SUMMARY:

• Highly talented & motivated Analyst with 8 years of diverse experience in Business Analysis, Cyber Investigations, Systems Analysis, Requirements Management, Business Process Mapping, Continuous Process Improvement, Change Management Process Manager, and Quality Assurance for enterprise - wide applications.
• Extensive experience working in enterprise IT Project Life Cycle and System/Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) through all phases.
• Expertise in diverse software engineering practices such as Rational Unified Process (RUP), Agile, Waterfall and Spiral.
• Experience working on Federal Projects as well as Private Sector Projects.
• In-depth understanding of Cyber Investigations intake and documentation process.
• SME on Case management system LIMA.
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Federal IT Acquisition processes FITARA & ITAR.
• Good domain knowledge in the areas of Federal Government IT Acquisition, Federal Government Technology Services, Education & Child Care, Healthcare, Human Resources & Personnel Management, and Public Utilities.
• Good experience in working at various types of projects including Green Field, Operations Administration, & Maintenance (OAM), Enhancements, Data Migration and COTS.
• Skilled in determining System Requirements and Specifications for complex application and website development projects.
• Strong documentation and reporting skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, collaboration, and problem solving skills.
• Participated and co-facilitated Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions to expedite and streamline the requirement gathering process.
• Adept at using Rational RequisitePro and Serena Dimensions RM, as well as using MS Excel in Documenting and Managing Requirements, Change Requests, Test Cases and Defects.
• Adept in managing the Change Management Process.
• Proficient in Unified Modeling Language (UML), extensive experience in modeling Business Processes and developing Functional Workflow and Status Models for systems adopting Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD) using use case, activity and state chart diagrams.
• Experience in coordinating with the development team in realizing the use case model to create Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERD).
• Collaborated in the creation of Test Scenarios and Test Cases for web application testing.
• Experience in co-ordinating User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Knowledgeable in principles, working, and structure of databases like Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential,Washington,DC

Project Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Understood the daily work of IOD
• Worked in the Cyber Investigations division as a Business Analyst to understand and document the entire process.
• Worked with the Director of IOD
• Managed Requirements using Excel
• Prepared meeting minutes
• Worked and Understood case management system LIMA for Cyber Investigations
• Active member of ESC to improve the work flow of IOD nation wide
• Created daily briefs for the Director
• Worked with different teams within IOD to understand the various processes that are used for case management
• Worked with Policy group to update the student data base in Access on a daily basis

Confidential,Arlington, VA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Understood the different SOP and created BPMs of the AS-IS process.
• Gathered requirements for the TO-BE business process and updated the BPMs as per the requirements.
• Gathered requirements from the end users, Analyzed them and got sign off of the final requirements document.
• Managed Requirements using Excel.
• Managed the Requirements Gathering Process by working with NPPD IP end users.
• Prepared meeting minutes.
• Helped updating various documents from IP level and aligned them to DHS HQ guidelines.

Confidential,Washington,DC

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Became Subject Matter Expert for the entire acquisition review and approval process to develop the requirements for the current tool.
• Understood and documented the client’s vision for the new tool and supported the client in keeping track of the vision during the development.
• Managed the Requirements and tracked them using RTM throughout their life cycle.
• Gathered requirements from the end users, Analyzed and Developed them and got sign off of the final requirements document.
• Managed Requirements using Excel.
• Developed Business Requirement Documents (BRD) and Business Process Maps (BPM).
• Managed the Requirements Gathering Process by working with EBMO end users.
• Developed and Maintained Change Request and Requirement Traceability Matrix.
• Conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT) at various Components of DHS.
• Managed Change Requests and Defects using excel.
• Prepared meeting minutes
• Developed Functional Test Cases and Test Steps.
• Worked with contractors & sub-contractors for testing efforts.
• Helped clients develop slide decks for training of the new tool.

