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Jonathon Halko

White Bear Lake,MN

Summary

Technical Manager with Scrum Master experience looking for a change outside of the security (IT) space. Leading a team of up to 18 (direct, indirect, and offshore), the team has improved its process efficiency and month over month success. Led multiple scrum team to deliver and develop MVPs to meet the customers and company needs by encouraging developers and working with multiple organizations to remove roadblocks as needed.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Technical Manager

US Bankcorp
Richfield, MN
07.2021 - Current
  • Led a mix team of direct and indirect reports, along with offshore contractors in the Security Vulnerability and Compliance Baseline space
  • Working with our Product Owner and engineers towards automated solutions, while weighing risk between business risk vs security
  • Within the Agile framework, our team developed both worked in both Scrum and Kanban to manage our development and BAU work
  • Managed increased success and efficiency in both WIndows Server and Linux security and functionality updates
  • Provided and maintained documents on project metrics, including burndown charts, process/procedure flow, and overall success while identifying areas of improvement and pain-points
  • Created new process surrounding Compliance updates, which essentially insures our servers are secure and standardized
  • Supported my team to help grow their professional career growth and direction

Scrum Master

US Bankcorp
Richfield, MN
02.2018 - 07.2021
  • Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
  • Led sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement.
  • Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
  • Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
  • Applied agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins.
  • Worked effectively with multiple Scrum teams both internally and off-shore.
  • Drove Scrum team progress to overcome obstacles and realize success throughout life of each sprint.

Application Administrator

US Bankcorp
Richfield, MN
02.2006 - 02.2018
  • Monitored daily logs and reports and escalated issues to system administrators to reach resolution.
  • Worked with business lines to resolve both workstation and server issues with through scripting or process improvements
  • Developed automated scripts to greatly improve efficiency and successful deployments of applications and security updates to servers and workstations
  • Mentored team members to improve their own skillsets and help prevent "Tribal knowledge" situations
  • Resolved issues and escalated problems with knowledgeable support and quality service.

Skills

  • Agile Methodology (Scrum, Kanban)
  • Leadership and Career Development of team members and coworkers
  • IT Systems Support
  • Performance Metrics
  • Experience in critical support calls including creating SIP (Service Improvement Plan) within ITIL framework
  • Leading Software Development Teams
  • Training Junior Team Members
  • IT security and compliance management

Timeline

Technical Manager

US Bankcorp
07.2021 - Current

Scrum Master

US Bankcorp
02.2018 - 07.2021

Application Administrator

US Bankcorp
02.2006 - 02.2018

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