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Afrin Hossain

Frisco,TX

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Over 5 years of IT experience working as a Business Analyst and in various industries such as, Financial, Banking & Telecommunication. Hands on experience in various SDLC methodologies like Agile and Waterfall model. Experienced in Defining Change Request process, Migrating and establishing new platform, Business Process, Scope. Verifying, Validating and performing Structural, Functional, User Interface of Application Software. Worked on several SAAS applications site like customizing the feel & look of SharePoint/Confluence based Web site using FrontPage. Configured and maintained Document libraries, Form libraries in the SharePoint site. Experienced in interacting with developers, configuration management while handling production issues with development teams and business analysts. Expertise in Documentation Management and creative skills including preparing BRD, FRD, Test Requirements, Collaborated Diagram, User stories and Use cases and process flows, Sprint backlog, Road map. Experienced with Pega case Designs and process flows. Skilled in playing Admin Role for Jira and possess in-depth knowledge of all features in Rational tools, Jira, HP ALM configurations, customization, dashboard reporting and versioning. Experienced on writing complex SQL queries and PL/SQL procedures to extract data from various source tables to perform database queries. Skilled in Designing standard metric’s reports for tracking and reporting using macros in Excel. Possess extensive knowledge of Software Development, Requirement Gathering, and Gap Analysis Techniques and excellent Analytical skills coupled with Good Communication and Interpersonal skills. Interested in new technologies with high learn ability skills. Experience working with the Quality Assurance team in area of preparing test cases, defect tracking, Acceptance Testing (UAT) and documentation of test cases User Experience in managing Product Backlog and Sprint Backlog. Experience in conducting Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with Project sponsors and Development team. Skilled in writing, documenting or reviewing Test Plan, Requirement Document, Design Document, Technical Specification Design, Functional Requirement Specifications and Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM). Experienced in implementing QA methodologies that included developing and executing Test plans, Test cases and Test scripts based on business requirements and verified that the system performed as required. Automated manual processes as well as performs manual testing. Conducted data-driven testing of the database. Good experienced in Integration, Regression Testing and sanity testing of applications before being released. Conducted usability and user acceptance testing (UAT) on behalf of end users. Analyzed test results, identify and track defects, issues, risks and action items using Jira and ALM as a defect tracking tool throughout the entire Defect Life Cycle. Skilled Business Analyst with record of success breaking down and improving business systems. Collaborates well to test, implement, refine and enhance systems and meet current and expected business needs. Excellent research, reporting and communication strengths developed over 5-year career. Dynamic Business Analyst committed to optimizing systems performance for reduced operational costs and streamlined workflows. Performs timely software installations and tests alongside routine troubleshooting to facilitate system transitions and minimize downtime. Simplifies complex topics and processes to make technical interactions less intimidating for average users. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. Experienced Scrum Master with proven track record of successfully leading teams in developing high-quality software solutions on time and within budget. Skilled in multiple Agile methodologies, stakeholder management and sprint planning. Highly organized in managing complex projects with multiple deadlines.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Business System Analyst/Scrum Master

