Project Manager It

Paramita Malakar

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Accomplished Project Manager (TPM) holding over 15 years of in-depth experience across all stages of the software development lifecycle (SDLC). Presently supporting the United States Government as a contractor by leveraging my skillsets and knowledge across the public and private sectors while holding various certifications and degrees ranging from management to cybersecurity. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, project/program management, cybersecurity, development, & quality assurance (QA).

SKILLS

Project/Program Management Oral/Written Communication Agile/Waterfall/DevOps

OCTAVE/FAIR/NIST Emotional Intelligence Requirements Analysis Client Service/Relations Leadership Data Analysis

VMWare ESX (VSphere) VMWare Server & Desktop SQL Server 6.5/7.0

Oracle 7.0/8i/9.2/10 DB2 Jenkins

GitLab Jira Technical Writing

OCTAVE FAIR NIST

CLEARANCE

US Public Trust

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

GEM (Going Extra Mile) Award – REI Systems Inc.

Appreciation of Outstanding Efforts – HP Enterprise Services.

Client Recognition Award by Department of Defense – HP Enterprise Services

WORK EXPERIENCE

REI Systems, Sterling, VA

Client: Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC)

BA/Project Manager July 2021 – Present

•Lead a team of 30 individuals in support of a complex software validation and verification testing project for over 120 applications within DMDC

•Collaborate with the Deputy Program Manager, and Program Manager within the REI Program Management Office to plan, coordinate, execute, and monitor work requests and related tasks to ensure contract deliverables are met for every Option Year

•Monitored risks and issues from creation to closure to provide accurate and up-to-date measurements on project performance while actively planning and executing contingency plans, risk mitigation actions, and root cause analysis discussions.

•Act as the interim TPM for negotiations and briefings on behalf of REI with senior DMDC officials to include Division Directors, Branch Chiefs, Program/Project Managers, and Product Owners

•Support the PMO with resource planning, allocation, scheduling, and prioritization to meet client deadlines on a consistent cadence

•Delivered on-time solutions within Agile and Waterfall environments to meet business and functional requirements utilizing a skillfully diverse team of analysts and testers.

•Foster collaboration between different functional areas within the organization, ensuring that dependencies are managed effectively.

•Help the team adapt to evolving circumstances and stay focused on team goals.

•Encourage a culture of continuous improvement by facilitating retrospectives and feedback sessions.

•Evaluate team and personnel performance and recommending changes affecting short-term project growth and success

Global Connection to Employment, Seaside, CA

Client: Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC)

Lead QA Engineer March 2014 – July 2021

Supported QA needs of multiple front-end software applications, databases, web services, data files, hardware components, system integration and sync processing

Developed detailed project plans, test strategies, test plans, test cases, test reports and test estimates while working closely with the QA Delivery Manager to maintain timelines and ensure resource availability & allocation

Developed and managed a detailed project plan to track project progress, confirming on-time delivery and maintaining budgetary constraints

Collaborated with Business Analysts in reviewing functional specifications and use case documents to discuss the impact of new functional changes on the application. This included mapping test cases to requirements using a Requirements Traceability Matrix

Hewlett Packard, Seaside, CA

Client: Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC)

Sr. Information Analyst Sept 2007 – March 2014

Performed application, system, and End-to-End tests on CUF (Common Update Framework) applications

Created Test Reports & Test Matrixes, which analyzed and documented test output and resulted in overall decreases in defects through re-testing cycle

Attended various QA meetings to discuss project details with Project and QA managers based in US, Germany, Japan and Korea

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA

Software QA Test Engineer April 2007 – June 2007

Performed cross browser testing on Mac and Windows using Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

Performed User-Interface, Functional, End-to-End, Sanity, Security, Proxy, and Regression testing manually leveraging different Internet/Web technologies and cross browser on multiple platforms

Created complex test cases to support intricate use cases in Google Wrigley & Trix Spreadsheet

Responsible for executing test cases, analyzing, and documenting test output and resulted in overall decreases in defects through re-testing cycle

UISOL, San Francisco, CA Jun 2006 – Mar 2007

Clients: PG&E, SEMPRA Utilities

Sr QA Lead

Coordinated between Development, Test, and Product Support teams to manage testing issues for Internal and Integration Testing

Implemented and supported Mercury ITG for the Information Technology Service division to meet SOX Compliance standards for Change and Release Management Processes

Acted as the System-Administrator for the Mercury ITG tool that supported over 15 applications

Public School Employee Retirement Services (PSERS), PA May 2005 – Oct 2005

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

QA Lead

Led a group of ten application testers and analysts while assisting them in UA testing

Coordinated with Developers, QA and UAT teams to acquire information on build test completion and highlighted risks on any open issues

Reviewed functional specifications and use case documents with the QA/Development team through use of regular meetings with the QA management team.

Supported a transition effort to Agile to improve processes and reduce lead times

Act as the QA representative in process improvement meetings

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Certified Scrum Master

Certified COMPTIA Security+

Graduate Certification in Enterprise Security, University of Arizona, AZ (Online) (2017– 2018)

Bachelors in Business Management and Global E-Business, University of Phoenix (2004 – 2008)

REFERENCES

References are available upon request.

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