Release Train Engineer
Resume:
Vinai Jadon
Release Train Engineer
Ellicott City, Md 21043
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Objective
Accomplished, qualified senior technology leader with 16 plus years of experience providing innovative architecture solutions for business transformation initiatives within healthcare, insurance and Federal companies and Recent 5 years dedicated to deploying SAFe configurations and leveraging agile to transform development and DevOps teams from traditional waterfall to agile framework.
Work Experience
CareFirst of Maryland – 6/2016 - present Release Train Engineer
Manage and optimize the flow of PEGA, PCMH and Market Facing Applications to ensure strategy and execution alignment for database works by coordinating with multiple solution interfaces
Coordinated and facilitated agile ceremonies -e.g., PI Planning, Scrum of Scrums, ART Sync, System Demos, Problem solving workshops and Retrospective for continuous delivery of value, reduce waste and process compliance
Establish and communicate the annual calendars for Iterations and Program Increments (PIs)
Facilitated PI Planning readiness by fostering a Continuous Exploration process which drives the synthesis of a Vision, a Roadmap, and Backlogs, and through Pre- and Post-PI Planning events
Managed and optimized the flow of value through the ART and Solution Train using various tools, such as the Program and Solution Kanban and quickly addressed steps with low Activity Ratio
Facilitated dependency management/ risk management/ Impediment removal for the ART
Ensured enterprise change management and other policy requirements for technology solutions are met for the epics/features delivered by the Agile Release Train (ART)
Track, Escalate and Remove Impediments and Manage Risk
Managed multiple development and DevOps teams using Scrum and Kanban frameworks
Experience in working with geographically distributed teams
Provided status updates and reporting pertaining to ART plans/deliveries/timelines/impediments to stakeholders and leadership
Implemented process improvements based on data and reports
Built agile and scrum maturity across the release train by coaching scrum masters, aligning to metrics and standards, and driving continuous improvement
Coached product owners in creation and maintenance of the product backlog, prioritization and grooming
CareFirst of Maryland – 6/2011 – 03/2016 Scrum Master
Kanban team to maintain database platform in applying Maintenance packs, Cumulative updates, Interoperability patches & Family packs, Installation, Performance tuning, Backup and recovery, RDBMS Patching, Auditing & Security, Database Upgrades & migrations
Facilitated Scrum ceremonies at team level and participated in program level events
Implemented agile best practices, such as time-boxing, continuous integration, code/design reviews, transparency, accountability, event-storming and self-organization across departments
Promoted Kanban principles for continuous improvement to reduce MTTR (Mean time to resolution), for defects. This resulted in reduction of cycle time by 20% promoting significant cost savings
Improved reliability with innovation, automation and technical debt reduction, with capacity allocation, across investment horizons
Leveraged capabilities across the firm to solve local problems like SPLUNK onboarding and application performance improvements
Accelerated the progress of implementation roadmap with improved time to market and team alignment
Promoted agile mindset to address and resolve impediments. Removed obstacles for the team with servant leadership approach
Mentored new SM and geographically dispersed teams. This resulted in improved team alignment and empowerment
Ports America - 12/2008 to 6/2011 DevOps Lead
●Primarily DBA approximately 40 databases including PeopleSoft databases.
●Identifies potential data quality and integrity
problems, determines root causes and develops solution recommendations.
●Oracle RDBMS versions 7.x to 11.x on HP UX 10.x/11.x and AIX operating systems.
●Installed Oracle software (client and server).
●Monitors all data collection and management activities for quality control purposes and serves as the data consultant for the bureau's programs and staff
●Database, application, and SQL performance tuning using OEM, AWR, ASH reports.
●Designs, evaluates and implements new and revised database, data collection systems, and associated peripheries.
●Systems integration and troubleshooting for Oracle-based applications.
●Knowledge of PL/SQL packages, procedures and triggers and database development objects.
●Install, maintain the Oracle Application Server, Reports and Forms Server
●Support RAC and Oracle failsafe environments on Windows.
Constellation Energy - 03/2004 to 12/2008 Oracle DBA/Project Lead
●Member of a 15 person team that was responsible for approximately 700 databases including PeopleSoft databases.
●Oracle RDBMS versions 7.x to 11.x on HP UX 10.x/11.x and Sun Solaris 9/10 operating systems.
●Installed Oracle software (client and server).
●Created, upgraded, migrated Oracle databases from one server to another.
●Maintained and monitored databases on a day to day basis
●Monitoring and managing databases, application, and SQL performance tuning using OEM, AWR, ASH reports.
●Working with the application folks in the database for performance enhancements
●System level performance troubleshooting using tools such as PerfView/MeasureWare, Glance Plus, top, iostat, sar.
●Database backup, recovery and refreshes utilizing RMAN.
●Lead Projects for Oracle High Availability (HA) via Sun Veritas Cluster Services (VCS) integration.
●Setting up, creating and maintaining databases for Oracle Disaster Recovery (D/R) via Oracle Dataguard.
●Maintaining databases for systems integration and troubleshooting for Oracle-based applications.
●Knowledge of pl/sql packages, procedures and triggers and database development objects.
●Working on application performance and tuning in the databases along with the developers
●Working knowledge of Sybase databases –version 7.3.2 and 12.5.2
Technologies
Databases: Oracle, Sybase, SQL Server, MS Access, dBase4
Oracle Technologies: Oracle v7.x-11.x, DataGuard, OEM Grid Control, RMAN, DataPump Export/Import, RAC, OID, PeopleSoft, Oracle Application Server 10.2.X.
Hardware: HP, SUN, Wintel, IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems: HPUX, Sun Solaris, SCO UNIX, Linux, Windows
Languages: SQL, UNIX Shell Scripting
UNIX Technology: Glance Plus, PerfView/MeasureWare, Veritas Cluster Services (VCS)
Certifications
Release Train Engineer (RTE) 5.0, SaFe 5.0 Agilist Certified Scrum Master – CSM
Oracle Training: 9i/10g New Features, DataGuard, RMAN, Performance Tuning, OEM
Education
Education: Bachelor of Science – Calcutta University, Project Management Courses.
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