PNC Bank
06.2022 - Current
  • Collaborating with business partners from multiple disciplines to elicit, document, prepare and managing business requirements package for stakeholder sign-off and delivery to technical teams
  • Establishing meaningful traceability between related requirements
  • Acting as a liaison between the business and IT design and delivery teams
  • Documenting requirement artifacts utilizing industry standard diagram techniques to enhance the clarity of definition, including: process flows, context diagrams, use cases etc
  • Interfacing with Business Partners, Technical resources (i.e., Solution Engineers, Systems Analysts, Developers, Architecture, and Quality Assurance) to translate and simplify requirements, ensure requirements are met throughout entire SDLC framework, and verify that the implemented solution meets the requirements
  • Participating in the Requirement gathering for BRD, FRD and Gap analysis from Business team and development teams
  • Partnering with QA team and SMEs to ensure adequate test coverage
  • Interacting with various end user teams during beta testing to gather feedback on application usability
  • Working a Share point Admin for few share points sites as well as managing contents in share point
  • Working with Share point upgrade, performing UAT testing for any new share point implementation Working closely with Product owners and various business team to prepare roadmaps for upcoming fiscal year
  • Involved in creating Test Strategy for User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
  • Working on JIRA to create User stories, sprint backlog and also helping the Quality Assurance team in defect tracking
  • Assisting the Project Manager & Senior Business Analyst in communicating to project stakeholders on project progress and risks and collected feedback
  • Providing project support to the Project Manager & reviewed the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery
  • Working with stakeholders to conduct training sessions/demos, and to develop manuals /user guides
  • Managing user stories, Version control to facilitate agile methodology using Jira in creating, maintaining and linking documents like scope documents and requirement matrix
  • Following Agile methodology (SCRUM) with monthly sprints
  • Conducting and removing impediments Scrum of Scrums with other dependent teams to identify the cross-team dependencies
  • Gathering and using catalog for functional, non-functional, and technical requirements as per product team & stakeholder requests
  • Providing subject matter expertise within the business/technical domain to support scope and requirement decisions Determining the impact of modifications and enhancements to applications and assist with identifying integration points and the end-to-end solution design
  • Ensuring changes to the application are compliant with bank standards and policies
  • Working closely with production issues for vendor applications Working closely with the vendor to ensure changes meet bank requirements including assisting with acceptance testing where needed
  • Acting as Scrum Master for up to 2 cross functional teams of 19 members to deliver quality products
  • Conducting Sprint planning meeting, Daily Scrum, Sprint review& Retrospective meetings in every sprint and follow up with all the impediments come across the sprint
  • Leading an Integrated Weekly Scrum of Scrums with other Scrum Masters across various initiatives to provide a platform to discuss dependencies, issues and risks from a delivery perspective
  • Making sure user stories are fulfilling INVEST criteria and assisted the Product Owner in prioritizing the Product Backlog Items (PBIs), paired comparison and estimated story points using Fibonacci method
  • Successfully Migrated Teller Application & banking products to new application built on react.js increasing customer interactions rate by 15% faster than usual
  • Working on introducing new CRM tool on retail banking sector
  • Helping develop Product Vision, the Definition of Ready and Done for agile teams
  • Providing production support as the first level on rotating weekly basis
  • Maintaining and developed JIRA Confluence page for the Product Owner, Management and Development team to view and review all reporting as well as project related documentations and key information
  • Experience leveraging agile methodology and facilitating small to large-scale efforts across people processes and technology
  • Experience running large-scale and/or multiple initiatives across people, processes, and technology with complex financial services organizations
  • Adopt a standardized development lifecycle methodology for all projects including mobilization to scoping, requirements, use case documentation, design, business readiness, testing and implementation
  • Working with the team to continuously improve by identifying areas of opportunity that will maximize the value delivered and happiness of the team Experienced with creating various reports and data visualization using Microsoft power BI tool
  • Analyzed user stories and come up with proper test strategy and test case for manual testing and Automation testing
  • Responsible for Defect management by tracking defect reports in Jira and log defect
  • Involved in preparing Test Plan, Test case, and defined the testing approach, resources and timelines.

