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RAHUL RUDRA

Summary

· Around 6 years of experience as Business/Data analyst in Finance, Telecom, and Software industries.

· Thorough experience in iterative life cycle methodologies such as Agile as well as traditional waterfall.

· Extensive expertise in SDLC Software development life cycle , STLC Software testing life cycle , RUP Rational Unified Process and UML Unified Modeling Language .

· Adept with requirements engineering describing them in Hierarchical Task Analysis, Task Descriptions, Data Flow models Data Diagrams Class Diagrams .

· Efficient with scripting Business Requirement Documents BRDs , Functional Specifications Documents FSDs .

· Knowledge of Capital markets, securities valuation, derivatives Options , futures, Swaps.

· Proficient in creating Use Case diagrams, Class diagrams and Behavior Diagrams Sequence diagrams, Collaboration Diagrams and Activity diagrams , with expertise in Object Oriented Analysis Design OOAD methodology.

· Good knowledge of Business Process Modeling and Business Re-Engineering

· Created Dataflow analysis using use cases, dataflow diagrams, state diagrams, activity diagrams, class diagrams and collaboration diagrams.

· Extensive knowledge of financial statements, Derivatives, Capital Management, Portfolio Analysis, Amortization and Budgeting.

· Facilitating Joint Application Development JAD Sessions for requirements gathering and business area analysis to identify business needs and technological improvements.

· Understanding and Defining Business Process, Defining Project Scope, and Gathering and Understanding of User Requirements through extensive interactions with users, developers, and other stakeholders.

· Expertise in all Rational tools including Rational Rose, Rational Clear Quest, Rational RequisitePro, Rational Clear Case.

· Documented Business Requirement, Use Case Specification, Functional and Non-functional Specification, System Requirement Specification, UML diagrams Use Case, Class and Sequence , Traceability Matrix, Project Estimate, Change-Version Control, Training and User Manuals, Master Test Plan Review Integration, System and Acceptance .

· Extensive experience in Project Management Planning, Resource Allocation, Task Allocation and Monitoring of Tasks using MS Project.

· Expert in GAP Analysis and transformation planning from current AS-IS situations to target TO-BE situations.

· Expertise in tracking changing requirements using requirements management tools like Rational RequisitePro.

· Expertise in using version management tool like Clear-case and change management tool clear-quest

· Expert level skills in MS Office products MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Frontpage, MS Excel. Also proficient with MS Project.

· Strong inter-personal and Presentation Skills to communicate effectively with developers, project managers, subject-matter experts SME , stakeholders, system implementers, and application end users.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Business Analyst

Centene Corporation
St. Louis
08.2023 - Current
  • Requirement discovery, analysis and documentation for green-field and enhancement projects
  • Process Flow analysis, Gap analysis, Solution definition, Cost-benefit analysis
  • Project coordination for Business Intelligence project implemented via 3rd party vendor Infosys India and China Teams
  • Used Agile with scrum for the MCS-BI reporting and KPI dashboard project for higher management
  • New business BI reporting and Dashboard platform requirement definition, creation and delivery to the business community
  • Documented key business processes for the CRM Business Unit using process design methodology and mapping techniques resulting in optimized processes and cost savings
  • Identified disconnects and gaps, suggested performance metrics, provided analysis that served as a foundation for designing process improvements and share knowledge across the organization on how the processes work
  • Worked with business teams and development team towards defining and developing front-end UI design and usability experience UX
  • Used TFS and SharePoint to manage requirements and store documents
  • Linked Tasks TFS on daily basis
  • Served as the Scrum Master for many Sprints
  • Lead the daily Scrum meetings and also monitored Tasks enter by the Team TFS on daily basis
  • Used Visio to create detailed mockups to capture the usability requirement as define the business teams SME Hands and Motion expert
  • Adept at Microsoft Excel data analytics Pivot Tables, Vlookup etc
  • Conducted One on One requirement discovery interview sessions
  • Conducted JAD sessions with representative form Technical and business teams
  • Creating SRS Writing presentational and functional Use Cases documents from the BRD
  • Breaking Business requirement into functional, non-functional and system requirements
  • Created test scripts and coordinated SIT and UAT activities towards product acceptance and GO-Live
  • Creating functional and presentational Use-Cases, Business Process modeling, Activity diagrams, State diagrams
  • Project Planning and timeline adherence and managing risks against triple constraints of scope, time and budget

Environment: UML, IBM Web sphere Modeler, T-SQL, MS Office Suite, scrum Agile implementation, IBM Rational Software Modeler, .Net, HTML, SQL server 2000 SSRS, SSIS, Oracle 11i, SharePoint, Microsoft Access

