PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Sr. Consultant with over 12 years of diverse IT experience with emphasis of Product Owner, Business Analyst, Data Analyst, System Analyst and Application Developer.
• Diverse Domain experience includes Insurance, Banking, and Telecom with over 6 years of recent experience in Property & Casualty (P&C) Insurance of Personal and Commercial Lines.
• Experience with Tableau and SQL Queries for various data analysis and assist business in taking informed business decisions.
• Extensive experience in Scrum, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Kanban, Backlog Management, Stakeholder Management and Development Team Management.
• Rich Experience in all phases of SDLC throughout the project life cycle in Agile and Waterfall Methodology.
• Facilitate Sprint Planning, Daily Standup, Grooming, Sprint Review and Retrospective Meetings.
• Rich Experience in analyzing and Creating Use Case Diagrams, Activity diagrams, Data Flow Diagrams, Business Flow Diagrams, Sequence diagrams, Process Flow using UML modeling tools such as MS Visio.
• Rich Experience in defining Data Contract for exchange of information between different system / organization.
• Extensive experience in conducting Data Analyses, Data Mapping, Data Profiling, Gap Analysis.
• Elicits business requirement and process information by leading JAD sessions, Facilitated Workshops, conducting interviews, and using other techniques.
• Experience in requirement gathering, translating business requirements into technical specifications, creating use cases artifacts.
• Experience in creating wireframes, flow diagrams, security matrix, data dictionary, data migration approach, gap analysis artifacts.
• Experience in writing SQL Queries.
• Good knowledge of analyzing / testing Web Services /XML / JSON / SOAP and REST full services using Soap UI tool.
• Exposure to Client/Server, Web Application developmental tools and Software development and design.
• Strong experience in conducting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and documentation of Test Cases.
• Experience with Personal and Commercial Lines in Property Casualty (P&C) Insurance, Policy Administration System, Underwriting, Rating Engine, Policy Forms, Account Clearing, Prospecting, Printing.
• Experience in onsite/offshore co - ordination and leading major modules.
• Organized Team Outing Confidential Project Level having 50+ people.
• Excellent Analytical, methodical, and resourceful approach to problem solving, identifying and documenting root causes and corrective actions to meet short- and long-term business and system requirements.

SKILLS:

• Product Designer
• Business Analysis
• Data Analysis / Exploration
• Policy Administration System (PAS)
• Property & Casualty (P&C) Insurance
• System, Integration & UAT testing

TECHNOLOGY:

Operating Systems: Windows XP/2000/ 7/10, Mainframe

RDBMS: SQL Server 2017, DB2, Oracle, VSAM

Project Manage - ment & QA Tools: CA Agile Central / Rally, VSTS, TFS, Remedy, QC, MS Project, MS-Office

EMPLOYEMENT HISTORY:

Confidential, North Carolina

Product Owner / Sr. Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Elicit requirements primarily using below techniques:
• Document Analysis
• Application Analysis
• Interviews
• Facilitated Workshops
• JAD
• Prototypes
• Conduct GAP analysis and prepare workflow for AS IS and TO BE scenario for various modules of PAS, documentation of business flow
• Documentation of business rules details as required by team to implement in ODM Rule Manager.
• Perform operational GAP analysis to find automation opportunities to increase efficiency.
• Provide business solution and work with Architect to review its feasibility and create technical solution.
• Create and Manage Product Backlog including Prioritizing of Backlog Item.
• Facilitate Agile Ceremonies Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning, Retrospective Meetings.
• Performed reviews of the deliverable based on acceptance criteria and Accept User Stories after successful demo by team.
• Create XML Data Contracts using ACORD Data Standards for exchange of information with various Insurance Carriers (approx. 10 carriers).
• Gather Enhancement Requirements from internal and external Business Users / Partners.
• Perform Data Analysis using Tableau after extracting data using SQL Queries and assist business in taking informed decisions.
• Impact Analyses for enhancement requests and Production Bugs.
• Provide Solution to enhancement requests and review it with Architect to verify its feasibility.
• Defining the road map and prioritizing the backlog of work to meet the vision in a timely manner to meet market and customer demands.
• Collaborate with Scrum team (developers, QA, Scrum master) and business products managers to provide solutions that are aligned with business needs.
• Create Epic / Feature / User Stories for requests / bugs.
• Work with various Business Stakeholders to understand the urgency / priority of requests & bugs.
• Analyze existing systems and understand new needs of the business/audience.
• Facilitate Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning, Daily Standup and Retrospective meetings.
• Manage project communication including project meetings, status updates, metric reporting
• Closely work with Confidential & Confidential and Confidential & Confidential Development team for any query.

