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Skills
Certification
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NAGARJUNA REDDY PALA

Bengaluru

Summary

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and Agile Practitioner with over 10+ years of experience in software product development, Agile/Scrum methodologies, and cross-functional team leadership. Adept at managing 1-2 Scrum teams, facilitating Agile ceremonies, coaching on Agile/Lean practices, and ensuring delivery excellence across global multi-site projects. Proven ability to drive sprint goals, manage risks, resolve conflicts, and deliver high-quality software products within budget and timeline.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Associate (Scrum Master / Agile Lead)

Cognizant Technology Solutions
Bengaluru
06.2022 - Current
  • Led and managed 2 cross-functional Scrum teams delivering features in an Agile environment.
  • Facilitated Agile ceremonies: Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Reviews, Retrospectives, and Backlog Grooming.
  • Protected teams from external interruptions and maintained sprint focus.
  • Collaborated with Product Owners to ensure well-defined user stories and acceptance criteria.
  • Tracked and reported sprint metrics to stakeholders for continuous improvement.
  • Coached team members on Agile/Lean principles promoting a self-organizing culture.
  • Managed risks through proactive identification, mitigation strategies, and contingency planning.
  • Ensured sprint deliverables adhered to quality and compliance standards.

Programmer Analyst Professional 1

DXC Technology
Bengaluru
04.2018 - 06.2022
  • Acted as Scrum facilitator for Agile teams in product enhancement and migration projects.
  • Involved in full SDLC: analysis, design, development, testing, UAT support, and deployment.
  • Managed incident resolution, RCA, and metrics reporting aligned with ITIL standards.
  • Mentored junior developers and newly onboarded engineers.

Software Engineer

Lobo Staffing Solutions Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
03.2015 - 04.2018
  • Participated in Agile transformation by coordinating SCRUM activities across dev & ops.
  • Delivered complex Unix Shell Script automation and supported critical finance batch jobs.
  • Delivered patches and updates for mission-critical financial processing systems.

Education

M-Tech - Digital System and Signal Processing

Gitam University

B.Tech - Electronics & Communications

JNT University

Professional Diploma - Embedded System Design

Cranes Varsity
Bangalore

Skills

  • Scrum mastery and agile coaching
  • SAFe framework expertise
  • Sprint planning and retrospective improvement
  • Conflict resolution strategies
  • Stakeholder communication skills
  • CI/CD practices
  • DevOps knowledge
  • Cloud services management
  • Jira and Bitbucket proficiency
  • Application lifecycle management (ALM)
  • HPSM and ServiceNow experience
  • Tidal scheduler utilization

Certification

  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
  • Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Accomplishments

  • Awarded 'Star Performer' at HPE for contribution to critical project success.
  • Mentored interns and new hires, facilitating smooth transition to permanent roles.

Additional Highlights

  • Exposure to working with distributed and multi-site global teams
  • Excellent interpersonal, moderation, and stakeholder negotiation skills
  • Strong problem-solving, analytical, and motivational capabilities

Key Projects And Achievements

  • Cambridge Assessment Migration (Cognizant), UNIX, Shell Scripting, Jira, Bitbucket, Migrated print templates and automation workflows; led over 50+ Agile ceremonies., Delivered sprint demos and resolved impediments rapidly.
  • HPI & HPE Systems Support (DXC), C, Unix, SQL, Tidal, HPSM, Ensured 24x7 app availability, resolved production issues, and maintained SLAs., Coordinated global MEC/QEC/YEC activities and RFC deployments.
  • FCA Migration (DXC), Migrated enterprise systems from AIX to Linux; implemented MySQL DB workflows., Served as developer, analyst, and tester across project lifecycle.

Timeline

Senior Associate (Scrum Master / Agile Lead)

Cognizant Technology Solutions
06.2022 - Current

Programmer Analyst Professional 1

DXC Technology
04.2018 - 06.2022

Software Engineer

Lobo Staffing Solutions Pvt Ltd
03.2015 - 04.2018

M-Tech - Digital System and Signal Processing

Gitam University

B.Tech - Electronics & Communications

JNT University

Professional Diploma - Embedded System Design

Cranes Varsity

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