205 Lark ct, Novato CA 94947
Phone: (415) 827-9782
Email: manikantha.varma@gmail.com
Manikantha Varma Penmetsa
Profile
♦ Eight years of experience encompassing a wide range of skill set, roles and industry verticals.
♦ Currently working as ETL SME for Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company.
♦ Extensive experience with analysis, design, development, customizations and implementation of
software applications.
♦ Good Insight on Property & Causality Insurance and Banking domains.
♦ Strong organizational skills, ability to handle multiple tasks.
♦ Worked as Jr.Developer, Sr.Developer, Technical Lead, Scrum Master, Solutions Engineer,
Onsite Coordinator, Production support and Technical ETL Architect in the past 8 years
experience.
♦ Executed software projects for FSS – P & C Insurance industry
♦ Expert in working all phases of SDLC right from requirements gathers, Interviewing operations
teams, data mapping, designing, development, build, SIT/UAT testing support, performance and
stabilization testing, load testing, certification, release management and production support.
♦ Designed and developed couple of business value adds tools which are reused across various
projects in IBM and are listed below.
o Data Leakage Notifier (Tool to scan the DataStage logs and alert the support team in
case of any specified warnings).
o Bulk Data push/pull into/from Saleforce.com – A common frame work.
♦ Proficient in analyzing and translating business requirements to technical requirements.
♦ Strong database skills, Programming and development knowledge
♦ Strong ETL Skills (DataStage Tool, Pl/Sql and Shell Scripting)
♦ Possesses basic knowledge in Mainframes.
♦ Positive attitude , quick learner and accustom to adopt any kind of environment
♦ Good communication and interpersonal skills, self-motivated, quick learner, team player.
Technical Expertise
Languages and tools
Version Control
Database
:
IBM Websphere DataStage Parallel Extender,
PMM (Process Metadata Manager),
Toad, Oracle SQL Developer, Pl/Sql
: PVCS, Clear case, Delivery Hub
: Oracle, DB2
Operating System
Scheduling tools
Incident / Change Mgmt
: Linux, AIX, Windows 2000/Xp
: Espx, Corn tab and Control M.
: Remedy, Service now.
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Professional Experience
Jun 07 – Till date, IT SPECIALIST – ETL Integrat ion Analyst , IBM India Pvt . Ltd
Feb 2010 – Till date, IT SPECIALIST – ETL Integration Analyst
Client: Fireman’s fund insurance company.
Description:
Fireman's Fund Insurance Company®
(FFIC) founded in 1863 has been a fore runner in the insurance business for more than 145 years now.
FFIC maintains 93 operating offices in 32 states nationwide allowing it to serve customers throughout all
50 states. Today Fireman's Fund works to provide business and personal insurance and to bring
customers the highest caliber of claims service.
Fireman’s Fund insurance policies are sold to businesses and individuals by insurance agents, or
producers. These agents are not employees of Fireman’s Fund. They sell policies for several insurance
companies and pick the best company for the policy that the business or individual needs. These agents
may work with several different Firemen’s Fund offices.
Detailed description about the Projects:
Salesforce.com Phase2 – (Mar 2013 to June 2014):
The SFDC (Sale force) application will be enhanced in order to assume the administrative and
reporting functions of both Agency Hub and PRIDE/PIF (Are existing agency management systems),
thereby enabling the retirement of these legacy applications. A new application internal application will
provide viewing access of the Agency Administration data for the enterprise. Furthermore, SFDC will be
enhanced to accept outside data sources where necessary in order to maintain the currency and
integrity of the Agency Administration data.
Roles:
IT Specialist – Technical ETL Architect, Designer and Development Lead.
Responsibilities:
o Requirement Analysis.
o Worked with FFIC Business and Enterprise architect team to understand the existing
agency management systems.
o Had a challenging task of not to create change/impact to existing agency data
consumers applications.
o Worked with Enterprise architect and Client side SME to define the integration layer and
Agency Data model.
o Involved in ADD (Architectural Design Decisions) discussion.
o Prepared the Conceptual design for the whole Integration and Batch layer.
o Designed and developed a common batch frame work to push/pull into/from
Salesorce.com.
o Create the design documents for ETL Datastage jobs based on the mapping
specifications.
o Implement the ETL Datastage jobs for the design document.
o Create the Unit Test Plans and publish the Unit Test Results with the actual results.
o End to end design and development ownership.
o Responsible for reviewing the SIT and FVT test plan and cases.
o Responsible for creating the Deliverable units to migrate the objects into System
testing, Functional verification testing environments.
