VISHAL KHEMKA

Clearance: Active Top Secret

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

·   Meticulous data expert with over 18 years of expertise and multifaceted approach to quality in Data Architecture, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Data Analysis and Design, Database Development, Extract, Transform, Load (ETL), and Automation.

·   Experienced in Data Modeling (translate business requirements into logical and physical data models), Database Administration, System Analysis, Functional Requirements and Design Analysis, Programming, as well as implementation, documentation, and post implementation activities.

·   Strong organizational abilities, talented and dependable at working and maintaining relationships with staff and clients at all levels, work cooperatively and effectively as part of a team.

·   Result oriented troubleshooting skills, skilled at analyzing problems and gathering information; self-starter with innovative ideas and solutions. Ability to quickly learn and adapt to other skill sets to meet client needs.

·   Clear understanding of IT strategic goals, operations, industry-standard best practices and life-cycle development methodologies balancing costs, risks and schedules

EDUCATION

MS Computer Science, American University, Washington, DCMay 1997

BS Computer Science and Engineering, University of Madras, Madras, India April 1995

RECENT TRAINING

Big Data (Apache Hadoop, Pig, Hive) and JavaJan’14

ASG Rochade Metadata Management, ASG Software Solutions Jun’13

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

U.S. Department of StateNovember 2012 - Present

Data Architect – Bureau of Information Resource Management

·   Successfully installed and stood up the ASG-Rochade Enterprise Metadata Repository (EMR) with Single Sing-On authentication within three months of onboarding the project – accomplished a task which the department had been pursuing for over two years.

·   Designed and implemented the business term hierarchy and metadata repository, deploy and configure database, data warehouse, ETL and workflow scanner components.

·   Enhanced the underlying architecture of the in-house Master Reference Data application from object driven to an API driven architecture providing a platform to scale features and functions.

·   Instituted separation of the business layer from the data layer allowing implementation of data-centric security controls and interfaces. Solved data set version control challenges and established automated logging and auditing capabilities.

·   Evaluated big data tools and solutions for the departments data management group, demonstrate use of Hadoop to dynamically stand up multiple ETL engines to concurrently process large amounts of data

·   Normalized the Entity Relationship Diagram, instituted database checks and constraints at the physical level and implement Application Programming Interface (API) packages business rules checks on data sets improving the overall data quality, performance and usability of the application.

·   Introduced API templates and trained other team members on implementing the data set APIs.

·   Successfully troubleshooted Java and .Net application issues in assisting other team members.

MedImmune, Inc January 2012 - October 2012

Lead Data Architect

·   Streamlined clinical trials enrollment review process in a way that minimizes the manual rework of Clinical Project Managers (CPMs) and enable proactive review of enrollment status by Senior Clinical Research personnel (SCRs).

·   Analyzed and integrated on-site and cloud implementations to feed into a business intelligence clinical trial study metrics dashboard for C-level executives and program managers

·   Designed logical models and implemented physical dashboard databases, data marts, and star schemas.  Integrated the RAVE Electronic Data Capture and Impact Clinical Trial Management System including SAS extracts with dashboard reporting, Analyzed and documented gaps in the data to maintain data integrity.

·   Illustrated data findings in a format that provided stakeholders visibility into the operational and business metrics

·   Collaborated with software development staff and the client as an expert in specifying database structure

 

Neustar, IncSeptember 2011 – December 2011

Data Architect/Salesforce Integration Specialist

·   Meticulously migrated and consolidated multiple Salesforce instances into a single instance

·   Engaged with enterprise customers to provide domain and product expertise in integrating saleforce.com cloud application with on-premises applications and systems

·   Configured improved workflow rules, profiles, and role hierarchies for ease of day-to-day Salesforce administration

·   Consumed data in salesforce.com cloud application with Data Loader and Salesforce APIs with reporting and logging capabilities to easily identify and address issues in data sources and mappings

·   Created Logical Data Model and Module Designs efficiently by leveraging out-of-box Salesforce objects, defining new custom objects and extended existing objects

ValueDOT, Inc March 2011 – August 11

Solutions Architect / Project Manager

·   Spearheaded IT initiatives and project management including project evaluations, execution, and post implementation reviews establishing checks and measures

