Sandhya Naik
Employment Authorization: H* EAD
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandhya-naik-34332424b
SUMMARY
Scrum Master, Functional Testing and Support with 6+ years of experience in information technology, Retail Products including Manual Testing, Project management, Support L1, L2.
Specialties: Scrum Master, Quality Analyst, Technical Support, Continues Process Improvement, Operational Leadership, Strategic Planning
Systems and Tools: Jira, Miro, Postman, Soap UI, Oracle, MySql, SQL Server, MS Office, draw.io, XML, HTML
Industry: Retail, Apparel/Accessories, Office Supplies, Wholesale, Ecommerce, Consumer Goods, Finance, Banking and Accounting
Certificates
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) https://bcert.me/seqrivzig
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Relocation – (Got Work Permit - H4 EAD from Aug 2022) Georgia, USA
Aug 2015 – Present
Completed - Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Learned Miro board for Product Design, Analysis and Functional flow
Practicing creating backlogs, stories on Jira
Practicing Database SQL queries
Practicing API testing through postman
Practicing API testing on Postman and Soap UI
Volunteering at School activities
Home financial management – Stock investments, Budgeting, Cost saving and Investment Plans
IBM Bangalore, India
Scrum Master/Quality Analyst - Client SG Bank Australia Jul 2008 – Dec 2012
Served as Scrum Master for Banking and Accounting project
Handled Scrum team collaborating with Onshore and Offshore
Handling Sprint goal settings and removing any impediments and making team focused on the deliverables
Managing Scrum board, Sprint Planning, Sprint backlog refinement, Daily Scrum
Arranging Sprint demos to Stakeholders
Handling Sprint retrospective and process improvements
Collaborating with agile teams on Gap analysis and dependencies
Worked on Jira board creating Product Backlogs, Epics, and stories
Worked as functional tester for Banking product
Used Postman and Soap UI for API testing
Handled L1, L2 Support and maintenance and system upgradations
Participated team grooming activity on product supports
Worked as Technical Support Engineer for Banking tool
Served as Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Banking Product
Developed long term professional client relationships & client satisfaction ensuring customer loyalty
Participated team grooming activity on product supports
Gap Analysis in processes and translating these into opportunities, proposed initiatives & alternate solutions to minimize cost & improve efficiency
Tally India Pvt Ltd Bangalore, India
Support Engineer/Quality Analyst Jan 2007 – May 2008
Served as Functional Tester on Retailer Billing System “Shoper”
Functional testing on new releases and reporting the bugs to the R&D
Worked on client issues and resolving by data analysis
Worked on UAT and post deployment validations with stakeholders
Handled L1, L2 and L3 Support and maintenance and system upgradations
Collaborating with stakeholders for requirements and preparing BRD
FAQ preparation and documentation of best practices
Installing the software at the client side
Served as Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Tally Billing Product
EDUCATION
Karnataka University, Dharwad, INDIA
Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) June 2006
Recognitions
3 times Star Performer award from IBM
Quarterly Award at IBM
“Technical excellence” award in Tally