PROFILE:

• Accomplished IT Requirements/Business Analyst/Project Manager/System Engineer.
• Successfully documents business processes models, business data models, business requirements, data interfaces, and functional specifications for complex IT systems and data centers.
• Supports IT Systems Deployment.
• Applies object - oriented methodologies and Business Process Modeling, and utilizes CMMI Level 3 predefined processes to produce developer-accepted artifacts (business process and data models, use case diagrams, conceptual models, system sequence diagrams, ER diagrams, data dictionaries, data flow diagrams, and To-Be and As-Is business processes).
• Employs various tools (such as Team Foundation Server, Requisite-Pro, Visio with UML templates, Erwin, Excel and Power Point) resulting in functional requirements, system designs, and implementations that exceed expectations and business needs of end-users.
• Develops data models that include business rules, business meta-data definitions, and data stewardship assignments.
• Communicates excellently both written and orally with business users and IT developers.
• Successfully manages project teams consisting of 3 to 16 analytical and technical personnel.
• Has excellent problem solving skills, outlines problems and presents solutions at appropriate levels of detail for targeted audiences.

HARDWARE/SOFTWARE:

• JIRA
• Btrieve
• C
• Client-server LAN systems
• ERWin
• IEW
• IMS DB/DC
• Lotus 1-2-3
• MS Access
• MS DOS
• MS Excel
• MS Office
• MS Outlook
• MS Power Point
• MS Project
• MS Visio
• MS Windows 10
• MS Word
• Oracle SQL, database design, and Designer
• Rational Rose, Requisite-Pro, RUP, Soda, Clear Quest, and Clear Case
• Relational database systems
• Serena Tools: Dimensions & Team Track
• UML
• Visio with UML templates
• Visual Basic
• Word Perfect
• Web-based Java systems
• Xtrieve

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Confidential, Alexandria, VA

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Supported the CBP Office of Trade as a Systems Engineer contractor.
• Developed documentation in support of the Missions Need Statement and the CONOPS for the Federated View of Accounts and Cognitive Analytics program.

Confidential, Springfield, VA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Supported the CBP Prosecutions project as a Business Analyst contractor.
• Documented user stories for the Prosecutions project using Agile Scrum and JIRA resulting in successful implementation of releases.

Confidential, Springfield, VA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Supported the I - 94 project as a Business Analyst contractor.
• Documented requirements and lead the project for the I-94 Web Application resulting in successful implementation of I-94 releases using Agile Scrum and JIRA. Enhancements included the I-94 Provisional, Compliance of Stay, and Overstay.
• Documented user stories for the I-736 Visa Waiver using Agile Scrum, JIRA, and behavior driven development resulting in successful implementation of the I-736 Provisional component of the I-94.

Confidential, Rockville, MD

Requirements Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Supported the Health Data Warehouse Project as a Requirements Analyst contractor.
• Solicited and developed functional requirements in support of various health related data marts resulting in successful implementation of Agile sprints.
• Solicited and developed functional requirements in support of various mobile solutions for the data warehouse resulting in successful implementation of Agile sprints.
• Updated the Risk Management Plan resulting in approval by the program manager.
• Employed the following techniques, methodologies and tools: Agile, functional decomposition, process modeling, Team Foundation Server, SQL, use - cases and UML.

Confidential, Alexandria, VA

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Supported the Program Management Office (PMO) as the Systems Engineering (SE) contractor.
• Prepared acquisition documents (CONOPS, Business Case) resulting in the program achieving Milestone B and being upgraded to ACAT I.
• Lead the program in preparing for the System Requirements Review (SRR) and the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) resulting in the program passing both reviews.
• Assisted the Cyber Security team in analyzing security controls and preparing the Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) resulting in the program passing the annual DIACAP review.

Confidential, Leesburg, VA

Sr. Requirements Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Documented processes for approving, issuing, managing and verifying PKI credentials resulting in improved IT System Deployment.
• Documented PKI architecture documents resulting in DODAF 2.0 complianc.
• Employed the following techniques, methodologies and tools: functional decomposition, process modeling, use - cases and UML.

Confidential, Alexandria, VA

Sr. Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Supported the Program Management Office (PMO) as the Systems Engineering (SE) contractor.
• Developed data center recovery procedures that were implemented as part of the disaster recovery plan.
• Assessed functional requirements documented by the systems integration (SI) contractor resulting in improved requirements used for the Systems Requirement Review (SRR) and improved IT Systems Deployment.
• Developed Entrance and Exit criteria for various program reviews resulting in successful technical reviews.
• Developed classes for ClearQuest and ClearCase, provided first level support for Clear Quest users, developed ClearQuest reports to monitor progress of SI developers, assisted in preparing for the Systems Requirements Review and the Preliminary design review.

