Senior Business Analyst Resume Cincinnati, OH - Hire IT People

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Cincinnati, OH

Senior Business Analyst

Worked with Global Data Protection and Cryptography solutions analysis and services across on - Prem and public cloud hosted applications and data
Evaluated, recommended, coordinated and maintained information, procedures and systems including access management for Voltage and Vormetric implementation
Created formal networks involving coordination among groups, business stakeholders, to discuss the implementation of Voltage and Vormetric for Security team
Acted independently to coordinate all the encryption-related services for various data-at-rest and data-in-transit projects pertaining to a major payment processing institution
Participated in the design and development of a new Data Protection as a Service (DPaaS) initiative which significantly enhanced the security of existing, and new, client programs
Met with numerous client teams to introduce technical aspects of DPaaS initiative involving Voltage SecureData and Vormetric Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) encryption systems
Provided administrative support to existing Vormetric data-at-rest protection infrastructure

Confidential, Cincinnati, OH

Kroger, Senior Business Analyst

Acted as Product Owner in Agile development process, orchestrating delivery of new features / products
Developed partnerships with business stakeholders and facilitated clear communication related to all aspects of ongoing technology initiatives such as digital integration with loyalty
Performed business analysis, including documenting, value assessment and prioritization of new product capabilities and functionality that drive maximum value and that are aligned with client’s goals
Fully engaged with 17 agile teams on release train by writing clear stories, sprint planning / prioritization of the backlog, daily stand-ups, and ongoing improvements through retrospectives
Created and maintained educational materials for Transitional Care to support various user types
Ensured a high-level of quality products by reviewing all completed development team work to confirm that it is in alignment with the description, definition of done, and acceptance criteria

Confidential

Senior Business Analyst

Responsible for articulating / translating overall vision into strategy and tactics for a particular product
Communicated the product strategy effectively to key stakeholders and team members
Worked day to day with the scrum team clarifying business requirements, prioritization of backlogs, removing roadblocks, constantly communicating and gaining alignment around product strategy
Ensured delivery of scope, partnered with delivery teams to ensure user stories are clear, removes barriers for team members and resolved open issues/questions quickly and efficiently

Confidential, Cincinnati, OH

Lead Quality Analyst

Managed end-to-end software testing life cycle using Agile methodology for banking application projects
Worked with business & technical stakeholders to gather requirements and developed testing strategies
Worked closely with client for UAT; created user guide/documentation on the new application feature
Participated in all phases of SDLC (scope/planning, requirements gathering, build, test & deployment)

Confidential, Cincinnati, OH

Process Analyst

Focused on building client relationship by improving client engagement process and by introducing feedback & user satisfaction surveys for continuous improvement
Analyzed department performance and reported KPIs and performance metrics to the client stakeholders

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Project Management Tools: MS-Project, SharePoint, Pivotal, JIRA, Rally (Agile), VersionOne

Business Process Modeling: Value Stream Mapping, Use Case, UML on MS-Visio, SmartDraw