Shameer Rana

+1 571 2446403
shameerkhaliq@gmail.com

SUMMARY:
 7+ years of Industry experience as a Business Analyst with solid understanding of Business Requirements Gathering,
Evaluating Data Sources, Translating Requirements into Specifications, and Application Design.
 Lead and provide technical assistance and/or training in using and Confluence and other tools as identified.
 Excellent experience with JIRA (User-Stories, QC, Reports, Project Planning etc.) in an Agile/Scrum environment.
 Expertise in Business Process Management Suite (BPMS), evaluating alternatives, reviewing recommendations with
management, proactively managing change In-depth knowledge of Business Modelling methodology and tools such
as MS Visio
 Responsible for creating SQL datasets for PowerBI and Ad-hoc Reports.
 Experience in dedicated information security where responsibilities include planning, deploying, managing, and
maintaining enterprise security systems such as vulnerability management
 Perform security audits and test key areas of the organizational network and IT infrastructure and maintain security
systems while administering security policies to control access to systems
 Worked on intense AGILE sessions leading the team during User story grooming sessions, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum,
and Issue remediation.
 Expertise in automation Test case, Test Result Reports using Cucumber test automation tool and Gherkin scripting
language; Web service manual testing using Soap UI
 Worked on importing unstructured data into the HDFS using Kafka streaming process
 Involved in designing the framework to integrate HP ALM to cucumber using the newly released version of HP ALM
rest API.
 Publishing PowerBI Reports from PowerBI Desktop to PowerBI Service.
 Worked on continuous improvement and continuous deployment via improvement backlog in Azure DevOps ADO,
lunch-n-learns, presentations and discussions across teams
 Worked on Kafka stream process and MQ using IBM Streams for Real time Streaming Analytics
 Professional at project scheduling by using primavera programme.
 Project cost analysis and breakeven budget of a project.
 Excellent experience in clinching the deal with other companies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Degrees Bachelors in Cyber Security

Certification Security Plus, Certified in MS Office
Change Management Tools Rational ClearCase, Rational ClearQuest
Project Management Tool MS Project
Testing Tools: HP ALM/ Quality Center, JIRA
Operating Systems MS Windows NT/98/95/2000, UNIX
Languages SQL, UML, JAVA, Gherkin
Database Oracle 8i/9i, SQL Server 2000, MDM, Teradata, MS Access
Utility MS Office Suite [Word, Project, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint], Adobe Acrobat Suite