·   Adapted pre-implementation activities of needs assessment, software evaluation, resource planning, budgeting, and scheduling reducing risks and failures

·   Oversaw the development and delivery of the web-based school performance reporting information management system (ASP .Net, SQL Server and Oracle)

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Enterprise Data Management OfficeDecember 2010 – March 2011

Data Architect/Data Analyst

·   Responsible for accuracy and timely generation of reports on DHS Enterprise Architecture Information Repository for Headquarters and its Agencies

·   Collaborate with DHS Data Architects to mature formal data governance practices for the DHS Enterprise, design and document data flow and information flow models and concepts

·   Supported the research and development of Human Capital Segment architecture, design and generate conceptual and logical data models

·   Responsible for providing focused support to the US Coast Guard and Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) for the maturing of their Data Management practices

·   Supported data governance bodies in facilitating, scheduling, and organizing meetings and agendas and publish meeting minutes for working groups

·   Worked with data model and repository toolsets (ERwin and metadata management toolsets) to create work products and provide consulting services to support the development of data models, related work products, reports and briefings

ValueDOTJune 2010 – November 2010

Technical Architect

·   Transformed business requirements into conceptual and logical data models

·   Supported data analysis and established data flow exchange process between onsite SAP implementation and salesforce.com cloud application

Neustar, Inc December 2009 – June 2010

Data Architect

·   Designed and developed an enterprise data architecture for how data will be managed through the Enterprise Service Bus integrating on-site CRM systems, human resource systems, data warehouse, financial systems, accounting systems and salesforce.com cloud application

·   Performed Gap Analysis and Documented architecture diagrams, assessments, data models (conceptual, logical and physical), data governance and data stewardship for current-state and future-state architecture

·   Designed and developed ETL processes and procedures to manage data between Salesforce and multiple business units in the Enterprise. Implemented pilots as proof of concepts for the ETL processes using third party integration tools (Pervasive, Jitterbit, Cast Iron)

Fannie Mae May 2009 – November 2009

Sr. Developer/Analyst on Servicer and Investor Reporting (S/IR) project

·   Programmer analyst on Servicer and Investor Reporting system (Data Modeling and PL/SQL)

Booz Allen HamiltonDecember 2008 – April 2009

Consultant

·   Designed and implement a metadata repository to map logical and physical models, systems, databases, processes, procedures, organizations, people, projects, and activities.

·   Supported Database Administrator of 90+ database instances in Production, Development, Quality Assurance and Disaster Recovery environments

·   Performed business analysis of architecture and implementation of Oracle 10g Grid Control, Data Guard, Performance Tuning, and 8i/9i to 10g upgrades

·   Designed logical and physical data model for an intelligent rule based metadata driven data masking application to mask production data in non-production environments, successfully masked a tera-byte people soft database overnight in 8 hours.

·   Automated data migration and day-to-day repeatable tasks with PL/SQL and UNIX shell scripts to monitor databases, threshold alert notification, nightly backups and reporting

Fannie Mae September 2007 – December 2008

Database Administrator, Development, and QA environments

·   Assisted client in automating the maintenance and security of development and QA environments, maintain the logical and physical data model, and scripts to automate a home-grown workflow and identity management system

·   Designed and developed UNIX shell scripts and PL/SQL to manage database security, grants and permissions; database backups; enhanced custom refresh utility to export-import and migrate objects and data; manage partitions, tablespaces, user accounts, data dictionary, meta data and other database objects; established SOX compliance

Sr. Developer/Analyst on Servicer and Investor Reporting project - successful go-live in Feb’09

·   Programmer analyst on Servicer and Investor Reporting system (Data Modeling and Oracle PL/SQL)

·   Lead developer and technical implementation architect, data mart reports generation for a legacy reporting system

·   Designed and developed high level and detail level designs for the rules and processing for a custom rules based batch processing application with scheduled PL/SQL batch processing and on-demand web based processing

·   Supported requirements analysis; Co-ordinated system testing and performance tuning activities

