SUMMARY:

• IT Business Analyst with experience of over 8 years in business analysis, requirement gathering, design, testing, business process re - engineering, documenting and managing UAT involving the customer..
• Functional experience with concentration on Use Case modeling, Business Process Modeling, Change Management, Technical Training, Software Development methodologies, Testing of client server and web-based systems .
• Hands-On experience with various tools such as Microsoft Visio, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), Team Foundation Server (TFS), JIRA.
• Excellent understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and its modeling techniques like
• Agile, Waterfall, Scrum and Iterative Models (RUP - Rational Unified Process).
• Sound understanding of Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD) and proficient in documentation of as-Is and To-Be business processes.
• Experience in facilitating Joint Requirement Planning (JRP) sessions with Business User Groups and interviewing SMEs and stakeholders, conducting Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with IT Groups and conflict management with project team members
• Extensive experience in documentation of business requirements and system functional specifications, including Business Requirement Document (BRD), Product Requirements Document (PRD),
• Functional Requirements Document (FRD).
• Expertise in creating application/system Process Flows, Product Backlog, User Stories & Use case diagrams, writing functional/UAT test cases, capturing test data requirements, performing compatibility testing in different environments and managing post production validations.
• Proficient in using agile methodologies organizing Daily Scrum Sessions, Sprint Planning/Review Meetings, documenting Sprint Backlogs in Scrum environment using tools JIRA, TFS, ALM.
• Hands on experience in writing test plans, test cases and test scripts using Team Foundation Server (TFS) and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM).
• Experienced in performing manual testing, defect tracking and reporting.
• Proficient in writing complex SQL/PL SQL queries and applying it for test data generation as well as data validation and analysis.
• Intensive knowledge of converting business requirements to technical specifications. Also experience in creating high level and low level design for product development teams.
• Expertise in working with various technical and non-technical stakeholders such as Technical architects, software developers, Human Resource, Marketing manager, Sales, and Technical Support.
• Excellent Communication, Time Management, Leadership Skills, Self-Motivated, Quick Learner and an understanding of organizational strategies to help meet corporate objectives.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming Languages: Oracle PL/SQL, ASP.Net, VB.Net, Java, HTML, XML

Databases Technologies: Oracle 9i,10g,11g,12c, MS SQL Server, MS Access

Query Tools: Toad & SQL Server Enterprise

Operating Systems: Windows

Software Modeling Tools: Microsoft Office Suite, MS Visio, MS Project, UML, BPMN 2.0.

Software Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Rational Unified Process (RUP)

Tools: Team Foundation Server (TFS), Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), JIRA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Monmouth Junction, NJ

Business Analyst

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Elicit business requirements, analyzed and converted them to functional requirements.
• Designed business requirement & systematic approach based on project scope and SDLC.
• Facilitated collection of Functional Requirements from system users, and prepared Business Requirement documents using Microsoft Word & PowerPoint.
• Involved in business stakeholder meetings to understand and process client’s financial data to assess the auditing risk in accounting modules (General Ledger, Balance Sheet and Income Statement Accounts)
• Involved Sprint planning, helping in prioritizing Backlogs, creating user stories and estimations on TFS as well as ALM using Agile/SCRUM methodology
• Prepared data flow diagrams and wireframes using Visio and translated business requirements for UI developers by preparing mockup user interfaces (UI) and product Design.
• Involved in implementing Business Process Management Notation (BPMN)
• Work together with technical team during the entire SDLC to ensure all requirements are delivered as expected
• Coordinated with developers and subject matter expertise (SME) on daily basis to help them better understand the requirement complexities.
• Worked with Quality Assurance teams in preparing test scripts, test cases, system integration testing (SIT) and user acceptance testing (UAT)
• Involved in Defect Review Meetings and ensured traceability using Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)

Business Systems Analyst

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Performed Gap Analysis to check the compatibility of the existing system infrastructure with the new business requirements.
• Created and Documented “As-IS” process flow diagram and “To-Be” Process flow diagrams to show Current State of the System and Future State of System by using MS Visio.
• Performed the requirement analysis, impact analysis and documented the requirements using Rational Requisite Pro.
• Developed Use Case diagrams, business flow diagrams, Activity/State diagrams and Sequence diagrams so that developers and other stake holders can understand the business process by using UML
• Conducted JAD sessions to allow different stakeholders to communicate their perspectives with each other, resolve any issues and come to an agreement quickly.
• Performed POCs and Peer code reviews.
• Worked on Creation and Documenting Test Scenarios, Test Cases and Test Scripts by using Rational
• Quality Manager (RQM).
• Responsible to Performed various types of Testing i.e. Smoke Testing, System Testing, Integration Testing, Performance Testing and Regression Testing.
• Wrote PL/SQL statements and SQL Queries as a part of Backend Testing and code debugging.
• Created reports to generate essential business insights
• Analyzed contractual data of contractors across different clients/projects.
• Analyzed skills data of the contractors for different project allocations
• Managed overall project life cycle including analysis, design, preparing prototypes, implementation, login credentials, documentation, user acceptance testing, migration, upgrades, handled enhancement requests, provided on call and daily production support of Oracle PL/SQL processes, maintenance of tools and database schemas
• Provided guidance to other team members

Confidential, Somerset, NJ

Business Analyst

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Developed Business Requirement Document (BRD), functional requirements (FRD) and system specifications (SRS) creating project initiation document (PID), project plans and managed scope.
• Prepared use case diagrams and description documentation based on the analysis and obtained approvals from the clients.
• Prepared activity diagrams and sequence diagrams on MS Visio to better understand the flow of activities along with the timelines.
• Addressed all aspects of the claim processing lifecycle, starting from identifying a claim right up to closure. Claim Transactions and Billing Transactions - created flows for adequate matching of claims.
• Conducted change analysis to estimate improvement and recommend changes during requirement churns.
• Involved in implementing Business Process Management Notation (BPMN).
• Facilitated stakeholder interactions and drafted the impact of policy changes on the ERP modules.
• Created dashboards for a managerial overview with drill up and drill down capabilities and cross tab reports with bar chart, pie chart, and line-chart graph representation reports using Crystal Reports.
• Worked on JIRA for Issue tracking and project planning.
• Played a key role in the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and unit testing and implementation of system enhancements and conversions.

Confidential, Morristown, NJ

Business Analyst

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for gathering & managing requirements from the Business team.
• Worked closely with Product owner, business users & other stakeholder’s to formalize a business idea and define the requirements.
• Conducted Requirement Workshops and interview sessions with the business users and stakeholders to gather the requirements.
• Performed analysis of legacy MRC system build on dot net framework and implemented it in new Policy System with required screen and flow.
• Created Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS) with Use Cases based on gathered requirements and organized review meetings with various stakeholders.
• Prepared Wireframes/Mockup Screen & Requirement list (Field level detail) for pages with required page flow using MS Visio & other tools.
• Resolved developers query on day to day basis by maintaining Query Log sheet.
• Tracked daily development status by standup meetings.
• Reviewed test cases (ST, UAT) prepared by testing team. Performed smoke testing & helped testing team in executing System testing.