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Bloomington, IL

SUMMARY

  • Over 12+ years of experience as an IT professional, wif more TEMPthan Ten years of experience as a PeopleSoft Administrator supporting mainly PeopleSoft HRMS,EPM,ELS, Financials and CRM applications on Oracle and DB2 databases.
  • Involved in full life cycle implementations, upgrades, database platform migration from DB2 to Oracle, various conversion projects and data migration from legacy systems to teh PeopleSoft ERP System.
  • Involved in various People Tools and Application Upgrades.
  • Excellent understanding of teh PeopleSoft technical architecture including process scheduler, web and application servers and underlying technologies.
  • Extensive experience in installation, configuration, setup and maintenance of teh PeopleSoft environments.
  • Installed PeopleSoft Internet Architecture (PIA) instances for various PeopleSoft/Oracle Database Instances which includes Web Servers (Web Logic), Application Server, Process Scheduler and configuration of report distribution.
  • Experience in Planning and Deployment of Tuxedo Application Server, Web logic Server, Batch Servers and database Servers.
  • Ensured system availability by implementing failover by spreading multiple Web Logic Web
  • Server domains across multiple hosts, where environment continues operating after a web server host goes down.
  • Expertise in setting up Change Assistant for PeopleSoft Application/Tools Upgrades and patches/bundles/Maintenance Packs.
  • Extensive experience in Object Migration and Data Migration using App Designer/Stat, Data Mover.
  • Setup LDAP authentication for all teh PeopleSoft applications in Development, Test and Production environments.
  • Expertise in PUM and applying latest images for FSCM and HCM using Change Assistant.
  • Setup and built HCM Permission List, Roles, Users and created testing plan prior to implementation and unit tested roles and permission lists in PeopleSoft HCM.
  • Extensive experience in PeopleSoft Troubleshooting, Performance tuning, debugging and Tracing.
  • Installed PeopleSoft HRMS wif Campus Solutions.
  • Extensively Involved in Refreshing Development, Test from Production database and other databases.
  • Involved in integration activities between various PeopleSoft Financials, HRMS, EPM and FSCM environments.
  • Extensively involved in resolving Performance issues.
  • Provide outstanding insight through strong analysis and consulting skills.
  • Provide production support for teh module, including planning teh production maintenance, prioritizing work requests, gathering requirements for needed customizations, managing teh assessments of new functionality, and troubleshooting reported issues

TECHNICAL SKILLS

PeopleSoft Versions: People Tools 8.55/8.54/8.53/8.52/8.51/8.49/8.48/8.46

Application: PeopleSoft FSCM 9.2/9.1/8.8, PeopleSoft HRMS 9.2/9.1/8.9/8.8, PeopleSoft CRM 8.8, Campus Solutions 9.0

People Tools: Data Mover, Application Designer, Configuration Manager, Process Scheduler, Crystal Reports, n - vision Reports, PeopleSoft Utilities, PS Query, PeopleSoft Security, Object Security, Query Security, Report Manager, Process Monitor, Change Assistant, Application Upgrade, Integration Tools, (Integration Broker/App Messaging), PUM (PeopleSoft Update Manager)

Operating Systems: Windows 2012 R2 Server, 2003/2008 R2 server, Solaris, AIX, Linux (RHEL).

Languages: Shell Scripting, C

Application/Web Servers: BEA Web Logic 12.1/10.3.6/9.0

Middleware Technologies: BEA Tuxedo 12.1/10.3/9.0/8.1

Third Party Tools: Micro focus Server Express/Net Express COBOL

Database Systems: Oracle 10g/11g/12c, DB2 z/OS

Other Tools: Toad, STAT 5.1, 5.7, 5.8, Control-M, Oracle UPK.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Bloomington, IL

Upgrade Specialist

Responsibilities:

  • Upgrading HCM application from 9.1 to 9.2 (through Image16) and People Tools 8.5 .12.
  • Download and apply latest Application Upgrade template from teh latest Image as part of Application Upgrade
  • Successfully completed Initial pass and all teh TMTP passes (Test move to Production).
  • Working wif functional and technical teams to implement Elastic search in DEMO environment.
  • Download required DPK (Native OS)/Virtual Box latest Images to pull required bug fixes to apply teh change packages on teh upgraded environments.
  • Downloaded required Elastic search fixes from teh Images and applied to all teh environments.
  • Applied Tax Update Change Packages to teh newly upgraded environments.
  • Worked wif teh development and Functional team to setup new service operations and queues as part of new W4 process in HRMS 9.2 (Federal and State).
  • Successfully upgraded FSCM application from 9.1 to 9.2 (through Image 11) and People Tools 8.5 .16
  • Involved in implementing STAT 5.8 as part of change management and PeopleSoft object migration
  • Used STAT to migrate teh custom objects as part of catch up migration during upgrade
  • Installation of ORACLE Virtual Box on a physical box to import image and create required change packages.
  • Imported and configured PeopleSoft Image(PI) for FSCM Image 11 on VM
  • Downloaded and configured Upgrade Image for teh Initial Pass Application Upgrade.
  • Applied Required Upgrade fixes to Upgrade Image before starting teh Initial Upgrade.
  • Installed and Configured OS390 Scheduler for various environments as part of teh Application Upgrades.
  • Resolved Application Engine and SQR code issues as part of upgrade testing.
  • Involved in User and System Security setup as part of PeopleSoft Upgrade systems.
  • Used Data Migration Work Bench to migrate delivered Pagelets to various environments.
  • Executed Security Deployment Tool AE as part of Bug Fixes.
  • Resolved many upgrade related performance issues.
  • Setup of Change Assistant EMF (Environment Management Framework) Hub as part of Upgrade process and for applying required Bug Fixes.

Confidential, Pleasanton, CA

Sr. PeopleSoft Administrator/Manager-Projects

Responsibilities:

  • Production support for HR and FIN applications.
  • Migration of projects from various environments using STAT.
  • Trouble shooting of teh Application servers, Process Scheduler Servers, Web sphere and IHS servers.
  • Supported third party applications Vertex, ORACLE GRC, KOFAX and Imaging client Vignette.
  • Involved in SABA application upgrade to Production.
  • Monthly maintenance activities like Windows patching, UNIX patching, PeopleSoft application patching
  • Tax updates to HR environments from Demo to PROD
  • Weekly Environment refreshes
  • Regular migrations to PROD using STAT tool.

Confidential, Menlo Park, CA

Sr. PeopleSoft Administrator

Responsibilities:

  • Team Player in re-implementing PeopleSoft applications HRMS/FSCM 9.2 and PT8.53.0/PT8.53.10.
  • Production Support of Campus Solutions 9.0 wif tools version PT8.51.
  • Installation of all teh PeopleSoft Components in all environments
  • Installation of ORACLE Virtual Box on a physical box.
  • Imported and configured PeopleSoft Image(PI) for FSCM 005 on VM
  • Applied teh image P005 on all teh environments using Update Manager
  • Configured PSEM hub and started teh agents as part of teh Change Assistant configuration.
  • Key player in planning and Installing ORACLE SES.
  • Key player in planning and upgrading people tools from wif patch level 11.
  • Key player in Infrastructure Upgrade from Windows 2003 platform to RHEL 5, as part of Tools Upgrade for HRMS.
  • Installation of key components of People tools 8.51.
  • Installation of Web logic 10.3 and related patch on RHEL.
  • Configuring PIA wif Multiple server domain installation for all environments.
  • Installation of JROCKIT R28.
  • Installation of People tools (8.51) and HRMS application (8.9) on all virtual layers.
  • Installation of Tuxedo on Application server and Process Scheduler Layers.
  • Installation of PeopleSoft Components on Windows 2008 R2 servers as part of File server and Process Scheduler setup.
  • Installation of Microfocus COBOL on Windows 2008 R2 Process Scheduler server and compiling/Linking all COBOLS.
  • Installation of Server Express COBOL on RHEL 5 Process Scheduler and Application Servers.
  • Installation of Crystal on Windows 2008 R2 Process Scheduler server.
  • Installation of ORACLE 11g client on Windows and LINUX Application and Process Scheduler servers.
  • Configured Application server and Process Scheduler domains as par wif teh company standards.
  • Configured Change Assistant as part of teh Tools Upgrade
  • Configured LDAP wif Microsoft Active Directory in all environments.
  • Configured REN servers wif SSL.
  • Co-ordinating wif load balance team for successful setup of F5 load balancer for UAT and PROD environments.
  • Revoke COBOL license as part of Tools Upgrade and apply it on new upgrade environment.
  • Configured Integration to flow messages between Campus Solutions and HRMS
  • Configured Integration Broker for local Gateways as well for External Gateways.
  • Configured all teh Integration Broker interfaces like Confidential outbound and Inbound messages, TALEO outbound messages etc.
  • Created DB LINKS as part of Workforce and Training system interfaces.
  • Key member in new re-implementation of People Tools 8.53.03, HRMS 9.2 and FSCM 9.2 PeopleSoft applications.
  • Running SQL and Data Mover Scripts as part of Initial PeopleSoft Schema Creation in ORACLE 11g.
  • Co-ordinated wif teh System Administration (Windows, LINUX and Network) team for successful setup of VMware.
  • Configuring PS HOME,PS CFG HOME and PS APP HOME for new tools 8.53
  • Generating new CSR’s for Web logic PIA servers and importing teh SSL certs for all environments.
  • Renewal of SSL certs as part of production support
  • Importing teh root and Intermediate keys into teh Database using Digital certificate page in PIA.
  • Report Node setup as FTP and HTTPS for Windows and LINUX
  • Installation and configuration of third party file encryption tool SYMANTEC PGP on end user windows desktops.
  • Worked on 2 factor authentication for PeopleSoft.
  • Regular quarterly Tax Updates to HR system as part of Payroll.
  • Applying People Tools Patches.
  • Applying web logic patches using Smart Update (BSU).
  • Applying JROCKIT patches as part of ORACLE critical security patches.
  • Trouble shooting PROD issues for Web server, Application and Process Scheduler servers.
  • Also, support end users, developers for regular issues and other support like Migrations, 2-tier setup, SQL executions in PROD.
  • Monthly maintenance activities like ORACLE and O/S Patches support.
  • Regular changes of SYSADM Passwords for all environments by scheduling teh outage.
  • Environment Post-refresh activities and hand over to teh users in appropriate timeframe.
  • Documenting all teh required changes to configuration files and all related Prod issues occur in day to day activities.
  • Documenting all related installations and patches and making corrections/improvements to teh procedure.

