For the given job description <<About Grainger
Grainger is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom. We achieve our purpose, We Keep the World Working, by serving more than 4.5 million customers with a wide range of products that keep their operations running and their people safe. Grainger also delivers services and solutions, such as technical support and inventory management, to save customers time and money.
We're looking for passionate people who can move our company forward. As one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For, we have a welcoming workplace where you can build a career for yourself while fulfilling our purpose to keep the world working. We embrace new ways of thinking and recognize everyone is an individual. Find your way with Grainger today.
Position Details
The Engineering Business Analyst has the responsibility of being very deep in our technology project and product work and being a key team member who knows all aspects. The Engineering Business Analyst is aligned to challenging projects and brings high value insights to our engineering teams. The Engineering Business Analyst may be involved in multiple technology projects at a time and will need excellent technical skills to ensure projects are being completed on time and at the highest of quality. You will work with Grainger's software engineers and portfolio managers, with you main responsibility being writing stories to be implemented by the engineering team. The Engineering Business Analyst must have a blend of business and technical skills as they must understand the business cases and requirements and then help to analyze and solicit requirements. Using the requirements, you must make technical documentation and write stories for the engineering team to use. Throughout the lifecycle of a project, you may develop data models and process flows, facilitate implementation through training, update cost estimates and timelines, and assist with testing and change management. You will partner with multiple team members in different functions and levels during a project, including software engineering, portfolio management, quality, finance, product, and operations. Your role will have a focus on process improvement as well as diagnostics at the end of a project to ensure effectiveness. You will report to the Manager, Engineering Business Analysis.
You Will
Develop technical solutions to business problems by defining and documenting requirements.Write user stories and ensure integrity of stories across projects.Write and validate acceptance criteria within area of expertise. Groom and maintain user stories.Define and perform functional configurations.Complete impact analysis for complex projects and products.Facilitate requirements gathering sessions to aid partners in exposing and explaining their needs.Conduct industry and internal research and apply best practices to Grainger.Ensure decision-making by retrieving and aggregating data from multiple sources and compiling it into a clear and applicable format; Have an opinion as to what a correct decision is and influence the engineering team.Create artifacts and provide data-driven recommendations that are clear to your business and technology partners.Help lead tactical planning discussions.Develop scaled, automated, user-friendly systems, reports and dashboards to support our needs.
You Have
BABS in Business, Computer Science, Finance or related field5+ years of relevant work experience in a business analyst, data analyst or statistical analyst roleDeep technical expertise regarding IT systems, workflows, and data structuresExperience summarizing multiple types and sources of information into actionExperience working with senior business and technical partners; including experience pushing back respectfully to get projects completedExperience operating in an Agile context
Rewards And Benefits
With benefits starting day one, Grainger is committed to your safety, health and wellbeing. Our programs provide choice and flexibility to meet our team members' individual needs. Check out some of the rewards available to you at Grainger
Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plansPaid time off (PTO) and 6 company holidays per yearAutomatic 6% 401(k) company contribution each pay periodEmployee discounts, parental leave, 3:1 match on donations and tuition reimbursementA comprehensive set of emotional, financial, physical and social wellbeing programs
DEI Statement
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.>> the resume: <<Professional SummarySOFTWARE ENGINEER with over 5 years of professional software development experience in highly
scalable backend systems, web development, and product management. Adept in critical thinking, advanced
software proficiency, programming languages, and system design for enabling solutions with enhanced
efficiency, faster time to market, as well as low operation costs.
 ACCOMPLISHMENTSCo-Authored 4 patents filed at USPTO.Invited to VMware Radio 2016 for a paper presentation on Geo Distributed Monitoring Systems.Certificate of Recognition awards at VMware.Successfully led 4 major projects at Amazon unblocking 100+ internal customers and many retail
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SkillsShell ScriptingJava, C++Testing, Troubleshooting and debuggingDocker, VMWare ESXI, vCenter, vCloudTeamwork, CollaborationDirector, Zabbix, LinuxAgile, ScrumHTML & JavaScriptTestNG, JenkinsSQLPerformance and scalability optimizationObject-Oriented ProgrammingTechnical writingPython, R & Shell scriptingRESTful Web ServicesAgileAPIC++DebuggingDeliveryHTMLJavaJavaScriptLinuxDirectorObject-Oriented ProgrammingOptimizationPressProcessesPythonReal-timeRetailScrumSDLCShell ScriptingSoftware DevelopmentSQLTeamworkTechnical writingTroubleshooting
Work HistorySOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER,04/2018toCurrentRing–North Reading,MA,Working in platform team running the core of Amazon's retail business.Led development of multi-tenant, highly scalable software solutions.Engineered software release for efficient and highly scalable web solutions.Completed four major projects, from Press Release to Final Delivery covering all SDLC processes.Building solution with 30% adoption rate, handling 1.4 Million Transactions Per Second leading to 7-
 9% improvement in backend requests for Amazon products including Amazon Music and Alexa.Carried out performance optimizations leading to IMR savings of approximately 7% or $10 Million.Ran campaigns for migrating close to ~400 internal customers to improve platform availability and
 security.SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER INTERN,05/2017to07/2017Leidos Holdings Inc.–Camp Lejeune,NC,Responsible for requirements, analysis, design, and implementation of a stateless POST request service
 running the core of Amazon's retail business.Unblocked close to 40+ key customers including Amazon's cart and checkout leading to the increased
 adoption rate of platform.MEMBER OF TECHNICAL STAFF,07/2013to08/2016Advance Energy–Vancouver,,INDIADesigned and implemented Geo-distributed monitoring solution for real-time monitoring of various
 vCloud Air systems using open source technologies.Collaborated with an agile development team to build Java annotation-based framework for writing and
 orchestrating simple and efficient test libraries for RESTful API services.Built orchestration tools for system engineers across 6 teams performing load tests, stress tests, and
 writing user workflows for testing vCloud Air systems.
EducationMaster of Science:Computer Science, Twin Cities,Expected in2017toUniversity of Minnesota-,GPA:GPA: 3.82Bachelor of Engineering:Computer Science, Bangalore,Expected in2013toBMSCE-,GPA:GPA: 8.9
SkillsShell ScriptingJJava, C++TTesting, Troubleshooting and debuggingDDocker, VMWare ESXI, vCenter, vCloudTTeamwork, CollaborationDDirector, Zabbix, LinuxAAgile, ScrumHHTML & JavaScriptTTestNG, JenkinsSSQLPPerformance and scalability optimizationOObject-Oriented ProgrammingTTechnical writingPPython, R & Shell scriptingRRESTful Web Services,Agile, API, C++, debugging, Delivery, HTML, Java, JavaScript, Linux, Director, Object-Oriented Programming, optimization, Press, processes, Python, real-time, retail, Scrum, SDLC, Shell Scripting, Software Development, SQL, Teamwork, Technical writing, Troubleshooting>>. The result is, 

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