Hi, I’m
Vilma Baliyada Kaverappa
Scrum Master|DevOps Lead|Release Engineer|Incident Manager
Bengaluru,KA
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Summary
Over 14 years of diversified IT experience: Scrum Master (2 years), DevOps Lead (6 years), Software Test Management (5 years), Software Developer (2 years).
Proficient in managing variety of IT programs On Premise and Cloud. Key focus being Driving DevOps Implementation , Optimizing deployments in Container Orchestration, leveraging configuration management, CI/CD, Cloud Migration, Infrastructure provisioning , Incident and Change Management, Release management.
Played a key role as Scrum Master for driving the entire project planning, scheduling, monitoring; Actively participated in applying scrum principles/practices & coordinated for Agile adoption for teams across multiple projects.
Expertise in spearheading all the sprint activities inclusive of sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review, sprint retrospective and sprint demo
Experienced in working in an Agile environment interacting with architects, cross functional engineering teams, Product Management, QA, and Operations teams.
Led proven initiatives in extending support towards: Product Owners and Development Team for managing product backlogs, backlog grooming and resolving customer queries.
Mentored scrum Teams on how to execute Agile/Scrum practices and values.
Adept at Release Management, Incident Management, Triaging environmental issues, Team Management and Training
Expertise in E2E Test Management for complex insurance and banking projects.
Experienced in working on a variety of projects such as Insurance Policy administration platform, Electronic Health Record, Banking, Retail, across different project delivery (SDLC) methodologies like Waterfall, Kanban and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe/Scrum)
Worked from India (9 years) as well as from client locations – USA (Hartford and Chicago) (6 years)
Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, leadership qualities and people motivating capabilities with proven abilities in customer relationship management and team management.
Overview
14
years of professional experience
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Leading US P&C Insurer, AccentureBengaluru
Scrum Master
02.2020 - Current
Job overview
- Facilitated scrum ceremonies (backlog-grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, sprint review and daily stand-ups)
- Enabled DBT teams to deliver faster and better by implementing DevOps practices
- Served as Scrum Master for Product teams with a focus on guiding the teams towards improving the way they work
- Updated Agile tracking systems to provide transparency on product and sprint backlogs
- Tracked and managed burn-down metrics, velocity
- Worked with the Scrum Team and the Product Owner to ensure the PBI are healthy
- Developed productive relationships with business representatives and consulted closely to uncover needs and match available solutions
- Produced status reports to Directors of Engineering and stakeholders.
Leading US P&C InsurerHartford, USA, USA
DevOps Lead
05.2014 - 01.2020
Job overview
- Manage the implementation of self-service automation, CI/CD transformations,
- Infrastructure dynamic provisioning and environment management
- Drive implementation plan for application modernization projects
- Drive the migration of data from On-prem Oracle/Mongo DB to Mongo Atlas
- Drive Automation initiatives, analysis, roadmap, adoption
- Collaborate with broader IT stakeholders and community to help develop templates and patterns
- Worked with Architecture team to design and implement Any day Any time deployments to Production with Zero downtime following Blue Green/Canary model
- Manage Release implementation for large portfolios along with socializing environment gating and governance with Dev/QA teams
- Managed the implementation of Event Log Monitoring and alerting system using ELK, Grafana
- Present monthly score card delivery updates to client and the leadership team
- Agile planning, feature prioritization and monitor team's adherence to project SLA's
US Retail ClientChicago, USA, USA
Quality Assurance Program Specialist
09.2013 - 04.2014
Job overview
- Create Test Plan and Test Strategy documents and Test Summary Document
- Provide general support to quality assurance (QA) directors, conduct in depth quality assurance reviews
- Design Test Case and Test Scripts
- Testing all front-end site features and functions being implemented using the hybris platform
- Requirement Mapping, Test Case Execution, Defect Logging and Defect Management using Quality Center
- Played the role of Onshore Co-ordinator for System Testing, SIT and Regression and lead a 12-member team
- Communicate with Clients, Business Analysts & Development team for daily deliverables
- Daily and weekly status report communication to leadership team and stakeholders
US BankBengaluru, India
Test Lead
10.2011 - 09.2013
Job overview
- Involved in all stages of the project release including Requirements Review & Analysis, preparing Test Conditions and Test Cases per the business requirements by referring the functionality wireframes
- Involved in review process of Test scenarios & Test scripts for testing
- Involved in testing the Application in QA System environment
- Involved in execution and Change Control of test cases
- Involved in review process of Defects & retesting defects
- Communicate with Clients, Business Analysts & Development team for daily deliverables and status
- Analyzed application, system, and security errors
- Escalated issues to developers and verified fixes
- Lead a team of 15
Ministry of Health,SingaporeBengaluru, India, India
Test Lead
06.2009 - 10.2011
Job overview
- Understand Functional specifications and Business requirements
- Create Test Conditions for the Functional Testing of assigned module
- Test Preparation Activities
- Peer Review of TCERs and Test Scripts with onshore client team
- Functional Test Execution, Regression
- Mentor and coach junior members of the Team
- Assist the Team in Execution-Functional, Regression and Webservices Testing using SOAP UI
- Task Assignments and Status Co-ordination
- Handling onshore/offshore calls
- Led a 11 member team from offshore
Leading US P&C InsurerBengaluru, India, India
Java Developer
12.2007 - 05.2009
Job overview
- Developed java code for all the policy admin screens of the insurance application
- XSL transformations for the rollout states, Maintenance of existing Java code and code enhancements based on new requirements from business
- Defect analysis, Defect fixing
- Deployment activities and Unit testing of the code
- Testing the code in Int/SYS/UAT environment
- Interaction with client/business team on daily basis
Education
National Institute of Engineering ,VTU
Bachelor of Engineering
09.2003 - 06.2007
Skills
Agile Delivery
Domain Expertise
- Banking
- P&C Insurance
- Health Care
- Retail
Affiliations
- Professional Scrum Master 1
- Accredited RedHat Delivery Specialist –Container Platform Application Deployment.
- Full-Stack Automation Engineer Certified in Implementation Technologies –Accenture
- HP AIS - Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) v11
- Sun Certified Java Programmer
Availability
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Timeline
Scrum Master
Leading US P&C Insurer, Accenture
02.2020 - Current
DevOps Lead
Leading US P&C Insurer
05.2014 - 01.2020
Quality Assurance Program Specialist
US Retail Client
09.2013 - 04.2014
Test Lead
US Bank
10.2011 - 09.2013
Test Lead
Ministry of Health,Singapore
06.2009 - 10.2011
Java Developer
Leading US P&C Insurer
12.2007 - 05.2009
National Institute of Engineering ,VTU
Bachelor of Engineering
09.2003 - 06.2007
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