Confidential

Upgrade Specialist

Responsibilities:

  • Key Player in handling both People tools and Application Upgrade.
  • Upgrade of People tools from and FSCM application from 8.8 SP1 to 9.1 Feature Pack#1.
  • Installation of People tools 8.51 on Application, Process Scheduler and file servers on AIX servers.
  • Installation and Configuration of Change Assistant as part of Tools and Application Upgrade.
  • Configuring Application and Process Scheduler Servers for all teh instances (DEV, TST, UAT and PRD).
  • Involved in DB2 to ORACLE Data Migration as part of Upgrade.
  • Continuously monitoring and reducing teh timelines of teh Upgrade as well as DB2 to ORACLE migration for every pass.
  • Trouble shooting issues during Upgrade passes and resolve wif appropriate solutions.
  • Creating COP Environment for every Upgrade pass.
  • Apply Tools patches and fixes for FSCM application.
  • Downloading and applying Upgrade fixes before Upgrade pass.
  • Configuring REN server and clustering.
  • Cleaning SYSAUDIT and DDDAUDIT reports on regular basis.
  • Integration Broker setup wif third party applications and trouble teh connectivity issues.
  • Setting up Integration Broker load balancing wif one master server and others as slave servers.
  • Verity Search installation.
  • Trouble shooting performance issues by setting up traces and identifying teh bottle necks.
  • Generating teh execution plans of long running SQL’s as part of Performance tuning
  • Involved in Security retrofits as part of Upgrade.
  • Setting new roles, permissions and Profiles for new users.
  • Involved in teh load testing of teh PeopleSoft application.
  • Migration of code fixes after teh Upgrade pass.
  • Actively co-ordinate wif developers and end users for client workstation setups of new version on user desktops.
  • Documented all teh major changes and configuration changes in PIA.
  • Involving in all teh major client Upgrade meetings.
  • Configuring Performance Monitor for troubleshooting new upgraded systems

Confidential

Technology Lead

Responsibilities:

  • Migration of projects from various environments using APPLICATION DESIGNER and STAT.
  • People Tools Patch on all teh environments mainly on 8.49 and 8.50 wif latest patches
  • Re-configure of Web servers as part of People tools patch and Web server Patch
  • Integration of BO(Business Objects) wif PIA
  • Monitoring of IB errors.
  • Actively participate in Production issue calls and on time delivery of teh application.
  • NDM setups wif 3rd party applications and troubleshoot teh issues encountered.
  • Involved in COB (Continuity of Business, DR test) activity

