AGILE SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND JOB REQUIREMENTS
Published: May 14, 2025 – The Agile professional possesses strong expertise in Agile frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban, enabling streamlined project execution and adaptive planning. This position demonstrates proficiency in facilitating cross-functional collaboration, sprint planning, and backlog refinement to drive continuous delivery. The individual also applies analytical thinking and problem-solving skills to identify bottlenecks and improve team performance.
Essential Hard and Soft Skills for a Standout Agile Resume
- Agile Methodology
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Requirements Documentation
- Backlog Management
- User Story Creation
- Continuous Improvement
- Agile Framework
- Agile Training
- Business Analysis
- Web Development
- Team Collaboration
- User Experience Focus
- Agile Ceremonies
- Agile Coaching
- Inspect and Adapt
- Impediment Identification
- Action Plan Execution
- Executive Coaching
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Stakeholder Communication
Summary of Agile Knowledge and Qualifications on Resume
1. BS in Data Science with 3 years of Experience
- Practiced the art of analysis in a software development environment
- An excellent problem solver with strong analytical skills
- A good listener and quick to understand complex processes
- An excellent communicator and able to adapt presentation style and content to suit different audiences
- Flexible and enjoy the challenges of working in a fast-paced, dynamic workplace
- Keen to know the purpose behind requirements and ready to challenge thinking
- Able to diffuse tension and foster collaboration
- Pragmatic and calm under pressure
- Proactive and enjoy taking the initiative
- Enthusiastic about working as part of a team and excited by delivering fabulous software
2. BS in Computer Science with 8 years of Experience
- Previous Dell working experience
- Experience in a variety of supply chain roles, preferably working on cross-functional efforts
- Strong track record of delivering business results
- Able to quickly understand and break down complex business problems into smaller modules
- Comfort and skill in translating business problems into analytical tasks and planning those tasks appropriately
- Experience extracting relevant business insights from analysis
- Demonstrated ability to focus on the most important tasks, limiting work to the highest-value activities
- Ability to look across multiple efforts across the organization
- Willing to challenge the status quo, create change within the organization, and work through ambiguity
- Demonstrated ability to reach across the aisle and partner with different functions
- Experience developing individuals to their full potential by providing honest feedback and appropriate coaching
- Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills
- Comfortable working with and influencing down the organization, including the company’s most senior leaders
3. BS in Information Technology with 6 years of Experience
- Proven experience working with modern software CI/CD practices, including DevOps experience and usage of GitHub
- Knowledge of network/web application/cloud security technologies, including TCP/IP, SSL/TLS, HTTP, HTTP/2, WAF, IPS, and bot detection
- Exposure to VMware, OpenStack, Docker, Kubernetes, or similar
- Experience with agile tools such as Jira
- Demonstrates effective team dynamics, conflict resolution, mentoring, and servant leadership skills
- Proven working experience within a SAFe or Agile methodology and utilizing agile practices
- Strong facilitation skills within teams and the ability to lead cross-functional teams
- Strong negotiation, oral, and written communication skills with the ability to influence others internally and externally
- Experience resolving issues with higher levels of management
- Balance of technical and eye for business, able to communicate what is possible and what will have the biggest impact on business
4. BS in Software Engineering with 7 years of Experience
- Experience as an Agile Project Manager/Scrum Master with Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- Proven leadership, motivation, and interpersonal skills
- Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of business needs with the ability to establish/maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence
- Proven ability to lead software development projects and ensure objectives, goals, and commitments are met
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and experience interacting with both business and IT individuals at all levels, including the executive level
- Creative approach to problem-solving with the ability to focus on details while maintaining the “big picture” view
- Sufficient level of technical background to provide highly credible leadership to development teams and to be able to accurately and objectively evaluate complex project risks and issues
- Experience using Agile performance metrics to drive accountability and continuous improvement
- Can maintain a high level of energy and engagement
- A lover to learn and improving as a Servant Leader, always looking to bring something new and helpful to the team
5. BS in Applied Mathematics with 10 years of Experience
- Professional experience as a Scrum Master with a track record of developing high-performing software delivery teams with Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- In-depth knowledge of the Agile software development life cycle and implementation approaches
- Experience with production solutions and understanding of underlying technical components (servers, databases, storage, network configuration settings, Cloud, etc.)
- Demonstrated success working under tight deadlines with demanding quality requirements
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Diplomatic with strong negotiation, conflict resolution skills, and critical thinking skills
- Proficiency with work item and defect tracking management systems (e.g., Team Foundation Server, Azure DevOps, Jira, Rally, Aha!, etc.)
- Proficiency with Visio, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment, across the organization, with external parties, or independently
- Approachable servant-leader able to earn and keep team members’ trust and respect
- Engaged learner with the ability to quickly absorb and understand complex information
- Flexible individual with the ability to extract creative solutions from the team to unexpected challenges
- Ability to quickly identify and communicate risks
- Motivated individual who takes initiative, follows through, stands by commitments, and encourages the same in others
6. BS in Data Science with 9 years of Experience
- Ability to work closely with the client for requirements analysis, development of features, stories, and test scripts
- Experience in the creation of test plans, test scenarios/cases
- Experience in writing and SQL, and setting up data
- Experience in defect management and triage processes
- Experience in the creation and update of online user procedures
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to present to different levels of client stakeholders
- Experience in effective business writing to produce high-quality, client-facing documents
- Experience contributing to all phases of the development lifecycle
- Hands-on experience successfully leveraging the following processes and tools - Application of Agile, PMI, and/or ITIL management principles, JIRA or other Agile management tool, Automated Testing tools (Unified Functional Testing), Mobile Testing tools(Amazon Device Farm), Application Lifecycle Management ALM
- Experience working with Web Services/API testing
- Test-driven development (TDD), acceptance test-driven development (ATDD), and behavior-driven development (BDD)
- Detail-oriented with a commitment to producing high-quality work
- Self-motivated with excellent planning experience that can work well independently and within a team environment