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Samuel Ijeluola

Samuel Ijeluola

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Summary

PROFILE & AMBITION An experienced servant leader with expertise in both waterfall methods and agile frameworks, including Scrum, Kanban, Lean, worked as a Scrum Master, Agile Project and Delivery Manager, Business Analyst, and IT Technician in various sectors such as Banking, E-commerce, Fintech, IT, Education, and Business Management. With the experience working with diverse, cross-functional remote and onsite agile teams to support the creation and delivery of software, web and mobile applications, automated teller machines (ATMs), and patch deployments. Having a basic understanding of DevOps tools such as Git, Ansible, Jenkins, Kubernates, Docker, Terraform, and CICD. Taught teams and product owners, led agile transformation processes, and are passionate about collaborating with people and teams to help them realize their maximum potential and produce the best outcomes for clients and the business. Samuel has a strong commitment to stakeholder management, excellent execution, and customer satisfaction. With understanding of PDCA to produce excellent products and services while consistently looking for chances for teamwork, improvement, and continuous learning to promote business agility. Experienced Scrum Master with proven track record of successfully leading teams in developing high-quality software solutions on time and within budget. Skilled in multiple Agile methodologies, stakeholder management and sprint planning. Highly organized in managing complex projects with multiple deadlines. 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.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Scrum Master

Distributed Ltd
145 City Rd, London EC1V 1AW, London
2019.08 - Current
  • Lead Agile Elastic teams as Scrum Master, facilitating Agile ceremonies and promoting Agile practices to ensure successful project outcomes
  • Facilitate adoption of Scrum and Kanban methodologies, resulting in 20% reduction in development time and improved team productivity
  • Manage project schedules, budgets, and deliverables using agile and Waterfall methodologies, resulting in successful project completion
  • Coach team members and stakeholders in Agile principles and practices, improving team collaboration and communication
  • Develop and maintained Agile tools, including Jira, Trello, and Azure DevOps to ensure team visibility and alignment
  • Manage stakeholder relationships and facilitated communication between stakeholders and development team
  • Monitor and tracked team performance using Agile metrics, resulting in increased team velocity and predictability
  • Implement CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes and GitHub, reducing deployment time by 50%
  • Configure and maintained cloud infrastructure on AWS, including EC2, S3, and RDS
  • Develop and maintained scripts (Python, Bash, PowerShell) for automation and monitoring
  • Implement security measures and performed regular vulnerability assessments
  • Provide technical support for customers via phone, email, and ticketing system
  • Resolve technical issues related to Linux and Windows servers, including networking, software, and hardware

Scrum Master

Saritay IT Consultant
06.2022 - 12.2022
  • Saritay/Dokitari IT consult, Turkey
  • Projects: Development of different health related mobile applications
  • Collaborated with development team members, PO, SOs and other stakeholders to ensure all Scrum events are positive, productive and within time box
  • Prepared Agile Way of Work (WoW) guideline that best fits for development team this in turn helped to measurably increase team productivity by 90% and average velocity from PI to PI
  • Organized and facilitate iteration planning, daily stand up, demo, retrospective, inspect and adapt meetings
  • Collaborated with over 20 internal and external stakeholders to understand their time, value and quality expectations
  • Collaborated with team to organize Jira in functional way that aligns with team and project vision in Scaled Agile Framework (Safe) environment.
  • Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives
  • Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
  • Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity.
  • Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
  • Researched current trends to stay knowledgeable in Scrum methods.

IT Project Manager

INTERCONTINENTAL BANK PLC/ ACCESS BANK PLC
01.2008 - 03.2012
  • Designed business processes, performing functional and technical analysis in line with business demands in banking information Technology projects
  • Supported two scrum teams that worked on different software, and web and mobile applications
  • Facilitated backlog grooming/refinement and release planning meetings
  • Performed functional tests of developed applications and coordinating user acceptance tests
  • Collaborated with both internal and external stakeholders.
  • Coordinated material procurement and required services for projects within budget requirements
  • Managed projects from procurement to commission
  • Prepared and submitted project invoices for review and approval
  • Met project deadlines without sacrificing build quality or workplace safety
  • Led and managed staff of 10 team members engaged in administering complex IT infrastructure

Education

Associate of Science -

Kodekloud
Online
2023

SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) Trained -

Simplilearn
United Kighdom
10.2022

Professional Scrum Master PSM - Agile Project Management

Scrum.org
Online
08.2022

Certified Scrum Master Accredited Certification SMAC -

Scrum Institute
Online
06.2022

LinkedIn Trained Agile project and delivery management -

PMI
Online Simplearning
05.2022

MBA - Business Management for

Istanbul Aydin University
Istanbul, Turkiye
01.2017

Microsoft Certified Microsoft Certified Professional MCP -

Microsft`
Ikeja , Lagos
2011

Hıgher National Diploma - Computer Technology

Federal University of Technology
Akure, Nigeria
12.2006

Senior Secondary Certificate - Science Education

Commercial Secondary School Akure
Akure, Nigeria
06.1998

Skills

  • EXPERTISE
  • Safe Agile delivery,Scrum,
  • DevOps, CI/CD, Shell scripting, Linux/Windows operation support, Linux server Administrator, Server/workstation Hardware support,
  • Jira , Trello , Slack, Figma, Outlook
    Team building

Timeline

Scrum Master

Saritay IT Consultant
06.2022 - 12.2022

Scrum Master

Distributed Ltd
2019.08 - Current

IT Project Manager

INTERCONTINENTAL BANK PLC/ ACCESS BANK PLC
01.2008 - 03.2012

Associate of Science -

Kodekloud

SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) Trained -

Simplilearn

Professional Scrum Master PSM - Agile Project Management

Scrum.org

Certified Scrum Master Accredited Certification SMAC -

Scrum Institute

LinkedIn Trained Agile project and delivery management -

PMI

MBA - Business Management for

Istanbul Aydin University

Microsoft Certified Microsoft Certified Professional MCP -

Microsft`

Hıgher National Diploma - Computer Technology

Federal University of Technology

Senior Secondary Certificate - Science Education

Commercial Secondary School Akure
Samuel Ijeluola