SUMMARY

• Over 7 years of result oriented professional experience in Analysis, Design, Development, Testing, Deployment, Implementation, System Administration, Application Security and Production Support.
• Extensive experience as a PeopleSoft System Administrator supporting mainly PeopleSoft Financials, HRMS, ELM and Portal applications on Oracle, and MS SQL Server databases in a UNIX, LINUX and Windows Environments.
• Successfully performed PeopleSoft PeopleTools upgrades, most recently 8.50 to 8.52 and 8.52 to 8.54.
• Successfully completed PeopleSoft Application upgrades version 9.0 to 9.1 as key team player.
• PeopleSoft Server Administration PeopleTools 8.5x/8.4x - Expertise in installation, configuration, setup, security and management of the PeopleSoft Internet Architecture (PIA) environment and relevant objects.
• Experience in setting up PeopleSoft security in HRMS, Student Administration, Financials and Portal environments.
• Successfully installed and setup Integration Broker for application messaging between PeopleSoft Portal, HRMS and Financials applications.
• Successfully installed and configured Oracle WebLogic Server, Tuxedo, Application Server, Batch Server environment and File Server.
• Ensured system availability by implementing failover by spreading multiple WebLogic Web Server domains across multiple hosts, where environment continues operating after a web server host goes down.
• Used BIG IP (F5), Foundry tools for Load Balancing and Failover.
• Created multiple Application Server domains on separate host systems to access one database, an effective strategy for performance and tuning.
• Extensive experience in refreshing development and QA from Production database.
• Evaluated the required patches and applied them to the PeopleSoft system on a timely basis.
• Comprehensive experience in performance tuning all the Server Components in the PeopleSoft Internet Architecture - Web Server Tier, Application Server Tier, Process Scheduler, Database Server Tier, Network layer and Operating System Resource availability/usage and kernel settings.
• Experienced in PeopleSoft Applications administration including performance issues with SQR reports, App Engine, index creation, working with DBA to tune the Database configuration parameters.
• Data Migration between PeopleSoft Environments, Development to Test and Production, version control and change management.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Plat Forms: UNIX (Aix, Linux) and Windows Server

RDBMS: Oracle 112c/11g/10g, MS SQL Server 20xx

PeopleSoft Application: PeopleSoft HRMS Application 9.x/8.x, with PeopleTools 8.5x/8.4x

PeopleSoft Financials Application: 9.x/8.x PeopleSoft EPM 9.x

Administration Tools: Data Mover, Configuration Manager, Application Server, Process Scheduler, App Messaging/Integration Broker and PeopleSoft Utilities

Integration Tools: App Messaging/Integration Broker, Component Interface, Bus Interlinks

Security Tools: PeopleSoft Security, Query Security and Tree Manager

Upgrade Tools: Change Assistant

Reporting Tools: SQR, Crystal Reports, nVision Reports, PS Query

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Houston, TX

PeopleSoft Upgrade Support Admin

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a PeopleSoft Administrator to support HRMS 9.1, Finance 9.1 and Portal 9.1 applications running on PeopleTools 8.51/8.52.
• Created, configured and tuned all PeopleSoft components namely WebLogic Web Servers, Application Servers, Process Scheduler Servers.
• Part of Upgrade Team, Application HRMS 9.1 upgraded to 9.2 and FSCM 9.1 to 9.2 including 8.51/8.52 to 8.52 tools release.
• Install 8.54 tools and 9.2 Application on Linux and Windows servers
• PeopleSoft Update Manager installation and configuration
• Patches extraction from PUM and application to Target environment.
• Extensively worked on PeopleSoft Security, create and maintain User Profiles, Roles, Permission Lists, Components, Trees, Queries, etc.
• Served as primary on-call resource for production support pertaining to any after hour issues on 24/7 support schedule.
• Performed PeopleSoft Project Migrations using Application Designer and other Change Management Tools.
• Successfully implemented and configured Single Sign-On, LDAP on multiple environments.
• Responsible for applying updates and fixes, bundles and maintenance packs to the PeopleSoft environments on a scheduled basis including Tax updates as and when released.
• Worked with Development Teams to resolve issues with Application Engine, SQR, PeopleCode and nVision.
• Successfully performed monitoring and was responsible in tuning all the tiers of PeopleSoft Internet Architecture, Web, App, and Batch layers.
• Performed weekly database refresh of HR and Financials environments.
• Migrated Security related objects of the application from development database to Unit testing and System testing and then finally to the production database.
• Resolved issues with respect to Reports Posting to Report Repository and Messages being queued in the Integration Broker.
• Applying PeopleTools patch on Unix and NT servers.

