Shell
Oil Company. Houston, TX
06/14 - Present
Role: BOBJ/HANA Architect
· Participated in project
planning sessions with project managers, business analysts and team members
to analyze business requirements and outlines proposed solutions.
·
Expertise
in Resolving the Daily issues in the Daily Production Environment
·
Migrated
Universes, Reports Securities from Test System to the Development and to
Production environment after System Integration Testing (SIT) and then
followed by Business Acceptance Testing (BAT). Used Import Wizard for the
Migration process across the environments.
·
Administer
and supervise the BO environment by monitoring/granting permissions and
rights to vast users, creating and publishing reports and implement Folder
and object level restrictions.
·
Importing
the groups and users from windows Active Directory into Business Objects and
granting the users and groups with appropriate rights trough Central
Management Console.
·
Administer
and supervise the BO environment by monitoring/granting permissions and
rights to vast users.
· Gathered and analyzed the
requirement to replicate the ECC content in HANA using data
provisioning.
· Strong experience in
carrying Functional, Integration, Latency, Performance, reliability testing
for various Business Objects Enterprise suit products.
· Assisted SAP Basis team in
installing HANA 1.0 and solely integrated it with Business Objects 4.1 and
BODS4.1.
· Established the best
modeling and recommended strategies for BOBJ environment and architecture
for SAP HANA.
· Installed BOBJ
4.1 and BODS 4.1 and configured SAP and Windows AD
authentication for Business objects enterprise.
· Integrated BOBJ 4.1 and
BODS 4.2 with SAP HANA1.0.
· Created Technical
specifications and standard modeling documents for HANA.
· Developed testing scripts
and performed UAT on SAP net weaver portal using Test ID's for developers,
super users, and end users.
· Worked on various Java
sdk scripts to configure authentications, SSO, and web servers for HANA, SAP
BW7.4 , BODS4.1 and BOBJ4.1
· Performed
data modeling and developed Analytical views for the transactional data,
Attribute views for the master data, and the calculation views as final model
in HANA Studio.
· Developed data models for
the operations, PP, Global sustainment, Quality management tables in
HANA.
· Created Universes on top
of HANA calculation views and developed the Webi reports and
dashboards using IDT (Information design tool).
Environment:- BODS 4.2, BOBJ 4.1, HANA 1.0 SP8, SAP BW 7.4, SAP ECC
6.0, Windows, Linux, Ms. office, Visio, MS Outlook.
University
of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston,
TX
01/14 –05/14
Sr.
Applications System Analyst
· Developed technical
documentation and Administration of the BusinessObjects Platform 4.1 that
ensured SAP BusinessObjects platform applications are developed in compliance
with architectural standards, established practices with organizational
policies and procedures.
· Acted as internal
consultant providing assistance, counsel and advice both to the stakeholder
and MD Anderson colleagues in systems design, through the use of purchased of
licensed software, and in-house developed programming.
· Performed and oversees
system applications Implementation design, development, installation,
maintenance and enhancement in regard to best practices.
· BO Upgrade from XIR3.1 to
4.1 and also responsible for applying service pack and fix pack to BO
installation and also deployed WAR files after upgrade.
· Ensured all the
environments are in synchronization and checked supported environments and
hardware requirements from the Products Availability Report (PAR) document
for the new installation.
· Installed and configured
Life Cycle Manager.
· Identify the servers for
4.1 Installation, Decluster the server without Apache Tomcat installation.
Test CMS and CCM of independent servers, Performed Parallel installation 4.1
on a Clustered environment.
· Uninstalled BOXI R2 from
the server to install and Removed Registry Entries with keywords such as
Business Objects, business objects, BusinessObjects bobj, Crystal Decisions,
Designer, Desktop Intelligence, Web Intelligence etc before the installation
· .Responsible for performing
highly complex enterprise systems development activity, including multiple
application system development, maintenance and enhancements utilizing
multiple client/server or mainframe platforms.
· Collaborated with client
staff, MD Anderson's colleagues and others to identify business system
application requirements, assess impact to other system applications,
consider and evaluate available technologies, and recommend solutions.
· Frequently contacted with
hardware and software vendors and industry consultants to stay abreast of new
/ emerge change in SAP BI 4.1 technologies; and discussed issues of mutual
importance Daily with MD Anderson stakeholder and Departmental Supervisors to
obtained professional advice, guidance and continued assistance.
