SUMMARY:
- Strong Technical Analyst/Logical Data Modeler as part of an Agile team.
- Familiar working with a Hadoop technology stack.
- Strong with SQL statement development for both Access, Oracle, DB2 and SQL Server.
- Strong data analysis experience using statistical analysis and Excel macros.
- Excellent communication and organizational skills.
- Highly Proficient in using Visio and MS Office Products.
- Excellent knowledge of SQL for data analysis and or testing validation.
- Applicable understanding of relational databases such as Oracle, SQL Server.
- Experience using a requirement document management systems (IBM DOORs, ReqPro).
- Excellent at problem solving with a strong attention to detail and ability to recognize logical patterns for design formulation.
- Ability to multi - task and adhere to project schedule and scope.
- Highly motivated to learn and grasp complex software.
- Tactful in discussions and communicating with people in a professional manner.
- Strong team player with willingness to collaborate.
- Understand and translate business needs into data models supporting long-term solutions.
- Self-motivated and self-starting individual.
- Works equally well independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to think at varying levels, from high-level concepts to low-level details.
- 12+ years writing functional and technical requirements.
- Experience developing a requirements traceability matrix, use-case based requirements, application/process flows, creating mockups, wireframes and performing gap analysis.
- Experience maintaining and centralizing living application/system documentation for use through the entire software development cycle.
- Experienced in gathering requirements for reporting for Cognos and Crystal Reports.
- Facilitated exercise to ensure UX/UI experience meets requirements.
- Coordinated the documentation of test scripts with a QA team.
- Worked through completion to deliver projects with successful automation testing.
- Possesses strong business analysis and data analysis skills with attention to detail.
- Create logical data model on emerging technologies using best practice.
- Ability to understand data models, working with developers and architects through web changes and table design to assure requirement are met.
- Eliciting requirements and working with stakeholders to develop use cases.
- Ability to facilitate workshops with business analysts, development and QA team.
- Work with project managers to document requirements for change orders. Analyze and understand how those requirements align with other current projects for upcoming releases.
- Ability to understand the architecture and design of web applications.
- Complete documentation according to Federal, Military and Confidential standards.
- Demonstrated clarity, conciseness, style and terminology that is technically savvy and accurate.
- Experience building, implementing and using requirements management and defect tracking tools.
EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Senior Technical Business Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Developed end-to-end automated solutions to aid in the facilitation of existing processes using VBA, VB Script, Python, Perl and DOS batch files.
- Developed custom business capacity and staffing planning solutions tools.
- Worked with the Application Development team to implement data strategies, build data flows and develop conceptual data models
- Worked across multiple business internal sales and marketing teams in multiple regions to develop an automated solution for enrolling MediGap customers.
- Organized teams of 2 to 6 people to define, develop and meet government enrollment project requirements.
- Performed quantitative and qualitative data analysis to identify fault trends.
- Understand and translate business needs into data models supporting long-term solutions.
- Developed requirements for multiple business operations automation tools.
- Tracked all requirements in a custom-made Excel requirements traceability matrix.
- Developed SQL solutions for large and small data mining solutions.
- Worked with internal DB administrators to generate automated SQL-based reports.
Confidential, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Senior Technical Business Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Contracted to Confidential to aid in the facilitation and automation of existing processes using SQL, VBA, Python, Perl and DOS batch files.
- Developed custom business capacity and staffing planning solutions tools in Excel.
Confidential, Fairmont, West Virginia
Senior Systems Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Systems Engineer worked on contract with Confidential performing IV&V work for space missions
- Analyzed the MAVEN spacecraft (mission that went to Mars in November 2013)
- Thermal systems controls, software and software test analysis (250+ requirements)
- Uplink and Downlink systems controls, software and software test analysis (350+ requirements)
- Analyzed flight software test scripts relative to design requirements.
- Developed tools to analyze data (text and output reports of markers) with key values within documentation sets.
- Analyzed the Space Network Ground Segment Sustainment (SGSS) enterprise wide infrastructure architecture upgrade. (3,750+ requirements in DOORS)
- Analyzed Design to Requirements Traceability for adherence to Confidential Standards by creating custom scripts in DOORS.
- Developed string matching algorithms using Python and Perl scripts in conjunction with VBA and DOS batch files to identify gaps in design documents.
- Performed full-lifecycle (i.e., Concept to Deployment) Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) analyses to ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical constraints.
