Amy Oghenekaro
Summary
Seasoned Business Analyst offering 5 years of industry success. Expert on business and systems requirements, user acceptance testing and end-user training. Accomplished at leveraging past lessons to inform future decision-making.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Business Analyst
Cognosante
05.2018 - Current
- Support team using servant leadership style and leading by example
- Work with diverse stakeholders to elicit goals and requirements and translate them into high-quality deliverables including analysis of alternatives, use cases, user journeys, business context diagrams, and process flows
- Prioritize development backlog, planning releases, planning sprints, and driving requirements/user stories
- Solely responsible for eliciting requirements using interviews, documents analysis, requirements workshops and Joint Application Development (JAD) Sessions, business process descriptions, and workflow analysis
- Monitor projects through the SDLC process using the Agile/SCRUM methodology
- Work independently with users to define concepts and clarify Functional and Non- functional requirements daily
- Work with the development team to drive team velocity
- Facilitate Joint Application Development (JAD), and Requirements Gathering sessions with Stakeholders, SME's and System Owners in order to capture business rules, processes, and system requirements for various projects
- Create a workflow diagram using Microsoft Visio to clearly demonstrate the processes and timelines
- Assist with internal and external communication resulting in improved transparency
- Apply agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins
- Facilitate Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives
- Traces the functional requirements through the stages of the SDLC to ensure that the requirements were fully implemented
- Demonstrate the ability to build trust and cohesion with the development team(s)
- Assist in developing test plans, and test cases and performed User acceptance testing (UAT)
- Demonstrate the ability to build trust and cohesion with the development team
- Identify training needs and develop training plans
- Facilitate daily standup scrum meetings to debrief progress, troubleshoot snags, remove impediments, and establish goals for the following day.
Security Operation Analyst
Serco
06.2017 - 01.2018
- Conducted IT assessments
- Documented results and presented findings to technical and non-technical staff
- Analyzed vulnerability scans
- Monitored compliance with organization's information security policies and procedures
- Planned security standards/compliance assessment projects based on a standardized offer and adapted to specific needs of our customers
- Created security awareness program to communicate new policies and procedures
- Educated employees on cyber security best practice
- Reviewed security incident event management report and provided training
- Researched Cybersecurity best practices.
Education
Master of Science in Cyber Security -
Marymount University
Arlington, VA05.2020
Bachelor of Science in Accounting -
Lee University
Cleveland, TN12.2011
Skills
- Security Tools: Proof point, Archer
- Operating Systems: Linux, Microsoft Windows
- Atlassian (JIRA, Confluence)
- Google Suite
- Drawio
- Snagit
- Lucid chart
- Agile Methodologies
- Documentation
- Data modelling
- Data Analysis
- Stakeholder management
- Process Improvement
- Change Management
- Requirement gathering and Documentation
- Decision Making
- Time Management
- Stakeholder and Client management
- Problem Solver
- Risk Analysis & Decision Making
- Critical Analytical Thinking
- Relationship Building & Team Leadership
- Quality Assurance
- Data Mining
- Campaign Performance Tracking
- Operational Reporting
- Gap Analysis
- Customer Needs Assessment
Timeline
Business Analyst
Cognosante
05.2018 - Current
Security Operation Analyst
Serco
06.2017 - 01.2018
Master of Science in Cyber Security -
Marymount University
Bachelor of Science in Accounting -
Lee University