Scrum Master Software Development
Resume:
Marina Chudnovskiy, SAFe SSM, POPM, SP
Owings Mills, MD 21117 ******.****@*****.***
SUMMARY
Certified Agile Scrum Master with 10+ years of IT industry experience and proven track record delivering high-quality software on-time and within budget
Experience with large scale software development related to Big Data
Strong technical background in Agile Software Delivery, Business Analysis, and Software Validation/Verification
Practical knowledge of Continuous Integration, Deployment, and DevSecOps
Great understanding of modern development methodologies, including SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban
Proficient in configuration, change management and release management best practices
Strong team player with ability to perform independently
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Extensive HHS CMS (Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) contracting experience
Clearable US Citizen with a current HHS Public Trust clearance
Large scale software development
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SAFe Scrum Master Sr. Consultant
CGI, Baltimore, MD 05/2022– Current
CMS PECOS 2.0 (Provider, Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System). It is the online Medicare enrollment management system that allows individuals and entities to enroll as Medicare providers or suppliers. Large scale 230-FTE Big Data software development.
As a Servant Leader, lead two software development teams to self-organize and self-manage using Kanban and Scaled Agile principles to effectively complete multiple development releases on-time and within budget
Support and coach agile teams by steering them to success and navigating complexity of delivering software in large, cross-functional environments.
Resolve and escalate impediments, manage risk, help assure value delivery, and drive program level continuous improvement.
Accountable for the overall planning, coordination, execution, and delivery of value for the agile team(s).
Participate with management and cross-functional teams as subject matter expert to develop and improve operating policies and procedures related to Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and be an advocate in adopting Agile and SAFe best practices and processes
Drive delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity.
Facilitate coordinated preparation and execution of release planning as part of the ART.
Create sprint and teams’ reports in Jira and maintain teams’ Confluence pages.
Accomplishments:
Grew assigned teams’ velocity by 100%
Improved quality by 30%
Consistently achieved 0% attrition rate
Customer Value Partners, LLC (CVP) Columbia, MD 05/2015– 04/2022
CMS Section 1115 of the Social Security Act gives the Secretary of Health and Human Services authority to approve experimental, pilot, or demonstration projects that promote the objectives of the Medicaid and CHIP programs. Medicaid 1115 Demonstrations Performance Metrics Database & Analytics (PMDA) is a PHP Leravel-based system that provides the support for the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) in performing oversight, monitoring and evaluation of Section 1115 Demonstrations’ performance on quality and incentive payments’ metrics.
SAFe Scrum Master, CMS Medicaid 1115 PMDA Project 09/2017- 04/2022
As a Servant Leader, lead two software development teams to self-organize and self-manage using Kanban and SCRUM principles to effectively complete multiple development releases on-time and within budget
Facilitate agile team ceremonies that include Daily Scrum, Product Backlog Grooming sessions, System Demo, and Sprint Retrospective meetings
Participate in Agile Release Train (ART) ceremonies and activities related to PI Planning, Scrum of Scrums, and System Demos, by helping my teams identify dependencies, risks, resulting in successful planning and execution
Add WIP limits to the Kanban boards to help teams visualize the work, helping increase delivery times
Ensure built-in quality by including Unit, Smoke, Integration, and Regression Testing into the process
Use JIRA to manage product backlog, development iterations, monitor metrics, and generate reports
Collaborate with RTE and Program Management to create and maintain Jira and Confluence setup structure
Facilitate coaching Product Owners on agile principles and Scrum ceremonies, writing User Stories, and backlog grooming best practices
Coach teams in advancing agile practices and to promote continuous learning and process improvement
Maintain project documentation such as project plans, SOPs, and status reports in Confluence
Mitigate impediments during the sprint in terms of issues and risks
Track and communicate team Agile metrics such as capacity, load, burn rate, and velocity
05/2015– 09/2017 Test Lead
Perform functional and operational oversight for the 6-resource testing team, manage assignments, and mentor Junior resources
Manage performance reviews
Perform hands-on as well as lead activities related to creation and execution of Test Plans, 508 Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Test Data, and Test Cases to support front-end and back-end testing of a newly developed system
Develop test scenarios to perform test execution using MySQL for extensive back-end validation using sql queries
Support system integration activities with the CMS EIDM (Enterprise Identity Management System)
Lead user story and issue log analysis to ensure requirements clarity, and traceability
Create Business and Functional requirements for the new development.
Create Change requirements for the redesign of the existing requirements.
Use Axure tool to create interactive mockups for the requirements.
Create Subject 7 test scripts to automate PMDA application.