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

National City Bank, Cleveland, OH Jan ‘19 to Present

Lead Business Analyst
Responsibilities:
 Supported the product owner on owning user story creation, estimation, back log refinement, sprint management,
daily scrums stand-up calls, retrospective meetings, tracking and building software release plan and demonstrations.
 Helped carve Agile management out of rigid Waterfall system specifications.
 Added new indicators to Results Measurement Framework by researching online and contacting data vendors.
 Involved with all the phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies throughout the project life
cycle.
 Responsive UI/UX Design and Development
 Written feature files (Gherkin) for all the business requirements using Cucumber
 Design and operation of security systems and systems engineering for product development data
 Researches, recommends, and implements changes to procedures and systems to enhance information systems
security. Participates in the development of information security systems, enhancements, and support processes
 Responsible for leading and organizing the shared services team to improve quality through standard work
 Facilitate both end-users and stakeholder’s feedback into requirements documents, product Roadmap & User
Stories.
 Interactive UI prototypes.
 Created PowerBI reports from scratch, getting requirements, data modeling and reporting.
 Led the software development and infrastructural configuration of the company’s Project to perform stochastic
forecast on Microsoft Azure HPC cluster.
 Mobile UI/UX workshop sessions
 Written the scenarios in Gherkin and the step definitions in ruby code.
 Created a Kafka streaming processing to connect to different external sources and bring the data
 Performing Smoke testing, Functional testing, Regression testing, integration testing, API Testing.
 Lead various business process flow sessions to capture detailed swim lane diagrams using MS Visio which depicted
the overall business process
 Worked with various teams on Setting new JIRA & CONFLUENCE instances for new teams.
 Designed and developed Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, OOD using UML.
 Assisted with the facilitation of JAD sessions and detailed small group working sessions to obtain detailed flows and
processes and gather requirements.
 Gathering UI assets for the mobile UI.
 Used yaml format in examples in Gherkin.
 Assisted in building a Business Analysis Process Model using Rational Rose and Visio
 Responsible for project data integrity in the Project Portfolio Management (PPM) tool
 Designed and implemented basic SQL queries for reports and data validation.
 Involved in mentoring specific projects in application of the new SDLC based on the Agile Unified Process, especially
from the project management, requirements and architecture perspectives.
 Lead and actively participated in the development of written, detailed business requirements (BRD), interviewed
Clients and defined the Functional and non-Functional requirements.
 Created report summaries for clients using Confluence’s performance & analytics platform.
 Identified, researched, investigated, analyzed, defined and documented business processes and Use Case Scenarios.
 Maintained consistency in software delivery processes to aide in the delivery of large initiative for an Online Banking
Application to pilot users with a phased roll out approach.
 Assisted in performing Data mapping testing in Informatica Data quality at each step of ETL mapping to ensure
correct data in flow and outflow.
 Migrating Services from On-premises to Azure Cloud Environments. Collaborate with development and QA teams to
maintain high-quality deployment
 Responsible to verify Web services API request, response data validations in REST, SOAP protocols
 Responsible for creating UML modeling plan, Use Cases, process flows, screen flows and business requirements
documentation to model system development specifications, using MS Visio and Rational Requisite
 Performed requirements modeling and develop analysis diagrams, activity diagrams, sequence diagrams, state
diagrams, data models, and use-case realizations using RUP tools in Agile/Scrum.
 Responsible for creating Business Process Modeling and Work Flow Diagrams.
 Functioned as the primary liaison between the business line, operations, and the technical areas throughout the
project cycle.
 Initiated later process phases to adapt PMO Waterfall delivery milestones into Agile sprints and iterations, reducing
total product backlogs.
 Responsible for assisting PMO Lead in handling program levels issues, change request and risks Management.
 Throughout the project, was involved in giving clarifications on domain and product functionality for the team.
HSBC Bank, New York, NY Oct ‘16 to Dec ‘18
Sr. Business Analyst
Responsibilities
 Worked on integrating (migrating) JIRA with Confluence.
 Build credibility, establish rapport, and maintain communication with stakeholders at multiple levels, including those
external to the organization
 Responsible for creating the Business Process Model for the Global New Account Opening utilizing the BPM
methodology and notations.
 Used PowerBI Gateways to keep the dashboards and reports up to date.
 Responsible and accountable for the multiple projects directed toward strategic business and other organizational
objectives.
 Knowledge of the evolving information security systems, network concepts and protocols, as well as Information
security concepts/framework
 Broad experience and technical expertise in the design and use of state-of-the-art network security systems and
concepts to produce high quality threat prevention, detection, and reaction
 Manage all aspects of the Shared Services implementation
 Extensively used SoapUI to test Web Service/Rest API.
 Worked on Continuous Integration CI/Continuous Delivery (CD) pipeline for Azure Cloud Service
 Facilitate discussion during backlog grooming and sprint planning to achieve user story development and estimation.
 Wrote and executed system test cases, and handling defect resolution using Mercury Quality Center and also assisted
with UAT test execution.
 Primarily involved in Data Migration using SQL, SQL Azure, Azure storage, and Azure Data Factory, SSIS, PowerShell
 UI Architect and Web 2.0 Design and Architect
 Used yaml format in examples in Gherkin.
 Utilized Agile Scrum practices to help the team increase their average velocity over 70% within the first year of Agile
adoption. Performed Scrum Master/Kanban Master activities and agile coaching for multiple scrum teams in scaled
agility environment.
 Experience in PPM module and created different project portfolios in ServiceNow
 Define and initiate projects within the organization.
 Managing the facility’s accounts receivable reports responsible for the answering the customers queries, complaints
and problems.
 Written feature files (Gherkin) using BDD approach w.r.t Cucumber
 Responsible to manage cost, schedule, and performance of component projects, while working to ensure the ultimate
success and acceptance of the program.
 In this role you will be responsible for daily cash management and liquidity planning. Additionally, you will directly
support the Treasury Manager with completing all daily operational tasks.
 Documented the Business Requirement Document to get a better understanding of client's business processes of both
the projects using the Agile methodology.
 Worked on Spark Streaming applications to consume data from Kafka streaming process and insert the processed
streams to HBase.
 Created artifacts such as Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, and Sequence Diagrams using MS Visio
 Make recommendations to modify the program to enhance effectiveness toward the business result.
 Coach, mentor and lead personnel within a technical team environment.
 Designed and developed restful API and services using best practices to interact within the Microservices and with the
Backend API
 Created and executed SQL queries in SQL analyzer to view and update data in tables.
 Work with stakeholders to analyze business needs, elicit requirements, and design IT business solutions that enable
the business area to achieve its objectives.
 Worked with the QA (Quality Assurance) team for designing Test Plan and Test Cases for the User Acceptance testing-
Defined test cases, creating test scripts, analyzing bugs, interacting with QA / development teams in fixing errors and
User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
 Facilitate and promote effective agile practices and the scrum process (Daily standup meetings, sprint planning, sprint
review, and sprint retrospectives) for the project
 Responsible for the data management and data cleansing activities using Informatica data quality (IDQ).
 Supervise other business analysts or project analysts on a formal and/or informal basis.
 Work with stakeholders to help them understand their requirements within the scope of a project.
 Worked throughout the SDLC, which included requirements, specifications, design, analysis and testing utilizing Agile
methodology.
 Created activity diagrams, use case diagrams, and data flow diagrams in MS Visio.
 Review business design documents, models, and diagrams for verification by stakeholders including business users,
developers, and testers.
 Provides direction and mentoring to other business analysts or project analysts in performing activities for business
analysis and design.

