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Click here or scroll down to respond to this candidateCandidate's Name ,Functional Analyst/Business Analyst/Data AnalystEMAIL AVAILABLE/PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEPROFESSIONAL SUMMARY18+ years of Information Technology experience in Requirements Gathering, Analyzing, designing, developing, integrating and upgrading and Managing business application systems, systems & database design and strong client/server development skills.Expertise in entire System Development Life Cycle(SDLC) and applied them in Web technologies, Client Server technologies and Enterprise Resource Planning TechnologiesExpertise in Scrum Frame Work and Supported Scrum Team in reaching the Sprint GoalGuided the team and organization in use of Agile/Scrum practicesExpertise in Requirement Gathering, Creating Detailed Functional Requirements(DFRs) and Use CasesExpertise with PeopleSoft Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Billing, Cash Management, Treasury, General Ledger - Order Management, Production Management, Quality Management, Inventory, Purchasing, Bills & Routings, and Cost ManagementExpertise in Agile/Scrum methodology, and the development of associated project artifacts (i.e., user stories, acceptance criteria)Knowledge of creating and maintaining Data Flow Diagrams and developing Use CasesExpertise in using SQL and relational databases (Oracle, DB2)Expertise in HP Quality Center ALM tool and DOORS toolStrong project management skills and ability to coordinate complex infrastructure initiatives.Expertise in training business users with User Productivity Kit(UPK)Expertise in documenting meeting minutes and conducting presentations/training sessionsStrong relationship and negotiation skills, customer service orientation, demonstrate effective communication and interaction with clients, peers, and vendors.Worked with reporting tools such as Crystal Reports and XML Publisher.Multitasking ability with excellent organization, analytical, planning and scheduling skillsStrong communication skills, Observation Skills, Analytical Skills, well organized, and able to work individually or in a group.TECHNICAL SKILLSERP Package: PeopleSoft (GL, AR, AP, Project Costing, PO, Inventory, Purchasing, eProcurement, Billing,Order Management, Asset Management, Cash Management, HR, Benefits, Payroll), SAP EIM, AWSReports: Crystal Reports, Query, nVision. OBIEE, SSRSQuery Languages: TOAD, PS Query, SQLDatabases: Oracle, DB2 UDB, SQL Server, Microsoft Access, GreenplumTools: PeopleTools, Integration Broker, Visual FoxPro, HP ALM, DOORS, Serena, Section 508 procedures, SCRUM, JIRA, Confluence, Rational ToolsLanguages: PeopleCode, Java 1.2, RMI, JDBC, Networking, EJB, J2EE, SQL, PL/SQL, C, C++, FoxPro, Pro*C, Shell ScriptClient Server: Visual Basic, Power BuilderOperating Systems: UNIX, Sun Solaris, Windows 2000/NT/95/98, MS DOSInternet Tools: HTML, DHTML, Applets, ServletsApplication Server: Tuxedo, Web LogicEducation:Masters in Computer Application, Osmania University, IndiaGraduation Date: 05/1995Bachelors in Science, Osmania University, IndiaGraduation Date: 05/1992VISA: US CITIZENCLEARANCE: Public Trust MBI Level 5, DHS/CBP Full BI, Census Bureau MBICERTIFICATION:CSM Certified Scrum MasterPSM I Professional Scrum MasterSA Safe AgilistPROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCECensus Bureau at Suitland, MDFunctional Analyst 06/2019 Current DateElicited and understood the clients business needs and mission, defined requirements, written user stories, and managed a product backlog and developed prototypes for the proposed solutionStudied existing business processes, programs, and/or legacy systems in their native environments and performed a comprehensive analysis of existing problems and understand the areas for improvementAnalyzed and designed the proposed solutions while facilitating the development of multiple solution options to address business needsCollaborated with developers and test engineers to ensure teams understand the customers functional and technical requirementsIdentified and understood customer expectations as part of the requirements gathering process and act as the primary point of contact for all communication needs during the requirements gathering phase with the customerExpertise in Business analysis, Quality assurance, and Workflow tools and/or practicesFacilitated reconciliation of differences voiced by the customer with those in the system proposal, reducing