Business Analyst
Resume:
Marimuthu Sathasivam
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Professional Summary
A dynamic and client oriented professional with 9 years of experience in IT Business Analysis, Design, Development, Testing and Integrating applications and Support Production Environment.
Exceptional analysis skills with an ability to transform the needs of business users into functional/technical requirements.
Expert in successfully executing Software Development/Support Projects for Airline Domain.
Experienced in performing client system cutovers and support.
Experienced in executing Onsite-Offshore Model Projects.
Experienced in 24/7 on-call support for Airline Cargo Applications.
Experienced in Software Testing and ASTQB - Certified tester, Foundation level.
Skilled in end-to-end software development life cycle like Rational Iterative, Agile and Traditional Waterfall models.
Exceptional knowledge in Unisys Clear Path/OS2200 technology stack.
Exceptional knowledge in Flight Data Control (FDC) – IATA SSM/ASM and SSIM and Unit Load Device Controls (ULD) - UCM/LUC message processing.
Strong debugging skills in maintaining applications, resolving the maintenance requests from the customer which involves preparing Impact analysis documents, unit test cases and code implementation.
Ability to work with minimal supervision, engaging peers and other departments to accomplish assigned goals and effectively manage projects in a cross-functional environment.
Key Skills
Technical: COBOL, ASCII FORTRAN, Unisys ECL, QLP, TTS, SGS and TIP.
Database: Unisys DMS2200, Unisys FCSS and Oracle RDBMS.
Operating Systems: Unisys 2200, Windows and Unix/Linux.
Middleware: Tuxedo and MQ Series.
Messaging: EDIFACT, XML, TTY.
Tools: SoapUI, Mercury Quality center, Tracker
Applications: Unisys Standard Airline Software for Cargo services, Unisys Cargo BUI front-end for USAS CGO, Freight Space Planning, Cargo Inventory Management, Cargo Revenue Management and dynamic hurdle rates, Flight Data Control, Cargo Customs Interface and Unit Load Device controls.
Certification
ASTQB - Certified tester, Foundation level
Work Experience: Hexaware Technologies: Sep 2007 – Till date.
Project: 1 - LMS Cargo Application Development and Support
Project Description: Logistics Management System (LMS) is a comprehensive Unisys mainframe and browser-based product that provides Support for Cargo services such as Shipment of Cargo, Booking, Real-time Online Cargo, Terminal control, Flight Information, International Customs, Cargo rating Applications, Goods delivery, Message Processing and etc., This project handles the Real-time cargo environment, Enhance new features to the system, and also react to issues reported by the users. Our Work involves gathering the requirement, Propose the feasible way to attain the goal, Design and development of modules, Testing the changes and check for regression of new feature added. We also involve modifying the system for providing services for new airlines.
Role
: Business and Technical consultant
Environment
: Unisys OS2200, DMS, COBOL and FORTRAN
Duration
: May 2008 to Till date
Roles and Responsibilities:
Understand the Business requirements of LMS and Airline Cargo Industry and preparing Proposed Solution and Requirement specifications.
Interact with Business Analyst team and Customer to understand the Business requirements.
Involve in providing estimates, preparing Project plan and preparing status reports.
Interact with Project Team leads, reviewing functional solution and clarifying functional/technical questions.
Testing and reviewing the changes before deployment.
Performing end-end functional testing and UAT of applications before client cutovers.
Performing new client system/application cutover and support.
On-call support for Airline Cargo Applications and provide workarounds to resolve the immediate issue.
Major Development/Client cutovers Handled:
Hosting Unisys LMS system in Travelsky (Airchina cargo) and Onsite Technical and functional support in China.
Scandinavian Airlines – Game changer (Commercial controls on bookings) feature development and cutover.
Scandinavian Airlines – Dynamic hurdle rate and revenue management cutover.
Malaysia airlines cargo /Aloha Air Cargo/Air India/Air Asia clients cutover to Unisys LMS application.
Single point contact for Unisys LMS Flight Data Control (FDC) – IATA SSM/ASM and SSIM – Schedule change processing and Unit Load Device Control (ULD) - UCM/LUC message processing.
Role
: Team Lead and Developer
Project Name
: LMS Cargo
Environment
: Unisys OS2200, DMS, COBOL and FORTRAN
Duration
: May 2008 to Apr 2012
Roles and Responsibilities:
RFC (Request for Change): Adding new feature or interfacing any new application.
Contact: Users report a bug in the system. The user reported scenario is analyzed and advise whether a change or set up correction is required in the system.
UCF (User Communication Form): If any change is required in the system then guide the development team to resolve the issue.
Once the client report problem is fixed and reviewed on development system then integrate the change into UAT environment for client verification. The integration source control version is maintained for backtracking the changes.
Onshore – Offshore development and support coordination.
Monitoring and executing Batch/Nightly Maintenance runs on UAT system.
Discussions on functionalities to provide knowledge transfer among the team.
Preparing the Project metrics and organizing defect prevention discussions.
Major Developments Handled:
Commercial control on Booking
Europian customs Reporting
Automatic Allotment release
Delta – Northwest Merger
Project: 2 - CITI EBS
Project Description: CITI EBS is the enhanced banking system (EBS) to the Existing System of Citibank, Germany. New enhancements have happened in the major business modules like Credit, Sales, Wealth Management and Back office. And users can access and operate the daily business via the Enhanced application called OSCAR(One Stop Customer Activity Resolution).Credit module plays a vital role in EBS to initiate the credit to the customer with help of both internal and external interfaces of credit bureau and Credit approval respectively.
Role
: Tester
Environment
: UAT testing using Mercury Quality Centre (MQC).
Duration
: Sep 2007 to Apr 2008
Role & Responsibility:
Understanding the client requirements by studying functional document.
Involved in the preparation of test data.
Identified test requirement and checked if the test cases were complete to test the business functionality.
Review of the Scripts and suggesting modification in the scripts.
Executing the scripts and reporting the bugs through defect tracking tool.
Education
DR.Mahalingam college of Engineering and technology, Pollachi. (Anna University, Chennai)
Bachelor of Electronics and communication Engineering (2003-2007)
References
References are available on request.
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