About

Shirin Varyani is an experienced Risk Analyst with over 13 years of experience in the financial services industry. Currently working at American Express, she is skilled in databases, system integration testing, test planning, software testing life cycle (STLC), and regression testing. She holds a Master of Computer Applications (MCA) degree in Information Technology from SNDT women's University. In her current role as a Risk Analyst at Amex, Shirin is responsible for identifying and mitigating risks associated with various financial products. She has a proven track record of ensuring successful delivery of solutions according to business requirements, achieving 100% on-time delivery, and maintaining quality standards. She is well-versed in SQL, Unix environment, and Perl Scripting, which enables her to perform various operations involving joins, data import/export, SQL functions, and advanced SQL. Prior to her current role, Shirin worked as an Engineer II at Amex and a Quality Analyst at Xerox. In her previous roles, she was responsible for analyzing client-provided requirements, validating accuracy and integrity of data at the backend using SQL queries on Oracle Database, and performing data analysis to find gaps in requirements. She also executed test plans to compare actual versus expected results in the database, performed positive testing, negative testing, regression testing, script testing, and code reviews to test the correctness of the data. She actively participated in the complete test life cycle, including design, review, and execution of test cases, and maintained internal Wiki for process documentation. Shirin is a strong finance professional with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. She is a team player and has the ability to lead independently while managing multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. Her tech stack includes test, SQL, integration, and backend.