scope creep or impacts to the delivered systems qualityExpertise in PeopleSoft HCM, Payroll, Benefits and Recruiting modulesExpertise in identifying communication requirements, process flows, and procedures. Identify metrics and reporting requirements.Created a test approach document, Test plan, Test cases in ALM (Application Lifecycle ManagementInterfaced with end-users a lot to gather the requirements, clarified their functional and technical queries.Validated the process designs, developed the business requirements and used both functional and use cases while developing interfaces and doing the data conversion.Environment: - PeopleSoft HRMS 9.0, Financials, PC, AM, GL, People tools 8.5, Recruitment, Benefits, NA Payroll, Time and Labor, PEGA, ALM, STAT, Service Now, TOAD, SQL, Oracle, AWS.FairFax County, VA12000 Government Center Pkwy,Fairfax, VA 22035.Functional Analyst/Project Manager 11/2018 to 05/2019Strong project management skills and ability to coordinate complex infrastructure initiatives.Identify communication requirements, process flows, and procedures. Identify metrics and reporting requirements.Strong relationship and negotiation skills, customer service orientation, demonstrate effective communication and interaction with clients, peers, and vendors.Documented all the processes in accordance with the Information technology standardsInterfaced with end-users a lot to gather the requirements, clarified their functional and technical queries.Expertise in Business analysis, Quality assurance, and Workflow tools and/or practices.Worked on the explosion of BOM into various levels in Billing module.Validated the process designs, developed the business requirements, and used both functional and use cases while developing interfaces and doing the data conversion.Conducted the User Acceptance testing and has given guidance to the usersEnvironment: - SAP EIM, PEGA, ALM, Oracle 9i, CMS, PeopleSoft Financials 8.4 AP, AR, GL, Billing, Service Now, AWS, SQL.Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Columbia, MDGRSI, Windsor millFunctional Analyst 04/2018 to 09/2018Working with CMS to get requirements in Requirement elicitation meetings and Designing Functional Requirement documentsActed as a servant leader and aided with the resolution of blocking challengesAssisted with internal and external communications, improving transparencyMentored team members in Agile values, principles, and practicesSupported the Product Owner by assisting with product backlog maintenance as neededUtilized tools JIRA and Confluence, to facilitate Agile ceremonies, including: sprint iteration planning, backlog grooming, daily stand ups, sprint retrospectives, and status reportingUtilized data from retrospectives and other agile metrics to coach and to recommend continuous improvementsProvided support with risk management, release management, facilitate release planning activities,Adopted a positive attitude about Agile processes, ensured tasks are flowing from one phase to the next, facilitate the basics of the process (i.e. transparency, project information is current, impediments are being eliminated)Conducted Scrum team training, retrospective workshops, Lean software development workshops for infrastructure teams.Expertise in documenting business workflows, procedures, SDD, VRR, roles and responsibilitiesExpertise in playing important role in the entire Systems Development Life Cycle(SDLC)Expertise in designing Functional Specification document and getting it approved from Stake holder/user communityWorked on HIPAA transactions EDI 837, 834, 270/271, 276/27 and ICDWorking with Development team in getting their questions cleared and making them understand the functionalityWorking with QA team in getting the testing scripts done and following the testing cycle and ensured all user acceptance tests are conducted and documented according to standards.Excellent working knowledge of SQLs and query tools like TOAD, PS QueryFollowed Section 508 documentation and testing proceduresInvolved in Daily Scrum meetings besides participation in Sprint estimation, Sprint planning meetings to identify product backlog items to be worked in a sprint and to estimate level of effort of development activities.Drawing Process Diagrams (To be Vision) that helps other team members to understand system easily.Environment: PeopleSoft Financials, PC, AM, AR, PC, GL, MicroStrategy, Tibco, Java, Service Now, Security, HP Quality Center, Serena, SQL, MS Office, Java, PROGRESS 