· Transferred CMC data
between old (XIR2) and new version either through CMC/BIAR File/Import
Wizard.
· Apart from promoting info
objects, used Life Cycle Manager to create, copy, Edit and scheduled a job.
· Maintained & managed
different versions of the same document using Life Cycle Manager.
· Verified the remaining
Business Objects installation works without any issues.
· Validated the installation
by checking the public folders, Reports in Personal folders, Groups, Row
level security, Scheduling and by running some sample reports. SAP
BusinessObjects Technical administrator. Work closely with Enterprise
Infrastructure staff to lead global coordination for the BusinessObjects
environments, ensuring effective administration of the landscape. Also
provide consulting services to development team and implementing best
practices in SAP BI 4.1 SP3.
· Coordinated the security requirements, administration, contents
promotion from one environment to others in LCM, content migrations and
upgrading contents between multiple BusinessObjects environments by
administering tools such as CMC, LCM and upgrades to BusinessObjects environments
· Developed, implemented and document processes with standards for SAP
BusinessObjects across Work collaboratively with cross-functional and
technical teams to provide advice and information to developer groups
and serve as an advocate to promote the benefits of the platform.
Tesoro
Corporation, San Antonio, TX
01/13 – 11/13
Lead Business
Objects Developer/HANA
Developer
Tesoro
Corporation, a Fortune 150 company, is an independent refiner and marketer of
petroleum products. Tesoro, through its subsidiaries, operates seven
refineries in the western United States with a combined capacity of
approximately 665,000 barrels per day. Tesoro's retail-marketing system
includes over 1,215 branded retail stations, of which over 425 are company
operated under the Tesoro®, Shell® and USA Gasoline™ brands
Roles and Responsibilities:
· Enhanced
CO-PA and FI cubes with additional necessary missing fields.
· Worked on
generic extractors to meet the reporting requirement.
· Developed
User-Exit Variables, Aggregation Levels and Filters that defines the Planning
Horizon of both Actuals and Planned data.
· Implemented a
Form-based Planning infrastructure that supports input-enabled Queries on
sales Infocubes.
· Resolved
performance issues by writing stored procedures and command objects in
crystal reports and performed unit testing, system integration testing, and
user acceptance testing at various levels
· Good Knowledge
in SAP HANA data modeling using Attribute View, Analytic View and Calculation
View.
· Import SAP BW
model to SAP Hana and Hana Model into SAP BW System.
· Define Data
Provisioning in Flat File, ETL process and SAP SLT.
· Convert
Standard DSO to Hana Optimized DSO using migration steps.
· Good Knowledge
in Direct Extractor Connections.
· Hands on
experience in HANA modeling. Created multiple schemas and table definitions.
Experience in creating Attribute views, analytical view and calculated views.
Experience in applying privileges.
· Extracted the
data from ECC 6.0 and loaded into BW 7.0 using Data Services XI 3.2 SP1 as an
ETL tool for Data Quality.
· Loading data
into table definitions, suspending data loads, resuming data loads. Creating
information objects (packages, attribute views, analytic views, calculation
views Graphical and SQL script based).
· Good Knowledge
and Experienced in User Management and security in HANA.
Experienced
in SAP BW on HANA and migrating standard SAP Models to In-memory optimized
models and Performance testing.
· Experienced in
loading data from tables in HANA Database to BW data marts.
Extracted data from the LO Cockpit from source system.
· Maintained
Process Chains to automate and schedule the data loads.
· Integrated BO
with SAP ECC and SAP BI 7.0 to build Universes.
· Designed, Developed
and Maintained Universes by defining joins, cardinalities between tables
applying contexts and alias tables to remove cyclic dependencies.
ENVIRONMENT: SAP HANA Studio, Business Objects 4.0,
Information Design Tool, Universe Designer, Web Intelligence 4.0,Xcelsius
Dashboards, SAP BW, Crystal Reports 2008, 2011, Data Services
4.0, ORACLE 11 G, INFOVIEW.
Reliant
Global Technology, Houston,
TX
08/12 - 01/13
MS SQL Server/ Business Intelligence Developer
MS SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services (SSAS), Reporting
Services (SSRS), Integration Services (SSIS), Microsoft Performance Point
Server 2007, Microsoft Share Point Server, T-SQL, NET, C# MS Access and
Excel.
