Santhosh Marimuthu
Coimbatore
Summary
I have 12 + years of work experience in the IT Industry, and for the past 6 of those years, I've held leadership roles including scrum master and QA lead.
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. 5 years experienced Scrum Master with proven track record of successfully leading teams in developing high-quality software solutions on time. Skilled in multiple Agile methodologies, stakeholder management and sprint planning. Highly organized in managing complex projects with multiple deadlines.
Proven skills in completing black, white and grey box tests. Background writing and implementing test cases, developing testing plans and identifying use cases. Fully versed in complete SDLC.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Scrum Master and Project Management
Adamsbridge services
Coimbatore
04.2024 - Current
- Facilitated Scrum ceremonies, such as Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Retrospectives and Reviews.
- Created dashboards using various tools such as JIRA, project progress, and milestones.
- Conducted demos of completed work at the end of each sprint cycle.
- Led daily Scrum stand-ups and Agile development sprint planning meetings for multiple, concurrent projects.
- Delegated tasks to each team member, regularly assessing workloads to complete tasks on time and within project parameters.
- Organized meetings between stakeholders from different departments to discuss potential solutions or strategies.
- I worked closely with senior management and other stakeholders during strategic planning sessions for upcoming releases.
- I participated in feature design discussions, offering insights from an Agile perspective when necessary.
- Monitored the progress of sprints, providing visibility into project status for stakeholders.
- Encouraged continuous process improvement initiatives through retrospectives.
Scrum Master and QA Lead
Aosta India Pvt Ltd
Coimbatore
06.2023 - 04.2024
- Ensure day-to-day test activities are followed
- Lead the QA team for test activities in automation and manual testing
- Created and implemented contingency plans to address potential risks
- Worked closely and listened to team members' feedback to identify issues and resolve conflicts
- Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity
- Worked to provide continuous improvement for product development lifecycle
- Managed various IT projects to meet deadlines and customer requirements
- Identified potential risks early in the project lifecycle and implemented mitigation strategies accordingly
- Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress
- Make the QA team aware of the Quality matrix
- Work closely on the deadlines of the project
- Ensure the team is focusing on automation along with manual testing
- Updated customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks
- Conducted daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning sessions, and sprint reviews, ensuring effective communication among team members
- Strengthened communication skills through regular interactions with others
- Delivered services to customer locations within specific timeframes.
Senior Professional I and Scrum Master
Capgemini
Coimbatore
04.2016 - 06.2023
- Completed paperwork, recognizing discrepancies and promptly addressing for resolution
- Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems
- Used strong analytical and problem-solving skills to develop effective solutions for challenging situations
- Ensure day-to-day test activities are followed
- Lead the QA team for test activities
- Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity
- Work with PO to build the product backlog and prioritize the high value items
- Make the QA team aware of the Quality matrix
- Work closely on the deadlines of the project
- Conducted daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning sessions, and sprint reviews, ensuring effective communication among team members
- Facilitates and supports all scrum events: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective
- Liaising with stakeholders to improve visibility and clarity about the team's work
- Resolving conflicts within the team and promoting constructive disagreement.
Test Engineer Level I
Payoda Technologies Inc.
Coimbatore
04.2012 - 04.2016
- Acted as a team leader in group projects, delegating tasks and providing feedback
- Collaborated with development teams to identify, reproduce, and resolve software issues promptly
- Supported customer issue resolution by replicating reported problems in a controlled environment for further investigation
- Reviewed, evaluated, and identified requirements for testability
- Mentored junior team members, sharing best practices in test engineering techniques and tools usage
- Maintained up-to-date documentation of all test plans, procedures, results, and defect tracking databases for future reference or audits
- Enhanced software quality by designing and executing comprehensive test plans
- Created comprehensive test plans, test scripts, and use cases to support testing objectives
- Established effective communication channels between engineering teams for better collaboration on projects
- Analyzed test data to identify trends and areas for improvement in product development processes
- Gathered data on integration issues and vulnerabilities, reported findings and recommended improvements
- Operated API testing tools such as Postman and SoapUI
- Created test scripts using Selenium Webdriver with Java.
Test Engineer
Envestnet Asset management company
Trivandrum
05.2011 - 03.2012
- Perform Blackbox testing and send execution report
- Created comprehensive test plans, test scripts, and use cases to support testing objectives
- Interacted with cross-functional teams, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality products
- Analyzed and interpreted customer requirements.
Education
MBA Finance And Marketing -
PSG Institute of Advanced Studies
Bachelor of Science Bio Chemistry -
PSG College of Arts And Science
H.S.C -
National Model Matric Hr Sec School
S.S.L.C -
Sri Ramakrishna Matric Hr Sec School
Skills
- JAVA
- Selenium Web driver
- Customer requirements analysis
- Leading scrum meetings
- Selenium IDE
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Schedule Management
- Professionalism
- Software Development Lifecycle
- Retrospective Analysis
- Assigning Work
- Interpersonal Skills
- Resource Coordination
- Project Management
- Sprint Planning
Certification
- Professional Scrum Master (PSM-I) certified from Scrum.Org
- Completed the "Connected Manager program" offered jointly by Capgemini and Harvard Business School.
- Completed BIG-Data Foundation program offered by Capgemini.
- Certified in “Post Graduate Diploma in Banking Operations” at NIIT-IFBI, Chennai.
Timeline
Scrum Master and Project Management
Adamsbridge services
04.2024 - Current
Scrum Master and QA Lead
Aosta India Pvt Ltd
06.2023 - 04.2024
Senior Professional I and Scrum Master
Capgemini
04.2016 - 06.2023
Test Engineer Level I
Payoda Technologies Inc.
04.2012 - 04.2016
Test Engineer
Envestnet Asset management company
05.2011 - 03.2012
MBA Finance And Marketing -
PSG Institute of Advanced Studies
Bachelor of Science Bio Chemistry -
PSG College of Arts And Science
H.S.C -
National Model Matric Hr Sec School
S.S.L.C -
Sri Ramakrishna Matric Hr Sec School
- Professional Scrum Master (PSM-I) certified from Scrum.Org
- Completed the "Connected Manager program" offered jointly by Capgemini and Harvard Business School.
- Completed BIG-Data Foundation program offered by Capgemini.
- Certified in “Post Graduate Diploma in Banking Operations” at NIIT-IFBI, Chennai.
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