IBM Rational Software January 2007 – September 2007

IT Specialist

·   Technical Sales Representative for Department of Labor, Veterans Administration, Department of Education, Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation, Department of Defense Medical, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, involved in pre-sales and post-sales activities

·   Consulted on RequisitePro, Clear Quest; and Rational Software Delivery Platform, an end to end software development life cycle tool

·   Assisted and guided customers to be successful with Rational processes and tools

·   Delivered on-site training –Requirements Management with Use Cases, RequisitePro, RequisiteWeb, Rational SoDA

·   Contributed to achievement of team/revenue objectives, opportunity identification, maximize client/partner satisfaction

·   Actively advised the sales team, IBM management, and customers on the appropriate use of demo's, Proof of Concepts, Proof of Technologies, services, proactively explore, define, document and review customer's business and technical results

·   Ongoing enablement in Rational SDLC tools: Rational Unified Process, Rational Method Composer, RequisitePro, ClearQuest, ClearCase, Rational Software Architect, Asset Manager, Build Forge, Watchfire, Rational Portfolio Manager, Software Delivery Platform, Testing Tools, SOA, Agile Techniques

 

Northrop Grumman Mission SystemsFeb’02 – Dec’06

Sr. Database Analyst on GovTrip project

·   Analyze requirements, new functionality data modeling, database performance tuning

·   Lead for the client / server setup ETL tool for the GovTrip application, elicit and document requirements

Team Lead and Lead Developer on Defense Travel System (DTS) project

·   Translate stakeholder needs to detail software specifications, use-cases and activity diagrams; design and develop an innovative and efficient client-server deployment tool, server-side Oracle 9i/10g, client-side Microsoft Access. This tool was successfully deployed at 250 phase I and phase II Department of Defense sites to securely extract, transform and load millions of data records from fielding sites into production system.

·   Lead support for the client / server setup tool for the DTS application

·   Perform business analysis, logical and physical database design, and maintenance of the ETL product with regard to improvements and new development using Oracle Designer and Oracle Enterprise Manager

Sr. Developer / Analyst on Defense Travel System (DTS) project (CMMI Level 5)

·   A key systems analyst, data specialist and developer in developing a web-based deployment tool, Oracle 9i (migrating to Oracle 10g), Java

·   Integration testing team lead for Import/Export (XML driven) and Enhanced Budget modules; develop use-case scenarios for testing, report status to higher management

·   Develop integration test plans (Web based front-end, Oracle 9i back-end database), provide a data architecture to automate data/XML generation for testing

·   Involved in analysis and design phases, peer reviews (Oracle 9i, PL/SQL), performance improvement, production architecture and foundation considerations for overall support in implementing a quality product

·   Translate ongoing development into demo scripts for customer presentations; liaison between customer and development team and between development and testing team

 

Human Performance Systems, Inc.             Nov’01 – Feb’02

Associate, Director of Software Systems Development

·   Gather requirements, analyze, design and create data model, develop, test, and implement a Web-based survey and reporting system (Oracle 8i database, Cold Fusion application server, PL/SQL) for the Office of Naval Research

 

Bantu, Inc., Washington DC          Nov’00 – Nov’01

Senior Database Administrator/Developer

·   Design, develop and implement a database (Oracle 8i) for Web-based instant messenger, maintain the million plus user production database, tune and troubleshoot, backup and recovery

·   Oracle 7i/8i Database Administration, administer 20 plus database instances including development, testing and productions databases using Oracle Enterprise Manager

·   Tune, troubleshoot and support applications in Java/J2EE, XML, and PL/SQL

·   Requirements (Rational) and functional analysis, field installs, technical writing, 24x7 call, support and troubleshooting

·   Consultant, Technical and Research Analyst, TMA Resources, McLean VA (Jan’01 – Jul’01)

- Proof of concept on Oracle 8i database replication (single master and 120 snapshots)

- Technical analysis and implementation of reporting tools for TMA’s CRM software TIMSS

 

IntraACTIVE Inc.          Sep’96 – Nov’00

Systems Administrator/Developer

·   UNIX (Solaris 2.x, RedHat Linux) and Windows NT/2000 administration, database administration (Oracle 7i, Oracle 8i, MS SQL Server)and Web-based application design and development using Java/J2EE, Oracle PL/SQL, Cold Fusion, ASP, Perl, Shell Scripting and JavaScript

