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SABAL SAHID

Atlanta

Summary

Experienced professional with a strong background in technology-related roles. Over 14 years in consulting, and a proven track record of fostering strong relationships with clients and team members. Proficient in software development, system administration, and technical support. Skilled in problem-solving and optimizing performance. Capable of managing projects and collaborating effectively with teams. Committed to continuous learning and staying current with industry trends to contribute to organizational success. Proactive and versatile professional with a dedication to quickly adapting to new challenges. Strong problem-solving abilities and a proven track record of fostering strong relationships with clients and team members. Focused on supporting team success and achieving positive results.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Scrum Master / Senior Business Analyst

Booz Allen Hamilton
Atlanta
10.2014 - Current
  • Support cross-functional team activities through agile methodology implementation.
  • Resolve conflicts within teams to maintain a positive working environment.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and clarify project goals.
  • Lead daily Scrum stand-ups and Agile development sprint planning meetings for multiple, concurrent projects.
  • Document new features and strategies as well as user stories and criteria for acceptance.
  • Work closely with senior management and other stakeholders during strategic planning sessions for upcoming releases.
  • Work with project owners and end users to prioritize feature development and enhancements based on critical paths and business needs.
  • Conduct demos of completed work at the end of each sprint cycle.
  • Facilitate requirement meetings, daily stand-ups, and scrum ceremonies.
  • Lead requirements gathering, functional documentation, and workflow modeling for system implementation.
  • Manage user stories in Azure DevOps and groomed product backlog.
  • Translate business requirements into detailed product specifications for stakeholder approval.
  • Ensure clear communication of business requirements throughout development lifecycle.
  • Develop as-is/to-be workflows and maintained traceability between requirements and testing phases.
  • Create test strategies including User Acceptance Test scripts for comprehensive coverage.

Project Manager

Booz Allen Hamilton
Atlanta
10.2014 - Current
  • Led team of software developers, data analyst and testers on application development including Application Programming Interface (API) and mobile applications.
  • Managed day to day activities of development projects.
  • Managed project scope and timelines.
  • Communicated project status with client and leadership team.
  • Managed stakeholder expectations.
  • Coordinated deployment effort to move application to PROD environment.
  • Managed project timelines and coordinated resources effectively.
  • Facilitated communication between stakeholders and project teams.
  • Identified risks and implemented mitigation strategies proactively.
  • Reviewed project progress and adjusted plans as necessary.
  • Ensured compliance with organizational standards and client requirements.

Information Security Analyst

Booz Allen Hamilton
Atlanta
10.2014 - Current
  • Performed cybersecurity risk for existing systems to identify gaps and level of risk.
  • Incorporated CNSSI Privacy Overlay in assessment to determine PHI and PII confidentiality impact to client.
  • Reviewed NIST 800-53 Rev. 4 Controls to identify risks/gap is in existing system controls.
  • Documented gaps/risks and recommendations in assessment report.
  • Reviewed OIG Audit reports to identify risk of sensitive data loss to client.
  • Tracked existing risks in risk register via the POA&M process.
  • Analyzed security threats and vulnerabilities in client systems.
  • Conducted risk assessments to identify potential security weaknesses.
  • Assisted in incident response planning and execution during security breaches.
  • Reviewed compliance with industry regulations and standards regularly.
  • Ensured compliance with industry regulations such as HIPAA or PCI DSS.
  • Conducted regular risk assessments to identify vulnerabilities in systems, networks, applications and databases.
  • Participated in disaster recovery drills as part of business continuity planning.

Senior Business Analyst

Northrop Grumman
Owings Mills
04.2014 - 10.2014
  • Documented business requirements from internal and external stakeholders.
  • Documented flow diagrams for As Is/To Be process.
  • Facilitated meetings with project stakeholders to elicit requirements.
  • Managed product backlog to prioritize product features for sprint planning.
  • Developed lifecycle documents, including use cases, detailed functional requirements, detailed design specifications, test cases and user manuals.
  • Performed system validation to ensure user stories were completed.
  • Managed existing defects in HP quality center.
  • Supported team building exercises.

IT Business Analyst

Edaptive Systems
Owings Mills
11.2011 - 03.2014
  • Supported the analysis needs for the centers for Medicare and Medicaid through elicitation and documentation of business and system level requirements.
  • Gathered requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, site visits, business process descriptions and user stories.
  • Documented requirements in compliance with CMMI and CMS XLC to ensure deliverables comply with established deliverable guidelines including format and content.
  • Reviewed project plans that contained project goals, milestones, and deliverable.
  • Acted as business architect in Pega PRPC tool using an iterative/agile methodology.
  • Served as subject matter expert (SME) in functionality of Pega implemented application.
  • Managed product backlog including prioritization.
  • Responsible for facilitating the prioritization of project requirements with business stakeholders.
  • Worked as a liaison among stakeholders to elicit, analyze, communicate, and validate requirements and business processes.
  • Performed user acceptance testing (UAT) to cultivate user requirements and conditions of acceptance.
  • Managed requirements in Serena Application Lifecycle Management (ALM).
  • Assisted in the development of business process models (BPM).
  • Provided clear and concise documentation of client high level and detailed requirements.
  • Maintained requirements specifications according to the approved Edaptive BRD template.
  • Managed requirement attributes and linkage in repository tool (Serena) using SQL query.
  • Developed process models, flowcharts, use cases, user stories and scenarios.
  • Managed Requirement Change Requests (RCR) to keep project scope current and in agreement with contractors.

Risk Analyst

Global Payments
Owings Mills
11.2007 - 01.2011
  • Combination of credit analysis and risk mitigation.
  • Monitored merchant transactions and followed up on Investigation items.
  • Produced daily report assessing company compliance with PCI DSS.
  • Enhanced the process of risk mitigation by making recommendations to management based on identified risks.
  • Developed and monitored risk mitigation plans.
  • Applied knowledge of exchange rates to debit merchant account.
  • Trained new employees based on in-depth knowledge of company policies and procedures on risk management.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration

University of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD
12-2011

Master of Science - Management Information Systems

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Skills

  • Agile methodology
  • Scrum framework
  • Project management
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Conflict resolution
  • User story development
  • Requirements gathering
  • Backlog management
  • Risk management
  • Effective communication
  • Adaptive leadership
  • Kanban knowledge
  • User story creation

Technical Skills

AS400

Atlassian Suite (JIRA, Confluence)

Azure

Balsamiq

Google Suite

Figma

Lucid Chart

Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PPT, Excel, Outlook, Visio, OneNote)

Salesforce CPQ

ServiceNow

Smartsheet

Rally

SQL

Timeline

Scrum Master / Senior Business Analyst

Booz Allen Hamilton
10.2014 - Current

Project Manager

Booz Allen Hamilton
10.2014 - Current

Information Security Analyst

Booz Allen Hamilton
10.2014 - Current

Senior Business Analyst

Northrop Grumman
04.2014 - 10.2014

IT Business Analyst

Edaptive Systems
11.2011 - 03.2014

Risk Analyst

Global Payments
11.2007 - 01.2011

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration

University of Baltimore

Master of Science - Management Information Systems

Johns Hopkins University
SABAL SAHID