Varun Kumar Singh
Lead (Scrum Master)
Pune
Summary
Dynamic Scrum Master with a proven track record at Amdocs and Zensar Technologies, adept at driving Agile transformations and enhancing team productivity. Skilled in Java and Spring, I successfully implemented complex applications, achieving significant project milestones. My coaching and collaboration fostered a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring high-quality software delivery and stakeholder satisfaction.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
2
2
Languages
Work History
Scrum Master / Acting Project Manager
Amdocs
11.2021 - Current
- Led end-to-end delivery of multiple projects, balancing Agile team delivery with corporate governance requirements.
- Developed and maintained project schedules, budgets, and resource plans, ensuring on-time, within-budget delivery.
- Facilitated Agile ceremonies and coordinated dependencies across workstreams using hybrid delivery approaches.
- Managed stakeholder communications, including status reporting, steering committee updates, and risk escalations.
- Streamlined delivery processes, reducing cycle time by 25% while maintaining compliance with PMO standards.
Lead (Scrum Master)
Zensar Technologies (Client: Cisco Systems)
07.2017 - 10.2021
- Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
- Led sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Proactively identified and found ways to resolve issues to prevent distractions and keep projects on track.
- Shielded scrum team from external interference for optimal productivity and success of Agile process.
- Collaborated with product owners, team members and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
- Worked effectively with multiple Scrum teams both internally and onsite.
- Managed product backlog and supported SCRUM framework for monthly sprint releases.
- Created full-fledged implementation plans, accounting for ROI, cost-benefit and other analyses.
- Implemented 2 complex applications in SCRUM within 6 months to get best results.
Senior Software Engineer
Zensar Technologies (Client: Cisco Systems)
07.2011 - 06.2017
- Gathered and defined customer requirements to develop clear specifications for creating well-organized project plans.
- Coordinated with Product Owner, Lead and Project Manager to evaluate and improve software and hardware interfaces.
- Worked with project managers, developers, quality assurance and customers to resolve technical issues.
- Collaborated with cross-functional development team members to analyze potential system solutions based on evolving client requirements.
- Responsible for full stack development from UI to DB.
- Assist new joinees and junior developers in daily tasks.
- Responsible for deployment activities.
- Improved system performance by making proactive adjustments and resolving bugs.
- Involved in post production support with production support team to identify and resolve any production issues.
- Worked closely with other business analysts, development teams and infrastructure specialists to deliver high availability solutions for mission-critical applications.
- Estimated work hours and tracked progress using Agile/SCRUM methodology.
- Instrumented and modified unit and integration tests to improve software quality and reliability.
- Completed 3 major projects in 2 years by collaborating with agile development team and testing, developing and maintaining web and desktop-based software applications.
Software Engineer
Zensar Technologies (Client: Cisco Systems)
12.2007 - 06.2011
- Actively involved in development, testing and deployment for each releases.
- Worked with project managers, developers, quality assurance and customers to resolve technical issues.
- Conducted regression testing, analyzed results and submitted observations to development team.
- Interfaced with cross-functional team of business analysts, developers and technical support professionals to determine comprehensive list of requirement specifications for new applications.
- Supported software integration and implemented maintenance enhancements to bolster product development cycle.
- Exhibited strong technical aptitude and application expertise resulting in optimized performance, continuous improvement recommendations and product innovation.
- Resolved product design, acquisition and launch concerns to achieve customer's targeted business goals.
Education
B.Tech - Computer Science And Engineering
Cochin University Of Science And Technology
Kochi, Kerala 08.2002 - 05.2006
Skills
Framework and Technologies: Java, Spring, Spring boot, Struts, JDBC, Log4J, J-Unit, Oracle, My SQL, Kafka, RMQ
UI Technologies: Java Script, Angular, HTML, CSS, JSON
Tools: Jira, Rally, Jenkins, Eclipse, Toad, Intellij, Visual Studio, Postman, Kintana, Test Director 80
Version Controller: Git and SVN
Testing and maintenance
Build releases
Certification
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) – Scrum Alliance- Certificate ID: 001006249
Timeline
Scrum Master / Acting Project Manager
Amdocs
11.2021 - Current
Lead (Scrum Master)
Zensar Technologies (Client: Cisco Systems)
07.2017 - 10.2021
Senior Software Engineer
Zensar Technologies (Client: Cisco Systems)
07.2011 - 06.2017
Software Engineer
Zensar Technologies (Client: Cisco Systems)
12.2007 - 06.2011
B.Tech - Computer Science And Engineering
Cochin University Of Science And Technology
08.2002 - 05.2006