Responsibilities:
· Fixed the bugs present in
already existing reports.
· Developed many Tablix
Reports, Tabular Reports, Matrix Reports, Drill down Reports and Charts using
SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS).
· Identified and worked with
Parameters for parameterized reports in SSRS 2005.
· Deployed the generated
reports directly on the client’s workstation.
· Created many multi valued
parameters in the reports.
· Created many Cascaded
parameters in the reports using MDX and T-SQL.
· Improved Report Performance
and performed unit testing.
· Created the structure of
the model and cube in MS Analysis Services (2008).
· Analyzed & designed the
business rules for data cleansing that are required by the staging & OLAP
and OLTP databases.
· Extracted data using SSIS
packages (ETL) from different server locations and data sources.
· Worked with integration
services for transferring and reviewing data from heterogeneous sources like
Excel, CSV, flat file, Text Format Data.
· Designed high level ETL
architecture for overall data transfer from the source server to the
Enterprise Services Warehouse which encompasses server name, database name,
accounts, tables and direction of data flow, Column Mapping, Data dictionary
and Metadata.
· Wrote queries for Drilldown
reports to get the complete details of the sales sold in particular region.
· Designed and implemented
Parameterized and Cascading Parameterized reports using SSRS.
· Deployed generated reports
of each quarter onto the Report Server to access it through browser.
· Created various
geographical and time dimension reports of fiscal year, quarter month, week
and daily reports for all domains and published through Report Server.
· Created various reports by
comparing the growth of sales based on each quarter by using bar charts.
· Responsible for generating
annual reports based on the growth of sales with respect to customers.
· Created calculated measures
and dimension members using multi-dimensional expression (MDX), mathematical
formulas, and user-defined functions.
· Used Visual Source safe for
repository and maintaining versions.
· Worked as a developer in
creating Complex Stored Procedures, Triggers, Functions, Indexes, Tables,
Views and other T_SQL code and SQL joins for applications.
· Extensively used formula
fields, parameter fields, Running Total, Group selection and record selection
in Crystal reports for writing new formulas.
· Conducted user training
sessions and supported the requests for enhancements, modifications and new
reports.
SUNY Downstate Medical Center,
Brooklyn, NY
02/12 -
07/12
SAP Business Objects Enterprise
and Data Services Administrator
· Extracted and reviewed data
from heterogeneous sources like (Excel, CSV, Oracle, flat file, Text Format
Data) using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) from OLTP to OLAP.
· Developed logical and
physical data models, designed data access strategies and wrote SQL code to
access and manipulate data stored in relational databases.
· Implemented MS Analysis
Services setup, tuning, cube partitioning, dimension design including
hierarchical and slowly changing dimensions.
· Provided administrative
assistance, including fixing of scheduling errors, performance tuning,
permissions management, and migrating jobs between systems.
· Creation of new
repositories and configuration of existing ones.
Environment: Data
Services (BODS) 4, Oracle, SQL Server 2005 and 2008 ; Windows Server 2003,
Win 7.
WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, San
Antonio,
TX
10/11 – 01/12
Lead Reports
Developer/Administrator
Wells Fargo
& Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified financial services company providing
banking, insurance, investments, mortgage and consumer finance for more than
23 million customers through 6,100 stores, the internet and other
distribution channels across North America and elsewhere internationally. The
project involved designing a new database schema, migrating data from SQL
Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008, performing analysis and then generating
various types of reports.
· Transformed data from MS
SQL Server 2000 to MS SQL Server 2005 using OLE DB connection by creating
various SSIS packages.
· Used the Execute DTS 2000
package task to execute DTS packages.
· Created Data Transformation
tasks like BCP, BULK INSERT to import/export data from clients.
· Used SSIS to create ETL
packages to Validate, Extract, Transform and Load data to Data Warehouse and
Data Mart Databases.
· Designed a new schema for
the Data Mart databases.
· Implemented SSAS Cubes,
Facts and Dimension tables to perform analysis.
· Designed, Developed and
Deployed reports in MS SQL Server environment using SSRS-2005.
· Generated various reports
like Cascade type reports, Tabular reports, and Drill down reports.
· Created universe for
Exceptions, Missing Docs business domains using BO Designer 3.1 version.
· Created WEBI reports and
scheduled to go out user emails and shared folders.
· Created Xcelsius Dashboard
for LCAMP Trending project.