Lead customer facing UAT meetings
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Sr. Software Test Engineer
QSSI, Columbia, MD 03/2011 – 02/2015
Individuals Authorized Access to the CMS Computer Services (IACS) Identity Management system manages secure role-based access to over 26 systems that are currently in use by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Documented As-Is and To-Be functionality, screen mockups, and use cases to support integration with 10+ systems in use by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) services and conversion from Sun Microsystem’s IDM platform to Oracle-based EIDM (Enterprise Identity Management) solution
Created Requirements Specification documents to support multiple Program Change Requests and Remedy Tickets
Interacted with stakeholders and conducted JAD sessions to elicit requirements in support of system maintenance, integration, and conversion of web-based identity management system with multiple mainframe-based systems such as PQRS, esMD, COB, MAPD, ECRS, CSR, DMEPOS, and others
Created database design for the application by actively working with the database team
Converted CMS Business Requirements (BRs) to System Requirements (SRs).
Managed FSD (Field specification document) with new requirements
Developed test scenarios and test cases to support System Integration testing and performed test execution using HP’s ALM and SQL Developer for extensive back-end validation using sql queries
Created Application’s workflow using Microsoft Visio
Performed requirement analysis and reviewed all the use cases and issue logs.
Managed UAT testing for multiple monthly and quarterly releases by documenting results, leading daily status calls, and reporting status
Facilitated peer reviews, reviewed work of others, and mentored junior staff
Used Bugzilla to report the defects and test results.
Performed Section 508 Compliance (Accessibility) testing
QA Analyst
InfoReliance, Chevy Chase, MD 06/2009 – 03/2011
Test Engineer
MCPS, Rockville, MD 06/2008 – 05/2009
Software IV&V Specialist
Verizon Telecommunications, Arlington, VA 01/2007 – 04/2008
Jr. QA Analyst
Riggs Bank, Washington, DC 02/2005 – 12/2006
Technical Skills
Operating Systems: Windows NT, Windows 95/98/XP/7/X
Languages: PL/SQL, VBScript, VB
Databases: SQL Server 2005/2008/2010, Access 2007/2010, Oracle 9i/10g, TOAD, Query Analyzer, SQL Developer2010, DB2 Oracle Identity Administrative console, Sun microsystem, MySQL
Tools: MicroStrategy, Confluence, JIRA
Technologies: ASP.NET, VB.NET, XML, HTML, DHTML, HTML, JavaScript, VB, ADO.NET,C#, C++, Fortran, Websphere, Cognos, SAS, Oracle Identity Management, Oracle Identity Administrative Console, Sun microsystem
Web Browsers: IE 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, Firefox, Edge, Chrome
Services & Protocols: TCP/IP, SMTP, HTTP, FTP
Architectures: mainframe, mainframe-to-web, n-tier client-server, web server
Testing Tools: ALM120 Application Lifecycle Management, Sprinter, HP Quality Center, QTP 9, JIRA 3.6, IBM Rational ClearQuest 6.15, JAWS 15.0, SoapUI 3.0, WCFStorm 1.0, Bugzilla, JIRA, BI Publisher, Subject 7, Axure,
MS Tools: Excel, Outlook, Project, PowerPoint, Visio, Word
SD Methodologies: Waterfalls, CMS XLC, Agile Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile framework (SAFe)
Awards, Citations, and Memberships
Be Better Award recipient, CVP 03/2021
Be Better Award recipient, CVP 01/2021
Promotion to Sr. Software Test Engineer, QSSI 2013
Team Recognition award recipient, QSSI 2013
Education and Training
Defense Acquisition University (DAU) CLE 080 SCRM for Information and Communications Technology 02/2021
Defense Acquisition University (DAU) DAU ACQ 0060 IGCE for Services Acquisition 02/2021
Defense Acquisition University (DAU) DAU ACQ 202 Intermediate Systems Acquisitions Course, Part A 05/2020
Defense Acquisition University (DAU) DAU ACQ 101 Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management 05/2020
UX Fundamentals Training 02/2019
Certified SAFe 5 Scrum Master (SSM) 09/2019
Certified SAFe 5 Practitioner (SP) 10/2018
Certified SAFe 5 Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) 06/2018
Defense Acquisition University (DAU) DAU RQM110 Section 302, certification 09/2017
Defense Acquisition University (DAU) CLR101 Section 894 certification 09/2017
Certified Software Tester (CSTE) training 11/2016
CMMI level 3 training 2011-2015
HP ALM120 Application Lifecycle Management 11.5 Essentials 2014
B.S. in Financial Economics, University of Maryland Baltimore County, MD 05/2004
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