SUMMARY:

• Proficient in Requirement Gathering with a strong knowledge in SDLC using waterfall and Agile/Scrum/Safe methodologies.
• Expertise in Documenting artifacts such as Business Requirements Document (BRD), Functional Requirements Document (FRD), Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), Systems Requirement Specification (SRS) and Request for Change (RFC).
• Extensive experience working with Distributed Scrum Teams in managing and delivering outcomes for each sprint.
• Strong knowledge on regulations like SOX, FCRA, HMDA, RESPA, PATRIOT ACT, FINRA, BSA, KYC, SEC, FINCEN.
• Experience in molding, convincing, and coaching the Scrum teams in migration from Traditional to AGILE.
• Experience working in databases project and Data mapping, Data Modelling, (ETL) and Data visualization and Data Normalization.
• Excellent knowledge using Excel functions like PivotTables, VLOOKUP, Macros, Views and SQL for Joints and Stored Procedures.
• Experience with scrum techniques such as Estimation Planning Poker, Moscow, INVEST, T - shirt size, Silent writing and SMART technique.
• Excellent Communication, Problem-Solving, Critical Thinking, Conflict Resolution, Facilitation, and Documentation skills.
• Hands on experience in creating wireframes, activity flow and mockups using MS Visio, Lucid charts.
• Worked with different Project management tools like JIRA, RALLY now CA Technologies, HPALM, SharePoint, Confluence, TFS.
• Impact Analysis, Gap Analysis, SWOT Analysis, Risk Analysis, Cost Benefit Analysis are some of the analysis techniques that I am good at.
• Proficient in elicitation techniques such as Client Interviewing, Requirements Workshop, Prototyping, Brainstorming, Surveys/Questioners, Focus Groups.
• Facilitated highly interactive JAD and JAR for deriving functional and nonfunctional requirements and resolving impediments.
• Involved in various Testing methods such as Functional Testing, Unit Testing, Blackbox Testing, Performance Testing and facilitated User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Proficient in implementation of Service Oriented Architecture in the form of Web Services and Web Methods and testing web services using POSTMAN, SOAPUI
• Experience in facilitating scrum ceremonies like Sprint Planning, Daily Stand Up, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective as well as Spike sessions.
• Experience maintaining Scrum Artifacts like Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, burn down chart and Burnup chart, Release Burn down/ Burn up.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SDLC Methodologies & Frameworks.: Waterfall, Agile, SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, XP, ATDD, TDD, FDDModeling ToolsLucid Charts, Balsamiq, MS Visio, Smart Draw, UML DesignerTesting ToolsHP ALM, QF Test, SOAP UI, Postman, Swagger

Project Management: Oracle Glassfish, MS Project, HP ALMDevelopment ManagementJIRA, Rally (Agile Central), VersionOne

Databases: Oracle 10g,11, MS SQL Server 2008, 2012, MySQL

ETL Tools: Informatica 7, Informatica 9.0.1.

BI Tools: Tableau, Power BI, SQL Reporting Services like SSRS, SSAS, SSIS

Web Technologies: SOAP and Rest, XML, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, Ajax.

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential - Irvine, California

Business Systems Analyst.

Responsibilities:

• Used Confluence to document and Communication Plan and Other Findings.
• Ensured timely delivery of Shippable Product and Involved in Product Backlog Grooming.
• Assisted developers in writing client-side validations and creating Ajax for dynamic and interactive UI pages.
• Planned, Defined, Created and Tested Restful API.
• Performed in depth Gap analysis to bridge the gap between As is -To be format.
• Developed wireframes, mockups and dynamic prototypes using MS Visio
• Made sure user stories are according to INVEST criteria.
• Played a pivotal role in setting up User Acceptance Criteria for user stories to be accepted by the business.
• Assisted PO in prioritizing the backlog item using MOSCOW technique.
• Collaborated with the CICD team and got an opportunity to use Jenkins and TFS.
• Managed and Identified various Dependencies with other Internal And external teams.
• Facilitated multiple web service negotiations during SLA meetings.
• Acted as a Proxy PO in many situations when required.
• Involved in designing and modellingWebServices Orchestration.
• Facilitated the process of WSDL lookup for SOAP web services.
• Tested Web Services using SOAP UI and created and tested API.
• Coordinated execution of Unit testing, System integration testing, and User acceptance testing (UAT).

