Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
CORE COMPETENCIES
Accomplishments
STRENGTHS
Languages
Timeline
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Divya Soni

Divya Soni

Hyderabad

Summary

Certified, results-driven Scrum Master with over 7+ years of IT experience in Scrum environments, including 3+ years in Agile project delivery, team coaching, and driving organizational agility.

Passionate about fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and high performance. Skilled in facilitating Agile frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban to drive value and deliver business outcomes. Proven ability to mentor and coach cross-functional teams, enhancing their Agile maturity and productivity. Currently enhancing skills in SAFe and DevOps to strengthen Agile delivery capabilities and support scalable, high-performance team environments.

  • Good understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) from which commitments were met successfully.
    Requirement gathering to release, ensuring quality, and timely delivery.
  • Expertly skilled in working with the Atlassian Suite, notably in running Jira and Confluence for effective project management and collaboration.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Scrum Master

Cognizant
Hyderabad
04.2022 - Current
  • Implemented Scrum and Kanban principles to streamline processes and deliver successful outcomes across multiple projects.

Incident Management:

  • Collaborated with technical teams to analyze and resolve P0/P1/P2 issues within SLA, while proactively communicating updates to clients and senior management in the internal tool of the Google client domain.
  • Maintained and documented Confluence pages to educate team members on new implementations, and ensure knowledge sharing across the project. Monitoring, analyzing, and allocating incoming incidents and service requests to resources for closure within SLA, using Jira, PLX dashboards, Buganizer and Taskflow tools.
  • Prepared and presented weekly SLA performance reports to stakeholders, highlighting trends and areas for improvement.
  • Represented the team in daily Health Check calls by providing status updates, highlighting ongoing upgrades and their cross-team impact, and communicating priority tasks to stakeholders.

Scrum Master:

  • Prepare and maintain dashboards to track team progress, highlighting potential issues and risks.
  • Acted as a servant leader, empowering team members to take ownership of tasks, and collaborate effectively toward common goals.
  • Ensure Agile principles are followed, working with teams to maintain velocity and improve sprint predictability.
  • Coach product owners (POs) in backlog grooming, prioritization, and ensuring that the team works on the most valuable features.
  • Foster a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement by facilitating team retrospectives, and implementing process improvements.

Customer Support Advisor

Rational Services/Pokerstars
Hyderabad
05.2021 - 04.2022
  • Developed, implemented, and maintained real-time dashboards and reporting tools to track key performance indicators (KPIs) and monitor business health.
  • Assist with account-related tasks such as account creation, login issues, security, password recovery, and account verification processes.
  • Identify and resolve player issues related to game functionality, software bugs, and payment processing. Collaborate with technical teams to ensure swift resolutions for complex problems.
  • KYC validation of all the personal documents for different players across the globe. Identifying and flagging accounts with suspicious activity and preparing compliance reports for audits.

Machine Learning Data Associate

Amazon
Hyderabad
09.2017 - 05.2021
  • Conducted extensive data cleaning to ensure accuracy, consistency, and quality of voice command data collected from Alexa devices.
  • Analyzed user interaction data, driven insights, and contributed to the optimization and evolution of Alexa's capabilities.
  • Conducted A/B testing, experiment analysis, and user segmentation to optimize Alexa's features and performance.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business objectives, and provide data-driven recommendations.

Education

MBA - Business Management

Birla Institute of Management And Technology
Hyderabad
01.2023

Bachelor of Commerce - Computers

St. Ann's College For Women
Hyderabad
06.2017

Skills

  • PL/SQL expertise
  • Agile methodologies
  • Dashboard analytics
  • Technical support services
  • Data analysis
  • AdWords
  • Device testing
  • Scrum framework
  • SAFE
  • JIRA, Confluence
  • Solution Manager

Certification

Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM) – Scrum Alliance

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Agile Efficiency Boost
    Increased team efficiency by 40% through effective Agile implementation across key projects.
  • Client Engagement Success
    Improved client engagement by 30% with strong relationship management strategies.
  • Production Cycle Reduction
    Reduced production cycle times by 25% with streamlined Scrum processes.
  • Impediment Resolution Expert
    Resolved 5+ complex impediments to ensure sprint

CORE COMPETENCIES

  • Team Handling and Mentoring
  • Product Backlog Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Time & Effort Estimation
  • Scrum Ceremonies
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Scrum Metrics and Reporting
  • Conflict resolution

Accomplishments

Pat on Back Award – Cognizant: For analytical skills and problem-solving under pressure.

STRENGTHS

  • Facilitator & Conflict Resolver
    Led several successful retrospectives that addressed team conflicts, resulting in improved collaboration and productivity
  • Agile Implementations
    Implemented Agile methodologies across key projects, boosting efficiency by 40%.
  • Process Streamlining
    Streamlined the Scrum process, resulting in a 25% reduction in production cycle times.

Languages

English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Hindi
Native
Native

Timeline

Scrum Master

Cognizant
04.2022 - Current

Customer Support Advisor

Rational Services/Pokerstars
05.2021 - 04.2022

Machine Learning Data Associate

Amazon
09.2017 - 05.2021

MBA - Business Management

Birla Institute of Management And Technology

Bachelor of Commerce - Computers

St. Ann's College For Women
Divya Soni