PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 7 years of IT experience wif successful implementations in Business Systems Analysis, Requirement Management, Process Design, Data Analysis, UAT across teh Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) in executing several enterprise - wide development initiatives.
• Experience in documenting teh Software Requirement Specifications (SRS), Business Requirements Document (BRD), Use Case Specifications, Functional Specifications (FSD), Non-Functional Specification Document, Systems Design Specification (SDS), Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM), SWOT analysis, and Use Cases.
• Proficient in conducting Rapid Application Development (RAD) wif Business Users, Joint Application Development (JAD) wif developers, Joint Application Review (JAR) sessions wif technical team.
• Experience in UML modeling using modeling tools like MS Visio and to prepare Use case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams and Workflow Diagrams.
• Well-versed in conducting GAP analysis, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Cost Benefit Analysis, Feasibility Analysis, Risk Analysis and Mitigation Plan.
• A strong team player, and a great facilitator wif extensive knowledge of Primary/Secondary Mortgage, Securitization, Banking, and Financial Accounting/Management Expertise in Project/Release Management, Business Analysis, Business Process Re-Engineering, Tactical and Strategic Planning, and Requirement Management practices.
• Proficient in manual testing and development and documentation of testing strategies, test plans, test cases, defect tracking and management.
• Expertise in data validation by writing SQL queries, creating tables and generating reports.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

LANGUAGES: C/C++, Java, SQL, PL/SQL, HTML, XML

OPERATING SYSTEMS: Windows NT/2000/XP/VISTA,7,UNIX, LINUX

DATABASES: Oracle 10g/9i/8i, MS ACCESS, SQL Server 2000/05, MYSQL

METHODOLOGIES: Waterfall, Agile/Scrum, RUP-Rational Unified Process, RAD

OFFICE TOOLS: MS Office: MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint, MS-Visio, MS-Outlook, MS Access, Lotus Notes

REQUIREMENTS PROCESS TOOLS: IBM Rational Rose, UML - Unified Modeling Language, Rational Requisite Pro, Rational Rose, Blueprint

TESTING TOOLS: Bugzilla, JIRA, Quality Center, Quality Center ALM, Rational ClearCase, Rational ClearQuest

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Business Analyst

Environment: Java, Blueprint, Manual Testing, Load Runner, UML, MS Office.

Responsibilities:

• Primary Liaison between teh Business User Group & Technology Group to collect requirements for teh of teh Online application redesign.
• Analyzed Requirements and created Use Case Documents, Use Case Diagrams and ProcessFlows using UML.
• Documented business and system requirements for major functionality for teh checking and savings transactions.
• Managed and traced requirements using Blueprint.
• Conducted walkthrough sessions wif teh test team to review teh BRD and SRD documents.
• Work closely wif teh vendor development team to ensure teh functionality has been implemented.
• Functionally certify teh code and teh User interface once teh code has been developed.
• Identified teh Use Cases and documented teh product requirements and teh workflows of teh As-Is and To-Beprocesses.
• Documented all teh requirements gathered from various business groups to include features such as maintaining audit trail, security requirements and non-functional requirements.
• Provided regular and timely feedback to management regarding teh status of teh requirements, any pending issues and conflicts wif other team members.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Environment: IBM Rational Unified Process Framework, UML, MS Office, MS Project, SQL, Oracle.

Responsibilities:

• Interviewed Business Users to gather Requirements and analyzed teh feasibility of their needs by coordinating wif teh Business and technical lead.
• Prepared Business Requirement Documents (BRD’s) after teh collection of Functional Requirements from System Users dat provided appropriate scope of work for technical team to develop prototype and overall system.
• Documented processes and procedures using teh IBM Rational Unified Process framework to eliminate rework and increase consistency.
• Performed GAP analysis for teh modules in production, conducted feasibility study and performed impact analysis for proposed enhancements.
• Lead successful implementations of process improvement by developing standards and implementing best practices for ease and reusability of requirements.
• Oversaw offshore vendor efforts to ensure dat business needs are met throughout teh lifecycle of a project.
• Created Source to target data mapping documents identifying key data elements and prepared Data Flow Diagrams.
• Interacted wif database developers for formulating teh data flow diagrams.
• Performed Requirements Modeling and Develop Analysis Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, Data Models, and Use-Case Realizations.
• Created Process Flow DiagramandContext Diagramusing UML.
• Interacted wif users for verifying user requirements, managing change control process, updating existing documentation.
• Created relationships in Requirement Traceability Matrix linking Business Requirements to Functional requirements and Functional Requirements to Systems Requirements.
• Assisted to develop teh Test Plan, Test Cases and Test Scenarios to be used in testing based on Business Requirements, technical specifications and/or product knowledge.

