SUMMARY

Please use this table to list the skills noted in the Required/Desired section of the requirement. In addition, please respond with the years of experience for each skill and the last time each skill was used. Add or delete rows as necessary.

Employment History

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in all phases of Software development life cycle SDLC using Agile Scrum methodology and Rational Unified Process RUP
• Analyzed and collected business requirements for current and future state processes and created the requirements specification document
• Extensively interacted with both subject matter experts and business stake holders and created Business process diagrams for the as- is process and the to-be process using BizAgi BPM tools.
• Performed process mapping, data mapping and created artifacts for data requirements and data mapping
• Assisted the database architect in designing data flow model, data modeling and also in workflow analysis, functional decomposition analysis.
• Assisted the project manager in change management activities through analysis of requirements effort, and resources
• Work on the Data Modeling, Entities and Attributes of the Data points and Templates. Building API in XML based on the requirements.
• Conducted and participated in sprint planning meeting to define the Sprints and the duration of each sprint and prioritized the requirements and placed them into the sprint backlogs
• Managed and tracked change control process of requirements and design changes. Documented the changes, issues and their impact on the system design and delivery.
• Coordinate the functional scenarios, UI Testing and End to End integration testing
• Used SQL queries to extract data from database to perform data analysis.
• Participated in daily SCRUM meetings to discuss the bottlenecks and the tasks status gave walkthroughs to the product owners after completion of every sprint cycle
• Assisted the database team in understanding the ETL requirements
• Analyzed technical architecture of the current system and created user requirements specification URS and Functional requirements specification FRS Documents as per the Business requirements and process flow
• Assisted the Enterprise Data Architecture team to develop database models
• Facilitated JAD workshops, Joint Requirement Planning JRP sessions to identify project objectives and created meeting minutes.
• Expertise in leveraging wireframes/Screen Mockups/ prototypes during the requirements process
• Adept at providing knowledge transfer of business requirements and the methods and techniques used to the business stakeholders and technical teams
• Adapt in designing and developing User Interface and mockup screens using industry standard tools
• Used RUP and SDLC methodology, and managed the iterative cycles through an effective project plan created using MS Project.
• Communicated with management concerning development process within areas of assigned responsibilities using MS Share point MOSS
• Worked extensively to write use cases and functional requirement case diagrams, activity diagrams, sequence diagrams, state diagrams based on UML methodology and business process flow diagrams using MS Visio.
• Provided documentation such as requirements change management, Change Control Management, functional requirements, test plans and test cases.
• Assisted PM with project planning, estimating, budgeting, resource allocation, collaboration and time capture.
• Monitored Defect Tracking system using JIRA to prioritize defects and devise a plan for future enhancements and delivered the artifacts in a timely basis
• Extensive interactions with the client and the management teams to understand the requirements and report the status of the testing efforts on their applications.

Environment:Epas, AS400, RUP, Agile, JIRA, MS-Office, MS-Project, MS-Visio, MOSS SharePoint 2007 .

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathered Business Process requirements and translated them into Functional specifications and shared between the internal and external users using MOSS Sharepoint 2007 Document Management System DMS .
• Performed stakeholder analysis to get a better understanding of the Business Processes and managed process automation and defects tracking, change requests and lifecycle traceability using various tracking tools such as PVCS Tracker, ClearQuest.
• Designed workflows for claims, underwriting in coordination with business users and development teams. Involved in designing the batch job framework, policy management framework using .NET.
• Involved in large system conversion from current vendor-supplied, trust accounting system to another vendor-supplied, trust accounting system.
• Involved in UX/ UI Testing phases
• using Rational tools for creating Use Cases, Version Control, Defect Tracking, monitoring and extensively used the Rational Unified Process RUP , Agile, Scrum methodologies in all areas of the software development life cycle SDLC
• Responsible for analyzing and designing by creating UML diagrams which includes Use Cases, Data Flow diagrams, ER Diagrams, Object Oriented Analysis and Design OOA D using Rational Rose.
• Providing analytical support to various departments used MS-Project to establish work plans, timelines, and managing budgets, analyzing workloadsand coordinating with internal and external sources by defining requirements towards operational efficiency.
• Generated reports using business reporting tools such as BusinessObjects to perform Business Analysis, Data Analysis, Resource Analysis, Cost Analysis, and PostProject Analysis and coordinated among cross-functional teams to perform sanity checks to ensure the data sets/ transactions correctly address the business needs and provided recommendations alternatives.
• Performed Gap Risk analysis from As-Is and To-Be documents, to evaluate product features for traceability to functional business requirements.
• Performed White-box testing, created Test Scenarios / Plans and developed Test Cases for testing the application in order to verify that client requirements are incorporated in to the system design. Assisting in analyzing testing results throughout the project.
• Worked with SME's, Business users, Architects, Data Modelers, and ETL developers to translate requirements into technical specifications and executed SQL queries to validate the correctness and completeness of the ETL processes to resolve data integrity issues.
• Extensively involved with Data Warehouse team to create structured Data Model using Oracle RDBMS and responsible to run storedprocedures.
• Responsible for preparing training guides and documentation, conducts/participates in customer reviews and conducts training upon request.

Environment: .Net, SQL, Oracle, Oracle PL/SQL, Sonic BPM, Agile, RequisitePro, Rational Rose, ClearQuest, ClearCase, Business Objects, MS-Office, MS-Project, MS-Visio, FileNet P8, MOSS Sharepoint 2007 .

