Sample – tell me about yourself for a role

Role:

Ex: Business Analyst, System Analyst

Profile:

I do have a solid 5 years of experience in IT in various technologies and different domains.

The knowledge transition in general in it would be 2 weeks.

 

Strengths:

Workday:

HCM

Finance

P:ayroll

Student/enrollment/Leave

 

Advantages:

I have the knowledge required for this role and I am in touch with the existing team on the tickets that are actively working on.

 

What can i improve

reduce the Gap in the tickets created, analyze on the repeated tickets which does not have a quick resolution,

prioritize and get a solid template of answer to get the tickets resolved quickly.

Roles and Responsibilities

What is expected

What I do every day! 

Splunk Business Analyst – List of Roles and Responsibilities

Business Analyst – Splunk related project

  • Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills to identify problems from a functional perspective, specifically when supporting end-user testing and training. Includes proficiency with such tools as Splunk, AppDynamics, etc.
  • Create reports, dashboards, and visualizations to understand business performance
  • Analyze process issues and bottlenecks and to make improvements
  • Communicate and validate requirements with relevant stakeholders
  • Develop and maintain reporting tools
  • Perform data discovery, analysis, and modeling
  • Collaborate with product manager on roadmap planning and prioritization

Jobs – Things to know – Questions to HR or Accountant -Full time Permanent vs Incorporated

  • Work time zone: Is it ET, PT or CT
  • Offshore calls , night meetings?
  • Location: Onsite, remote, hybrid?
    • Remote: work from the country or anywhere but same time zone?
    • Onsite: Location?
    • Hybrid : office 2 days a week?
  • Notice Period: Ex: 15 days or 1 month
  • Is the Role Full time Contract or a permanent role
  • If the role is a Contract/Incorporated, then how many hours per week in total? ex: 37.5 or 40
    • Cost to the Company per hour, hourly rate? ex: $50
    • Yearly workable hours =2000 hours?
    • Is there any Offshore team, do i need to send time in a specific time zone?
    • Can i Log extra effort if worked in other time zones too or can make my hours flexible.
  • If it’s a full-time permanent Role:
    • If it’s full time, what’s the salary?
    • How has the promotion and progression in the company in recent times?
    • Total number of vacation leaves provided, Christmas Holidays?
    • How many days of maternity/paternity leaves available?
    • Sick days leave
    • Salary in those maternity/paternity leaves?
    • Other Perks?
      • Yearly education allowance:
      • Yearly certification, examination fee re-imbursement
      • Seminar sessions included for FTE, but one may have to pay500$ at least if we are planning it personally.
    • External health Insurance?
      • Dental
      • Eye
      • Mental-Health
    • To your Accountant:
      • Fee to file per year:
      • How much taxes to pay if earned one hundred thousand as fulltime permanent vs incorporated
      • including benefits is kindly ask your accountant samples of any template to compare! – tis will be good to negotiate
        • For Example: and not fact: 75000$ per annum full time permanent roll is equivalent to 50$ per hour for a year of 2000 workable hours?
        • considering the below items to be paid to the Gov or Insurance:
          • Income Tax:
          • GST:
          • Corporate Tax:
          • Accountant Fee:
          • External Insurance: (Self – can we continue use of the insurance on paid leave?)- upgradable?
          • Dental –
          • Eye
          • Physiotherapist:
          • Provident fund
          • Employee insurance
          • Employee insurance company
          • Incorporation registration: provincial/federal
          • Sick leave: in days convert to salary, can be used incorporation mode if the user takes a day off!
      • Invisible facts for incorporated jobs:
        • mental pressure on finding job once the current contract ends in let’s say 3-6 months – Cannot be equated to money!
        • Satisfaction that on numbers you are earning more than a full time, until u know the facts after paying year1,2 taxes!
        • Salary slabs on taxes:
          • 0-$25000
          • $25000-50000
          • $50000-75000
        • Always on the run to find new jobs
        • On a better note, the resume is tuned better as value ads are updated regularly based on the preparation for the interviews.

Sample Job Postings

QA Automation Test Engineer with Cloud experience Azure /AWS

 Minimum of 7+ years of QA test experience required
· Automation experience of both UI functional tests using selenium webdriver and API tests is required
· API testing experience (developing API tests using Postman) is required.
· Python scripting experience required
· Ability to read and understand code is required
· Prior experience testing applications on cloud is preferred
· Experience with SQL and No-SQL technologies is required (e.g., Mongo DB, Dynamo DB)
· Prior experience in working with AWS is preferred
· Prior experience testing asynchronous applications and technologies is required (e.g., Rabbit MQ, Amazon SQS)
· Experience using AWS services (such as CloudWatch, SQS, EC2, S3)
· Prior experience in Agile-Scrum software development environment is required
· Robot Framework experience preferred
· Experience with Git and Bit Bucket required
· Integrating automated tests in CICD pipeline using Jenkins required
· Load and performance testing using tools like JMeter, LoadRunner required
· Experience with test case management tools –TestRail preferred
· Experience with Jira and Confluence preferred
· Experience working with scrum-agile teams preferred
· Should have worked on Insurance domain (preferably Travel Insurance)
· Expertise in frontend, backend or API and performance testing
· Experience with web services (REST), source control management (preferably Git), and continuous integration tools (preferably Jenkins)
· Good understanding of Software testing lifecycle and testing concepts.
· Should be ready to learn new skills as required and work in a short period
· Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision and attitude to adapt.
Technical Skills:
· Hands on using Postman for API testing. Python scripting,
· Hands on Performance Center, JMeter
· Defect Tracking using, JIRA, Test Rails.
· Ensures latest version of the executable is taken from the Version control tool.
· Working experience in Scrum Processes / Agile methodologies
Process / Innovation Skills:
· Should be able to follow industry best processes
· Should be able to bring in ideas to improve productivity and Quality of work
· A focus on high quality deliverables and meeting deadlines.
· Be someone who will bring innovation and ideas to the table
· A collaborative style and a focus on continuous improvement, quality and planning, teamwork, strong communication.
Behavioral Skills :
· Should be aggressive in making decisions and managing teams
· Should have very good communication.
· Effectively collaborates and communicates with the stakeholders and ensure client satisfaction
· Train and coach members of project groups to ensure effective knowledge management activity.
Qualification:
· Education qualification: Graduate BTech, BE, BCA, MCA, M. Tech or equivalent technical degree from a reputed college