Lead and run all agile ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Stand-ups, Grooming, Reviews, Retrospectives).
Own and manage delivery and sustainment backlogs, ensuring clear priorities, owners, and timelines.
Balance new development and sustainment tickets to ensure smooth operations.
Act as a gatekeeper for production deployments, ensuring proper validation, QA, and release readiness.
Draft and validate acceptance criteria for incoming requirements.
Perform or coordinate QA checks before production releases and ensure alignment with business definitions.
Work closely with engineers to understand code, dependencies, and deployment progressions.
Support issue resolution, debugging discussions, and decision-making.
Communicate effectively with global stakeholders across multiple geographies.
Create and maintain clear documentation covering process, design, development, and delivery standards.

Strong experience with Agile / Scrum methodologies and ceremonies.
Experience managing both development and operational (sustainment) work.
Technically strong with the ability to understand code, data pipelines, and deployments.
Solid understanding of the Microsoft data & analytics stack (Azure data services, Power BI, CI/CD).
Experience owning or supporting production releases.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Comfortable working in distributed, cross-cultural teams.
Ability to make decisions, resolve issues, and unblock teams.

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Principal QA Analyst

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