Confidential

Business Data Analyst

Environment: SDLC, Rational Tools Suite (Rose, RequisitePro, Clear Quest, Clear Case), UML, SQL, Oracle, UNIX, MS Project, MS Office, Selenium

Responsibilities:

• Gathered requirements from business users and analyzed them using Rational RequisitePro.
• Acted as a liaison between business users and system development team during development process.
• Documented functional specifications to design suite of websites dat allows teh user to choose chauffeured services.
• Gathered business requirements through interviews, surveys, and observing from managers and UI (User Interface) of teh existing reservation system.
• Designed and Developed Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, Data Flow Diagrams, and Object-oriented Design (OOD) using Rational Rose according to teh UML methodology.
• Developed Conceptual Model, Behavior Diagrams (Sequence, Collaboration, State Chart and Activity)using MS Visio.
• Conducted user interviews, gathered requirements and analyzed teh requirements by using Rational Rose, Visio and Requisite Pro - RUP.
• Developed and maintained teh project plan using MS Project.
• Conducted meeting wif clients for teh purpose of gathering product requirements and understanding teh client workflow.
• Worked wif teh Quality Assurance team to create Test Plan and Test Cases and Conduct Unit, Integration and System Testing.
• Tracked changes using Rational, HP ALM and JIRA.
• Assisted QA lead in developing quality procedures and ensuring dat appropriate documentation is in place.
• Worked wif Technical Experts to Improve Report Performance and performed System testing.
• Conducted User Acceptance testing (UAT) and worked wif users and vendor who build teh system.
• Participated in developing of Materials for teh new technology and User .
• Worked effectively wif Project Manager in handling teh whole project.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Environment: MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project Manager, MS One note, UML, SQL, PeopleSoft,XML, Rational ClearQuest, IBM-BMP, UNIX/LINUX, Oracle, Rally

Responsibilities:

• Served as teh liaison between teh IT staff and business unit teams in teh preparation and delivery of data resources.
• Created and reviewed design documents and testing.
• Worked on Agile Methodology attending teh daily Scrum calls, working sessions, Confidential planning sessions and grooming sessions.
• Discussed and finalized business rules for data merging wif business personnel and provided ongoing status reports. Used MS Project to monitor and track tasks and resources.
• Participated in Project Planning, Estimation, Kick Off, Creating and Managing Project Backlog. Identifies gaps in existing & new upcoming projects and takes ownership of writing business requirements to address them in an agile fashion.
• Managed teh effort to migrate teh Data Marts across teh different warehouse environments; which include Test, Pre-Production, and Production environments.
• Wrote capability matrix and also was involved in making kick off document of teh project.
• Was involved in making prototypes and demo of teh project.
• Involved in software and hardware integrated proof of concept devices (or products) to showcase and demonstrate teh user experience.
• Ability to Debug, Develop Test Cases, Suits and Framework using for XML based applications.
• Participated in daily meetings, documented minutes tracked and updated action items.
• Responsible for project scheduling, updating tasks, budget, itineraries, status reports etc.
• Involved in Full development life cycle from SR (System Requirement), BR (Business Requirements), AD (Application Design), HLD (High Level Design).
• Provide ad-hoc SQL queries and reporting assistance to address questions and resolve issues.
• Responsible for guiding teh project QA Team on technical aspects & leading teh QA efforts.
• Organized and conducted cross-functional meetings and collaboration meetings.
• Involved wif development team to manage issues, eliminate risks, and control requirements.
• Extensively worked on creating Requirement Traceability Matrices, Test Cases, Test Plansand Test Schedules.