4GL, PEGA, SCRUM, SharePoint, Deltek cost point, Rational Jazz (RRC, RTC, RQM)Customs Border and Protection(CBP), DHS.Falls Church, VAFunctional Analyst 08/2016 to 03/2018Lead the developed Project plans and monitored the program workstreams to track progress against milestonesCoordinated working sessions and provided on-going communications and program updates from kick-off to completion to stakeholders and core team membersMentored team members in Agile values, principles, and practicesSupported the Product Owner by assisting with product backlog maintenance as neededUtilized tools JIRA and Confluence, to facilitate Agile ceremonies, including: sprint iteration planning, backlog grooming, daily stand ups, sprint retrospectives, and status reportingProvided support with risk management, release management, facilitate release planning activities,Adopted a positive attitude about Agile processes, ensured tasks are flowing from one phase to the next, facilitate the basics of the process (i.e. transparency, project information is current, impediments are being eliminated)Conducted Scrum team training, retrospective workshops, Lean software development workshops for infrastructure teams.Exhibited full knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle methodologies with both Agile and Waterfall modelsMentoring and Managing the Development and QA teams and assisted the Management with the Project Management FrameworkUsed ALM HP quality center for Requirement Management and track the defectsEnvironment: Java, SAP PI, SAP, Peoplesoft PC, GL, AR, AP, Informatica, Security, HP Quality Center(ALM), PEGA, SQL, MS Office, Confluence, Service Now, JIRA, DB2, JCL, COBOL, JIRA, Confluence, DB2, CIC, JCL, SCRUM, Serena, Rational Jazz (RRC, RTC, RQM), SharePointNorthrop Grumman for Social Security Administration.Woodlawn, MDComputer System Analyst III 02/2016 to 06/2016Working for ODS at SSA and involved with requirement gathering and creating DFR(Detailed Functional Requirement)Facilitated Sprint estimation, Sprint planning meetings to identify product backlog items to be worked in a sprint and to estimate level of effort of development activities.Designed Use Case for ALJ Home Page (Administrative Law Judge), Work Load Summary and Batch Job Scheduling for case count and status countExpertise in documenting business workflows, procedures, roles and responsibilitiesWorking with Development team in getting their questions cleared and making them understand the functionalityInvolved in Daily Scrum meetings and updated the status of the project on daily basis to all the stake holders and team membersUpdated Product Backlog Items to include new or revised requirements and backlog itemWorking with QA team in getting the testing scripts done and following the testing cycleExcellent working knowledge of SQLs and query tools like TOADExcellent Project Management skills in maintaining the team and at the same time meeting the timeframes.Environment: Java, HP Quality Center, PEGA, SQL, MS Office, ServiceNow, SCRUM, SharepointGDIT Inc.Center for Medicate and Medic Aid(CMS) Columbia, MDSr. Principal Functional Analyst/Project Manager/Scrum Master 09/2012 to 02/2016Working with CMS/PMBR to get requirements and doing RTM(Requirement Trace Matrix)Active participation in Requirement elicitation meetings and took a active role in clarifying all report requirementsDeveloped Project plans and monitored the program workstreams to track progress against milestonesDeveloped and implemented standards to ensure quality of governance artifactsMaintained documentation in appropriate SharePoint sitesExpertise in documenting business workflows, procedures, roles and responsibilitiesExpertise in playing important role in the entire Systems Development Life Cycle(SDLC)Working with QA team in getting the testing scripts done and following the testing cycleExcellent working knowledge of SQLs and query tools like TOAD, PS QueryFollowed Section 508 documentation and testing proceduresInvolved in Daily Scrum meetings besides participation in Sprint estimation, Sprint planning meetings to identify product backlog items to be worked in a sprint and to estimate level of effort of development activities.Supported the Product Owner by assisting with product backlog maintenance as neededUtilized tools JIRA and Confluence, to facilitate Agile ceremonies, including: sprint iteration planning, backlog grooming, daily stand ups, sprint retrospectives, and status reportingUtilized data from retrospectives and other