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Swati Verma

Swati Verma

Edmonton,Canada

Summary

A focused and ambitious professional with 6.5 years of industry experience as a Jira Admin, Project Manager, Scrum Master (SAFe and PSM 1 Certified), and Atlassian Jira (Jira Align) Consultant. Skilled in managing projects, coordinating and collaborating with diverse teams, deployment of projects, agile training and jira administration (cloud and server). - Creating and managing Jira Service Management (JSM) company and team-managed projects. Creating and managing Confluence Spaces. Creating and managing Jira Software/Work Management projects. Creating Jira Dynamic Forms (built in Form tool, formerly known as Proforma). Creating automation rules. Managing and resource planning.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Jira Admin

Teksystems - MacEwan University
Edmonton, CA
09.2024 - Current
  • Administered and configured Jira and Jira Service Management (JSM) for project management and issue tracking.
  • Designed and optimized workflows, including automation features.
  • Provided user support, training, and troubleshooting for Jira and reporting.
  • Created custom dashboards and reports to track project progress.
  • Applied Agile principles to enhance collaboration and delivery.
  • Set up Jira for large-scale projects, ensuring alignment with needs.
  • Utilized SharePoint, Confluence, and Bitbucket for improved collaboration.
  • Creating and managing Confluence Spaces.
  • Managing and resource planning.
  • Creating Jira Dynamic Forms (built in Form tool, formerly known as Proforma).

Jira Admin/Scrum Master

PulseMedica
Edmonton, CA
06.2023 - 02.2024

Jira admin-cloud

  • Daily responsibility involves user management, project configuration, issue management, plugin management, performance monitoring, security management, backup and recovery, user support and training, customization and automation rules, Workflow development, permission configurations schemes, custom fields configuration schemes, screen configurations schemes, notification scheme, stakeholder communication, dashboard creation, automated filters creation (JQL), documenting changes in confluence and staying updated with Atlassian ecosystem changes.
  • Performed tooling integration of Xray and Ceptah with Atlassian Jira end-to-end using API and Webhooks.
  • Managing action logs, issues register, risk register, and change log in Jira to track project risks and changes in Jira.
  • Delivering Jira and Confluence training to the team and project manager.
  • Continuous communication and collaboration with stakeholder and providing updates through Jira dashboards, filters, JQL or reports.
  • Ensuring alignment with organizational objectives via metrics like velocity and sprint burndown reports on Jira.
  • Jira Plugin: Clockworkfree, X-ray, Easy-BI, Ceptah, Timesheet Tracking, GTJ.

Scrum Master (Servant-Leadership)

  • Leading Agile ceremonies, coaching the Scrum Team and Product Owner, removing impediments, fostering collaboration and prioritizing the backlog.
  • Improving team efficiency through SAFe, Agile, and Scrum methodologies.
  • Coaching organisation and team in SAFe and Agile to increase business improvement.
  • Developing project schedules in MS Project, aligned with PMBOK, Agile, or Waterfall methodologies as per team requirements, facilitating timeline forecasting for various periods.

Principal Consultant - Jira/Jira Align (Full-Time)

XLR8.Delivery
Glasgow, UK
03.2023 - 04.2023

Principal Consultant - Jira/Jira Align

  • Performed tooling integration of Atlassian Jira Align with Atlassian Jira end-to-end using API. Migration from Jira to Jira Align.
  • Assisting and training clients for different projects in implementing and optimizing Jira
    Align to improve their portfolio management, program management, and product
    delivery processes.
  • Partner with Atlassian University for courses and certification as well as providing
    training to the client.

Associate - Project Manager / Jira Admin (Full-Time)

Hawnby Group Ltd
London, UK
04.2022 - 01.2023

Project Manager

  • Scoping and developing Business Cases (following Greenbook), Project timelines,
    charters, Business Presentations, project schedulers, issue trackers, risk trackers,
    decision matrices, cost-effective Commercial, economic, and Financial Models.
  • Researching and recommending procurement routes for NHS and Scottish Court by
    developing cost-effective commercial and financial models according to healthcare real
    estate strategies,

Jira Admin Cloud

  • Manage user accounts and project configurations, facilitate issue tracking, integrate Jira
    with real estate tools, automate tasks, generate reports, ensure data security, provide
    training and support, and drive continuous improvement.
  • Project Tracking in Jira and Asana as well as maintaining the documents in confluence
    and microsoft365.
  • Present the leadership with weekly reports in the Jira dashboard and filters. Thus
    increasing the efficiency and transparency in the organization.

Project Manager/Jira Admin

Sociolla
Gurugram, India
04.2020 - 09.2021

Project Manager

  • Managing highly successful Lilla Project on Mobile Apps and performing project
    management activities according to PMBOK includes preparing the project budget
    ensuring the company obtains the best possible pricing and determining and minimizing
    risk in buyout processes.
  • Understanding business priorities and changing them to the technology product;
    working as a liaison between the Product Owner and Scrum Team.
  • Collaborating and coordinating with Sales, Marketing Teams, Delivery Teams, Product
    Teams, RND Teams, and Testing team for product finalization from inception to closure.
  • Facilitating Agile/Scrum Ceremonies.