- Performed IV&V analysis of spacecraft systems and software architecture, system and software requirements, software design, source code, and the developer’s unit, build, and systems integration test products.
- Performed functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, and requirements allocation and interface definition studies to evaluate compliance of software specifications with customer requirements.
- Analyzed effectiveness/efficiency of Confidential program procedures and processes and developed/recommended improvements.
- Prepared presentations, reports, research and other contract deliverables related to IV&V analyses performed.
- Developed custom-built solutions in Python, Perl, VBA and Batch to make the process of spacecraft flight software analysis more efficient and purposeful for analysts.
- Analyzed data-related system integration challenges and proposed appropriate solutions.
- Analyzed Java, C and C++ source code to verify correct, complete and consistent implementation of software requirements and behaviors.
Confidential, Bridgeport, West Virginia
Requirements Team Manager
Responsibilities:
- Analyzed, defined and documented project requirements and business processes.
- Coordinated with the Chief Data Architect to ensure requirements map to Designs and Subsequent Design Documentation.
- Worked with end-users to create wireframe diagrams for web portal and portlet designs.
- Created technical and functional user documentation such as Use Cases, Testing Plans, Plans and Administrative Guides.
- Understand and translate business needs into data models supporting long-term solutions.
- Managed a team of 5 staff interacting with the FBI.
- Worked with the Application Development team to implement data strategies, build data flows and develop conceptual data models
- Optimized and updated logical data models to support new and existing projects while maintaining high data quality and avoiding data redundancy.
- Defined, maintained and managed system requirements using IBM ReqPro.
- Managed requirements traceability and suspicion for 1,800+ requirements in ReqPro.
- Participated in the planning for system releases.
- Performed reviews of draft documentation for technical content and compliance with engineering standards.
- Analyzed data-related system integration challenges and proposed appropriate solutions.
- Provided IT and systems engineering support to analyze system problems in support of development and implementation of solutions.
- Evaluated data models and physical databases for variances and discrepancies.
- Supported the design, development, and testing activities as needed.
- Worked with IBM ClearQuest, ClearCase and ReqPro to manage requirements traceability.
Confidential, Fairmont, West Virginia
Systems Engineer
Responsibilities:
- 3 years as a Lead Systems Engineer on the DoD Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS).
- Managed a team of 45 staff the first year until the project was firmly established.
- Coordinated with the Chief Architect to ensure requirements map to CONOPs.
- Defined, maintained and managed system requirements and use cases.
- Understand and translate business needs into data models supporting long-term solutions.
- Developed and maintained the project master schedule in Microsoft Project.
- Developed comprehensive Software tests and test plans.
- Developed new technical specifications and provided modifications to existing technical specifications.
- Optimize and update logical data models to support new and existing projects while maintaining high data quality and avoiding data redundancy.
- Worked with end-users to create wireframes for interface controls.
- Performed data analysis, fault analysis, assessments, statistical studies, predictive analysis, and other efforts sufficient to support requirements studies and analyses associated with corrective and adaptive maintenance of the DoD ABIS.
- Performed reviews of draft documentation or technical content and compliance with engineering standards.
- Evaluated data models and physical databases for variances and discrepancies.
- Worked with the Application Development team to implement data strategies, build data flows and develop conceptual data models
- Performed IT systems performance modeling and simulations in support of ABIS requirements analysis, modification planning, and cost estimations.
- Provided IT and systems engineering support to analyze system problems in support of development and implementation of solutions.
Confidential, Fairmont, West Virginia
Senior Software Test Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Elicited requirements from project stakeholders in support of transition efforts from pilot system to new system.
- Analyzed data-related system integration challenges and proposed appropriate solutions.
- Evaluated data models and physical databases for variances and discrepancies.
- Developed comprehensive software tests and test strategies based upon use cases.
- Supported the design, development, and testing activities as needed to identify the gaps between systems at all levels of difference.
- Optimize and update logical data models to support new and existing projects while maintaining high data quality and avoiding data redundancy.
- Managed and executed Customer and IV&V Test Readiness Reviews.
- Researched, designed and developed tests for computer software systems.
- Executed daily operations of testing, analysis and reporting.
- Designed, wrote and produced java applications for system testing automation.
- Evaluated interface between hardware, software, operational and performance requirements of overall system by performing transaction-based data analysis.
- Developed and directed software system testing procedures, programming and documentation.
- Developed formal use cases with stakeholders and developers.
- Developed formal validation/verification methods for software build testing.