SUMMARY:

• Over fourteen years of IT experience including ten years of strong analyst and project management experience.
• Extensive experience in leading teams on all phases of software development life cycle including gathering, managing and documenting requirements, supporting development, and testing teams using Waterfall, Rational Unified Process (RUP) and Agile methodologies.
• Strong Project Management skills. Proficient with Microsoft (MS) Project, and in managing schedules, milestones, and resources. Proven track record of team coordination.
• Experienced in developing process models Business Process Modeling Notations (BPMN) using Microsoft Visio and Sparx system’s Enterprise Architect.
• Proficient in creating Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams such as Use Cases, Activity, State Chart, Sequence, Collaboration, Deployment, Data Flow (DFDs), ER and screen mock - ups (Wireframes) using MS Visio and Rational Rose.
• Efficient in communicating with the business units and technical groups. Managing and translating information into business requirement and functional specification documents.
• In-depth experience in leading QA & UA functional testing activities including development of Test Plans & Test Cases.
• Sound noledge of SQL Server and MS technologies.
• Implemented quality frameworks such as ISO and CMMI in projects. Participated in process improvement, change management, and process reengineering activities.
• Ability to work independently and in a cross-functional and multi-vendor team environment and/or interface with business users, developers, production support groups, project managers, and senior management located at multiple locations.
• Resourceful, fast learner with a proven ability to inspire, and lead teams. Dynamic self-starter, creative, enjoy challenges and with effective presentation skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: MS-DOS, Windows 3.1/ 95/ NT/ 2000 / XP, Ubuntu 11.10 (Unix)

Data Bases: MS-Access, SQL Server 2005, Oracle8.0 & 8i, DB2

Special Software: DOORS, Rational Requisite Pro, CaliberRM, MS-Project, SQL Navigator, MS Office, Oxygen XML editor, Schematron

Languages: XML, Visual Basic (VB) 5.0 & 6.0, Visual Basic.net, ASP.net 3.5

Modeling Tools: Erwin 8.2, UML2.0, Rational Rose 2000, MS Visio 2010, Enterprise Architect V10

Version Control Systems: SharePoint 2007 & 2010, MS Visual Source Safe, PVCS

Testing Tools: Quick Test Professional 10.0, Neo Load, SpiraTeam, JIRA, Quality Center 10.0

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Columbia, Maryland

Lead Business System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Guiding analyst, development and testing team in understanding the requirements for business and technical services in the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) in the cloud computing environment.
• Taking product ownership of modules and coordination with various internal and external stakeholders such as infrastructure teams, applications teams, data architects, integration architects, security architects, and strategic partners to accommodate the business and technical strategy.
• Development of UML and Business Process Models, Business Specification Documents (BSDs) and Interface Control Documents (ICDs) for the various business services.
• Data analysis and mapping of the data elements with the frontend application.
• Presentation and walkthrough of requirement artifacts to the stakeholders.
• Managing project schedule, risks and delivering project reports to client.

Environment: Windows 7, Windows XP, MS Office 2010, MS Viso Premium 2010, MS project, SOAPUI, XML, XSD, WSDL, SOAP1.2, EDI, CALT, MarkLogic, Schematron, Terremark Cloud Computing, and SharePoint.

Lead Business System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Creation of plans, release planning, strategies, and allocation of work to team members to ensure effective utilization for resources and achieving project objectives.
• Co-ordination and communication with CMS, external partners, senior management, and internal partners located at multiple sites.
• Track and monitor Project Schedule, conduct meetings to discuss requirement clarification, status, risks, and conflict resolution.
• Guide, assist, and monitor the BA team to ensure development of quality test cases, convene review meetings, and evidence file reviews.
• Supervise release end activities such as archiving of artifacts, and delivery of final test specifications to CMS, and lessons learned.
• Ensure team and project compliance to Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Maturity Level ML5 processes.

