PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
 

Ø      PMP Certified with twelve (12+) years of total IT experience in the System Architecture, Project Management, ETL Design and implementation, Business Requirements Analysis, Data Analysis, Database Modeling and Data warehousing, Data Conversion, Data storage, Testing and Implementation of Business applications.

Ø      Lead/Manage teams with PMBOK principles (Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring and Controls and Closing).

Ø      Around Eleven (11+) years of Development, Administration and Implementation of Data Warehouses & Data mart with ETL & OLAP Tools like Informatica PowerCenter/ PowerExchange 9.x using Designer (Source Analyzer, Mapping/ Mapplet Designer, and Transformation Developer), Repository Manager, Workflow Manager & Workflow Monitor). Explore new BI/ETL new tools (Jaspersoft/ DVO/ Metadata Manager) and perform feasibility review for clients, Automation using expert shell scripting. Teradata Tpump,FastLoad,Multiload,Tbuild, Oracle Database programming and DB Administration with PL/SQL, SQL, Complex Stored Procedures, Triggers, Debugging and Performance Tuning, DBMS Packages, DATA PUMP, RMAN backup and restore, Migration, Install and monitoring using OEM (Oracle Enterprise Manager).

Ø      Expert knowledge of (Center for Medicare and Medicaid) CMS’s XLC, IDR, FISMA, TRB, ECCB etc.

 

Project Management:

·   PMP certified and highly experienced in leading IT teams. Proficient in Project Management, Risk Management, HR Management, RFP/RFQ evaluations, Create ETL Road Map for clients, interview technical candidates for hiring ETL positions. Create LOE (Level of Effort), Vendor relationship management.

·   Create project documents (Project Plan, Traceability matrix, Risk Management plan, communication plan, lesions learned documents etc), communicate with stakeholders as necessary, and implement PMBOK, SCRUM principles in project management. Create project reports, individual and team performance scorecards, validate timesheet entry of teammembers. 

·   Lead Informatica Team at CMS as a senior member. Lead POC and other initiatives to implement new ETL and data analytics solutions.

·   Manage and Lead the application team(s) with multiple members and worked in ONSHORE-OFFSHORE model of business.

 

Informatica Architecture and Administration:

·   Design ETL system Architecture and detail implementation plans for ETL installation on single and Grid based system.

·   Participate in design reviews, operational readiness reviews and involve in CMS’s TRB [Technology Review Board] meeting.

·   Install (and upgrade), configure Informatica PowerCenter/ PowerExchange 9.x/8.x server on [AIX/Sun Solaris/IBM ZLINUX] and client [Windows]. Apply hotfix / security patches as required.

·   Participate in CMS FISMA audits for Informatica Environments.

·   Managed GRID setup of Informatica and assigned load balancer on multiple nodes.

·   Set up Change Data Capture [CAPXRT] using Informatica Power Exchange for Power Center environment.

·  Create Disaster Recovery plans for Informatica environment; actively participate in CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid)’s DR exercise. Set up failover servers.

·   Maintain Informatica users [Native/LDAP], Manage user access/roles, and Implement LDAP security system for users.

·   Work with Informatica Corp Global support on performance issues, raised ticket and follow up.

·   Create/configure Informatica Integration/Repository/Reporting/Metadata Manager /Data Quality/Analyst services. Troubleshoot JBOSS related issues and any other issues with TOMCAT.

·   Automate Informatica with INFACMD,PMCMD,PMREP utilities on UNIX, Migration of Informatica workflows across environment during releases.

Informatica Development:

·   Design complex Informatica mappings using Power Center and Power Exchange Designed client tools like Source Analyzer, Warehouse Designer, Mapping Designer, Mapplet Designer and Transformation Developer, Power Exchange navigator. Expert in Shell script, Informatica unix coding, JBOSS configure, Data Quality Mapping, Reference data, Data Masking and other transformation

·   Expert in designing and developing complex mappings from varied transformation logic like Unconnected and Connected lookups, Router, Union, Filter, Expression, Aggregator, Joiner, Update Strategy, Normalizer etc.

·   Experienced in designing Power Exchange registration, CDC implementation with ORACLE and DB2 environment, creating data maps

·   Extensive experience in implementation of Data Cleanup procedures, transformations, Scripts and execution of test plans for loading the data successfully into the targets.

·   Experience in optimization and Performance tuning of targets, sources, mappings and sessions. Created complex mapping for SCD 1 2 3 type data; Constraint based loading, target loading plan, FILELIST etc.

