Software Development Business Analyst

ABDULLAH MARUF

Lakeland, Florida

Phone: +813-***-****

ad6ru9@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary

To best use my Analytical skills to lead a dynamic career to assist in the organization's success and the development of loyal customers.

Skills

Agile software development methodology, waterfall, XP, KanBan, Value Delivery, Business Collaboration, project planning, managing continuous workflow, preparing reports, Microsoft Office Suite, Data Compiling, Revenue development, User Acceptance Testing, Operations Analysis, Emerging Technology Tracking, Product Management, Operations Management, SWOT Analysis, PESTAL Analysis, Gap analysis, Tableau, Business Requirements, Oracle Business Intelligence, Software development life cycle (SDLC), SQL Proficiency, Data Mapping

Work History

Waffle House Inc

Norcross, Georgia, USA.

Business Analyst, June 2021 – Current

Actively participated in scrum meetings to share knowledge, exchange ideas, address challenges, and collaborate on potential solutions.

Responsible for creating stories into the JIRA grooming them within the scrum team and updating them if required

Responsible for communicating with the engineering team and the business to unblock the blockers and get daily updates.

Responsible for creating business requirement documents and flow-chart

Responsible for providing test data to the engineering team

Worked with lead engineers to create tasks, Spikes to get the clarity of issues, solutions

Exercised leadership capabilities by successfully motivating and inspiring others.

Performed gap analysis to identify areas of improvement, and presented them to the leadership

Updated and developed scripts and queries to extract and analyze data from multiple sources.

Deployed predictive analytics models to forecast future trends.

Generated business intelligence reports to inform strategic decision-making.

Collaborated closely with stakeholders to identify opportunities for process improvements and drive continuous innovation in the organization.

Analyzed data to identify root causes of problems and recommend corrective actions.

Created data models to support decision-making processes.

Supported software development projects by defining clear requirements and effectively communicating them to technical teams.

Performed gap analysis between existing systems or processes and desired state, identifying areas for improvement or enhancement.

Conducted interviews with key business users to collect information on business processes and user requirements.

Developed and implemented data governance policies and procedures.

Collaborated with stakeholders to identify business needs and data sources.

Make the most effective decision for the business.

Involved with testing i.e. system testing, Functional, API, Regression testing, i.e. data validation, user interface, etc. ensuring that delivered solutions meet the specific requirement.

Creating testing scenarios, test plans, and test scripts for UAT.

Toyota Motor

Plano, Texas, USA.

Business Analyst, Feb 2020 - May 2021.

Work with product to gather requirements and create epic for the release planning

Demonstrate sample wireframe to the group of internal users

Worked with Product owner building and enhancing dealership portal

Update and develop scripts and queries to extract and analyze data from multiple sources.

Collaborated closely with stakeholders to identify opportunities for process improvements and drive continuous innovation in the organization.

Streamline project management with effective communication and collaboration across cross-functional teams.

Meeting with stakeholders to get the required information.

Understanding the Epic, Conducting regular meetings, and writing user stories.

Implement ideas to deliverables i.e. user stories, workflow diagrams, data models, and functional specifications.

Regular brainstorming sessions, sharing ideas, and finalizing user stories.

Grooming user stories and creating and maintaining backlog according to priority.

Responsible for answering any QA/Dev questions related to the requirement.

Work with the scrum team; track the deadline of the tickets.

Responsible for validating application functionalities in the UAT environment before deploying it to the Production.

Stellantis Financial Services

Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA.

Business Analyst, March 2018- Jan 2020.

Working closely with product manager and product owner launching remarketing platform and many internal tools, APIs

Involved in conducting meetings with stakeholders and gathering requirements.

Analyzing and Researching business existing products, document studies, workshops, and interviews to create stories and transform them into technical requirements.

Demonstrated findings, recommendations, and project updates to higher management

Serve being a liaison between business stakeholders and the engineering team

Followed Agile methodology regularly conducted with the engineering team to design solutions that meet business needs.

Creating user stories, and updating user stories during brainstorming sessions before grooming.

Creating user stories and following 3C’s to make sure developers clearly understand what the business requires.

User interface design, layout and look, helping create a wireframe.

Responsible for different testing i.e. System testing, Functional testing, API testing, integrated and Regression testing, end-to-end testing,

Responsible to create UAT test results and production pre-validation and post validation.

Texas Capital Bank

Richardson, Texas

Business Analyst/UAT Sept 2016- Feb 2018.

Responsible for writing user stories, grooming and updating them

Worked with the team to successfully run the PI Planning and execute it.

Demonstrating the business needs and user story to the Developers for a better understanding of the requirements.

Worked with 3rd party vendors to find solutions for application integration.

Responsible for on boarding new clients and migrating the clients from legacy applications to new platforms.

Provided data to QA to validate ACH Batch, ACH Collection, ACH Pass-thru, Tax payment, External Transfer, and Funds Transfer.

Responsible for validating System testing, Functional testing, API testing, Regression Test results, and reviewing test scenarios.

Responsible for validating the application's user interface, data integrity, and end-to-end testing with multiple interfacing systems in the production.

Responsible for UAT project planning like creating a testing scenario, test plans, and test scripts

Lead the tasks of explaining UAT scope, criteria, and entry/exit strategy to less-trained professionals

Involved in analyzing Business requirements/Product Design documents, specifications and development of Test Scripts, Test Cases and executing & reviewing them.

Responsible for demonstrating new changes and ideas to the management and internal users.

Additional Skills

Expert in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), Relational database management system SQL, Agile software development methodology, People management, and Project management. JIRA

Education

Edinburgh Napier University, 2016.

Bachelor of Arts in Hospitality Management.

Passed, with Distinction.

Ayr College, 2012.

Higher National Diploma (HND) Hospitality Management.

International Student of The Year 2012.

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