Confidential, Springfield, VA

Sr. Requirements Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Elicited and documented functional requirements for suite of applications used by three divisions within the Confidential Acquisition Support Center to track of civilian and military Acquisition workforce members.
• Employed the following techniques, methodologies and tools: functional decomposition, process modeling, use - cases and UML.

Confidential, Alexandria, VA

Sr. Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Documented staffing plans for the BRAC Relocation to Fort Sam Houston (FSH), which resulted in approval by senior management, used as a model by other directorates and improved Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution.
• Developed a staffing model used for planning the relocation of IMCOM G6 personnel and hiring new Government civilians to replace people not moving.
• Selected by the CIO to prepare final briefing charts for all IT move and transformation briefings given outside the directorate resulting in improved Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution.
• Documented end - to-end procedures for hiring appropriated fund personnel that assisted the chief in initiating hiring actions for new personnel at Confidential .

Confidential, Alexandria, VA

Requirements Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Documented requirements and mentored other requirements analysts for the Confidential Action Tracking System enabling successful testing and implementation of current phase of project (Agile, Requisite - Pro, Clear Quest, and Clear Case) and improving IT Systems Deployment.
• Employed the following techniques, methodologies and tools: Agile, functional decomposition, process modeling, use-cases and UML.

Confidential, Washington, DC

Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Designed service - oriented architecture and conceptual data model for future Web based VA data sharing and recommended the accepted implementation approach resulting in successful retirement of legacy data exchanges.
• Defined data and business requirements for VA Registration Eligibility ( Confidential ) Program and the data sharing between VA lines of business for veteran registration and eligibility that included business rules, business meta-data definitions, data stewardship assignments, logical and physical data flows, ER diagrams, and data flow diagrams resulting in enterprise-wide IT Systems Deployment.
• Lead integrated project team (IPT) that delivered data sharing business requirements, defined scope of resulting projects, defined data model, and obtained approval of these projects from the VA Confidential Board. Additionally, this IPT was the only project team to survive the VA IT reorganization.
• Employed the following techniques, methodologies and tools: functional decomposition, process modeling, use-cases, data modeling, data flow diagrams, Erwin, Visio with UML templates and UML.

Confidential, Washington, DC

Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Identified test scenarios and documented test cases for LAN-based Case Activity Tracking System enabling testers to conduct system test of new releases.

Confidential, Washington, DC & Northern VA

Senior Requirements/System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Evaluated IT products and services, prepared analysis reports, briefed client, and made recommendations, which enabled client to do improved Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution for IT procurement.
• Managed and documented new enterprise - wide business, functional, data, and system requirements, and documented use cases for Web-based Java systems using Rational Rose, Requisite-Pro, Clear Case, Clear Quest, and RUP . Artifacts included business process models, data models & ER diagrams, and data flow diagrams, which enabled successful object-oriented designs and implementations of enterprise-wide IT Systems Deployment.
• Analyzed system and data requirements documented in Requisite-Pro for reengineered Web-based Java system, compared requirements with documentation of existing legacy system, developed test cases for validating data migrated from legacy systems which enabled discrepancies to be identified and better managed, and migrated data to be certified as correct.
• Managed project teams that 1) analyzed systems for enhancements, corrections, and problems, 2) developed impact analyses, documented business processes and requirements (functional, non-functional, and supplemental), 3) designed data models and documented data requirements (ER diagrams and data flow diagrams), 4) reengineered legacy systems for Web-based implementation, and 5) defined project scope, identified project deliverables, and recommended solutions utilizing Micro Soft Office products including Visio. Lead teams that designed, developed, tested, and implemented system changes based on these requirements. As a result, software changes were certified as accurate, test defects were better managed, enterprise-wide systems were successfully implemented, corrective action was instituted as prioritized, and IT Systems Deployments were successful.
• Developed standard procedures and processes for requirements management, developed configuration management and quality assurance procedures (PVCS Version Manager and Tracker), established procedures for IT maintenance activities, and stood-up RM, CM, and QA teams enabling attainment ofSEI-CMM Level 3 compliant rating.
• Assessed backlog of tasks orders and prepared initial Operations and Maintenance (O&M) task plans at beginning of contract, facilitated meetings between client and IT developers, wrote user procedures and system documentation, which enabled client to prioritize and fund task orders, and IT to successfully implement requested changes.