·   Experienced with CVS, Star Team, Mercury QC, AUTOSYS

 

BI Development/Administration (Business Objects XI /Microstrategy/HYPERION/Jaspersoft/Data Analyzer):

·   Maintain and manage users; create/edit/grant group and individual roles and responsibilities.

·   Ensure service uptime of distributed BO (Business Objects) servers, SQL server 2005 reporting database, CMS [Central Management Service], BO services as per SLA (Service Level Agreement).

·   Edit report distribution lists, report formats, schedule, and frequency as per user requests.

·   Migrate reports across environments bounce them. Create/edit crystal report using crystal XI tool.

·   Create/Edit/update project documents, mentor and train new team members.

·   Hyperion Administration and maintenance of reports; export /import of BQY reports.

·   Install and configure Micro strategy 9x and OBIEE 11

·   Configure and resolve any JBOSS server and tomcat/apache issues for Jaspersoft and Data Analyzer.

·   Custom configure Data Analyzer front end with Custom logo, backup and restore repositories as required.

 

EDUCATION:

Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI, USAApril 2013

Bachelors in Engineering [ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS], VTU India    July 2002

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating System: UNIX (HP-UX) [11.11]/Sun Solaris 10/Mainframe Z/OS and IBM Z LINUX {RHEL}

Database: Oracle 9i/10/11g, DB2, SQL Server, TERADATA 14.0

ETL Tools: Informatica 7x /8.x /9x, TALEND {OPEN SOURCE}

CMS: Quality enter, MS Sharepoint, Alfresco {OPEN SOURCE}, JIRA

Reporting: BO XI, CRYSTAL REPORT 10, MICROSTRATEGY 9, OBIEE ENTERPRISE 11, JASPERSOFT

Database Tools: SQL*PLUS, SQL*LOADER, TOAD, DB2 Connect, BTEQ

Languages and programming Skills: SQL, PL/SQL, Shell/Perl, Unix Scripting

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Apex IT Services LLC, Woodlawn MD  (2011 – present)

Project: Center for Medicare and Medicaid, Baltimore MDJan 2011 – Present

Role: Sr. INFORMATICA Administrator/ Architect Consultant

Responsibilities:

 

·   Informatica Administration is an enterprise O & M project under CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid, Baltimore) BI-ETL contract, which involves setting up new ETL environments and managing existing ones comprised of ETL tool suites like Informatica PowerCenter, PowerExchange, Metadata Manager, Data Quality software on UNIX (Sun Solaris 10) and Z/LINUX (RHEL 6x) and Z/OS (Mainframe) platforms with Oracle 11g/ DB2/Teradata as backend Database.

·   Design Architecture and implementation plans for new Informatica ETL environments to be set up; actively participate in design plans reviewed by CMS’s Technical Review Board.

·   Administrations and maintenance for massive Informatica environment involving 70+ development projects, Hundreds of development users, Multiple SOLARIS and ZLINUX installations {RHEL 6x}.

·   Install and upgrade Informatica 9.x. Planned project architecture and implementation from existing 9.5 to 9.6 without any major issues.

·   Metadata Manager Administration and architect – this includes but not limited to work with application team to install/setup configure/backup/restore/upgrade CMS Metadata Manager warehouse project (9.6.1) and DDOL (Data Dictionary Online). Set up metadata reporting tools using Data Analyzer/ Jaspersoft services and Oracle procedures/Materialized views to be created on Metadata Warehouse backend to create BI reports using other reporting tools. Configure/Migrate Metadata resources, Troubleshoot user/system issues and raise bug defects to vendor. Work with custom Metamodels, custom x connects, upgrade related issues of metadata manager tool and set up user group permissions on metadata resources (Steward/architect/normal user etc), Automate resource loading in higher environments, support custom configurator tool, Business Glossary etc. Migrate Business Glossary from 951 to 961.

·   Actively participate in Project Initiation/ project planning/ LOE / business-admin co-ordinations/ and other detailed software architect activities like design spec/storage requirement calculation/ software requirements etc.

·   Informatica administration tasks [details above].

·   Work with application teams to implement TPT (Teradata Parallel Transport), tbuild utilities of Teradata.

·   Use Teradata Tbuild, FastLoad, MultiLoad connections, troubleshoot connection issues. Configure ODBC for Teradata 14.

·   Troubleshoot Informatica issues. User management, export/import users. Create new batch accounts for jobs.  Responsible for regular backup, creation of new repository, domain services.