Confidential, Houston, TX

PeopleSoft Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Supported various environment teams like Development, Testing, and Production of HRMS, FSCM and ELM Applications of PeopleSoft.
• Performed migration of customized code through app designer from Development Database into Testing Databases, Break Fix and then into Production after successful testing.
• Installed, configured and implemented PeopleSoft HCM 9.1, FSCM 9.1, PeopleTools 8.51, WebLogic 11gR1, Tuxedo 10gR3, Oracle SOA Suite 10g on RHEL 5.and Windows 2008 OS in Oracle 11g
• Installed Enterprise Portal 9.1 on MSSQL Server 2005 and Windows 2008 platform.
• Applied PeopleTools product patches to keep Tools environment current.
• Successfully applied Tax Updates, Patches, Bundles and Maintenance Packs using Change Assistant regularly.
• Identified bottlenecks and took necessary measures for performance tuning the different layers involved in PeopleSoft pure Internet Architecture.
• Installed/configured ELM 9.1 with PeopleTools 8.50.13 and created Demo and Sys databases.
• Performed PS environment refresh as needed basis.
• Extensively worked on PeopleSoft Security - Roles, Perm Lists, Components, Pages, Menus, CI, Process Groups, Query Security, Tree Security, etc.
• Performed PS Project migrations manually and using Quest STAT.
• Written Shell Scripts for Startup, Shutdown, and Monitoring of App, Web and Process Schedulers.
• Assisted in development of plans to safeguard HRMS applications against accidental or unauthorized modification, destruction, or disclosure.
• Managed the process of granting HRMS security rights to users in all environments.
• Monitored the access of data and regulate access following established procedures to safeguard information for all HRMS systems across all regions, countries and global business units.
• Modified application security objects as directed to in corporate new development, correct, errors, or change individual access status.
• Maintained required documentation for HRMS system security and emergency measures.
• Ensured that HR technology usage and administration is compliant with corporate policies and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinated and facilitated testing of approved HRMS security changes and enhancements by following approved testing procedures.
• Interface with user community to understand their security needs and implement approved procedures to accommodate the identified needs.
• Ensure understanding and adherence to the necessary procedures to maintain security.
• Interface with and educate all HRIS, IS and key business user staff regularly on security processes, policies, procedures and changes to these areas to ensure consistency and compliance.
• Audit user security setup and access, as well as system account level access.
• PeopleSoft account administration including additions, changes, deletions, and account analysis.
• Analyze new security roles/permissions or change requests on the basis of best practices