agile metrics to coach and to recommend continuous improvementsDrawing Process Diagrams (To be Vision) that helps other team members to understand system easily.Environment: OBIEE, Informatica, Cognos, Microstrategy, Security, HP Quality Center, Serena, SQL, MS Office, Java, PEGA, SCRUM, SharePoint, Deltek cost point, Rational Jazz (RRC, RTC, RQM)Worked through the company Actuate Technologies LLC from January 2006 to September 2012 at the following client sites:FINRA, Rockville, MDLead Business Analyst/Project Manager 07/2011 to 03/2012FINRA is the largest independent regulator for all securities firms doing business in the United States which oversees nearly 4,420 brokerage firms, with 162,575 branch offices and 629,280 registered securities representatives. FINRA's chief role is to protect investors by maintaining the fairness of the U.S. capital markets.Working with Business People and Functional resources in getting the change request documentation.Interfaced with end-users a lot to gather the requirements, clarified their functional and technical queries.Involved in the testing process on TRIAGE product with reference to Investor Complaints, Arbitrations, Internal Tips and Employee TipsTranslated complex business requirements into detailed technical specificationsExpertise in working on entire SDLC(System Development Life Cycle)Expertise in documenting business workflows, procedures, roles and responsibilitiesCARLYLE, Washington DCFunctional / Lead QA Consultant//Project Manager 02/2011 to 06/2011The Carlyle Group is an American-based global asset management firm, specializing in private equity, based in Washington, D.C. The Carlyle Group operates in four business areas: corporate private equity, real assets, market strategies and fund-of-funds, through its AlpInvest subsidiary.This is a new PeopleSoft implementation with focus on AM, AP, AR, Billing, GL and CASH management modules.Working with Business People and Functional resources in getting the test analysis document.Designed the test plans and designed the Version ones testing strategy.Interfaced with end-users a lot to gather the requirements, clarified their functional and technical queries.Tested the applicability of Value added Tax (VAT) on the Europe implementation.Expertise in generating test scripts and validating the data and also Interface testing.Expertise in documenting business workflows, procedures, roles and responsibilitiesExcellent working knowledge of SQLs and query tools like TOAD, PS QueryEnvironment: PeopleSoft Financials 9.1, eProcurement, Accounts Payable, Project costing, Asset Management, General Ledger, eSettlements, Accounts Receivables, Billing, HP quality center 9.2, Version one, SQL, Microstrategy, SharePoint.Neighbor Works America, Washington DCFunctional Lead Consultant/ Data Analyst//Project Manager 09/2010 to 02/2011NeighborWorks America is a nonprofit organization that supports community development in the United States. The organization provides grants and technical assistance to 235 U.S. community development organizations. NeighborWorks America provides training for housing and community development professionals through its national training institutes. This is a conversion project from MainFrame systems to Peoplesoft financials with AP, AR, PC and GL modules.Working with Business People and getting their requirements and customizationsPerformed business requirement analysis and development to facilitate re-engineering effortsInterfaced with end-users a lot to gather the requirements, clarified their functional and technical queries.Expertise in documenting business workflows, procedures, roles and responsibilitiesExcellent working knowledge of SQLs and query tools like TOAD, PS QueryDrawing Process Diagrams (To be Vision) that helps other team members to understand system easily.Extensively worked on Purchase to Pay process in eProcurementEstablished a GL business unit and ledger, GL calendar, journal sources, and accounting entry templates to transfer journals from Asset Management to GLEnvironment: Microsoft Windows NT, Oracle 9i, PeopleSoft Financials 9.1, eProcurement, Accounts Payable, Project costing, Asset Management, General Ledger, UPK, HP quality center 9.2, SQL.Ullico, Silver Spring, MDSr. Business Analyst/Testing Lead//Project Manager 04/2009 to 08/16/2010Ullico Inc. consists of The Union Labor Life Insurance Company (Union Labor Life), Ullico Casualty Company, Ullico Casualty Group Inc., Ullico Investment Advisers Inc. and Ullico Investment