Confidential, Minnesota

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Participating in requirements analysis, elicitation, documentation and change management using Rally and MS SharePoint.
• Perform GAP analysis to compare the existing system with the proposed system and documented new requirements and features.
• Writing Epic, Features, User Stories throughout the Agile Lifecycle.
• Creating Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, managing User stories and leading daily stand-up meetings.
• Impact Analysis for change in Database Structure for Account Clearing Process.
• Participating in Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum Stand Up, and Sprint Retrospective meetings.
• Participating in the development and grooming of Project Backlog Stories (Requirements) with business and technology partners.

Confidential

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Data Definition in Personal Lines for AUTO, Workers Compensation, Boat, Yacht, Professional Liability in accordance with ACORD Standards for existing data and new data fields.
• Identify client needs and develop customized solutions for data contracts; this involves understanding the primary objectives of the application.
• Updated TravAcord XMLs (Customized ACORD XML).
• XML Data Mapping with ACORD Forms.
• Acceptance testing for the Data Mapping using SOAP UI.

Confidential

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Elicited Requirements, designed, and developed required systems.
• Excellent analytical skills coupled with excellent oral, written, and presentation skills.
• Follow up with the end user for the feedback and create the change request if required.
• Create Test Cases and Test Scenarios and perform User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Create the Implementation Plan and carrying out all steps included in it.

Confidential

Business System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing the requirements requested by the client side and translating them into Technical solutions.
• Work with development team for developing the components required to achieve the requirement.
• Create Unit and System Test Cases for all the components.
• Create the Implementation Plan and carrying out all steps included in it by working with Project Manager.
• Business Coordination Confidential all the above steps to ensure product compliance with new, ongoing changes in functional requirements
• Highlighting project challenges as well project risks to the Project Manager on time.

Confidential

Software Developer

Responsibilities:

• Application Design, Development, Implementation and upgrade of the system.
• Business Coordination to ensure product compliance with new, ongoing changes in functional requirements.
• Unit Testing, System Testing and Defects tracking.
• Reviewing test plans and test specifications.

Technologies: Cool:Gen, JCL, COBOL, Easytrieve, CICS, DB2 0

Confidential

Software Developer

Responsibilities:

• Application Design, Development, Implementation.
• Business Coordination to ensure product compliance with new changes in functional requirements.
• Unit Testing, System Testing.
• Reviewing test plans and test specifications.

Confidential

Senior Software Engineer

Technologies: Cool:Gen, JCL, COBOL, Easytrieve, CICS, DB2

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for supporting up running application and resolve issues in stipulated period of time .
• Pursuing solution that seeks to disrupt service and immediately identify plans to prevent such problems from reoccurring.
• POC for Customer queries and helped them in understanding business.

Confidential

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Pursuing solution that seeks to disrupt service and immediately identify plans to prevent such problems from reoccurring.
• POC for Customer queries and helped them in understanding business.

Confidential

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for supporting up billing application and resolve issues in stipulated period of time .
• Pursuing solution that seeks to disrupt service and immediately identify plans to prevent such problems from reoccurring.
• POC for Customer queries and helped them in understanding business.

Confidential

Associate Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Application Design, Development, Implementation.
• Business Coordination to ensure product compliance with new changes in functional requirements.
• Unit Testing, System Testing.
• Reviewing test plans and test specifications