Confidential, Long Island, NY

PeopleSoft Administrator / Upgrade Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Installed PeopleTools 8.50, and installed Financials 9.0 Application Software to run on an Oracle Database platform.
• Installed Tuxedo and Jolt components to support 8.50 PeopleTools Installation.
• Installed 5 environments namely Demo, Development, UAT Testing, System Testing and Production environments.
• Worked on PeopleSoft Security for HR, Financials, EPM modules - Created Permission Lists, Roles, User Profiles, and Process Groups and maintained them.
• Extensively worked on SOX compliance for changing PeopeSoft UNIX security, PeopleSoft NT Security, PeopleSoft LAN Security, PeopleSoft Application Security and PeopleSoft Database Security.
• Configured Application Servers and Process Scheduler Servers with different templates and tuned the configuration parameters based on the type of usage.
• Used TaxWare Product to apply tax related patches to the Financial Applications.
• Executed special Data Mover scripts to load the Application Data and performed various steps to configure the several Financials modules.
• Installed BAM Software on Windows 2000 Server and configured multiple instances of IIS web server virtual directories for load balancing.
• Configured LDAP Security Authentication for PeopleSoft 8.50.
• Created multiple WebLogic Web Server instances for load balancing and fail over.
• Created multiple Application Server domains for load balancing and fail over.
• Created separate Integration Broker/App Messaging App Server domain.
• Created Integration Broker Message Nodes for the Source and Target PeopleSoft Applications.
• Configured IntergrationGateway.properties file to include the Node Names of the Default and Remote Nodes.
• Upgraded EPM 8.9 application to EPM 9.0.
• Upgraded PeopleTools from 8.46 to 8.50 for all PeopleSoft applications (HRMS, FSCM & EPM).
• Migrated Security related objects of the application from development database to Unit testing and System testing and then finally to the production database during rollout. This included keeping all the databases consistent and in sync.
• Monitored, Detected, Analyzed, fixed and communicated problems that degrade the predictable delivery of business application services.
• Processed migrations to Testing and Production databases quickly and efficiently adhering to Change Management standards.
• Created and Maintained environmental documentation by updating documentation, in a timely fashion, to reflect infrastructure changes, tuning procedures, other techniques.
• Supported and participated in maintaining a current application infrastructure.
• Facilitated/Participated in the planning, testing, and implementation of new/upgraded infrastructure.

Confidential, Ashburn, VA

PeopleSoft Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Maintained all the PeopleSoft HCM, FSCM and Portal Production and Non-production environments.
• Setup Integration Broker in all the environments.
• Configured and tested Integration between PeopleSoft Financials SCM to HCM & Portal
• Setup Integration Broker to integrate PeopleSoft HCM and FSCM with Third party applications using HTTP Listening Connector, Web Services.
• Applied SSL Certificates to the WebLogic Web Servers.
• Setup Load Balancing of Web and Application Servers in a Production environment.
• Helped with the Performance Tuning of Web, App and Process Scheduler Servers.
• Applied PeopleTools Product Patches, Application Maintenance Packs, and Tax Updates.
• Performed migrations between different PS environments.
• Performed Database / environment refreshes as requested.
• Support Functional aspects of application like Time & Labor module, Project Costing and Recruiting etc.
• Point of contact for all functional and environmental issues. Coordinating with Development and testing teams on different issues.
• Documenting all issues and measures taken to resolve them for future reference purposes.

Confidential, Rockville, MD

PeopleSoft Administrator / Upgrade Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Performed successful PeopleTools upgrade from tool set 8.48 to 8.50.
• Resolved issues with the upgrade, conversion issues, performance issues, etc.
• Successfully performed Initial Pass and subsequent Test Moves to Production passes on the Copy of Production databases.
• Supported various environment teams like Development, Testing, Production for HRMS, FSCM of PeopleSoft.
• Installed and Configured Change Assistant on the Upgrade Workstation and mapped corresponding Source and Target PeopleSoft file systems and databases.
• Worked on Application level 8.8 and 9.0 with people tools release 8.45, 8.48 and 8.50 on Windows environments, having SQL Server and Oracle database.
• Performed Support for all the PeopleSoft Production and non Production environments
• Helped in resolving integration broker and messaging issues.
• Installed and setup Change Assistant to apply application updates to the PeopleSoft applications on PeopleTools 8.45 and 8.48.
• Installed and configured PeopleBooks on PT 8.45 with HR 8.8Sp1 and FIN 8.9.
• Applied the application updates like Tax Updates and 1099 using Change Assistant and Manual approach.
• Extensively performed PeopleSoft Project, File Objects, and Data Migrations from one PeopleSoft environment to another.
• Supported all environments of HR and FSCM, made changes in configurations as and when required.
• Resolved performance and security issues.
• Micro Focus Net Express installation, installing Run Time and compiling cobols.