ENVIRONMENT: MS Office Suite, AJAX, MS Visio, API, JSON, XML, HTML, UML, Eclipse, JavaScript, Oracle server, SwaggerSOPA UI,TFS JIRA, SQL.

Confidential - Mooresville, North Carolina

Business System Analyst.

Responsibilities:

• Used JIRA to document and visualize stories, tasks and measure performance through burn down charts/velocity charts.
• Extensively used excel for Pivot Table, Macros, Views, VLOOKUP.
• Ensured Timely delivery of Shippable Product and Involved in Product Backlog Grooming.
• Collaborated with Data Admins of respective departments and did Data profiling on the source data.
• Used Oracle Database Integrator for the ETL process.
• Worked closely with the ETL Developers to explain the business rules.
• Provided source to target mappings to the ETL team to perform initial, full, and Incremental loads to target.
• Collaborated with Architect to design STAR schema using Erwin with various Dimensions and FACT tables.
• Assisted in creating Entity Relationship diagrams (ERD).
• Responsible for parsing the sensitive data to adhere the regulations.
• Implemented and facilitated techniques along with Test Driven Development (TDD) and Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD).
• Implemented OLAP techniques, performed Slicing, Dicing, Rollup and Drilldown on the data using SQL Server Management Studio SSMS and involved in created POC Reports using Base SAS
• Effectively handled Requirement Churn during the sprint Cycle.
• Effectively handled the impediments and dependencies by forcing the same and assisting the team.
• Experienced in Collaborating with the Stakeholders in transformation rules.
• Used Tableau and generated reporting dashboards for business as proof of concept.
• Assisted team in writing the stored procedures in SQL server Management Studio SSMS.

ENVIRONMENT: JIRA, ODI, MS Visio, MS Project, UML, XML, Java, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft

Confidential

Business Systems Analyst.

Responsibilities:

• Monitored the progress of the work through constant tracking of capacity and velocity of the team using JIRA
• Played a pivotal role in setting up User Acceptance Criteria for user stories to be accepted by the business.
• Assisted in prioritizing the backlog item using MOSCOW technique.
• Worked with product owner on artifacts such as Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Sprint and Release Burndown/Burnup charts.
• CreatedUMLactivity diagrams,sequence diagrams,Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN), state diagrams using Microsoft Visio to help developers understand the user stories.
• Made sure user stories adhere theINVESTcriteria and assisted PO to prioritize backlog item using MOSCOW technique
• Created Release Planning for sprints by calculating the Estimated Velocity continuously.
• Thorough understanding if various modules of AML including watch list filtering, suspicious activity monitoring, CTR, SAR and FBR.
• Report to investors and investment managers at various intervals during completion of theAML/KYCclearing process.
• Provide and recommend actions to mitigate risk and use judgment-based decision making regarding theOFACscreening and clearing process
• Planned for sprints by calculating the Estimated Velocity using Commitment driven planning and Velocity driven planning techniques as per the requirements.

ENVIRONMENT: MS Visio, MS Project, Windows XP, SQL Queries, PLSQL, XML, VB, Java, SSRS, SSAS, .Net, HP Quality Centre.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathered requirements, documented artifacts and had internal walkover sessions with the Team.
• Performed cost-benefit analysis and forecasting for the project.
• Conducted walkthrough sessions with the developers.
• Created working mockups, prototypes and various UML diagrams for the business and the Team.
• Performed business & functional analysis to create evaluation documents, workflow analysis recommendations, detailed system specifications and alternative future state depiction workflows & process diagrams.
• Assisted testing team in writing test cases, test scenarios and conducted UAT testing.

ENVIRONMENT: Waterfall Methodology, MS Project, MS Office (MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint), Mock-up screens, UAT Testing, SharePoint.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Conducted walkthrough sessions with the developers.
• Gathered and documented requirements using in Rational ClearQuest.
• Performed cost-benefit analysis and forecasting for the project.
• Performed business & functional analysis to create evaluation documents, workflow analysis recommendations, detailed system specifications and alternative future state depiction workflows & process diagrams.
• Assisted the testing team in writing test cases and developing test scenarios.
• Developed UML diagrams using Visio.

ENVIRONMENT: Waterfall, Windows 98/XP MS Office suite, SharePoint 2007, MS. Visio, MS. Project, Salesforce