Sameer Khire
Scrum Master / QA Lead
Pune
Summary
CSM certified experienced Scrum Master with 13+ years of expertise in Agile methodologies. Proven track record in leading teams to deliver high-quality software products. Skilled in fostering collaboration and driving continuous improvement. Seeking new challenges to apply extensive experience and leadership in an innovative setting.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
QA Lead/SCRUM MASTER
Saiya Software Pvt. Ltd
12.2019 - Current
- Helped organization to adopt Scrum methodology for different projects
- Worked as Scrum master for two different projects
- Build scrum team from scratch and transform them into mature team to self-manage and cross functional
- Served Product owners in several ways including prioritizing product backlog items with DOT Voting technique and product backlog management
- Implementing scrum values to scrum team to establish trust
- Helping scrum team to create high-value increments during every iteration
- Ensuring all scrum events are productive and kept within timebox
- Wrote and implemented new rework procedures to standardize processes and streamline workflow.
- Recommended changes and corrections to developers for optimal software performance and usability.
- Improved quality processes for increased efficiency and effectiveness.
Test Analyst
Majesco Pvt. Ltd
02.2018 - 09.2019
- Leading a module of 10 team members
- QA planning, estimations, task assignments and status tracking
- Running regression suite independently and analyzing any failures
- Attending client calls for verifying business requirements
- Certifying builds before deploying it to production.
- Sharing daily and weekly reports to stakeholders
- Identified critical defects, conducting root cause analysis and collaborating with the development team for timely resolutions.
- Authored and maintained well-organized, efficient and successful manual test cases for entire team.
Test Analyst
SQS Pvt ltd
01.2016 - 02.2018
- Attending client calls for verifying business requirements
- Review, understand and analyze the Business specifications and Functional requirements thoroughly
- Prepare Test Cases, Scenario and Test Data as per test
- Designing of Test scenario, Test Cases, Peer Review of Test Cases
- Execute the test cases including data validation and record the execution status
- Defect Tracking, retesting of the fixed defects & perform Expert Regression Testing
- Reporting, Prioritizing and Tracking the bugs to resolve until successfully closed.
QA Engineer
Symphony Teleca Pvt ltd
06.2011 - 09.2016
- Responsible for Functional testing, Smoke testing, Regression testing and Exploratory testing
- Writing and executing test cases
- Drafting and reporting the bugs using JIRA
- Reviewing Test Cases
- Handling escalations and conducting root cause analysis.
Security Response Technician
Symantec Pvt ltd
06.2009 - 09.2011
- Responsible for Functional testing, Smoke testing, Regression testing and Exploratory testing
- Writing and executing test cases
- Drafting and reporting the bugs using JIRA.
Education
Masters in Computer Management -
Pune University
PuneSkills
Implementing Scrum Values
Stakeholders Collaboration
Facilitating Scrum Events (Sprint Planning, Daily scrum, Sprint review and Retrospective)
Help and Improve Transparency with Scrum Artifacts (PB, SB and Increments)
Implementing Clarity in Scrum Activities
SME for Sales Enablement, Insurance
Project Tracking Tools: Jira, HP-ALM, Youtrack
Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile, Scrum
Other Tools: MS Office
Certification
Certified Scrum Master
Timeline
QA Lead/SCRUM MASTER
Saiya Software Pvt. Ltd
12.2019 - Current
Test Analyst
Majesco Pvt. Ltd
02.2018 - 09.2019
Test Analyst
SQS Pvt ltd
01.2016 - 02.2018
QA Engineer
Symphony Teleca Pvt ltd
06.2011 - 09.2016
Security Response Technician
Symantec Pvt ltd
06.2009 - 09.2011
Masters in Computer Management -
Pune University