·   Schedule jobs using Tivoli. Create profile scripts for job batch users.

·   Co-ordinate with large number of developers/application support teams/UNIX /infrastructure teams/TIVOLI teams and DBAs to ensure smooth running of Informatica platform.

·   Manage and create DR environments.

·   Migration of Informatica workflows/folders across environments as per requirements.

·   Automated Informatica workflow run, loads, monitoring and alert process.

Environment: Informatica Power Center 9.6, Oracle 11G, DB2 10, Teradata 14.10, Sun Solaris 10, IBM ZLINUX [RHEL 6x]

 

Project: SIRIUS-XM Satellite Radio, Washington DC               June 2009-Dec 2010

Role: Sr. INFORMATICA Consultant (Developer/Production Support/Administrator)

Responsibilities:

·   Lead development and production support for financial data warehouse application team of Sirius-XM. Involves Siebel Incentive compensation Management System [ICM], ETL –Informatica, Oracle 10g database on SUN SOLARIS10 platform.

·   Mission Critical financial data analysis and provide reports, RCA (Root-Cause-Analysis) whenever required by Business users using Oracle SQL, PL-SQL, and Stored Procedures etc.

·   Performance tuning of existing Informatica workflows/PL SQL/ Stored procedures.

·   Administrations for Informatica [DETAILS LISTED ABOVE]

·   Development for Informatica (details listed above)

·   Migration of new Informatica/ICM codes and cover post migration support.

·   Migration of Business Objects XI reports and cover post migration support.

·   Administration of ICM [Incentive Compensation Management] (Maintain/manage users / partners in Siebel ICM Admin console).

·   Used INFOVIEW, CMS console to manage reports/users etc in BO XI.

·   Coordinate with offshore support team to maintain standard support during night. Ensure proper handover and required checkpoints met while getting the transfer back during US day hours.

·   Backup Informatica repository/ user management [Native and LDAP]/ create and assign appropriate roles to users and groups.

·   Worked with Netezza DB and CALLIDUS tools for warehouse rules transformation.

·   Configure/create/edit database connections in workflow manager as and when required. Configure ODBC connection details. Troubleshoot all Informatica issues / perform Root Cause analysis and provide detailed reports to managers.

Environment: Informatica Power Center 8x, Oracle 10g (Toad and SQLPLUS), Sun Solaris 10, BO XI, Siebel ICM

 

Project: US BANK, ST-PAUL. MNJAN 2009 –APRIL 2009

Role: INFORMATICA ARCHITECT Consultant

Responsibilities:

·   Worked as Informatica Power Center/Power Exchange architect. Project involves setting up Change Data Capture Real Time [CAPXRT] with distributed databases system db2 and USBANK mainframe Z/OS. The workflows are created using Power Center 8.5 hot fix 2 with CAPXRT sources from Power Exchange.

·   Install and configure Power Center server 8.5.1 HotFIX2 on AIX for production.

·   Managed shared storage for $PMRootDir. Plan DR and failover for Power Center/ Power Exchange.

·   Experienced with DTLUAPPL, ECCR and dbmover configuration for Power Exchange and Power Exchange troubleshooting. Used infacmd, pmcmd, pmrep commands in UNIX scripting and other monitoring purpose.

·   Set up restart tokens for workflows. Fixed restart token issues with DTLUCDEP.

·   Automated monitoring for workflows, used shell scripts to monitor the workflows, created monitoring workflow to check CDC functionality.

·   Created automatic scripts to start / stop CDC workflow, scheduled via AUTOSYS.

·   Set auto recovery for workflows using recovery tables to start from point of failure.

·   Set up automatic ObjectExport/ObjectImport scripts with PMREP using encrypted password for workflow users.

·   Participated in the design of logical and physical Power Exchange data map.

·   Set up LDAP security for Power Center users.

·   Created Power Exchange registration, maps and extractions to be used in the workflows.

·   Designed workflows to capture CAPXRT data from DB2 tables.

·   Extensively worked in the performance tuning of programs, ETL procedures and processes.

 

Environment: Informatica Power Center 8x, Oracle 10g, DB2 8, SQL, PL/SQL, Toad/SQL*PLUS, DB2 connect, AIX, Mainframe Z/OS

 

Accenture LLP2003 –2008

Project: XM SATELITE RADIO        DEC 2006 - NOV 2008

(WASHINGTON DC USA / BANGALORE INDIA)

Role: INFORMATICA LEAD

Team Size: 3

Responsibilities:

·   Manage/Lead the ETL ODS Production support team from Washington DC Client office. Technology involved is Oracle, SQL, PL/SQL, Informatica, BO XI with Oracle and Solaris 10 as backend. Facilitate the production support from client site. Provide regular process updates to offshore team members.

