Sanchita Panda
Lorton,VA
Summary
Astute IT business analyst with 6+ years of progressive career in accelerating business performance and playing instrumental role in leading development teams to meet deliverables. An individual with proven expertise across requirement gathering, documentation, impact analysis, data analysis using SQL and business process improvement in Agile framework. Analytical and detail-oriented professional with extensive experience in research, root cause analysis of issues along with excellent project planning, coordination, and management acumen. Experienced in creating reports and investigating data flow issues to analyze impact of feature developments on integrated applications. A self-starter and a Quick learner with in-depth knowledge of software development models, agile framework, and project management principles. Experienced in overseeing integration projects and migration of business processes across applications and system implementation. A team player with excellent ability to communicate and coordinate across technical and business teams.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Business Analyst(consultant)
PLI
08.2021 - Current
- Supported development of key features and applications via requirements-gathering, documentation, research, analysis and communication in multiple pivotal software development projects
- Effectively communicated with business stakeholders and multiple development teams to manage dependencies and maintain transparency
- Developed project insights through comprehensive research and influenced key business decisions for a significant high-value project concentrating on elevating the user experience of membership contract holders
- Trained new team members including new hire product owners and QA team members on business processes
- Functioned as a principal business analyst and SME in a crucial high-value mobile app project that required extensive business processes knowledge to offer in-depth design review and end-to-end project guidance
- Mentored testing team on conducting end-to-end feature testing and bug detection
- Created business case based on market research data and analysis of historical data through SQL queries that facilitated business decisions
- Researched and tested all relevant APIs to verify the accurate flow of data back and forth between server and applications
Business Analyst
Net E Corporations
01.2018 - 07.2019
- Directed the development of SharePoint applications for a key federal client by creating software requirement specifications (SRS) document
- Co-created project management plan and played a pivotal role in the CMMI core team involved in building roadmaps for all organizational process improvements to ensure organization processes followed the CMMI protocols and met auditing limits
- Acted as a process improvement team member and contributed towards CMMI level 3 accreditation by auditing current business processes
- Built system requirement specification document for a comprehensive government project to offer guidance on all software development work related to the project
Project Manager
DOT Compliance Direct
08.2016 - 01.2018
- Chaired meeting sessions with team members, users, and business managers to gather client requirements and business process information
- Documented business requirements in SRS
- Drafted user manuals and conducted organization wide new features and development training
- Consistently worked with PO and contributed towards prioritization of backlog
- Led the implementation of a streamlined system for efficient application submission, review and approval
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to optimize workflow and enhance customer satisfaction
- Evaluated and documented thorough business processes for data warehousing solutions
- Established processes, tools, and resources for licensure and compliance services for transportation companies
Education
Master of Science -
Georgetown University
Washington, DC05.2011
Skills
- Excellent written and communication skills
- Requirement gathering and elicitation
- Practical knowledge of Agile framework
- Business Process Flow diagrams
- Data analysis using SQL
- Strong understanding of APIs and integrations
- Knowledge of Google analytics
- Research
- Self-starter
- JIRA
- Confluence
- SharePoint
- Salesforce
- MS Office suite
- Microsoft SQL Server
- MS Visio
- Optimizely
- Figma
Certification
- SAFe Certified Scrum master (Scaled Agile Inc)
- Six Sigma - Yellow Belt
- Scrum Fundamentals Certified
- CMMI Training
Timeline
Business Analyst(consultant)
PLI
08.2021 - Current
Business Analyst
Net E Corporations
01.2018 - 07.2019
Project Manager
DOT Compliance Direct
08.2016 - 01.2018
Master of Science -
Georgetown University
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