Environment: Windows 7, Windows XP, MS Office 2010, MS Viso 2010, MS project, HP Quality Center 10.0, DB2, IBM Data Studio, XML, SOAP1.2, DOORS, and SharePoint.

Confidential

Senior Business System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Elicitation and management of customer’s functional and system requirements. Facilitating workshops and Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions.
• Business Process and UML Models, Proof of concept, prototype, activity, and work flow diagram development. Gap analysis & development of use cases, and test cases. User Interface design.
• Guiding development and testing geographically diverse team in understanding the requirements.
• In depth testing including manual execution of test cases for smoke, regression, system integration, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) testing. Development and execution of automation test scripts for Functional testing.
• Preparation of traceability matrix and user manual.
• Client demonstrations of requirements, documents, and prototypes.
• Data conversion, Extract, transform and load (ETL) and reports requirement analysis and strategies.

Environment: Windows XP, MS Office, MS Viso, MS project, Quick Test Professional 10.0, Neo Load, SpiraTeam, JIRA, SharePoint, UML, and Enterprise Architect.

Confidential

Senior Business System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Identification of stakeholders and creation of project initiation requests & approval document.
• Elicitation, analysis and management of requirements. Authoring Business Requirement documents and Functional Specification.
• Tracking of requirement through out the SDLC using Caliber RM, and Quality Centre.

Environment: Windows XP, MS Office, MS Visio, CaliberRM, Mercury Quality Centre, LifePRO V13

Confidential

Senior Business System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Business Requirements covering all the core business modules such as Client & Policies, Fact Find, Commissions and MIS report.
• Analysing complex actuarial formulas and its interpretation to technical team.
• Preparation of Functional Specifications.
• Review of Test Plan, and Test Cases and supporting testing teams.

Environment: Windows XP, Oracle11i, Developer 2K, MS Office, and MS Visual Source Safe.

Confidential

Senior Business System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Assessing users' need to determine functional and business requirements for the software application.
• Facilitating JAD sessions for eliciting requirements and conflict resolution.
• Perform the analysis & design workflow for system by following the Rational Unified Process (RUP). Help developers in creation of prototype.
• Facilitate building of domain understanding to address business needs across project team.
• Preparation of process manual to explain functionalities of system.

Environment: Windows XP, MS Office, Visio, RUP, UML, Rational Requisite Pro, Document Management System, and Oracle Lite 10.2.

Confidential, New Jersey

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of High level Estimates using functional point analysis for Project Initiation Requests.
• Project Plan Development which includes scope, time, cost, resource, quality, risk, communication, and vendor management plans.
• Team building and execution of Project Plan and monitoring of product scope to completion. Review Front Office Functional Specifications for changes.
• Monitoring and status reporting, presentations periodically to the management and end users during various phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and end users.
• Over all E2E Integration test plan development which includes test strategy, environment set-up, problem reporting & tracking, and risks management. Execution of E2E Integration test plan. Conducting daily meeting for progress and status. Coordination of QA, UA and production rollouts.
• Appearing for SDLC review Q&A session to ensure compliance with quality standards of Prudential.
• Documenting lessons learned and closure activities such as achieving of project record and documenting business users feedback.

Environment: Windows XP, MS Office, MS Project, Visio, LifePro, Lotus Notes, Oracle 10g, and FileNet.

Confidential, New Jersey

Senior Business System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathering of Business Requirements. Interaction with Users, Designers and Developers, Project Manager and SMEs to get understanding of the business processes.
• Budgeting and delivery of comprehensive project estimations/timelines.
• Conducting Business Requirements, Functional and Technical meetings with clients.
• Preparation of Business Requirement documents including GAP Analysis with client requirements and existing new business system.
• Preparation of Functional Specifications documents and configuration & data changes required in the base system.
• Guiding development and manual & automation testing teams.
• Also, participated in process improvement, change management and process reengineering activities.

Environment: Windows XP, MS Office, XML, PVCS, Rational Requisite Pro, Rational Rose 2000, and Rational Performance & Functional Tester.