Roxanna de Santa Rita Lobo, Business Analyst/ Software Engineer

Roxanna de Santa Rita Lobo

Business Analyst/ Software Engineer

The Emirates Group

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Business Administration (Strategic Planning)
Experience
11 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 11 Months

Business Analyst/ Software Engineer at The Emirates Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since December 2015

Significant Highlights:
• Played an integral role in involving in various stages of the project life-cycle for two high-profile projects.
• Maintained close coordination with the clients and end users to acquire software/business requirements for development teams.
• Identified and recommended high-end technological solutions in line with the defined specifications and needs.
• Monitored and communicated business requirements in efficient manner using data and process models.
• Implemented agile methodologies and evaluated risks related to testing and implementation processes while being involved in the daily scrum meetings to recommend more efficient technological methods.

Key Responsibilities:
• Conducting requirement analysis and preparing related documents, including design, implementation and support needs.
• Forecasting and planning budget in close conjunction with the development team.
• Directing and training a team of multicultural members; providing required support in performing assigned tasks with maximum quality delivery.
• Maintaining close communication with the stakeholder groups to ensure technology alignment with business objectives.
• Conducting and assisting in user acceptance testing; performing quality assurance, system integration and user acceptance testing within in given time and budget.

Software Engineer at The Emirates Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2013 to December 2015

Significant Highlights:
• Estimated project requirements in accordance with the user requirements; provided apposite solutions with high quality.
• Instrumental in implementing iPhone and Android apps using XCode, Integration Designer and Eclipse.
• Closely collaborated with the business users to determine their requirements and accordingly provide information on existing products as well as suggesting new applications.

Key Responsibilities:
• Proactively worked on hybrid mobile applications for various platforms, such as iOS, Android and Windows.
• Prepared and maintained technical documents related to mobile applications, including Statement of Work (SOW) and Technical Design Document (TDD).
• Utilised cutting-edge technologies of couch base and firebase to operate various applications.

Software Engineer Trainee at The Emirates Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2012 to July 2013

Significant Highlights:
• Successful in working on Native Blackberry 5, 6, 7 applications to ensure smooth running.

Key Responsibilities:
• Undertook on-the job training on Java centric and collaboratively worked in a Mobile Application development team.
• Utilised Hybrid technologies and worked with iOS and Android systems.

Education

Master's degree, Business Administration (Strategic Planning)
  • at Edinburgh Business School
  • December 2017
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
  • at Padre Conceicao College of Engineering
  • May 2011
High school or equivalent, Higher Secondary and Secondary Education
  • at Goa Board
  • June 2007

Specialties & Skills

Software
Databases
Business Analysis
Agile Project Management
Project Management
Business Process Improvement
Strategic Planning
Web application servers: Tomcat, Jboss, IIS and Windows
General Programming Skills
Agile Methodologies Implementation
Root Cause Analysis
Technical Support and Consulting
Quality Assurance
Change Management and Support Strategy
MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
Languages: Node.js, Bower, Grunt, Karma, Cordova and SailsJS
Databases: Oracle, MySQL, PL/SQL, NoSQL and Couchbase
Tracking Tools: ALM, Jira, JIRAAgile, Git and Confluence
Analysing Business/User Information
Solution Delivery
Business Planning and Management
Business System Analysis
Languages: C, C++, Java, HTML5, CSS3, JQuery, JavaScript, Spring, XML, AngularJS
Methodologies: Agile and Waterfall
Teamwork
Software Requirements Analysis
Project Management and Delivery
Software Designing and Debugging
Software Testing and Documentation
Software Development Fundamentals and Process
Technology and Process Integration

Languages

English
Native Speaker
Portuguese
Intermediate
Hindi
Expert