Shamsher Alam
Pune
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Scrum Master
Barclays Global Service Centre
Pune
02.2022 - Current
- Led the team through the successful adoption of the Scrum framework, cultivating an environment focused on iterative delivery, transparency, and continuous improvement that significantly improved team maturity.
- Managed the product backlog effectively, collaborating closely with Product Owners to refine requirements, ensure alignment with business goals, and prioritize high-value items for faster completion.
- Facilitated all Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives, ensuring effective communication and team alignment.
- Conducted training sessions on the Scrum framework and backlog grooming best practices, which fostered Agile thinking across the team and measurably improved delivery velocity.
- Oversaw the successful delivery of critical projects, including the 'Prisma Fix,' which involved deploying over 80 APIs to production with zero failures, demonstrating exceptional operational precision and risk management.
- Mentored and coached team members, pushing them towards self-sufficiency and encouraging ownership of deliverables, resulting in a significant improvement in team productivity and delivery quality.
Java Developer
TCS
Pune
07.2017 - 02.2022
- Collaborated within a team-based, Agile environment to develop, test, and maintain enterprise-level Java-based applications, consistently meeting project deadlines.
- Participated actively in requirements gathering, design meetings, and sprint planning sessions, contributing a developer's perspective to ensure realistic and achievable goals.
- Practiced Agile principles by reviewing code, debugging errors, and performing continuous unit testing to improve application performance and stability.
Education
M.Sc. - Computer Science (Cloud Computing)
University of Mumbai
B.Sc. - Computer Science
University of Mumbai
Skills
- Scrum Methodology
- Sprint Planning
- Backlog Grooming
- Retrospective Analysis
- Daily Scrums
- Sprint Reviews
- User Story Creation
- Meeting Facilitation
- Agile Best Practices
- Stakeholder Collaboration
- Team Mentoring & Coaching
- Java
- REST APIs
- Google Cloud Platform
- AWS
- Service Mesh
- Jenkins
Certification
- Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I), Scrum.org, 08/01/24
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Amazon Web Services, 02/01/25
Hobbies and Interests
- Trekking
- Outdoor Games (Volleyball)
- Reading Books on Technology and Spirituality
Awards
- Secured 3rd Rank in Graduation, 2016
- Secured 3rd Rank in Post-Graduation, 2018
- Most Disciplined and Sincere Student Award, 2017
- National Cadet Corps (NCC): Selected for Thal Sena Camp from Mumbai 'A' Group, 2015
Timeline
Scrum Master
Barclays Global Service Centre
02.2022 - Current
Java Developer
TCS
07.2017 - 02.2022
M.Sc. - Computer Science (Cloud Computing)
University of Mumbai
B.Sc. - Computer Science
University of Mumbai
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