·   Lead the ETL Informatica migration team mentored and trained new members of migration team.

·   Lead the BOXI production support from ONSHORE

·   Setup definite and documented process for ETL Informatica migration.

·   Managed GRID setup for Informatica and shared storage for $PMRootDir. Used load balancer for performance improvement of Informatica workflows as suggested by Informatica Corp Global Support.

·   Logical design for the data mart Snowflake schema was created to meet the end users requirements.

·   Responsible for Data Analysis, Data warehouse and ETL Development, Oracle Database Design and Development, Data Conversion, Data storage, SQL, PL/SQL and UNIX.

·   Conducted team meetings and proposed Data Requirements, Data Mappings and Verifications. Gap analysis for staging & warehouse tables. Participated in the System analysis and data analysis.

·   Handled all Informatica Administration activities and BO XI Administration activities. (Detailed responsibilities listed above)

·   Major work in close co-ordination with infrastructure support team / dba team while moving Informatica production server Solaris blades. Changed workflow configurations, created shell scripts, detail test plans for this huge movement involved more than 50 workflows.

·   Analyzed business requirements and worked closely with the various application teams and business teams to develop ETL procedures that are consistent across all applications and systems.

·   Developed Informatica mappings and tuned them for better performance.

·   Created Informatica mappings with PL/SQL Procedures/Functions to build business rules to load data.

·   Transformation and data load were performed according to the reporting requirements

·   Used SQL scripting, PL/SQL codes review, editing and testing.

·   Used INFOVIEW, CMS console to manage reports/users etc in BO XI.

·   Implemented Export Import of Database schema using Data Pump utility of ORACLE 10G which reduced month end work load by 80%.

·   Work allocation among team members using Remedy.

·   Document quarterly/annually performance feedback of the team to the higher management.

 

Environment: Informatica Power Center 7x and 8.x, BO XI, CRYSTAL REPORT 11, MERCURY QUALITY CENTER Oracle 9i/10g, SQL, PL/SQL, Toad/SQL*PLUS, SSH, Qwest Central – performance monitoring of DB, Star Team - Version control tool for codes.

 

Project: HPJAN 2004-NOV 2006

Role: Informatica Developer/Oracle Pl/SQL Developer/Application Support

Team size: 3

Responsibilities:

·   Code design/ support for various data warehouse applications for HP.

·   Management of production data wherever required from database using SQL and PL/SQL.

·   Migration of code [MTP] using CVS across different environments [Dev/Test/Prod]

·   Involved in very large oracle db migration activities, management of Oracle DB 9i production db, user creation, grant privileges, manage users, generate roles based reports and send it to HP business managers. Installed / configured oracle client for users.

·   Managing the production servers [HPUX 11.11] and take necessary action for a smoother operation.

·   Change/Debug production scripts if required using generally Shell/Perl.

·   Studied the existing OLTP system(s) and Created facts, dimensions and star schema representation for the data mart.

·   Created various PL/SQL stored procedures for dropping and recreating indexes on target tables.

·   Experience in handling production servers and databases of a large system.

·   Weekly and monthly project status reports to HP/Accenture project managers.

·   Went to Canada Accenture, Toronto, for Business Transformation and successfully implemented Triage Process for an 80-20 business transfer from ONSHORE to OFFSHORE.

·   Successfully trained new team members for both technical and application knowledge. Provided improvement suggestions, developed/migrated numerous shell scripts/ java procedures on production.

·   Handled ticket resolution using remedy and on call support [pager].

·   Lead/mentored the production support team, provided performance feedback to managers about new team members.

Environment: Oracle 9i/10g & OEM, SQL, PL/SQL, Toad/SQL*PLUS, SSH, CVS

 

Project: YAHOO APRIL 2003 –DEC 2003

Role: Oracle PL/SQL Developer/ Production Support

Responsibilities:

·   Created Oracle PL/SQL queries and Stored Procedures.

·   Maintained Oracle PL/SQL applications.

·   Worked on data loads using Oracle PL/SQL and SQL *Loader.

·   Developed Interfaces using UNIX Shell Script and Perl scripting to automate the bulk load & update processes.

Environment: Oracle 9i & OEM, SQL, PL/SQL, Toad/SQL*PLUS, SSH