Senior Business Analyst

At&t
Bangalore
02.2021 - 07.2022
  • Analyzed requirement document by identifying ambiguous, incomplete and incorrect requirements
  • Helped in developing attribute matrix and functionality traceability matrix
  • Conducted GAP analysis to gather new functionality requirements
  • Implemented Object oriented Analysis and design OOAD methodology to analyze the requirements
  • Worked on Agile and SCRUM methodologies for fast completion of projects
  • Created new, user-interface designs, mock-ups, wireframes and prototypes
  • Analyzed business requirements into high level and low level Use Cases, Activity Diagrams / State chart Diagrams using MS Visio following UML
  • Participated in QA testing UAT, Black Box, and Regression and deployment ensuring minimal defects
  • Facilitated discussions, presentations and preparation of the burn out charts and estimated the schedule of the project timelines
  • Adept at MS Excel data analytics Pivot Table, VLookup etc
  • Used Sharepoint to store documents
  • Created Use Case Diagrams, Data Flow Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams and Entity Relationship ER Diagrams in MS-Visio
  • Conducted JAD sessions with management, SME, vendors, user and external agencies and other stakeholders for open and pending issues
  • Scheduled meetings with developers, system analyst and testers to collaborate resource allocation and project completion using MS Project
  • Extensive use of MS- Access and SQL to analyze data scenarios and data mapping
  • Analyzed requirements and worked closely with the project manager to prepare documents such as Business Requirements Document BRD and System Requirements Document SRD
  • Aggregated and Analyzed test metrics weekly from the Clear Quest defects database that reflected the current status of the test execution and the state of the defects, and communicated weekly status report to Project Manager
  • Managed and controlled change requests/defects using Clear Quest and made sure members in the team followed the change guidelines
  • Involved in UAT session to test the system with stakeholders
  • Also created test cases and test scripts

Environment: UML, MS Access, MS Office Suite, scrum Agile implementation, IBM Rational Software Modeler, JAVA, J2EE, JSP, HTML, SQL server 2000, Oracle 11i, SharePoint Test Director

Business Analyst

FedEx
Bangalore
06.2018 - 02.2021
  • Gathered high level requirements from stakeholders located and developed scope along with the PM of the project for the implementation
  • Mapped 'Dealer Reserve Pricing Admin system Services' Process using MS Visio
  • Conducted weekly meetings for deciding and reporting on the Policies and Procedures to be followed
  • Analyzed and prioritized user and business requirements as system requirements that must be included while developing the software
  • Performed the Risk Assessment, requirement analysis, impact analysis and documented the requirements using Rational Requisite Pro
  • Planned and defined system requirements to Use Case, Use Case Scenario and Use Case Narrative using the UML methodologies
  • Developed a database on MS Access for the company to keep a track on the expenses for various phases of the project
  • Created Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams and ER Diagrams in MS Visio
  • Conducted JAD sessions with management, SME, vendors, users and other stakeholders for open and pending issues
  • Create detailed wireframes for all pages
  • Scheduled meetings with developers, system analyst and testers to collaborate resource allocation and project completion using MS Project
  • Assisted in writing SQL Queries as a part of Backend Testing
  • Identified and clearly functional issues and supported IT development staff throughout the design, development, testing, and implementation phases of the software development life cycle
  • Created and managed project templates, use-case project templates, requirement types and trace-ability relationships in Requisite Pro
  • Authored progress and completion reports, which were then submitted to project management on a weekly basis
  • Developed strategies with Quality Assurance group to implement Test Cases in Mercury Test Director
  • Collaborated with Quality Assurance Analyst in Automated and Manual Black box testing using Mercury's Win Runner
  • Performed User Acceptance testing (UAT) and documented results
  • Trained users team on new processes and operational procedures

Environment: Java, J2EE, Web sphere, Visual Basic, MS Excel, Microsoft Visio, PL SQL, SQL, Oracle9i, Unix, WinNT, Win Runner & Test Director

Education

Master of Arts - Computer And Information Systems

Saint Louis University
St. Louis, MO
05-2024

Skills

Methodologies/ Visual Modeling / Software Development Tools

RAD, SDLC, Product Life Cycle, SWOT Analysis, GAP Analysis, Cost Benefit Analysis, Cost Effect Analysis, Unified Process, Agile Development and the employment of System Development Life Cycle Methodologies, SCRUM

Operating systems

Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP

Microsoft Tools

MS Project, MS Visio, MS Office, MS Outlook,

Languages

C, C , SQL, T SQL, Java, Python

Tools

Word, Excel, Rational Rose, RequisitePro, Clear Quest

Databases

Oracle, SQL Server 2012, SSIS 2012, SSRS 2012

Skills

OOAD, UML, RUP, SDLC, JAD

Version Control

Rational Clear Case

Testing Tools

Rational Test Manager, Win Runner, Load Runner

Reporting

SSRS

Methodologies/ Visual Modeling / Software Development Tools

RAD, SDLC, Product Life Cycle, SWOT Analysis, GAP Analysis, Cost Benefit Analysis, Cost Effect Analysis, Unified Process, Agile Development and the employment of System Development Life Cycle

Timeline

Senior Business Analyst

Centene Corporation
08.2023 - Current

Senior Business Analyst

At&t
02.2021 - 07.2022

Business Analyst

FedEx
06.2018 - 02.2021

Master of Arts - Computer And Information Systems

Saint Louis University
RAHUL RUDRA