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Radha Kumari Kanikarapu

Melbourne,VIC

Summary

Seasoned IT professional and Senior Scrum Master, known for high productivity and efficient task completion with diverse experience in managing complex software development projects. Specialize in agile methodologies, team facilitation, leadership, communication, problem-solving, to guide teams towards success and deliver high-quality products within scope, facilitating clear communication among team members, and utilizing Agile methodologies for effective project management. Previous work has resulted in enhanced team productivity, improved stakeholder satisfaction, and significant reductions in project overruns. Adapt quickly to change, fostering collaborative environments that enhance productivity and innovation.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Scrum Master

Infosys Limited
Melbourne, VIC
07.2023 - Current
  • Led daily Scrum stand-ups and Agile development sprint planning meetings for multiple, concurrent projects.
  • Defined scopes, managed resources, and oversaw schedules in line with stakeholder and project owner specifications.
  • Tracked costs and expenses and assessed closely against original project budget.
  • Monitored milestones and deliverables to stay ahead of schedules and proactively spot potential roadblocks.
  • Brought in additional project personnel and resources to meet demands.
  • Coached and mentored team members in Agile and Scrum concepts, values, principles, and practices.
  • Managed stakeholder expectations throughout the entire project lifecycle ensuring timely delivery of agreed outcomes.
  • Removed impediments and protected team members from interruptions and distractions to maximize productivity.

Scrum Master

Infosys Limited
Melbourne, VIC
01.2019 - 06.2023
  • Facilitated Scrum ceremonies, such as Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Retrospectives and Reviews.
  • Supported the development team in understanding user stories, acceptance criteria and definition of done.
  • Delegated tasks to each team member, regularly assessing workloads to complete tasks on time and within project parameters.
  • Acted as a servant leader to the development team by removing impediments and resolving conflicts.
  • Protected project budget by tracking expenses and intervening to prevent overpayments or misuse.
  • Encouraged continuous process improvement initiatives through retrospectives.
  • Maintained product backlogs, ensuring that items are well defined and prioritized based on business value.
  • Identified opportunities for automation within existing systems or processes in order to reduce manual workloads.

Technology Lead

Infosys Limited
Bangalore, India
04.2016 - 01.2019
  • Lead operations and delivery; critical SME and Prime Production support point of contact for applications and infrastructure, which involves coordination across a wide range of team members, technical teams, and stakeholders to resolve issues as quickly and efficiently as possible.
  • Monitored system performance and identified opportunities for optimization.
  • Facilitated stakeholder meetings to gather requirements and align project objectives with business goals.
  • Proposed various business initiatives in the network assurance space for network performance monitoring applications, alarm management, and network monitoring applications for PSTN, which scale to 11 PSA apps and approximately 30 fix-on-fail apps.
  • Worked on various projects: eHealth Magpie, grouping faults, PVT Automations, AMSNS Driver restart automation, NRM – UNMS sync, NICAD-SUPERDAM PSTN alarm integration, re-sync capability, and various decommission assignments.
  • Respond to production issues, arrive at a solution with input from stakeholders, and participate in estimating the effort needed to implement the solution, test it, and implement the solution to enable the application availability as per agreed service levels.

DevOps Engineer

Infosys Limited
Bangalore, India
04.2015 - 03.2016
  • Engaged in building CI/CD pipelines for the Verizon iVAPP and NTAS modules to automate build and deployment.
  • Functional participation in resolving issues related to CI/CD pipelines.
  • Resolve SonarQube analysis issues encountered in all the modules.
  • Carve, fortify, and scan for C/C++ code for the relevant application modules.
  • Mentoring and working with team members offshore to ensure all deliverables are met within expected deadlines.

Technology Analyst

Infosys Limited
Bangalore, India
08.2011 - 03.2015
  • Worked as Technology Analyst in Customer Engineering (CE) Team for the below missions- CISCO ISG, ERS 8600, Avaya WLAN 8800.
  • Active participation in resolving external CRs that were raised in live customer sites and internal issues raised by the Product Validation (PV) team at Infosys.
  • Code review and check-ins.
  • Sustenance and support.
  • Core Dump Analysis.
  • Analyse and fix issues related to HA.
  • Developed an SNMP/CLI framework for the LLDP feature for managed apps.

Engineer 1 - Software Systems

BROADCOM
Hyderabad, India
07.2006 - 08.2011

In Broadcom, I worked mainly on FASTPATH solutions. FASTPATH® is production-ready networking software that helps manufacturers achieve record-setting time-to-market performance for introducing new Ethernet products. In part, this advantage comes from the extensive feature set and integration capabilities that give Broadcom's software unprecedented application flexibility. FASTPATH has many wired and wireless varieties to cater the needs of Enterprise, SMB, and Metro Ethernet device vendors.

I have worked on the following projects in Broadcom-

  • SmartPATH 1.3 source code packaging and UI enhancements.
  • FASTPATH 6.1(Wireless Release).
  • Dell Power Connect- Managed Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet Switch.
  • XUI.
  • NETGEAR Serviceability feature Development.
  • FASTPATH Release-L.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science

VNR VJIET
Hyderabad, INDIA
04-2006

Diploma - Computer Science

Government Polytechnic
Hyderabad, INDIA
04-2003

Skills

  • Agile methodologies
  • Scrum practices
  • Project management
  • Stakeholder management
  • Budget tracking
  • Resource allocation
  • Product owner collaboration
  • Servant leadership
  • Team leadership
  • Coaching and mentoring

Certification

  • Infosys Certified Scrum Master
  • Infosys Certified Product Owner
  • Infosys Certified DevOps Engineer
  • Infosys Certified 5G-SDN Professional
  • Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals - AZ-900

Accomplishments

  • Process Leader in the Cloud Enablement space for the year 2024
  • Various appreciations from clients and stakeholders on problem analysis
  • Various Insta Awards and Spot Awards

Competencies

Programming Languages/Frameworks: C, C++, Java, Visual Basic, Unix Shell Scripting, Perl Scripting, PL/SQL, PHP, JavaScript, VBScript, HTML, CSS

Databases: Oracle, Informix, Sybase

Monitoring tools: New Relic, Splunk

IDE/Development Tools: Visual Studio, Eclipse, SQL Developer, PuTTY Configuration Manager, Super Query

Operating Systems: Windows, Unix – HPUX, Solaris, Linux – SUSE, RedHat, eCos, and VxWorks

Ticketing & Tracking: iTAM, Jira, Rational ClearQuest

General Productivity & Other Tools: Confluence, SharePoint, Postman, GDB, Coverity, IXIA, Microsoft Office Tools—Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Project Professional

Timeline

Senior Scrum Master

Infosys Limited
07.2023 - Current

Scrum Master

Infosys Limited
01.2019 - 06.2023

Technology Lead

Infosys Limited
04.2016 - 01.2019

DevOps Engineer

Infosys Limited
04.2015 - 03.2016

Technology Analyst

Infosys Limited
08.2011 - 03.2015

Engineer 1 - Software Systems

BROADCOM
07.2006 - 08.2011

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science

VNR VJIET

Diploma - Computer Science

Government Polytechnic
Radha Kumari Kanikarapu