Company Inc. These companies fall into three divisions: Life and Health (Union Labor Life), Property and Casualty (Ullico Casualty Company and Ullico Casualty Group) and Investment Services (Ullico Investment Advisers Inc. and Ullico Investment Company Inc.) Ullico Inc.'s mission is to provide financial security to union members and their families. The company provides specialty insurance and investment products to labor organizations, union employers, municipalities and institutional investors, as well as union members and retirees. Worked more on functional side with focus on testing and leading core team meetings.Worked with the Business Intelligence Development Studio to define, edit, and publish report models that are used in Report Builder.Extensively used the SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services) to generate the Reports for different levels of users and based on the application usage.Environment: - Microsoft Windows NT, Oracle 9i, Billing, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, HP quality center 9.2, SQL, DB2, SSRS, BI, Excel and MS Access.WorkStrategy, Columbia, MDPeopleSoft Consultant 08/2008 to 03/2009WorkStrategy provides web-based PeopleSoft HCM functional overviews and implementation training to its customers and partners. WorkStrategy has an upgradeable solution, built with PS technology, that creates a comprehensive spreadsheet view for customers and the product is eComp+.Working with Business People and getting their requirements and customizations, Drawing Process Diagrams (To be Vision) that helps other team members to understand system easily\Extensively involved with the testing and maintain the status in the HP quality center.Worked on rollout for Manager Self Service with emphasis on PeopleSoft eComp+Generated reports using XML Publisher.Environment: - Microsoft Windows NT, Oracle 9i, People Tools 8.45, PeopleSoft HCM 8.8, MSS, eComp+, Active Directory, Requisite Pro, SQL, Oracle, Excel and MS Access.MuniMae, Baltimore, MDFunctional Lead Consultant//Project Manager 06/2007 to 09/2007MuniMae is a diverse real estate finance company specializing in tax exempt bonds for the multi-family housing segment and this is a new PeopleSoft implementation and my role was to fix the issues in General Ledger.Defined the documentation for the Accounts Receivable business processHelp defined the Item Catalogs and catalog requirements.Working with Business People and getting their requirements and customizations,Worked on the Ledger processing and sending the journals through journal generator.Extensively worked on the journal editing and posting in GLWorked on reconfiguring the chart fields and edit combo rulesEnvironment: - Microsoft Windows NT, Oracle 9i, PeopleSoft Financials 9.0, Billing, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Cash Management and Treasury Management .IBMBlue Cross Blue Shield, ILFunctional Lead Consultant//Project Manager 06/2006 to 02/2007Defined the documentation process for the POs and Contracts execution for the end users.Help defined the Item Catalogs and catalog requirements.Helped the User to associate the Suppliers with the Catalog Items.Involved with training the end-users on creating requisitions, Creating POs and submitting Contracts.category only to prevent from purchasing goods that is already in stock.Environment: - Microsoft Windows NT, Oracle 9i, People Tools 8.45, PeopleSoft Financials 9.0, Billing, Contracts, AP, Purchasing, eProcurement and Inventory.Washington Area Transport Authority (WMATA), Washington, DCFunctional Lead Consultant//Project Manager 01/2006 05/2006Defined the documentation process for the POs and Contracts execution for the end users.Help defined the Item Catalogs and catalog requirements.Performing customization in eProcurement to transparently include inventory items in search category only to prevent from purchasing goods that is already in stock.Environment: - Microsoft Windows NT, Oracle 9i, People Tools 8.45, PeopleSoft Financials 8.8, PeopleSoft 8.9, AP, Purchasing, eProcurement, General Ledger and Supply Chain Management.Worked through Computech Corporation Inc from June 2004 to December 2005 at the following client sites:LEGG MASON, Owings Mills, MDFunctional Consultant08/2005 12/2005Defined the new Business unit 00600 for Legg Mason to accommodate the newly merged Citi Group transactions.Designed the Functional documentation for the eProcurement and joining the Staples to Legg Mason ePro for Punchouts.Enabled and worked