PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Certified Scrum Master with over 15 years as a Business Analyst
• 7 years of system development and enhancements in Agile Scrum environment
• 2 years experience in working with functional teams following the SAFe4 methodology
• 5 years of Production Support and vast hands - on experience as a Systems Analyst
• Managed multiple projects and produced deliverables for complex systems and projects.
• Managed project requirements using IBM RATIONAL REQUISITE PRO, Clarity and PRISM.
• Produced all project artifacts including User Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Use Cases, Requirement Traceability Matrix, Process Flow Diagram, Business and Functional Requirements Documents.
• Lead requirement meeting with the clients, managed project issues, completed action items and prepared internal and external communications.
• In depth knowledge of gathering and analyzing business requirements and providing technical solutions for Web Based, Client Server and Mainframe business applications.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including As-is To-Be, GAP Analysis and feasibility studies.
• Having effective skills to communicate with Upper management, Technical Leads, Developers and QA engineers.
• Comprehensive knowledge of RUP, Waterfall and Agile Scrum and SAFe methodologies.
• Excellent facilitation skills in conduction walkthroughs, surveys, questionnaires and interviews to elicit requirements.
• Well versed in different management scenarios like Change Control, Quality Assurance, Defect Tracking, System Integration and Scheduling.
• Ability to translate technical information to non-technical audience and vice-versa.
• Demonstrated proactive approach in leading and mentoring team members to maximized level of productivity, while forming cohesive team environment. A good team player.
• Always having a ‘Can-do’ attitude and willing to learn new technologies.

SKILLS SUMMARY:

Industry Experience: Financial Services, Health Care, Telecommunication, Insurance, Federal, State and Local governments, Credit Card Industry

Competencies: Project Management, Business Analysis, System Analysis, Requirements Gathering Process Design, Product Owner, Agile/Scrum and SAFe methodology

Software/Tools: Cobol, SQL, JAVA, Unix Scripting and .NET, MS Excel, MS Office, MS Project, MS Power Point, TOAD for Oracle, JIRA, Visio, Visual Paradigm, Share Point, PRISM, Blueprint, Rally (ALM Tool), Confluence (Fusion)

Databases: MS Access, MS SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, Teradata

Operating Systems: IBM MVS, OS/390, Unix Solaris, Windows.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, O’Fallon, MO

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Lead business/system analysis for major projects and complex assignments with broad scope and long-term business implications
• Developed innovative solutions that meet specific business needs
• Collaborated with business and technical partners to understand and elaborate requirements
• Delivered appropriate elaborated user stories and acceptance criteria to drive software solutions.
• Assisted the product owner with product backlog updates, grooming and prioritization of the system features.
• Acted as the product owner and maintained product backlog
• Assisted the product manager in preparation of PI planning sessions
• Lead story grooming and requirements clarifications sessions with the team.
• Created test scenarios, performed some testing and reviewed test results
• Defined project requirements and assisted with estimating the efforts
• Communicated effectively with the management, business owners and other stakeholders
• Managed and Lead small enhancement projects independently

Technologies: MS Office, SharePoint, Visio, Oracle and SQL Server.

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Followed the Agile methodology in elaboration phase of the project
• Analyzed the current KPI Calculator spreadsheet.
• Analyzed, understood and documented the functionality of KPI Calculator.
• Conducted/Participated client discussion to elaborate and clarify requirements for new web based application.
• Gathered requirements from product owner and Quality managers.
• Created User Stories and managed Product Backlog.
• Identified and Prioritizes requirements for approval.
• Prepared the project scope document and other deliverables.
• Prepared the data interface, data flow and business process diagrams.
• Designed and prepared new UI screens and navigation diagram.

Technologies: MS Office, SharePoint, Visio, Oracle and SQL Server.

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Prepared product backlog from the requests submitted by the stake holders in the form of RIF (RDM Intake Form) and BRF (Business Request Forms).
• Prioritized requirements, prepared release backlog and sprint backlogs.
• Participated in all Agile/Scrum ceremonies.
• Conducted/Participated client discussion to refine and clarify requirements.
• Partnered with technical architect in discussion regarding design and delivery of the solution.
• Verified the new table design and/or attributes using Teradata Model Builder.
• Took initiatives to verify the developed and tested code drops in DEV, UAT and PROD environments to make sure the requirements are correctly delivered.
• Learned Teradata DB, Teradata Model Builder, the RDM Tool, RIF and BRF Management Tools to quickly become proficient and productive in my role.