Confidential,Washington,DC

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Managed the Change Requests and track them throughout their life cycle.
• Worked with BA manager in grouping Service Requests into Change Requests and Defects.
• Analyzed the Change Requests to determine if they are valid Enhancements, Defects, or one time fixes.
• Analyzed the Change Requests to determine if they affect any existing requirements.
• Developed Requirements for the Change Requests.
• Validated Requirements for the Change Requests and Defects.
• Managed Requirements using Serena Dimensions RM tool.
• Managed Change Requests and Defects using Serena Business Manager tool.
• Developed and Maintained Change Request and Requirement Traceability Matrix.
• Created and Maintained weekly Sprint Reports & Status Reports by working with development leads.
• Worked as Requirements Analyst on various different application development projects. Worked on some of them concurrently.
• Managed the Requirements Gathering Process by working with OCFO end users.
• Developed Business Requirement Documents (BRD) and Business Process Maps (BPM).
• Prepared meeting minutes for the Functionality Review Board (FRB), Change Control Board (CCB), and Change Management Board (CMB) meetings.
• Prepared bi-weekly and monthly statuses for various different development teams.
• Developed Functional Test Cases and Test Steps.
• Worked with contractors & sub-contractors for the application configuration & integration, and testing efforts.

Confidential,Gainesville,VA

Business & Data Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathered Business Requirements for the front end from end users.
• Gathered Data Requirements from the Database Administrators (DBAs).
• Developed Data Rules by working with the DBAs.
• Developed Data Requirements Document and Business Requirements Document.
• Developed Data Mapping Matrix tracing the source from the legacy systems to the target in the new system.
• Analyzed the Informatica ETL maps to make sure they meet the Data Requirements.
• Developed and Maintained the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) tracing the requirements to the Data Rules, Data Maps, and ETL Maps.
• Documented, managed, and tracked requirements using Rational RequisitePro.
• Assisted in writing Functional Test Cases and Test Scripts for the web based application.
• Assisted in Functional and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) of the web based application.

Confidential, Falls Church, VA

Business Analyst

• Performed Analysis to determine requirements both at a product and feature/functionality level.
• Participated in user interviews to understand and document Business Requirements and Functional Specifications.
• Participated in JAD sessions to elicit requirements from medical personnel while ensuring feasibility with technical leads.
• Created Baseline of Project Requirements and got sign-off from stakeholders.
• Participated in Brainstorming Sessions to aid high level analysis to identify key actor roles and functions and documented Use Case Diagrams.
• Identified and developed Process Flow Diagrams for various business processes and validated the flows with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).
• Maintained the UML Models and promoted the creation of Repeatable Models.
• Created Business Processes for existing manual workflows within the organization and enhanced the processes into Textual Use Cases.
• Documented Business Rules, created Activity Flow Diagrams, and validated Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERDs).
• Developed Business Requirements Documentation (BRD), System Specifications Documentation (SSD), and Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Worked as a liaison between business users, testers and application development team.

Confidential,Charlotte, NC

Requirements Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathered Business Requirements by conducting detailed interviews with business users, stakeholders, and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).
• Identified various Business Processes and developed Process Flow Diagrams for the pre-approval business processes and validated the processes with SMEs.
• Identified processes for developing and documenting detailed Business Requirements.
• Performed Requirement Analysis.
• Developed Business Requirements Document (BRD).
• Performed Gap Analysis to compare the existing system with the proposed system and documented new requirements and features.
• Converted Business Requirements into Functional Requirements Specification.
• Participated in JAD sessions with stakeholders and system users to collect the Software Requirements Specifications (SRS).

Confidential

Requirements Analyst

• Elicited high-level Business Requirements and created System Specifications.
• Liaised with the business team to collect, analyze and document Business and Functional Requirements.
• Analyzed Business Processes, existing systems, and propose Functional Design.
• Developed Use cases specifications.
• Liaised with development and testing teams during all steps of Software Development Lifecycle to provide necessary support in understanding requirements.
• Assisted the team in any issue clarification required from business.
• Provided Change Management support to the business and the development team.