EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

• Oracle Certified PeopleSoft Consultant with 8 years of experience in software design and development specializing on PeopleSoft Implementation/Upgrade/Data Conversion/Support projects
• Worked extensively on various PeopleSoft Applications like HCM Rel 9.1,9.0, 8.9, 8.3 on Technical aspects and Techno Functional roles.
• Exclusive hands-on experience in HCM modules like Workforce Administration, Base Benefits, Compensation, Employee Self-service, NA Payroll, Time & Labor, ePerformance, Recruitment & Manager Self-service in Functional and Technical aspects.
• Good Understanding of PeopleSoft Internet Architecture (PIA) and PeopleTools.
• In-depth hands-on experience with Application Engine, PeopleCode, SQR, Component Interface, File Layout, Workflow, Approval Workflow Engine, and PeopleSoft Query
• Working knowledge in reporting tools like SQR, Xml Publisher.
• Commitment to develop with best practices including coding, naming conventions, Commenting, Code modularization and reuse.
• Vast knowledge of report customization and development.
• Extensive PeopleSoft functional knowledge with tremendous enthusiasm and creative energy and a commitment to achieve the excellence in my work
• Proven ability to work as individual and in team with flexible shifts
• Knowledgeable of engagement or project planning and control processes on the project handling
• Maintains high productivity by completing 95% of assigned tasks within budgeted hours and within schedule
• Ability to document existing processes and recommend improvements
• Ability to handled Microsoft SharePoint site for task assignment and document repository
• Shares knowledge and assists other team member as needed
• Ability to mentor other consultants in business processes
• Contributes to innovation by creating re-usable tools

Areas of Knowledge: Insurance, Healthcare, Human resource

Applications: PeopleSoft HRMS 8.3, 8.9, 9.0,9.1

Technical (PeopleTools - 7.5 to 8.49), Application Engine, PeopleCode, Component Interface, Portal, File Layout, Data Mover, Upgrade Assistant, Approval Workflow Engine, ExceltoCI, Migration Tools, STAT

DBMS: MS-SQL Server, Oracle 11g

Operating Systems: UNIX, Windows XP/2000/NT

Reporting tools: SQR, Xml Publisher, PS-Query

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential,
Dates: Jan 2010 - Till date
Role: Onsite/Offshore Tech Lead

Responsibilities:

• Integral part of Technical team providing support for development and support activities in PS HCM 9.1.
• Worked directly with clients in managing their requests, understanding their requirements and translating functional requirements to technical specifications through hands-on analysis and coordinating with the onsite and offshore team for development.
• Understands changing business needs for the HR business areas supported and the subsequent impact on internal and external applications.
• Custom implementation of the Direct Deposit/ Money card functionality.
• Performed fit gap analysis and development for implementation custom solution for maintaining the Off-premise worker (OPW) data in PS HR.
• Perform fit/gap analysis and development for providing long term access solution to PS HR system for terminated associates.
• Advises customers on discrete business problems, formulates options including assessing their relative merits and risks, and works with customer(s) to determine the best solution.
• Assist with maintenance and troubleshooting of scheduled processes.
• Demonstrates expert understanding in all Peoplesoft HCM applications development processes, serving as a resource to others.
• Single handed managed the on-boarding of the employees for the newly acquired companies. Received customer appreciation for ensuring the seamless on-boarding of the 3000 plus associates.
• Supported all level of users within the company and in projects in a support mode
• Coordinated and applied number Bundles & Patches to keep the system to latest patch.
• Timely and regular application of NA Payroll Tax Updates.
• Supporting issues for NA Payroll, Time and Labor during bi-weekly payroll processing.
• Provide end user training and direction for ad hoc data reporting and, as needed, develop reports using the PeopleSoft reporting toolset.
• Hands on experience on designing the new interfaces.

Application: PeopleSoft HCM 9.1,
Tools: PeopleTools 8.49, SQR, PeopleCode, Application Engine, Application Designer, Component Interface, PS query.

Project - IR GEAC to PeopleSoft Conversion ( PS 8.9) Project
Client: Confidential,
Dates: Jan 2009-Dec 2009
Role: Tech Lead
Responsibilities:

The Project Involves development of iSelect Inbound & Outbound Interfaces. iSelect Inbound interface program will process the Enrollment/Deduction and the Dependent file sent by Watson Wyatt. The interface will read the Input file and based on the business rules maps the data and load into the General Deduction table. The process also generates direct, in-direct reports & Error Control report based on the processed data. The project also involves development of custom Enrollment Worksheets for the employees. The requirement is to develop worksheet with the personalized benefit options, active elections and access fees and is used for the purpose of guiding an employee through the self service enrollment process.

• Developed understanding of Employees base benefits
• Ability to design, code, test, and install complex computer programs and customizations based on technical specifications 
• Requirement gathering from the Business People and transform those into Design of Data mart.
• Analyzed the client business process and providing the necessary business solution to using PS delivered components and tools..
• Participated in development of system test plans and acceptance criteria.
• Work with functional users and IT team members on a routine basis to troubleshoot reported problems pertaining to application software. Also involved in formalizing plans for Parallel Testing.
• Ability to diagnose & resolve PeopleSoft system relatederrors to ensure the accuracy of corporate business critical systems.
• Provide all technical support during the implementation of new features and modules as needed.
• Collaborate with customers and onsite/offshore developers in order to execute projects through full lifecycle software development
• Conducted Code Review for the Fit Gap done by the team members.
• Proactively identifies risks and ways to mitigate
• Acquires, monitors and uses client feedback
• Designed and create the custom Open Enrolment worksheet for the employees. Number of outbound interfaces are developed using SQR program to transmit Benefits data to vendor.