· Created users, groups and
folders in the CMC and assigned security group.
· Created Cross
Tab, Drill Down, Sub Reports and standard reports
· Generated Daily, Weekly and
Monthly Trigger based reports regarding assigned projects to designated
Managers and Clients.
· Modified existing Stored
Procedure and Crystal reports for the Fore Closure reports.
· Created SSIS package to
transform some of the complex data to a new Table in the SQL Server database.
· Created brand new reports
using SSRS reporting tool.
ENVIRONMENT: Business
Objects 3.1, Crystal Reports 2008/ SSRS, SSIS, INFOVIEW, SQL Server 2005 and
Oracle 10g database. MS SQL Server 2005 Analysis
Services (SSAS), Reporting Services (SSRS), Integration Services (SSIS),
Microsoft Performance Point Server 2007, Microsoft Share Point Server,
Westinghouse, Pittsburgh,
PA
03/11- 09/11
SAP BW Specialist
· Interacted with the
management and business end-users to identify business requirements.
· Designed data models for
custom InfoCubes & ODS objects.
· Transferring & Replicating
the Transfer Structure, Applying Transfer Rules, assigning Data Source to
Info Source.
· the installation of the
relevant Cubes & Info Sources in Business Content, Creating Data Targets,
maintaining Update Rules, Creating Info package, uploading the data
· Monitoring the errors and
handling them manually when needed
· Extensively on LIS & LO
COCK-PIT extractors for Loading Data into the Standard Cubes which includes
Customer (0SD_C01), Quotations (0SD_C05), Revenue (0MSA_C03) etc.
· Usage of ODS to stage the
data before transferring the ODS contents to the InfoCube.
· Creation of a custom cube
for the market analysis as per the clients requirement..
· Usage of aggregates on
various cubes for the performance tuning according to the
technical specifications.
· Usage of BEX Analyzer for
normal Query Designing
· ENVIRONMENT: SAP BW 2.0, SAP R/3 4.5C,
BEx Analyzer/ Business Explorer, SD, MM modules, Oracle 8i/8x, Windows
2000/NT.
Freeman
Company, Dallas,
TX
10/07 – 03/11
Sr. SAP BI
Consultant
Environment:
SAP BI 7.0/BW3.5, SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Portal 6.0
FREEMAN is the world's leading
provider of integrated services for face-to-face marketing events, including
exhibitions, conventions, corporate events, and exhibits.
The project deals with
implementing FI modules for financial reporting. The project involved
creating the entire data flow and reports for both management and operational
reporting.
Responsibilities:
· FICO and BPC project
implementation.
· Worked as a Co-Lead,
training other developers on design, back-end development and reporting.
· Managed entire projects
from requirement gathering to production implementation. Delegated work load
among junior developers. Interacted with different user groups for project
specifications. Performed user training.
· Submitted the data model
design after successful completion of gap analysis of the GL DSO and Cube.
· Involved in writing the
required start routine, end routine and update routines for data
transformation and Cleansing.
· Enhanced the 0FI_AR_4
datasource according to the user requirements.
· Was mainly responsible for
transporting the entire project contents (Infoproviders, Reports, Process
chains, Portal content, Security Roles) from development to Q/A.
· Designed the entire data
loading process for all the master/transaction data loads.
· Created the cut over plan
and implemented it for successful Go-Live process.
· Scheduled the process
chains and successfully monitored and fixed the load failures.
· Experienced with new
features and data load process in BI 7.0
· Experienced in new error
handling techniques using Error Stack DTP.
· Installed the required OSS
Notes to fix issues in SAP BI 7.0.
· Document detailed business
process procedures (BPPs) according to the requirements.
· Performed routine basis
tasks including monitoring locks, object transportation to production using
t-code STMS, setting up user roles/ authorizations, monitoring system
performance, applying OSS notes (Direct/Manual) from SAP, cube partitioning
etc.
· Performed BI Security tasks
on a daily basis. (See ‘Basis Experience’)
BI 7.0
Migration
· Created the project plan
for the entire migration of the BW data flow and the components.
· Involved in the migration
of BW 3.5 data sources/queries to BI 7.0 data sources.
· Created Transformation by
migrating update/transfer rules from 3.x to 7.0
· Migrated the queries from
3.x to 7.0 and resolved the issues during migration.
· Created test plans to
perform regression testing.
