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SNEHA SATHISH

Aurora,Illinois

Summary

A self-driven and accomplished Scrum Master with a demonstrated history of success and experience in full software development life cycle spanning from requirements gathering, user experience design, front end development, testing and deployment in Banking and Insurance domains. Experienced in leading successful teams and projects, coaching and empowering staff, and collaborating cross-functionally. Proven aptitude for implementing strategies and solutions to drive efficiency, ensure quality, and achieve exceptional results. Key skills in the following areas: Agile Methodology, SAFe Methodology, Waterfall Methodology, UML, Defect Management, Consulting, Coaching, Technical Support.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Scrum Master

Cognizant Technology Solutions
08.2021 - 02.2024
  • Proficient in facilitating Scrum ceremonies (Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, Demos and Sprint Retrospectives) for two cross-functional CMS teams(Kanban and Scrum) and leading agile projects.
  • Ensured user stories were 100% prioritized, defined, and ready to be worked on by team.
  • Proven ability to handle all aspects of Project Management from inception to completion of project.
  • Empowered Scrum teams by coaching and mentoring with Scrum best practices and helping them to lead daily standup.
  • Engaged with Scrum Community of Practice organization by sharing ideas and best practices agile best practices, story creation and estimation, PI planning, and Jira and Rally board utilization.
  • Facilitated discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution across three cross-functional teams.

Lead UI Developer/Onsite Coordinator

Cognizant Technology Solutions
11.2014 - 05.2021
  • Worked directly with Business in understanding their requirement, formulate options including assessing their relative merits and risks using statistical data, and worked with customer(s) to determine best solution.
  • Communicated with product managers and UX designers to translate project requirements and business objectives into polished user interfaces.
  • Worked closely with UX and product teams to define visual and functional requirements.
  • Translating functional requirements into technical specifications/stories through hands-on analysis and coordinating with offshore team for development of RWD projects.
  • About 1.5 years of experience in working with QA team in validating test scenarios and test results for UAT to match with story's acceptance criteria and also writing user stories based on Business input.
  • Collaborate with PO/PM/Business and onsite/offshore developers, QA, Designer in order to execute projects through full lifecycle of software development.
  • Collaborated with product owner to write stories and architect to maintain backlog and handle capabilities and features within Rally.

Front End Developer

Cognizant Technology Solutions
12.2013 - 10.2014
  • Worked as UI developer in two week sprints to develop portal pages in sync with Visual Design/Redlines.
  • Worked with Design team, Business/PO to understand requirements and after development worked with QA team to resolve any issues/defects.
  • Collaborated with solution architects, product owner, and developers to refine user stories and maintain appropriate velocity, accurate acceptance criteria, and story points, using planning poker.

Quality Analyst

Erasmic Consulting
03.2007 - 12.2008
  • Worked closely with Business Analysts in understanding technical requirements and prepared use cases for different functionalities.
  • Involved in writing test cases and executing functional, regression and Ad-hoc testing.

Education

MBA - Information Technology -

Anna University
Chennai, India
09.2009

Bachelor of Engineering -

Bharthiyar University
Coimbatore, India
05.2004

Certification

SAFe Product Owner/Project Manager - June 2021

Skillset

  • Certified SAFe 5 Product Owner/ Product Manager
  • Javascript, JQuery, Html5, CSS3, Json and Ajax. GitHub, Confluence, SOAP UI, Teamsite, HP Quality Center
  • Agile Development and Best Practices. Agile Frameworks - Scrum, Kanban, XP
  • JIRA and RALLY

Timeline

Scrum Master

Cognizant Technology Solutions
08.2021 - 02.2024

Lead UI Developer/Onsite Coordinator

Cognizant Technology Solutions
11.2014 - 05.2021

Front End Developer

Cognizant Technology Solutions
12.2013 - 10.2014

Quality Analyst

Erasmic Consulting
03.2007 - 12.2008

MBA - Information Technology -

Anna University

Bachelor of Engineering -

Bharthiyar University
SNEHA SATHISH