Technologies: MS Office, SharePoint, Teradata, DBeaver, RDM Tool, JIRA, HP ALM (Application Life Cycle Management).

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed existing legacy mainframe systems namely ADPS (Automated Discrepancy Processing System) and PLAS (Program Loan Accounting System) to migrate the business functionalities to a new web based application, Direct Loan System (DLS).
• Elicited business and functional requirements from existing Cobol programs and by interacting with various business stakeholders.
• Conducted requirement review sessions with business and IT.
• Gathered business requirement, converted them into system functional requirement and designed UI for the new application CDLA (Customer Direct Loan Application)
• Followed Agile methodology, created user stories and participated in daily scrum meeting.
• Created workflow analysis for current and future state workflows.
• Developed detailed process flows, business requirement, use cases, functional requirements and managed requirement traceability.
• Reviewed design documents, documented traceability and developed testing deliverables
• Created detailed project road maps, plans, schedules and work breakdown structures for effective project management .
• Produced artifacts required in different phases of SDLC.
• Created ‘As Is’ and ‘To Be’ Business Process Models

Technologies: Mainframe, MS SQL Server, JAVA, Web Services, External Interfaces, SharePoint, Jira, Visio, Visual Paradigm, MS Office, MS Excel

Confidential, O’Fallon, MO

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed operational, functional and business needs
• Gathered, documented and delivered detailed requirements for enhancement of Citilink.
• Reviewed design documents, Prepared traceability matrix and developed testing deliverables.
• Elicited Requirements from various business stakeholders and conducted review sessions with IT and business
• Gathered and implemented compliance requirements (RESPA TILA)
• Developed detailed process flows, business requirement, use cases, functional requirements and managed traceability
• Conducted impact analysis of change requests and in corporate changes into project artifacts
• Attended design sessions with development teams to facilitate design & correlate business needs
• Developed User Acceptance test plans, communication plan and managed action log
• Developed test scenarios, testing strategy, execution plan and other testing artifacts
• Coordinated setup of complex test environment by working with engineering, TMO, IT and business.
• Conducted walkthroughs with the different department heads to have a deeper understanding of the requirements.
• Created detailed project road maps, plans, schedules and work breakdown structures for effective project management .

Technologies: Mainframe Legacy System, Oracle, JAVA, Web Services, External Interfaces, SharePoint, M S Office, Blueprint

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Sr. Business Analyst/Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for enhancement and support of different reporting applications.
• Interfaced with business users to prepare and update business requirements and system requirements with Federal compliances.
• Extracted large volumes of data feed from different data sources, performed transformations to load the data into various Targets.
• Performed Data Analysis and Data validation by writing SQL queries.
• Ensured all artifacts complied with Federal Bank SDLC Policies and guidelines.
• Interfaced with SMEs to prepare business requirement documents for ongoing projects.
• Prepared business process models; used Visio to create use case diagrams
• Analyzed requirement, designed solutions and monitored development, Testing and Implementation
• Followed Agile methodology, created user stories, prioritize, prepared and maintained release backlog and lead daily scrum standup meetings.
• Managed and maintained multiple projects, attended status and business review meetings.
• Involved in data setup in the test environment, managed defects and coordinated for resolution.
• Designed and managed project workflow, produced process documentation and prepared implementation strategies.

Technologies: Oracle, JAVA, Web Services, SharePoint, JIRA, M S Office, MS Excel

Confidential, Elkridge, MD

Sr. Software Specialist/Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Maintained legacy applications and coordinated to resolve system/functional and data issues.
• Ensured defect-free releases through careful planning, testing and QA efforts .
• Lead the requirement meetings with clients for multiple projects and releases.
• Conducted data research and analysis, prepared work effort.
• Prepared technical documents and design specification documents (DSD).
• Attended TPRC (Technical Peer Review Committee) meetings to obtain sign-off.
• Created and executed SQL queries for Ad hoc reports and analytical data.
• Designed and deployed new policies and processes that improved efficiency.

Technologies: Legacy Mainframe System, .NET, SQL Server, JAVA, SharePoint, JIRA, MS Office, MS Power Point

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Sr. Business/Data Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with Clients on the data requirements.
• Designed data structures, performed data modeling, data mapping and detailed data analysis.
• Lead business, functional and data requirements gathering effort.
• Delivered data/reports using electronic data transfer.
• Delivered daily, monthly and quarterly data files for standard and recurring data.
• Supported quality assurance activities.

Technologies: DB2, Oracle, JAVA, M S Office, MS Excel