SARVANI VAKADA
Singapore
Summary
- Team-oriented individual promoting exemplary presentation, project management and risk oversight skills. Demonstrative Scrum Master with background communicating effectively with and leading high-performance teams. Considered expert in prioritizing tasks and optimizing workflows.
- Experienced Scrum Master with proven track record of successfully leading teams in developing high-quality software solutions on time and within budget. Skilled in multiple Agile methodologies, stakeholder management and sprint planning. Highly organized in managing complex projects with multiple deadlines.
- Results-driven professional with a proven track record as a Functional Tester in the banking domain.
- Expertise in risk identification and mitigation, operational efficiency enhancement, and business process optimization. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
- Experienced Quality Assurance professional, successfully analyzed clients' business requirements by managing teams in workflow analysis, testing, and documentation for esteemed banks in Singapore.
- Proven ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality software solutions aligned with business objectives.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Scrum Master and Functional Tester
LTI Mindtree
01.2022 - 08.2024
- Coordinated project tasks across multiple Scrum teams for a digital transformation initiatives in retail banking
- Improved team efficiency by implementing Agile and Scrum methodologies for project management.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
- Created and distributed reports on sprint velocity, burndown charts, and project progress to senior leadership and stakeholders
- Work closely with Product Owner to prioritize user stories and manage product backlog based on business value, risk, and urgency
- Ensure adherence to Agile best practices, fostering an environment that supports team self-management and collaboration
- Assisted the testing team in creating test data and the identifying the critical test cases to be performed using JIRA
- Analyze existing KYC systems and tools to identify areas for improvement or optimization, and work with the IT team to implement enhancements
- Conduct data analysis to ensure the accuracy and completeness of customer information in KYC records, identifying discrepancies and proposing corrective actions
Senior Software Engineer
Optimum Solutions
07.2020 - 01.2022
- Involved in QA life cycle, which includes Design, Developing and execution of the entire QA Process and documentation of Test plans, Test strategy, Test cases, Test Procedures and Test scripts to ensure proper business compliance
- Supported product managers and development teams across phases of testing from planning to execution, troubleshooting and reporting within high-volume, agile environment.
- Created test cases and test scripts to maintain cohesive team approach to product development.
- Reporting bugs in JIRA and re-testing all the bugs once fixed and deployed
- Collaborated with developers and project managers to assess program capabilities, features and testing demands.
Senior System Executive
Cognizant Technology Solutions CTS
07.2017 - 07.2020
- Work with Test lead to employ iterative test strategies and tactics on assigned projects and ensure full execution of the strategy and assisted team for test execution using TOSCA
- Defined and delivered functional requirements in IWM-Booking Platform 3.0
- Collaborated with highly skilled colleagues, including software engineers, QA engineers to ensure the resulting products meets the defined requirements
- Coordination with multiple business users and offshore teams
- Part of IWM-Booking Platform 3.0 in Credit-Suisse in TEMENOS T24 Worked in the areas of Product analysis, functional finding of business applications from T24 from R14 to R19 releases with Database Oracle 11G to 12C and Desktop to Browser Upgrade Project of Saudi.
Testing & Documentation
Cognizant Technology Solutions CTS
01.2017 - 01.2018
- Instrumental in creating process documents, knowledge articles reports, and presentations
- Excellent familiarity with project lifecycle approaches phases and tools
- Responsible for meeting work standards including quality while finding and resolving errors throughout the process
- Ensured policies and procedures are being applied to meet the company's goals and objectives
- Active member in the team with agility.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics & Communication Engineering
JNTUH University
INDIA05.2013
Skills
- Agile & Scrum Methodologies
- User Stories & Backlog Management
- Conflict Resolution
- Jira, Confluence
- Banking & Financial Services Domain Knowledge
- Agile Metrics Tracking
- Sprint Planning
- Meeting facilitation
- Kanban Knowledge
- Public Speaking
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Work Planning and Prioritization
Certification
- ISTQB Certified manual tester
- Certified SAFe Scrum Master – Scaled Agile, Inc.
- Selenium Certified & Manual Tester
- Unix, MySQL, Autosys and C, C++
- MS Office application such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook
- Tableau course – Udemy
Currentlocation
Singapore
Residencestatus
Permanent Resident
Timeline
Scrum Master and Functional Tester
LTI Mindtree
01.2022 - 08.2024
Senior Software Engineer
Optimum Solutions
07.2020 - 01.2022
Senior System Executive
Cognizant Technology Solutions CTS
07.2017 - 07.2020
Testing & Documentation
Cognizant Technology Solutions CTS
01.2017 - 01.2018
- ISTQB Certified manual tester
- Certified SAFe Scrum Master – Scaled Agile, Inc.
- Selenium Certified & Manual Tester
- Unix, MySQL, Autosys and C, C++
- MS Office application such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook
- Tableau course – Udemy
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics & Communication Engineering
JNTUH University
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