·   Product Manager (InTandem, web-based groupware), Project Manager, train and support staff in database design (Oracle 7i) and application development (Oracle PL/SQL, Oracle Web Server)

·   Consultant, Technical Support and Software Developer, Mail.com, Morristown NJ (Apr’00 – Nov’00)

·   Technical Lead to assist in transfer of knowledge and development of IntraACTIVE’s flagship groupware product InTandem acquired by Mail.com

·   Design logical and physical data model, develop and implement new version features – single sign-on, LDAP integration and synchronization

·   Senior Developer (Oracle Web PL/SQL) (Jan’97 – Mar’98)

-Administer, tune and troubleshoot databases (Oracle 7i) and developer applications

·   Develop Web applications using SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle Web Server, Perl, JavaScript, CGI, Pro*C

·   Database Administrator (Sep’96 – Jan’97)

- Install, configure and maintain onsite and remote database instances (Oracle 7i), UNIX and Windows platform

- Train staff in PL/SQL, Oracle Web Server 2.1, and application development

 

American University, Department of CSIS Mar’97 – Dec’97

Programmer Analyst

·   Technical Consultant on a Department of Labor project involving migration of a legacy system

 

American University, Department of CSIS            Jan’97 – Jul’97

Assistant Lab Manager

·   Unix (Solaris 2.x and Linux) administration, Oracle 7i Database Administration

 

British High Commission Regional Library, Madras, India            Jul’94 – Jan’95

Systems Analyst

·   Elicit requirements, analyze, design logical and physical data model, develop, test, and implement a Library Management System (FoxPro)

 

 

ADDITONAL TRAINING CERTIFICATIONS

ADM-201 Salesforce Administration Essentials, ADM201May’10

IBM Global Sales School TrainingMar’07-May’07

Java Sun CAP for OO Programmers Preparing to Become a Sun Certified Programmer, Sun Education  Jul’05

Oracle 9i Application Server J2EE Developer Workshop, Oracle EducationNov’01

Oracle 9i Technical Training / Oracle 8i Technical Training, Oracle EducationOct’01  Apr’99

Oracle Certified Professional, Oracle 8 Certified Database Operator Jun’99

Generating Web Applications Using Designer/2000, Oracle 7 Spatial Data Option, Oracle EducationJan – May’97

Oracle Masters’ Certification for Database Administration, Oracle 7, Oracle Education

       Administer the Oracle Database I and II, Tuning, Backup and Recovery    Apr –May’96

Oracle Masters’ Certification for Designer/2000 Designer/Developer, Oracle Education

       Oracle Designer/2000 Complex Data Modeling, Designing and Building Database Applications Jun –Jul’96

Oracle Masters’ Certification for Application Developer, Developer/2000, Oracle Education

       Oracle Developer/2000 Forms 4.5 I and II, Reports 2.5, Graphics 2.5 Mar –Jun’96

Simulation, modeling, and analysis of networks using COMNET III, CACI, Virginia Dec’95

Object-oriented programming and simulation using MODSIM II, CACI, Virginia Nov’95

Diploma in RDBMS (Oracle 6.0), Bhari Information Technology Systems Pvt. Ltd., India Jul’95

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Big Data:Apache Hadoop, Pig, Hive

Databases:Oracle, MySQL, MS SQL Server, Access, FoxPro, Dbase

Programming Languages:PL/SQL, Java/J2EE, C, Pascal, Assembly, shell scripts, Perl, OraPerl, Pro*C,

ASP, FORTRAN, COBOL

Software Packages/Tools:Rational Unified Process, RequisitePro & ReqWeb, ClearQuest, ClearCase,

Rational Software Delivery Platform, Pervasive, Jitterbit, Cast Iron

Internet-Related:Cold Fusion, HTML, JavaSript, JSP

CASE Tools:Oracle Designer/2000, ERwin, Visio, OMTool, Embarcadero, Sybase Power

Designer

Methodologies:UML

Metadata Tools:ASG Rochade