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o Ensured that timely communication with Client side SPOC and Stakeholders on the
project related activities /Status and Production issues.
o Primary responsibility for Quality reviews of code/design specs and act as a gate keeper
before the code/design reaches the client.
o Defined the Integration and Batch layer production implementation plan and executed
same without even a minor backout.
o Responsible for all Data issues related recoveries in Production.
Environment and tools: MQ, DB2, Mainframe, WMB, DataPower, DataStage.
Enterprise Operational Data Store (EODS) - (Feb 2010 – Mar 2013):
Enterprise Operational Data Store (EODS) is a foundational project within the Data Strategy
program. The primary objective of Release 1A of EODS is to provide the data needed by the Strategic
Billing project, FS-CD, in its first phase of billing Personal Insurance Direct Bill business. Billing Account
Setup Solution (BASS) is a real-time mechanism for creating and managing Billing Accounts for SAP
Billing. BASS will integrate with EPAS and Web Solutions as part of policy issuance process, interfacing
with agents and internal AZFF staff. It will use a composite service layer for access of EODS, ECM
/MDM, PI Client, FS-CD and LBC services.
Roles:
1. ETL Team Lead – Designer and Developer
2. IT Specialist - ETL Integration Specialist
Responsibilities:
o Work with FFIC Business and Enterprise architect team to understand the requirements
and flow.
o Perform Proof of Concept to check if the requirement is technically feasible.
o Analyze the proposed logical data model and identify the discrepancies from FFIC
Corporate data model. Convey identified discrepancies to Enterprise architect team for
reconsideration
o Create the design documents for ETL Datastage jobs based on the mapping
specifications.
o Implement the ETL Datastage jobs for the design document.
o Create the Unit Test Plans and publish the Unit Test Results with the actual results.
o End to end design and development.
o Responsible for creating the Deliverable units to migrate the objects into System
testing, Functional verification testing environments.
o Make sure that all the dot releases and monthly releases were delivered with quality and on time.
o Ensured that timely communication with Client side SPOC and Stakeholders on the
project related activities /Status and Production issues.
o Participate in requirements gathering for all WRs and highlighted the impacts and alternatives
o Have prime responsibility for Quality reviews of code/design specs and act as a gate
keeper before the code/design reaches the client.
o Responsible for all Data issues related recoveries in Production.
o Responsible for creating the migration instruction documents
o Identify new enhancements and flaws in business flows to reduce the inflow of problem tickets.
Team Size: 40
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Environment and tools: MQ, DB2, Mainframe, DATA STAGE, WMB, IBM Insurance Application
Architecture Framework (IAA, Java, IBM Websphere DataStage Parallel Extender, Data Leakage
Notifier and PMM (Process Meta Manager).
Achievements:
o Had a major incident which impacted the business for more than a day. The issues
were reported to EODS in the morning, I had been owned the ETL layer analysis and
identified the root cause in 2hrs and proposed the recovery. And we were able to
successfully complete the proposed solution and give back the system on the same
day. And was appreciated by the customer for the same.
o Business was looking for information about the polices, for which the invoices are
generated late. I had helped out FFIC BA to get the reports very quickly to support their
analysis. And I was appreciated by the customer for the same.
April 2012 – June 2012 date Application Rationalization:
Client: Fireman’s fund insurance company.
Fireman's Fund Insurance Company Application Rationalization initiative to move the existing
reporting application to BI Hub Cognos technology with enhancements is part of the platform
consolidation and application portfolio complexity reduction program of Allianz. The main objective is to
reduce the run rate and the cost of adding new technology to the existing environment.
Reinsurance FSM Reporting
Reinsurance FSM reporting work stream is to migrate the reporting functionality from MI App
Shell to the Cognos reporting layer. The reports generated from Cognos reporting layer will mimic the
reports that are generated from MI App Shell as today, and will have to generate new reports.
PDA (Premium Dispersion Activity):
Premium Dispersion Activity (PDA) is a MI reporting application that helps AZFF in measuring
premium booked through PVR at transaction level on a weekly basis. This information is summarized at
region and business segment level. The primary purpose of PDA reporting allows the business to look
at their premiums by week before archive data becomes available at month end. PDA (Premium
Dispersion Activity) Weekly work stream is to migrate the reporting functionality from MI App Shell to the
Cognos reporting layer. The reports generated from Cognos reporting layer will mimic the reports that
are generated from MI App Shell as today, and will have to generate new reports.
