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K Alekhya Nidumolu

Summary

Overall 9 years of experience in IT industry with 5 years of experience as a Scrum Master and hands on experience with managing cross functional teams. Extensive knowledge of end-to-end project management, Software Development Life Cycle methodologies in both Waterfall model and Agile. Certified SAFe 5 Scrum Master/ CSM/ ITIL Foundation /Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Scrum Master

Fitch Ratings, Inc.,
04.2023 - Current

Lead multiple Agile teams on SAFe methodologies with knowledge of embedded SDLC process.

Chaired multiple client projects onsite-offshore project with team’s members including
Developers, Business Analysts, and QA Personnel.
Facilitated and helping teams to understand and follow Agile techniques and agile/scrum
values.
Expert in facilitating sprint planning meetings, daily stand-up meetings, schedule meetings and
decision-making processes in order to ensure quick inspection and proper use of adaptation
process.
Helping product owner to assemble the product backlogs and prioritize them ready for the next
sprint.

Assisted the Development, QA and Release managers to identify cross-team impediments,
dependencies and resolve them.
Involved in transforming the mindset of team members into Agile/Scrum from waterfall
methodologies.
Acts as a servant leader and safeguarding the team from internal and external distractions
Expert in setting up scrum teams in organizations which have moved from waterfall to agile
Participated in SOS meetings under the guidance of RTE.

Scrum Master

Cognizant Technology Solutions (Truist Bank)
09.2022 - 02.2023
  • Truist Bank is consolidating its heritage SunTrust and BB&T application into a common platform. The scope includes migrating DLZ and HUB processes (ingestion and consumption) to new Truist Enterprise Data Lake (EDL) and there by decommission DLZ and HUB platforms
  • Played a key role in project managing the data migration from Netezza to EDL
  • Lead 2 AGILE teams with 10 members each, across 2 different time zones, from project
    initiation through delivery of features.
  • Created dashboards to track and report scrum metrics: Burndown charts, CFD and Velocity
    charts in Iteration Review meeting with Stakeholders and ART teams.
  • Coordinated with the release management team and aligned project deliverables to the
    release calendar.
  • Effectively managed the ROAM Board to maintain risk and issue logs, tag dependencies and
    facilitate discussions with stakeholders to create and implement mitigation plans.
  • Managed product backlog effectively, prioritizing high-value items for faster completion.
  • Facilitated Scrum framework and optimized resource allocation by identifying and addressing bottlenecks in project workflows, leading to reduced time-to-market for product releases.

Scrum Master

Fidelity Investments
06.2021 - 08.2022
  • The scope of the project was to automate the Legacy Trading Platform that enables traders to execute trade quickly and accurately with minimal risk and to optimize trading strategies
  • Managed and support MS Azure Cloud service team.
  • Ensured cross-functional coordination between product owners, analysts, developers and QA
    occurred early and often, and removed barriers and impediments for the team.
  • Assessed and reported progress to stakeholders regularly, maintaining transparency throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Streamlined release processes through close coordination between development teams and operations staff.
  • Applied agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins.

Scrum Master

Ally Bank
04.2019 - 03.2021
  • Ally Bank is committed to serving its millions of retails, business, wealth management, payment, commercial, corporate customers around the world as a trusted and responsible financial partner. The project was about credit application approval for lease.
  • Manage relationships and coordinate work between vendors, sub-contractors and different
    teams at various, remote locations.
  • Collaborated with the team on the Design and Implementation of WCF services layer hosted on Windows Azure
  • Enhanced the change management processes by collaboration with multiple teams.
  • Used existing standards and processes throughout the life cycle of the project.

Technical Lead/VM Ware Analyst (Desktop Engineering Team)

Cognizant Technology Solutions – India
08.2012 - 04.2016
  • Design of New SCCM Infrastructure for the Client, EISAI
  • Extensive experience in design and installation of Microsoft System Configuration Manager 2007-2012
  • Expertise in deployment administration troubleshooting Systems Management Server and System Centre configuration Manager SCCM R2 / R3 and MDOP 2010 / APP-V 5.

Skills

  • Project Management
  • Agile Metrics Tracking and Agile Coaching
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • JIRA, Confluence, Rally, SharePoint, Ideaboardz, CI/CD
    (Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery) , Kanban
  • SDLC

Certification

Certified SAFe Scrum Master (SSM 5.1)
CSM Certified
ITIL V3 Foundation Certified
Microsoft Certified Professional

Timeline

Scrum Master

Fitch Ratings, Inc.,
04.2023 - Current

Scrum Master

Cognizant Technology Solutions (Truist Bank)
09.2022 - 02.2023

Scrum Master

Fidelity Investments
06.2021 - 08.2022

Scrum Master

Ally Bank
04.2019 - 03.2021

Technical Lead/VM Ware Analyst (Desktop Engineering Team)

Cognizant Technology Solutions – India
08.2012 - 04.2016
K Alekhya Nidumolu