Application: PeopleSoft HCM 8.9
Tools: PeopleTools 8.47, SQR, PeopleCode, Application Engine, Application Designer, Component Interface, Oracle.

Project: Confidential,
Client: Confidential,
Dates: Nov 2007 – Aug 2008
Role: Onsite Lead
Responsibilities:

• Customized MSS – Transactions(HR Online transaction -HROLT) and Worked as a Subject Matter Expert in MSS & ESS
• Worked directly with Human Resources end users to provide 24x7 HR support
• Lead Peoplesoft HR team and actively participated in ensuring the smooth business operations for the vendor.
• Supported various European markets like France, Spain, Germany, Belgium and Italy on providing the custom solutions/ support on PS HR 8.9
• Supported Payroll interface for various European markets like France, Spain, Germany and Italy.
• Involved in estimation and planning along with Project Manager.
• Extensively worked on Core HRMS and client specific bolt-on modules
• Working on online/batch enhancements using application designer
• Perform System Setup activities to support business process changes and organizational realignments to maximize productivity of business
• Lead and successfully implemented various bundles and patches on PS 8.9
• Security Administration Activities & Online Customization
• Develop technical specifications to address new business requirements and involved in impact analysis when delivered object is customized.
• Researched questions with respect to both maintenance and development activities and interacted with database administrators and business system users in this effort.
• Development of new Pages/Components/Menu & changes to existing Business Functionality using PeopleTools.
• Able to do performance tuning and knows how to troubleshoot and quickly resolve issues on pre-production support

Application: PeopleSoft HRMS 8.9
Tools: PeopleTools 8.46, SQR, PeopleCode, Application Engine, Application Designer, Component Interface, Oracle SQL Server.

Project: Peoplesoft NA Payroll support
Client: Confidential,
Dates: Feb 2007 -Nov 2007
Role: Payroll tech Lead

Responsibilities:

• Providing on call support to the business during Bi-weekly payroll processing
• Regular application of NA Payroll tax updates.
• Analyzing and retro fitting the customization in the Peoplesoft delivered objects.
• Development of audit report to meet the specification provided by NY State.
• Regular updation of Ceridian release and patches.
• Responsible for creating permission list, role, user profiles, and query security.
• Created End user documents/ provided training of NA Payroll customization to outsourced vendor.

Application: PeopleSoft HCM 8.3
Tools:, PeopleTools 8.18, Peoplecode, Application Designer, Application Engine, SQR.

Project: Confidential,Data Migration
Client: Confidential,
Dates: Jan 2006- Feb 2007
Role: Team Member

Implementation of Data Conversion for GPS (PeopleSoft 8.9 People Tools 8.47) for number of countries beginning with France. It’s a mass change processes which are run by an Application Engine Program by invoking component interface. The data conversion was done using File Layout, Application Engine and Component Interface. They are reusable components used across different market layouts.
Responsibilities:

• Develop conversion and/or load programs to support software upgrades, re-defined business processes and Integration of new businesses where necessary
• Primary task involved designing, effort estimation, building and testing of data migration programs
• Playing a Role in developing the Data Migration Strategy
• Helping team members resolve technical issues and training new team members
• Regular reporting of team progress status to client Program Manager
• Developing and maintaining 45 interfaces (Bulk Load Processes – AE & CI) used during the migrations
• Worked on Online Customizations using Application Designer
• Adding local language translations to pages fields and content references during a local country roll-out
• Building and maintaining Department Security Trees at the start of a data load cycle
• Development of outbound interfaces using SQRs and automating SFTP to transfer output files onto target server
• Maintaining Data Migration related Quality Documents, best practices and lessons learnt
• Supporting Data Migration central team during the SIT, UAT and Go-Live phases during local country roll-outs
• Production support to the PeopleSoft 8.9 GPS instance
• Ability to write operation manuals

Application: PeopleSoft HRMS 8.9
Tools: PeopleTools 8.46, SQR, PeopleCode, Application Engine, Application Designer, component interface, File Layout.

Project: New Hire on boarding/ Peoplesoft implementation for SPG business unit
Client: Confidential,
Dates: Jan 2005 – Dec 2005
Role: Team Member

A New Hire Onboarding Enhancements (Buddy) is the Implementation of Buddy Functionality to assign a Buddy to the Incoming Employee. A good Buddy is a critical component to helping a new employee to become productive more quickly by helping with the operational training (using email, where office supplies are located, etc.) and becoming familiar with the company culture. A Real Time Notifications (RTN) are also implemented to inform Managers, Buddy and to the Incoming Employees about the Buddy Assignment.
Peoplesoft implementation is carried for the SPG business unit for Agilent. As part of this implementation SQR batch programs are written to onboard the SPG business unit employees as a non-Agilent workers.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain current PeopleSoft HRMS menus, pages, components, records, tables, & modifications and support upgrades as needed
• Understand the Customer requirements from Onsite team and delivery of assigned work units
• Implementation of Real time notification to inform managers for Buddy assignment and their onboarding schedule.
• Worked on Online Customizations using Application Designer
• Development and Customization of reports using SQR
• Involved in Design, Build & Unit Testing stages
• Developed PJC’s (programmable job controls) to schedule SQR’s
• Development of Custom SQR to onboard the employees as non-Agilent workers.

Application: PeopleSoft HRMS 8.3
Tools: Peopletools 8.18, SQR, PeopleCode, Application Engine, Application Designer, Oracle.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

• Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science)
• Turbo Six Sigma Green belt certified
• Oracle certified - PeopleSoft HRMS Fundamentals