Business Analyst

UPS
11.2021 - 05.2022
  • Elicited requirements from subject matter experts and stakeholders and created BRD, SRS
  • Presented detailed requirements to stakeholders for acceptance prior to development Successfully developed use cases, business rules and flow charts, Successfully defined complete, understandable stories with the help of the subject matter experts Managed user stories, 3 weeks sprint, and releases in Rally Software to facilitate agile methodology Executed test cases and perform bug cycle by creating defect in Jira Worked with developers, Product owner, Scrum Master to understand the Application in order to assist with creating roadmaps, Sprint backlog, Business update report, Sprint status reports and test different scenarios for the QA team Facilitates resolution to business issues and ensures decisions align with customer and sponsor needs Works with the individual User SMEs on issues and implementation of resolutions
  • Participate in the development of requirements, user stories and user experience Manages the scope of requirements to align with customer needs and product objectives Assisted the team with UAT testing and Performed Business Demo
  • Worked with SQL database, running queries if needed for business purpose to assist business operation team Worked with other team members and conducted the weekly status meeting to make sure the all-team members are on the same page
  • Responsible for creating and executing test cases for System, Integration, Regression, Negative and Positive, End-to-End, User acceptance testing of the Application (UAT) Performed Regression testing after modifying the changes for each Build
  • Performed Manual Testing by using test case
  • Worked with the Business Systems Support Analyst in identifying and proposing application system changes, better uses, enhancements and developments and liaising with appropriate vendors, users and the IT Team
  • Managed QA team to accomplish various projects within the time line and deliver successful Deployment sign off Developed Test Matrices on a weekly basis for senior management Involved in Requirement and Gap Analysis Involved in validating the Business Rules for the different modules Documented software requirements, test cases and tests using Quality Center and reported defects to developers Ordinated weekly test plan/project status meetings and reviews with QA team

System Analyst

Banglalink
01.2018 - 07.2021
  • Participated in the Requirement gathering for BRD, FRD and Gap analysis from Business team and development teams
  • Assisted Senior BA with Software Requirement Specifications (SRS) document by analyzing and understanding the business requirement documents according to Business operation team’s need
  • Assist the Dev team and QA team by creating useful flowchart, collaborate diagram, use cases or work flow for more clarification
  • Assisted QA Team with different test scenarios from the requirement Worked on Agile Methodology (Stand-up Meetings, User stories, Update Time report)
  • Experienced as a SharePoint Admin and managed the access permissions for different teams, created common reports for visibility to higher management
  • Assisted Application support Team with Escalations, Clarifications with new features, business components, test cases, or conducting meeting in term of any severity one issues
  • Involved in Defect Reporting, validating bugs after production, Defect Tracking and in preparation of Defect Report using HP ALM
  • Experienced with using SQL queries
  • Experienced with creating change request for the Business team & creating road maps for the team for upcoming releases
  • Worked closely with the Delivery Project Manager to determine the clients needs and how to meet project goals
  • Conducted Back end verification and validation using SQL query statements and joins.

Education

Master’s in Business Administration -

BRAC University
01.2018

Bachelor in Electronics and telecommunications engineering -

Daffodil international University
01.2012

Skills

  • Windows, UNIX/Linux MAC IOS
  • Java, C/C, ASPNET, JavaScript, HTML, XML, VB
  • SQL, Oracle, TOAD
  • Business process modeling
  • Data Modeling
  • Use Case Development
  • Functional specifications
  • User Acceptance Testing
  • Gap analysis
  • Requirements Gathering
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Business Case Development
  • Enterprise Resource Planning
  • Agile expertise
  • Technology Implementation
  • Research and analysis
  • Report Writing
  • Solution Implementation
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Workflow Analysis
  • Data Mapping
  • Stakeholder Relations
  • Production Support
  • Program Planning
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Report Preparation
  • Requirements Definition
  • Technologically-savvy
  • Client Relations
  • Object-Oriented Programming
  • System Maintenance
  • Business intelligence tools
  • Data Migration
  • Software development life cycle
  • SQL Proficiency
  • Workflow Design

Certification

Certified Agile Scrum Master, Scrum Alliance, Active

City

Frisco

State

TX

Zip

75033

Street

1159 Frisco Ranch Road

Timeline

Business System Analyst/Scrum Master

PNC Bank
06.2022 - Current

Business Analyst

UPS
11.2021 - 05.2022

System Analyst

Banglalink
01.2018 - 07.2021

Master’s in Business Administration -

BRAC University

Bachelor in Electronics and telecommunications engineering -

Daffodil international University
Afrin Hossain