on Commitment Controls in GL and eProcurement.Working with Business People and getting their requirements and customizations, Drawing Process Diagrams (To be Vision) that helps other team members to understand system easily.Performing customization in eProcurement to transparently include inventory items in search category only to prevent from purchasing goods that is already in stock.Environment: - Microsoft Windows NT, Oracle 9i, People Tools 8.4, PeopleSoft Financials 8.8, Purchasing, eProcurement, sProcurement, Accounts Payables and Supply Chain Management.Fair Child Semi Conductor, South Portland, MEFunctional Lead Consultant10/2004 07/2005Involved in the Fit and Gap analysis/impact of the existing customizations to that of the functionality of the new release.Involved with the documentation of the compare reports and making an assessment of the production database.Conducted the User Acceptance testing and has given guidance to the usersInvolved in Facilitating meetings, process mapping, and knowledge transferEnvironment: - Microsoft Windows NT, Oracle 9i, People Tools 8.4, PeopleSoft Financials 8.8, Cost Management, Manufacturing, Purchasing and Inventory.State Offices, Albany, NYBusiness Analyst03/2004 to 08/2004Working with Business People and getting their requirements and customizations, Drawing Process Diagrams (To be Vision) that helps other team members to understand system easily.Provided application knowledge sharingEnvironment: - HP-UX, Windows 2000 Professional, Oracle 9i, People Tools 7.5 to 8.4, PeopleSoft Financials 8.4 AP, AR, GL, and Billing, Integration Broker, STAT, PeopleCode, SQL, SQR.Marriott International Hotels, MDFunctional Consultant11/2003 03/2004Strong project management skills and ability to coordinate complex infrastructure initiatives.Identify communication requirements, process flows, and procedures. Identify metrics and reporting requirements.Documented all the processes in accordance with the Information technology standardsInterfaced with end-users a lot to gather the requirements, clarified their functional and technical queries.Worked on the explosion of BOM into various levels in Billing module.Validated the process designs, developed the business requirements and used both functional and use cases while developing interfaces and doing the data conversion.Conducted the User Acceptance testing and has given guidance to the usersEnvironment: - HP-UX, Windows 2000 Professional, Oracle 9i, People Tools 7.5 to 8.4, PeopleSoft Financials 8.4 AP, AR, GL, Billing SQL, SQR.Giant Eagle, PAFunctional Consultant04/2003 to 10/2003Fit gap analysis for various processes and helped users in finalizing various processes.Worked on all the Books including STATES, BUDGET and TAX.Transferred accounts payable voucher information into Asset Management using the Payables/Purchasing Interface.Strong project management skills and ability to coordinate complex infrastructure initiatives.Defined and Implemented Migration paths in STATDefined and Implemented user and role based security in STATEnvironment: - HP-UX, Windows 2000 Professional, Oracle 9i, People Tools 7.5 to 8.4, PeopleSoft Financials 8.4 AP, AR, GL, PC, PO, People soft SCM 8.4 OM, Billing, Project Costing.Novatek,PeopleSoft Consultant (7.01/8.1/8.16)05/2000 04/2002Provided People Soft Technical/Functional consultation on Fit Analysis of Financials GL, AP, AR, eProcurement, Purchasing, billing, Inventory.Involved in creating and modification of pages and components.Setting up of all eProcurement pages, including an easy-to-use guide to direct step-by-step through the setup process.Used archiving in PeopleSoft Payables, to archive vouchers, payments, and vendors to remove them from the production transaction tables to history tables for maintenance purposes.Environment: PeopleSoft Financials 8.1, PC, GL, AM, People tools 8.13/8.16, People Code, SQR, Crystal reports, nVision, Process Scheduler, Workflow Administrator, Web logic, Windows NT, UNIX and Oracle 8.0/8iIT Solutions, Bangalore04/1997 03/1999As a member of the team involved in remediating the customized SQRs from 6.0 to 7.5v, and modified them to run in PeopleSoft (HRMS) 7.5v environment.Environment: PeopleSoft 6.0/7.5v Oracle 7.3, HP UNIX 11.0, Windows NT, Win Frame/Meta Frame andSai Omni Systems, HyderabadOpen systems01/1996 03/1997Code development of advanced functions, i.e., State Estimator, Online Powerflow.Environment: C, C++, FoxPro, UNIX IPC, UNIX Internals, HP-UNIX, Berkley sockets Pro* C, Shell Script |