Role: ETL Integration Designer and Developer with following responsibilities
o Designing the workflow along the Business and Enterprise architect team according to
the functional requirements
o Build the logical data model from FFIC CDM (Corporate data model ) and get the same
reviewed and approved from FFIC Enterprise tower lead team.
o Designing conversion solution architecture.
o Build understanding of requirements and explaining those to development team.
o End to end ETL solution design and build delivery.
o Point of contact for ETL layer deliverables.
o Identify new enhancements and flaws in business flows to reduce the inflow of problem
tickets.
o Design the code deploys procedures into higher environments.
Team Size: 10
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Environment and tools: DB2, Mainframe, IBM Websphere Data Stage Parallel Extender, IBM
Cognos Insurance Product Profitability Performance Blueprint.
Jul 2008 - Dec 2010 AML Data Sourcing Project for ANZ Australia.
Client: ANZ Bank Australia.
Description:
ANZ, Australia Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing Act was passed on
December 2006. The objective of the Act is to fulfill Australia’s International obligation to combat money
laundering and financing
The AML Data sourcing project is a development project in which the objective is to design and develop
an ETL application that will source customer details, account and transaction data from ANZ bank’s
multiple systems and store in a staging environment before being pushed into the Norkom system.
Norkom application software is third party software bought by the bank for detecting, reporting Money
Laundering and Terrorist Financing type of activities.
Roles performed:
1. Application developer
2. ETL Delivery Lead
Responsibilities:
o Designing the workflow along the Business Analyst according to the client functional
requirements
o Prepared the Micro design document based on the BFS (Business functional
requirement), macro design document.
o Coding and unit testing.
o Developer level performance tuning
o Performing Peer Reviews to ensure defect free release
o Involved and prepared the utility scripts which are useful for all phases.
o Handled all the modules during ST (System testing) and SIT (System integration testing).
o Supported the Phase 1 and 2 ST& SIT, and now supporting the Production in warranty
period.
o Lead the ETL team role since April 2009 till Dec 2009 and involved in the estimating the
effort required for the fourth phase
o Coordinate and communicate tasks with developers
o Ensure that development is performed as per requirements
o Communicate activities/progress to project manager
o Responsible for creating the Deliverable units to migrate the objects into System testing
environments
o Responsible for migrating the Test manager approved Deliverable unit mentioned
objects into System testing environment
o Responsible for doing the shakeout check for major releases before testing team starts
the execution
o Establish Quality Procedure for the team and continuously monitor and audit to ensure
team meets quality goals
Achievements:
o Played critical role in successful delivery of ETL Product and was appreciated by the
ANZ IT Director.
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Environment and tools: Toad, Oracle 11g, Oracle Pl/sql, Solaris 10,Mainframe, Control M, PVCS,
Connect Direct, UNIX shell scripting, PMM (Process Metadata Manager),IBM Documenter, ETLSVCS
(ETL Service Systems).
Team Size: 25
Mar 06 – Jun 08,
Cendant Car Rental Group Conversion.
Client: Cendant Car Rental Groups
Mar 06 – Jun 07, Sof tware Engineer Artech Infosystems Pvt . Ltd India.
Jun 07 – Jun 08, Senior Sof tware Engineer IBM India Pvt . Ltd
The Cendant Car Rental Groups Claims Organization (CCRG) was using a highly-modified
version of the Valley Oaks Claim System (iVOS). This system had a significant number of performance
and capability shortcomings that have severely limited CCRG’s ability to manage its claim processes and
liability exposures and to recover money due.
CCRG to ABACUS Migration.
Roles performed:
1. Application developer
2. Senior Application Developer
3. ETL Migration Lead
Responsibilities:
o Understanding client requirements.
o Designing conversion solution architecture.
o Coding and Unit testing.
o Building and Setting up environment.
o Handling the entire modules single handed while UAT and PRE Implementation.
o Performance Tuning.
o Running the Conversion cycle‘s for UAT.
o Supporting the SIT & UAT.
Achievements:
o Interacted with Third party Vendor (EXTENDED INNOVATION) to get knowledge of
ABACUS system in Beijing China.
Environment and tools: Toad, Oracle 9i, 10g, Oracle Pl/sql, Solaris 10, Crontab, and UNIX shell
scripting, ABACUS system
Team Size: 7
Education:
Batcholer of Degree in Computer Sciences – 2003 , Andhra University Visakhapatnam , India,
Certifications:
• Completed the OCA certification (ORACLE CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE).
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