Jira Admin Cloud

  • Responsible for user account management, project setup, issue tracking, tool
    integration, automation, reporting, security, training, and process enhancement.
  • Providing training to employees in India as well as in Jakarta on how to use Jira, Trello
    and Confluence. Jira management in operating systems like android, ios, and linux.
  • Developing policies and guidelines for Design Reviews, Code Reviews, and Employees
    Rewards.
  • Expertise in Sprint Planning, User Story writing, UI/UX, Risk Management, Agile Methodologies, Scrum, Kanban, SDLC, calculation Velocity, tracking daily work, and Product Backlog through burn-down charts.
  • Perform the capacity planning in Jira and help teams estimate the work effort.
  • Developing Jira Instance with a new workflow for respective teams for better tracking
    purposes.

Scrum Master/ Jira Admin

Ameyo
Gurugram, India
05.2018 - 04.2020

Jira Admin Server/On-Premise

  • Migration on Server/Onpremise to cloud.
  • Responsible for installation, user management, project setup, plugin management,
    maintenance, security, issue support, integration, training, documentation, and
    stakeholder communication.
  • Development of workflow for each project and teams.
  • Perform routine maintenance tasks such as backups, upgrades, and performance tuning
    to keep Jira running smoothly.
  • Document system configurations, procedures, and best practices to facilitate knowledge
    sharing and ensure consistency in Jira administration.
  • Training new joiners, product owner, product manager, project manager.

Scrum Master

  • Leading the team of Scrum Masters consisting of 5 employees and supervising their
    work. Coaching and mentoring other Scrum Masters on our program team also
    partnering to ensure that our ways of working are consistent across team or
    organization.
  • Coordinate all Scrum Ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint
    retrospectives, Sprint Demos, Story Grooming, and Release Planning
  • Provides a single point of contact for projects and leads the team's efforts toward
    continuous improvement.

Education

MBA - The Essex MBA

University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
10.2022

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science Engineering

Panipat Institute of Engineering and Technology
Haryana
01.2017

High school or equivalent - Science and Computer Applications

Kendriya Vidyalaya
New Delhi
01.2013

High school or equivalent - Science

Kendriya Vidyalaya
New Delhi
01.2011

Skills

  • Jira Administration
  • Scrum Management
  • Project Management
  • Timeline Management
  • Risk and Issues management
  • People Management
  • Team Management

Certification

  • SAFe Agilist®(SA): Scale Agile (Credential id:12293880-1061 )
  • SAFe Scrum Master® (SSM): Scaled Agile (Credential id: 58932891-0447)
  • Professional Scrum Master-I: scrum.org (Credential Id: 552337)
  • Advance Jira Query Language:Atlassian University (Credential Id: 251244766)
  • Confluence Fundamentals: Atlassian University (Credential Id: 251530949)
  • Workspace in Trello: Atlassian University (Credential Id: 251538300)
  • Atlassian Technical and Sales Professional Accreditation: Atlassian University
  • Agile with Atlassian Jira: Atlassian (AEH6QNDMSM3Q)

Tools Used

  • Jira (Proficient)
  • Jira Align (Intermediate)
  • Trello (Competent)
  • Confluence (Competent)
  • Jira Sandbox (Proficient)
  • Xray (Proficient)
  • Ceptah (Proficient)
  • MS Project (Competent)
  • Mural (Competent)
  • Lucid Chart (Competent)
  • Bitbucket (Competent)
  • QGIS (Mapping Sites - Competent)
  • Aprao (Financial modeling - Beginner)
  • Microsoft 365 (Competent)
  • Power BI (Beginner)
  • Tableau (Beginner)

Personal Attribute

  • Languages (Proficient in Reading,
    Writing, Speaking)English
    Hindi
  • Personality (MBTI): INTJ - Architect
  • HobbiesChess
    Watching Cricket
    Singing
    Hair styling

Timeline

Jira Admin

Teksystems - MacEwan University
09.2024 - Current

Jira Admin/Scrum Master

PulseMedica
06.2023 - 02.2024

Principal Consultant - Jira/Jira Align (Full-Time)

XLR8.Delivery
03.2023 - 04.2023

Associate - Project Manager / Jira Admin (Full-Time)

Hawnby Group Ltd
04.2022 - 01.2023

Project Manager/Jira Admin

Sociolla
04.2020 - 09.2021

Scrum Master/ Jira Admin

Ameyo
05.2018 - 04.2020

MBA - The Essex MBA

University of Essex

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science Engineering

Panipat Institute of Engineering and Technology

High school or equivalent - Science and Computer Applications

Kendriya Vidyalaya

High school or equivalent - Science

Kendriya Vidyalaya
Swati Verma