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathered User and Business Requirements through interviews, surveys, prototyping and observing
• Extensively worked with Project Manager to determine the current best practices for requirement gathering
• Performed GAP Analysis to Identify and estimate the scope of the project, design, development
• Created and maintained an Issue log to keep track of the outstanding issues and the requirements that were changing from time to time. Conducted weekly meetings with the client to discuss the same
• Created Need Analysis Documents of the requirements gathered through JAD and JRP individual elicitation sessions using MS Word
• Created User Requirement Specifications URS , Business Requirement Document BRD and Functional Requirement Specifications FRS documents
• Provided test data to all the testers including UAT Business Edge team and UI Testing team
• Created Test Plan and facilitated its implementation, create Test Cases and assisted manual Testing
• Developed Use Case diagrams, business flow diagrams, Activity/State diagrams and Sequence diagrams using Rational Rose so that developers and other stakeholders can understand the business process
• DesignedContext Diagrams, Use Case Diagrams, Data Flow Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagramsusing MS Visio
• Elicited requirements from teams to create Functional Specifications Document
• Conducted Walkthroughs with the Business Stakeholders for the Sign-Off procedure
• Involved in analysis of the technical specifications of the current system and the future state, performed Gap analysis
• Used SQL to query the database for performing data analysis and data modeling using Erwin.
• Adept at mentoring the business stakeholders and technical team on the system functionalities
• Wrote SQL queries to extract data from the tables and for validation of data
• Worked with ETL teams in defining the data transformation required for the migration.
• Assisted in building a business analysis process model using Rational Rose and Visio.
• Performed requirement analysis, developed all the use cases and workflows.
• Worked with QA team to design test plan and test cases for User Acceptance Testing UAT .
• Developed Use cases for all the surrounds interacting with the enrollment system. Also assisted Testing Team in coming up with appropriate test cases.
• Assist the technical team in understanding and developing the appropriate functionality.

Environment: MS Visio, SQL, SharePoint, UML, Test Director, .Net, MS Office Suite Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, Outlook , Rational Suite Rational Rose, Requisite Pro, Clear Quest .

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathered and managed the requirements in all phases of SDLC including elicitation, analysis, specification and validation of the project development process using Agilemethodology
• Transforming business requirements into software requirement specification SRS using RequisitePro
• Designing business models using UML diagrams such as use case model, class diagrams, activity diagrams, sequence diagrams and collaboration diagrams in Enterprise Architect and MS-Visio
• Writing test plans and developing test cases to incorporate all enhanced design features for new product CMS .
• Understood the Business Logic, User Requirements and test-objectives to develop Test plans, Test cases, Use Case Scenarios
• Conducted JAD sessions to develop architectural solution with Architect,Developers, QC, UAT, and user groups to ensure that developed functionality meets requirements/functional design specifications.
• Responsible to identify the operations claims, enrollment and eligibility concepts of inbound/outbound interfaces based upon business procedures and identified data elements from back end that map to fields on the web application and created Document Type Definition DTD using SGML and XML schema languages.
• Created business process documents by gathering business process details and businessrules for each scenario, using a variety of techniques such as interviews, task and workflow analysis, document analysis, surveys, storyboards.
• Performed Backend testing using Rational Test Manager Data pools and writing manual SQLqueries.
• Developed number of different reports based on different modules. Used Oracledatabase to create and development of stored procedures, which were called on Crystal Reports.
• Designed application reports in SQL Reporting Services. Designed several sub reports, based on the parameter values passed integrated into the main application report.
• Developed Traceability Matrix for maintaining/updating current and new system requirements using MS-Excel.
• Used ClearQuest to manage change process, ensuring that each process is aware of work plan and coordinated with all updates, modifications, new releases, bug fixes, which have an impact on related modules.
• Identified and documented Issues, Risks and Gaps and their descriptions and impact, and provided recommendations and alternatives.

Environment: Java, J2EE, SQL, SQL Server, Oracle, PL/SQL, MS-Office, MS-Visio, MS-Access, MS-Project, Crystal Reports,Enterprise Architect, Fair Isaac,PVCS Tracker, RUP, Rational Rose, RequisitePro.

Confidential

Business System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in accurate forecast measure, monitor and report potential credit risk exposures across the organization, both on the counterparty level and portfolio level.
• Requirement gathering sessions and created high level business requirement document
• Access and aggregate credit data across disparate systems and sources, seamlessly integrate credit scoring/internal rating with credit portfolio risk assessment.
• Used Telelogic DOORS for gathering and managing business objectives, customer needs and regulations to capture, link, trace, and analyzed to create structured, hierarchical requirements.
• Interaction with user contacts and the Application Manager to negotiate task priorities, and provide ongoing communication and project status reporting. And to ensure assigned tasks meet or exceed commitments.
• Involved in developing Business Logic and Data Access Components.
• Worked with stakeholders to develop business requirements, mappingdata elements, from requirements, to datafields to build reports. Automated report generation after development.
• Performed manual testing and recorded results in ClearQuest and used SQLqueries for enhancements.
• Analyzed various What-if scenarioson Sharpe Ratio, Information Ratio, and Value at Risk VaR .
• Participated in Kaizen sessions to capture business process flows, Integrate process flow diagrams to show one end-to-end business model and process mapping exercise including swim lanes.
• Interacted with market data warehouse team to receive market data and reference data feeds and providing them to Technical Architects, DBA's, and Technical Writers to define work flow process for applicable re-engineering.
• Identifying Use Cases from the requirements, created UML Diagrams and Web Page Mock-Ups.
• Responsible conducting the analysis of customers' business processes to identify financial and operating structures analyzed report requirements' business requirements and evaluated future business process needs.

Environment: Java, J2EE, SQL, Oracle PL/SQL, Crystal Reports,FileNet P8, Telelogic DOORS, RUP, MS-Office, MS-Visio, MS-Project,