· Referred OSS notes to
resolve issues while migrating to 7.0.
ACS Computer Services, Dallas, TX
01/07 – 10/07
SAP BI
Consultant
· Environment: SAP BI 7.0, SAP ECC 6.0,
Enterprise Portal 6.0
· ACS is a global leader in
business process and information technology services.
· The project deals with
implementing CO modules for Cost reporting. The project involved designing
the entire data flow for data loads and created reports for both management
and end user reporting.
Responsibilities:
· Worked extensively on
standard and custom defined LIS, LO extractors. Installed relevant SAP
business content. Used LO structures for extracting sales order, delivery
information. Logistics Cockpit configuration and customization
· Managed and monitored data
loads with Full update and Delta update
· Involved in upgrade process
from BW 3.5 to BI 7.0.
· Experienced in migrating BW
3.5 data sources to BI 7.0 data sources
· Developed flexible queries
using filters and navigational attributes to facilitate data analysis in a
drill down or summarized way to give detailed levels of information, required
in areas of SD and FI.
· Extensively worked on query
development and formatting techniques in both BEx and Web Application
Designer(WAD) of key BW reports and created Web Templates
· Worked on BEx Analyzer and
WAD. Created queries using BW- Reporting variables, navigational
attributes and Filters. Developed workbooks, info set Queries.
·
Defined
reports as per reporting requirements.
SBC
Inc. (AT&T), St. Louis, MO
5/06 – 11/06
SAP BW Consultant
Responsibilities:
· As a part of the BW
implementation team, involved in gathering user requirements and data
modeling using ERM, star schema concepts.
· Analyzed Business and Query
Requirements, designed data model.
· Worked extensively on
administration workbench and business content.
· Worked on flat file
extraction of master data and transaction data of Non-SAP
R/3 systems into BW. Used extended star schema for
data modeling.
· Worked on configuration of
BW by identifying the needs of customer, modeling the data, defining data
sources at OLTP and reporting data by using Administrator Workbench’s
Business explorer.
· Installed and extended
standard Business Content based on client requirements for enhancing
DataSources for transaction data and master data.
· Worked on standard cubes
(sales orders, billing and delivery orders).
· Modified data sources for
certain Info cubes (0SD_C01, 0SD_C03).
· Developed reports on
InfoCubes/ODS objects using BEx Analyzer to facilitate summarization of data.
Created local workbooks, global workbooks, Infoset queries and template
workbooks using Calculated Key figures, Restricted Key Figure, Filters,
Exceptions, Variables, Conditions and Structures. Created and maintained
roles.
· Involved in end-user
training and documentation.
Dr Pepper/Seven-Up Companies
Inc., Atlanta, GA
04/05 – 04/ 2006
SAP BW Consultant
· Involved in gathering
Business Requirements and preparation of Information template
used for identifying data elements for future reporting
needs.
· Involved in analysis of
data requirements & translation of these requirements into
· Dimensional data models
using star schema and extended star schema, with an emphasis on actual
implementation in BW.
· Worked with the Data
management group during the process of Data Analysis & Data Mapping
exercise.
· Installed and extended
standard Business Content based on client requirements for enhancing
DataSources for transaction data and master data.
· Created Info Objects,
DataSources, InfoSources, Data targets, InfoPackages and
· InfoProviders to load
Master and Transactional data from SAP R/3 system into BW system.
· Involved in customizing
LO-Cockpit extract structures (2LIS_11_VAHDR,
2LIS_11_V_SSL) and data sources in sales and distribution, and material
management to facilitate the data extraction to BW and to reporting using
classification of various data elements.
· Created Info package groups
to automate the data transfer when and what intervals the data to be
extracted from R/3 to BW.
· By using Open Hub Service
the data, which is in Info, cube and ODS is passed to Flat files and db
tables.
§ Bachelors of Science Degree
in Finance – University of Houston, Downtown Campus, Graduated in 2004.
Certifications:
· SAP Certified Application
Associate - SAP HANA 1.0.
· SAP Certified Application
Associate Business Intelligence with SAP NetWeaver 7.0.
· Microsoft SQL Server 2008,
Business Intelligence development and Maintenance.
· Microsoft Certified IT
Professional Database Adaministrator 2008
· Oracle Database 10g
Administrator Certified Associate
· Microsoft Sharepoint 2007
and 2010 Certified