TD BANK, New Jersey Apr ‘14 to Sep ‘16

Business System Analyst
Responsibilities:
 Assessed current OTC Derivatives trade process and gathered business requirements by conducting requirement
workshops to facilitate process simplification and process integration.
 Interacted with the Business Users to get a better understanding of client business processes and gathered Business
Requirements.
 Experience authoring reports, data flow diagrams, and Visio drawings for security systems and networks required
 Identification of security system status or security changes that are not within governance for SOC Tools
 Implemented API connection between Kafka and Flume using Sql Context and Kafka streaming processing
 Used Metadata API to manage setup and customization information
 Monitoring team backlogs housed on JIRA and Rally to ensure teams are following set WIP Limits and user stories are
pulled in priority.
 Extensively used Informatica Power Center for Extraction, Transformation and Loading process
 Expertise in developing automation scripts in BDD format using cucumber and proficient in writing cucumber
scenarios in GHERKIN format.
 Coordinated UI Demos with Stakeholders and reviews with UX and Development Teams.
 Test case automation using Cucumber test automation tool and Gherkin scripting language
 Worked on confluence- Assigned user personal space and provided assistance in using Confluence.
 Used Agile software development methodology in defining the problem, gathering requirements, developing
iterations, business modeling and communicating with the technical team for development of the system.
 Managed Requirement walk through including Functional Requirement and Non-Functional Requirement Document
with the third-party vendor.
 Jquery Mobile UI mockup & prototyping.
 Performance tuning of the datasets (queries) which takes long time to refresh on PowerBI web.
 Coordinated Regression Testing and created test scenarios for User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
 Monitoring project deliverable and milestone status and coordinating with multiple external teams for timely
completion of Project / Sprints.
 Experience with integration of Azure DevOps and Terraform.
 Reviewing organizational SDLC documentation for enhancement and modification for smooth transition of
Agile/Scrum methodology.
 Organized and facilitate Backlog Grooming, Scrum Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and Retrospective.
 Used Query Analyzer, Execution Plan to optimize SQL Queries
 Conduct requirement workshops among all project stakeholders to verify and validate the business requirements
 Used SQL queries for organizing and abstracting data from MS access data bases, created reports, forms on Ms
Access.
 Helped in the establishment of UI templates for team usage in wireframe design.
 Worked on Serverless services, created and configured HTTP Triggers in the Azure Functions with application
insights for monitoring and performing load testing on the applications using the Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS)
also called as Azure DevOps Services
 Implemented a CI/CD pipeline using Azure DevOps (VSTS, TFS) in both cloud and on-premises with GIT, MS Build,
Docker, Maven along with Jenkins’s plugins.
 Conduct Wire frames and Functional Requirement Document walkthroughs with the business owner's / subject matter
experts and took a sign-off.
 Involved in generation and execution of SQL queries.
 Liaised with both Subject Matter Experts for each individual procedure and the end user Derivatives Operations
Managers
 Worked on data modeling and produced data mapping and data definition documentation.