SUMMARY:

• Business Systems Analyst with experience in all aspects of the SDLC including analysis and design, client consultation, requirements gathering, technical design, system modernization, application development, Agile/WF, and QA.
• Gather Requirements, write JIRA User Stories. Implement technical solutions in response to Client Contract Admin/Billing changes and Group Help tickets. Deliver full lifecycle for new and existing Clients, analyzing current state and future states. Analyze Data flow between legacy and current systems. Schedule jobs with dependencies and Convert Schedule to Control M.
• Database Restructure to accommodate new insurance hybrid product - research source data definitions thru Erwin and create target data mappings. Conduct user meetings to present findings.
• Diagnose all Cobol application issues related to the upgrade. Worked with Micro Focus to install Visual Cobol/Eclipse and establish design template to build System Environments migrating code from Dev thru Prod. Met with Client to gather requirements related to impact analysis in terms of uncovering potential pitfalls. Lead offshore team to create a Tech Design to document component impact on Unix Shell scripts, Cobol progs, DB, and their relation to Client apps. Determined root cause of defects and formulated the corrective action from Dev2 thru Prod/Warranty. Performance tuned the System prior to Prod cutover.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Business Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Convert manual processing of Outgoing account transfers to BETA Auto Validation for both Mainframe and Java code. Conducted collaborative sessions to elicit requirements and establish business rules to convert Use Cases to Cucumber Feature Files. Performed Example Mapping, created Visio Process Maps as well as Test Scenarios for both Automated, Regression, and QC Manual Tests.
• Drive Test Driven Development to convert process of receiving Client s Bill Pay Additional Payments to an Electronic Lockbox Process. Document Visio Process Flow for Business Partners. Work with Vendors ( Confidential and Confidential ), to capture requirements and validate testing and regression. Exec SQL thru SPUFI to support data analysis for Collaboration Sessions and Validate Testing Results.
• Create acceptance criteria, and lead Collaboration Sessions with Business Partners and QA personnel to perform impact analysis. Epics surrounding Sweep Migration, Web Disclosure, Conversion and Eligibility serve to satisfy Compliance Regulations regarding transactions affecting Retail Client s Settlement Fund. Created Use Cases and updated formal requirements after testing and verification.
• Created the Functional and Technical Design to update DB2, and Business Objects, as well as changes in front end screens and Cobol produced reports. Executed SIT and UAT, and all implementation tasks/SOX documents.
• Confidential Streamline Project - Analysis of several Credit and Risk Systems. Interpreted Business Rules and completed the data mapping to determine data sources and targets to modernize/retire Cobol systems. Created and tested programs to update DB2 for the Scorecard System, and CCAR.

Programmer/Analyst Contractor

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Responsibilities:

• Implement Release to add new SLMB Plus Aid Categories and Race Codes to Member Eligibility System coordinating TPL, conducting Impact Assessment, coding and testing. Provide QA support during Testing.
• COBA Reconciliation - Researched Eligibility programs to determine how Claims were being incorrectly crossed to the State from Medicaid. Performed Root Cause Analysis.
• Perform analysis, testing, coding, and migration for Maintainance/Information/Enhancement Service Requests and Production Problems. Correct Provider queries that were erroneously coded which resulted in Claims being Paid, with Error Codes on their 837. Fix Prod Abends. Add new codes to Client Medical Management. On call Night Production Support

Confidential, Burnsville MN

Sr P/A

Responsibilities:

• Redesign of Claim Recycle/Archive/Recovery Process - Performed Analysis and did the required coding, test maxtrix creation, walkthrough and testing, which enabled clients to access Confidential t information in a more timely manner.
• Company Merger and Realignment - Lead Project to create a new process to assimilate data across all test regions, providing ability to replicate data to synchronize testing efforts.
• Provider Contract/Transplant Management - Modernization - Modified Online Screens to improve navigation, become more user friendly and provide jump capability from within a claim screen
• Performed Analysis for Production Fixes needed for online Claims Adjudication screens and made necessary coding changes.
• Claim Inventory Management - Created and installed System to process Suspended and Out of Balance claims, including all migration, promotion to Production.
• APR/DRG File expansion: analyze the scope, modify/test all screens, programs and other related components

Confidential

Tech Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Major Enhancement - Main Files Expansion Project - Extensive system wide maintenance a la Y2K, performed analysis, made modifications, tested and migrated all progs, procs, JCL s, GDG s, and data from test to qa to production. On call throughout.
• Worked within all phases of a customized system life cycle development process to enhance application systems to satisfy requirements of all of the different state regulations.
• Develop Project Plans from Business Requirements according to a customized SDLC including test plans, signoffs, scheduling, and migration in response to both in house needs and state regulator requirements. Coordinate testing between mainframe and other system areas.

Confidential, Brooklyn, N.Y

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of present Mainframe system to perform system - wide conversion of COBOL fields a la Y2K
• Perform analysis and necessary modifications to mainframe programs in response to client requests using COBOL/CICS/JCL/DB2, Creation of test plans, testing and migrating to production
• Analyze, cleanse and prepare mainframe data for conversion to enterprise software system, backing up Historical Data to GDG s.
• Developed new DB2/Cobol programs to perform data fixes, creating test plans, testing and migrating to production

Confidential, Charleston, WV

Rapids Analyst - Reporting Area Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Modify programs in response to changes in the business process. Write queries to answer questions posed by the DHHR Commisioner, State and the Federal Government, to track funds, investigate possible fraud, and maintain data base by correcting database data.
• Perform analysis and coding required to solve problems submitted by user community. Automate production and printing of reports by converting adhoc processes to regularly scheduled production runs. Redesign existing processes and scheduling. Perform data fixes to correct database history tables. Create entire test case scenarios and conduct tests on reporting systems. Create GDG s to maintain historical data.