Sunitha Barla

Technical Business Analyst and Scrum Master with over 6 years of experience in Securities Finance, Prime Services, trading platform modernization, cloud migration, and enterprise application support within the financial services industry. Strong expertise in business analysis, downstream reporting, Agile/Scrum methodologies, Scrum Master facilitation, backlog management, and manual/UAT/SIT testing, combined with strong SQL skills and experience in cloud transformation initiatives. Proven experience supporting trade lifecycle workflows, fee billing systems, cloud migration projects, and cross-functional collaboration between business, QA, and technology teams — facilitating sprint ceremonies, removing team blockers, executing manual test cases, and validating functionality across Agile delivery cycles.

Technical Business Analyst/Scrum Master - Infosys (Client: State Street Corporation)

(2025-10 - 2026-06)

Working on trading platform modernization and cloud migration initiatives within the Prime Services and Securities Finance domain.

• Supported migration of Linux server workloads from private infrastructure billing modules to AWS public cloud.
• Participated in MQ migration activities to the ITP platform, including callback and recall workflow migration.
• Coordinated migration and retirement of legacy servers and downstream processes.
• Supported migration of SGO schemas and listener processes to ITP infrastructure.
• Assisted in decommissioning legacy NGO and SGO applications and related infrastructure components.
• Worked on GitHub, Artifactory, RTC, Veracode, and Black Duck migration and retirement activities.
• Assisted in removing dependencies on legacy SFTP workflows to improve operational efficiency.
• Supported automated claim adjustment processing for borrow and loan trades.
• Participated in migration activities for non-client and non-human IDs.
• Worked with QA team to translate requirements into test scenarios and supported Postman test automation tool for API testing.
• Performed manual testing of migrated workflows and downstream processes, including callback, recall, and claim adjustment scenarios, to validate functionality prior to production cutover.
• Executed manual test cases for legacy application decommissioning activities, documenting defects, and coordinating retesting with development teams.
• Performed as a Scrum Master for the migration workstream, facilitating sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives for a cross-functional team.
• Removed impediments and coordinated dependencies across infrastructure, application, and QA teams to keep sprint commitments on track.
• Maintained the sprint backlog and tracked velocity/burndown to support predictable delivery of migration milestones.

Technical Business Analyst/Scrum Master - State Street Corporation

(2023-08 - 2025-10)

Worked within the Prime Services team supporting the IRIS trading platform and Spire Fee Billing module in the Securities Finance domain.

• Processed a high volume of international securities loans, recalls, and Equilend/Non-Equilend broker returns daily in accordance with established procedures and controls; monitored and resolved aged, pending, and failing returns, including contract compares and billing discrepancies.
• Supported enhancement and stabilization efforts for the Spire Fee Billing module. And participated in migration of fee billing functionality from the legacy G1 application to the Spire platform.
• Managed downstream reporting processes including Daily, MTD, and Monthly billing feeds from ITP.
• Ensured the team consistently met agreed SLAs, KPIs, and KRIs, documenting compliance daily.
• Liaised with traders, client management, fund groups, and counterparties to identify and resolve discrepancies. And executed instructions to receive and deliver securities to/from counterparties.
• Reviewed contract compare records and DDAs to validate positions against each counterparty. And resolved counterparty issues (pricing discrepancies, loan/borrow quantity mismatches, etc.) in a timely manner, keeping management informed of emerging risks.
• Supported the business with inquiries on transactional activity, coordinating responses across traders, corporate actions staff, and other internal teams.
• Identified and analyzed operational risks tied to current and prospective business activity. And communicated clearly and proactively with stakeholders on progress against milestones, escalating issues appropriately.
• Tracked and remediated trades falling outside the STP process, flagging exceptions for resolution.

Business Systems Analyst - State Street Corporation

(2022-05 - 2023-08)

• Supported APAC, EMEA, and North America users during Gold Copy functionality implementation through the eSF application.
• Worked with business stakeholders to gather and document functional requirements.
• Assisted in analysis and documentation for Gold Copy release enhancements.
• Developed Excel macros to automate user data uploads and reporting activities.
• Created Jira tickets and SQL scripts for prototype demonstrations and result validation.
• Participated in Agile and Waterfall SDLC methodologies.
• Supported sprint planning, story refinement, and Agile ceremonies.
• Coordinated defect tracking and issue resolution activities using Jira.
• Conducted impact analysis for change requests and production issues.
• Performed data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) activities from Oracle, SQL Server, Excel, and flat files.
• Collaborated with Pricing, Trading, and IT teams to resolve reporting and reconciliation issues.
• Assisted in preparation of test cases, test data, and API testing using Postman.
• Performed daily fund and position reconciliations for client accounts.

Salesforce Administrator - Quagile Technologies, India

(2005-05 - 2007-04)

• Managed Salesforce user profiles, role hierarchy, security, and sharing rules.
• Supported data integrity and duplicate management activities.
• Support user requirement gathering and documentation sessions.
• Maintained Salesforce workflows, dashboards, and reporting functionality.
• Supported user onboarding and deactivation activities.
• Created scripts to clean and prepare data for Salesforce migration activities.
• Implemented Object-Level and Field-Level security controls.
• Conducted QA testing for Salesforce deployment changes and sandbox management.
• Supported sales reporting and forecasting activities.

Master's - Computer Science Engineering - Rivier University (2011)

Master's - Structural Engineering - Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (2005)

Bachelor's - Civil Engineering - Osmania University (2003)