Lakshmi Chittassery Narayanaswamy
Tunbridge Wells,Kent
Summary
An energetic, focused and result driven Data and BI Professional with 17+ years of experience in delivering complex data, reporting and migration projects through all the phases of software development cycle.
Proficient in data visualisation and stakeholder communication, coupled with strong analytical thinking.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technical Business Data Analyst
AXA XL - Contract
London, City of London
01.2022 - Current
- Migration of Legacy Reporting from Cognos to Power BI , which requires deep understanding of the existing legacy Landscape and the new architecture.
- Delivered complex reporting transformation and data migration projects .
- Partnered with users to understand and define system requirements.
- Practitioner of Agile methodologies using the scrum ceremonies to track progress, resolve impediments and tale collection decision.
- Hands-on expertise in programming languages such as SQL in IBM Netezza, SQL Server for analysis of large data set to arrive at insights/views to prepare techno-functional documents for enhancing the data warehouse.
- Co-ordination with the architects /BI Developers/Testers for successful delivery of the reports to business users.
- Demonstrated excellent problem-solving skills whilst managing multiple projects concurrently.
- Responsible to work closely with Product Owner to define Product Backlog and subsequent prioritization and refinement of backlog.
- Demonstrated clear and effective verbal and written communication skills with both business and technical users.
Technical Business Analyst
AXA XL -Contract
London, City of London
03.2021 - 12.2021
- Worked with the project team to understand the gap between the source and the target reporting systems , providing solutions to the data requirements and preparing mapping documents .
- Worked with the business users to get the UAT scenarios and co-ordinate User Acceptance Testing .
- Successfully delivered on tasks within tight deadlines.
QA Test Lead
AXA XL - Contract
London, City of London
10.2020 - 03.2021
- Liaising with the project team to understand the functional requirements for the migration project.
- Prepare Test Strategy and the Test Scenarios for testing the BI reports.
- Prepare test estimates for the project.
- Review the Test cases and Test results of the team and .
- Coordinate with the Business users to validate the UAT scenarios.
- Defect triage for UAT and SIT and Defect management through JIRA- follow up for defect closure.
- Managed a team of 5 testers to manage their work, review the test results internally before passing it on to the business users.
QA Senior Test Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions for various clients
London, City of London
09.2016 - 09.2020
- Liaise with the Business Analysts to understand the functional requirements and create Test Plans and Test Scenarios.
- Liaise with the business owners to understand the user acceptance test requirements and agree on the UAT test scenarios.
- Attend project stand up and provide daily status to the project team and highlight issues and risks proactively.
- Plan and facilitate User acceptance testing and follow up the business stakeholders for business sign-off.
- Defect management through JIRA- follow up for defect closure.
- Prepare Test Summary Report.
- Consistently met project goals by ensuring testing was prioritized for completion within each sprint.
QA Test Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions- Various Clients
London, City of London
06.2012 - 08.2016
- Created Test Plans and Test Cases
- Implemented Agile development methodologies.
- Performed ETL testing: functional, E2E and Regression testing.
- Defect triage and tracking.
- Created detailed reports to communicate test results effectively.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication
Calicut University
09.2002 - 06.2006
Skills
- Programming Languages -SQL, Python
- Database - IBM Netezza, MS SQL Server , Teradata , DB2, Oracle
- BI Tools- Power BI , IBM Cognos, SAP Business Objects, QlikView, Vermillion, SAS Reports
- ETL Tools - Informatica, BODS
- Agile Practitioner ,
- Test Management Tools - JIRA, HP ALM
- Automation using Python
- Database Tools - Coginiti Pro Aginiti Workbench , Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Developer, Teradata SQL Assistant, Navicat for Postgres SQL
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Certification
- ISTQB Certified Professional
- Azure Data Fundamentals Certified
Timeline
Technical Business Data Analyst
AXA XL - Contract
01.2022 - Current
Technical Business Analyst
AXA XL -Contract
03.2021 - 12.2021
QA Test Lead
AXA XL - Contract
10.2020 - 03.2021
QA Senior Test Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions for various clients
09.2016 - 09.2020
QA Test Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions- Various Clients
06.2012 - 08.2016
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication
Calicut University
09.2002 - 06.2006
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