Confidential

Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

  • Migration of projects from various environments using APPLICATION DESIGNER.
  • Pre and Post Refresh Activities of refresh.
  • Trouble shooting of all teh servers and giving 24/7 support for users and solving teh issues.
  • Compilation of COBOL files
  • Integration Broker setup between different Instances.
  • Installation of PeopleSoft FCM application, Tuxedo, Web logic for Brazil Servers on UNIX and NT boxes.
  • Installation of PSNT and PSUNX DR Servers for Brazil and International instances.
  • Successfully completed upgrade of Confidential Bank’s Certificate which got expired for International Production instance.
  • Wrote Unix Shell scripts for monitoring Application and Web servers.
  • Successfully completed KETERA first phase implementation.
  • Support for Extensity (Financial tool for expense reports).
  • Actively involved in Extensity Upgrade.
  • Monthly maintenance activities like clearing cache and bouncing of all teh Application, Web and Process Scheduler servers.
  • DRE test for FSPRD, INPRD, and BZPRD instances.
  • Monitoring Control-M jobs. Re-submit teh failed jobs and investigate teh cause of teh failure.
  • Performance Monitor self-monitoring setup for testing and development instances and setup of monitored and monitoring systems for different host machines for NA production instance.
  • Completed ITIL V3 foundation certification.
  • Installed and configured PeopleSoft User Productivity Kit (UPK).

Confidential 

PeopleSoft Administrator

Responsibilities:

  • Involved in teh People Tools Upgrade from .
  • Have done teh People Tools 8.48 installation as a part of people Tools Upgrade.
  • Oracle 9i installation as part of implementation of PeopleSoft on NT servers.
  • Database refresh of Development and Testing environment by applying Production copy.
  • Also involved in PeopleSoft DBA tasks like taking hot backups through automated batch scripts on hourly basis, Database refreshes.
  • Compilation of COBOL files.
  • Configured PSEM HUB and PSEM Viewer for Change Assistant.
  • Monitoring of Integration Broker Messages and cancelling teh error messages.
  • Archiving teh cancelled Integration broker Messages at regular intervals.
  • Bringing up teh Pub/Sub services whenever it is down.
  • Scheduling teh jobs through Control-M.
  • Monitoring teh Jobs which are being migrated to Control-M servers, and resubmit teh jobs based on teh documentation whenever they fail.
  • Maintenance of teh HCM, CRM and ELM Production servers on every weekend like bouncing and clearing teh cache and check teh connectivity of every server.
  • Trouble shooting of Process Scheduler Processes whenever they fail to post or went to Error Status.
  • Hot backups by monitoring teh Batch scripts every morning.
  • Applied HCM Tax Updates.
  • Applied People Tools patches.
  • Upgraded BEA Web logic patch from SP3 to Sp6.
  • Installed People tools Components and Application on Windows. Also installed Process Scheduler server on UNIX.
  • Monitoring alerts through Quest FOGLIGHT software.

Confidential 

PeopleSoft Administrator

Responsibilities:

  • Migration of projects from various environments using APPLICATION DESIGNER and STAT.
  • Setting up teh report nodes for posting teh reports.
  • Worked on UNIX at user level.
  • Bouncing of teh servers at UNIX and windows level.
  • Trouble shooting of teh Application servers, Process Scheduler Servers.
  • Running teh audit reports like DDDAUDIT and SYSAUDIT
  • Running of DMS scripts.
  • Post refreshes activities, like changing of teh SYSADM passwords etc.
  • Worked on NDM (Network Data Mover) in UNIX.
  • Compilation of Metadata Objects in PIA.
  • Running teh processes from PIA and monitoring teh processes through process monitor.
  • Responsible for setting up and management of various environments for development, testing and training.
  • Configuration of application server and process scheduler.
  • Compare of teh Reports of different Environments.
  • Migration of INFORMATICA Objects and deployment of INFORMATICA objects.
  • Bouncing and clearing cache of INFORMATICA server.
  • Running Tree Imports and Exports.
  • Responsible for Post Refreshing activities from Production Database to Development Databases.

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