasyMock), Integration and User Acceptance Testing and developed test cases for bean components.

Used Subversion for maintaining the component and for release and version management. And JIRA for defect tracking.

ANT tool has been used for the build and deploy procedure scripts in UNIX, Linux and Windows environment using Jenkins.

Virtual Integrated System (VIS) Project (DELL Inc.) Dec 2010– Aug 2012

Senior JAVA/J2EE Consultant Dallas, TX

Project Description: Dell Virtual Integrated System (VIS) architecture helps to improve data center efficiency by responding to selected business requests in minutes. With the Dell VIS working for an organization, they can streamline management tools and tasks while getting more from their existing infrastructure investments. The Dell VIS helps eliminate barriers to the adoption of virtualization while providing a clear path to transform data center efficiencies.

Environment: Java, SOA, JAX-B, J2EE, Spring MVC, REST, WSDL, Apache Service-Mix [Fuse ESB 4.x], SOAP UI 3.6, Apache Camel, XML, RUP, Bash, VBScript, Perl, Ajax,Windows7, Eclipse IDE 3.6, Apache Maven 3.x, Hudson CI, Apache tomcat 6.0.29, VMware v-center, log4j, Tortoise SVN, JUnit, Easy-Mock, Rally[Agile/Scrum].

Responsibilities:

Used Restful web services to call the services from a central portal.

Development in Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).

RHEL/Windows OS Deployment on different Virtual Machines (VMs).

Creating, editing, and deleting Virtual Server Pool.

Developed integration of hardware services through Apache Camel and Spring 3.1 dependency Injection frameworks.

Worked with FUSE ESB 4.x implementation of Apache service mix to leverage the integration capabilities for all the services.

Wrote JavaScript code using AJAX, JSON features and also used the annotation capabilities of the same for Restful services.

Wrote Scripts using UNIX, ANT whenever necessary.

Maintenance of existing product code, as required.

Creation of Virtual Server Pool, requesting a Virtual Machine (VM).

Used Apache Maven 3.x for building and Hudson for Batch building.

Used SOAP UI for service level testing of various Infrastructure services.

Involved in writing configuration centric files/modes for various services using XML capabilities and also wrote message bundles for spring, camel, JAX-RS and also the bundles for message properties for the process of internationalization [i18n].

Wrote JUnit, Easy mock test cases to test various services and their integration capabilities and limitations.

Collaborated between teams by involving in the knowledge transfer through updating wiki on any general bug tracking/development steps/standards involved.

Stood up for the daily scrum to discuss and update through word of mouth and also through the Rally tool for scrum.

Used Tortoise SVN (Subversion) for version control, log4j for logging purpose.

Farecast Flight Booking Dec2008 – Dec 2010

Java Developer Seattle, WA

Project Description: Farecast.com is a Search engine portal for booking International and Domestic Airline tickets, Hotels, Cruise, Buses and Cars. The portal has been designed keeping the user in consideration at every step. Farecast.com displays the lowest fares from the major airline sites and offers industry leading travel planning tools. Farecast.com is the airfare prediction website. Simplicity and interactivity is the main feature for easy understating.

Environment: JAVA, J2EE, XML, Servlets, JavaScript, JSP, HTML, CSS, JDBC, Struts1.2, SOAP, Eclipse3.2 with My Eclipse, SQL, CVS, JUnit, Web Logic, Windows.

Responsibilities:

User requirements study, analysis and review of the specifications.

Extensively used OOD concepts in overall design and development of the system.

Interaction with the users at all stages of development to ensure that development was as per user specifications.

Designed and Implemented the J2EE Based Struts with JDBC in Eclipse IDE.

Work directly with management, vendors, and third parties to ensure database management applications operate at peak efficiency.

Extensively worked on Java server side programming using Servlets, and JSP. CSS is used to style Web pages, XHTML and XML markup.

Implemented Servlets to handle HTTP requests for on-line requests, credit card payments, registration and bug tracking.

Using XML for dynamic display of options in select box and description on web page.

Asynchronous messaging is done using JMS and created Queue for point – point messaging.

Web Services are used for accessing flight and hotel information’s.

Designed complex application database SQL statements for querying, updating and reporting using JDBC.

Responsible for testing, debugging, bug fixing and documentation of the system.

Developed JUnit test cases and performed integration and system testing.

Implemented Java components and deployed under the Web Logic server.

ICICI Securities Aug 2006 – Sep 2008

Associate Developer Bangalore, India

Project Description: The Objective of new system is to enable ICICI private banking group PBG to strengthen their existing client and attract new client. The PBG System will enable the ICICI Private Banker and Client to create a tailored website, which will reflect each client’s unique relationship with PBG. The functional requirements of the PBG Internet site is to deliver account information, news, marketing information, ICICI research and information about ICICI products/Services.

Environment: JSP 1.2, Servlets, Struts1.2.x, JMS, JavaScript, Eclipse 2.0, Web Sphere Application Server 5.0, Oracle 8i, EJB, ANT.

Responsibilities:

Involved in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) of the application: Requirement gathering, Design Analysis and Code development.

Implemented Struts framework based on the Model View Controller design paradigm.

Struts-Config XML file was created and Action mappings were done.

Designed the application by implementing Struts based on MVC Architecture, used simple Java Beans as a Model, JSP-UI Components as View and Action Servlets as a Controller.

Designed and developed business components using Session and Entity Beans in EJB.

Used JDBC for data access from Oracle tables.

Implemented EJB’s Container Managed Persistent strategy.

Worked on triggers and stored procedures on Oracle database.

Apache MAVEN was used for the entire build process.

JUnit was used to implement test cases for beans.

Application was deployed on WebSphere Application Server.

Coordinated with testing team for timely release of product.

Education Profile:

Masters in Computer Science, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg - United States.

Masters in Computer Science and Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada - India.

Bachelors in Computer Science and Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada - India.

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