Mike Balk

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  Mike Balk is located at
  Bottesford, England, United Kingdom

• What is Mike Balk's job title?

  Mike Balk is a
  Recently worked as a Scrum Master / QA lead delivering complex financial IT solutions via multiple scrum teams distributed between the UK, India and China. I am passionate about Agile methodology and have been involved in Agile developments for 7 years, working as a scrum master for over 18 months. I am PSM1 certified and have previously achieved SAFE4 accreditation. I have designed and implemented high level testing approaches across a multiple layered architecture comprising UI (hosted in Azure cloud) and Process/System APIs interfacing into a legacy fulfillment system and numerous 3rd party applications. This involves working with a dynamic team of automation test engineers and developers to apply an 'automation first' principal to drive efficiency savings and reduce delivery time using Devops processes. I have extensive experience of working in a variety of IT roles encompassing the whole software development life cycle across the Defence , Manufacturing, Public and Financial sectors. This included working on safety critical and real-time process control systems. Capable of working in both the Waterfall and Agile development methodologies to suit project requirements. Throughout my career I have worked within very structured quality driven environments and so delivering quality systems and continuous process improvement has always been paramount in the work I do. Hsbc

• What industry does Mike Balk currently work in?

  Mike Balk currently works in the
  Hsbc

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  Mike Balk specializes in
  Recently worked as a Scrum Master / QA lead delivering complex financial IT solutions via multiple scrum teams distributed between the UK, India and China. I am passionate about Agile methodology and have been involved in Agile developments for 7 years, working as a scrum master for over 18 months. I am PSM1 certified and have previously achieved SAFE4 accreditation. I have designed and implemented high level testing approaches across a multiple layered architecture comprising UI (hosted in Azure cloud) and Process/System APIs interfacing into a legacy fulfillment system and numerous 3rd party applications. This involves working with a dynamic team of automation test engineers and developers to apply an 'automation first' principal to drive efficiency savings and reduce delivery time using Devops processes. I have extensive experience of working in a variety of IT roles encompassing the whole software development life cycle across the Defence , Manufacturing, Public and Financial sectors. This included working on safety critical and real-time process control systems. Capable of working in both the Waterfall and Agile development methodologies to suit project requirements. Throughout my career I have worked within very structured quality driven environments and so delivering quality systems and continuous process improvement has always been paramount in the work I do.

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  Mike Balk speaks the following languages:
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• Which industries has Mike Balk previously worked in?   

  Mike Balk has prior experience in the following industries:
  Hsbc , Hsbc , Hsbc , Capgemini , Corus , Secure Information Systems , Marconi Command And Control Systems

• What is Mike Balk’s work experience?  

  Mike Balk has the following professional experience:
  Hsbc , Hsbc , Hsbc , Capgemini , Corus , Secure Information Systems , Marconi Command And Control Systems , Hsbc Overseas Holdings .

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  Mike Balk works at
  Hsbc