Data Architect Resume
Hanover, NJ
Senior information systems professional with over 17 years of full life cycle systems development experience. Over 8 years of experience in Decision Support Systems (Data Warehouse / Data Mart) beginning with business analysis and design through development and implementation. Experience in manufacturing, supply chain, insurance, pharmaceutical, publishing and telecommunications industry. Strong leadership and project management experience. Exceptional customer facing presentation skills. Over professional career as employee and consultant, served in capacities as a data architect / modeler, systems analyst, developer, backup DBA, business analyst and project lead. Current employee of a large multi - national pharmaceutical company as Senior Database Architect / Business Analyst.
Professional Experience:
Confdiential, NJ, Data Architect
- Lead Data Architect in the design of the US and Canada sales and marketing of a 1 terabyte enterprise data warehouse (EDW) within an Oracle 10g database
- Partner with ETL lead to identify the migration strategy to the new enterprise data warehouse (EDW)
- Support Siebel Analytics and Business Object reporting environment
- Globally manage a team of data modelers based in Canada and US
- Experience with third party vendor data (IMS, NDC)
- Successfully manage and partner with third part vendors (PWC, TCS and Accenture)
- Utilize Erwin data modeling tool and Modelmart
- Support the DBA group with the creation of the physical database objects
- Implemented Naming Standard Conventions
- Implemented Data Modeling Best Practices
- Implemented and Manage the Change Management Process
- Facilitated training sessions on the new change management process
- Train and mentor junior level data modelers
- Train team members on Data Warehouse concepts
Confidential, E. Hanover, NJ, Data Management Architect
- Participate in the auditing and profiling of clients high impact data utilizing Evoke Axio Release 4.4.0.1
- Creation of a white paper defining KPIs and metrics measuring Data Quality for a company service offerings
- Design Data Quality Dashboard Data Mart utilizing Oracle 9i with a BO front end for Data Quality Analytic’s
- Design Daily Sales Report Data Mart utilizing SQL Server 2000 with a BO front end for a clients Sales and Marketing data
- Mentor other members of the team in Data Modeling best practices
Confidential, Secaucus,NJ Data Modeler / Data Analyst (6 month engagement)
- Participate in the design of data mart fact and dimension tables within a product distribution EDW supporting Sales and Marketing.
- Perform data profiling / auditing in a AS400 / DB2 environment.
- Define mapping documentation for the ETL process.
- Define business requirement documents.
- Utilizing Access Database to maintain the Meta Data Repository.
- Extrapolate business rules from Cobol source code.
- Participate in Functional Testing for the ETL process.
- Design Functional Testing Standard Operating Procedures.
Confidential, Pompton Lakes, NJ, Mortgage Consultant
- Participated in a 1 week training class
- Responsible for the follow-up of in-house leads
- Responsible for running credit reports and qualifying potential leads
- Responsible for telephone interviews with potential clients to better understand their borrowing needs
- Responsible for the pricing of loans
- Participated in various vendor presentations
Confidential, Stamford, CT Data Architect / Business Analyst (6 month engagement)
- Lead Business Analyst in gathering business definition of Common Data for Clinical Trial applications.
- Lead Data Architect between the integration of multiple Distributed Databases.
- Produced both Logical and Physical Data Models utilizing ERStudio on an Oracle 9i Database.
- Lead Business Analyst / Architect in gathering requirements and designing Row Level Data Security utilizing Oracle VPD functionality.
- Lead Architect in establishing Standard Data Architecture principles (naming conventions).
- Published an internal White Paper on the use of Row Level Security.
- Produced UML diagrams utilizing Visio.
- Defined the Data Abstraction Layer along with the OO Architects.
- Designed and coded Data Migration / Data Cleansing scripts utilizing PL/SQL.
- Performed Data Profiling and Gap Analysis.
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Confidential, Titusville, NJ,Data Architect / Business Analyst (12 month engagement)
- Lead Data Architect on a Web Based Siebel Version 7.5.2 (CRM) for a Pre Clinical Trial Application.
- Mapping document was produced utilizing Siebel Tools 7.5.2 and Life Sciences data model.
- Lead Data Architect / Business Analyst of a Web based Rewards and Recognition OLTP System for Human Resources.
- Lead Data Architect / Business Analyst for Sales Marketing application to maintain tracking of Educational Grant Requests.
- Created Logical and Physical Data Models utilizing Erwin (V3.5.2 / Allfusion V4.1.2) and Modelmart
- Utilized UML Use Cases and Rational Rose V 2001.03.00 to capture Business Requirements.
- Lead QA of existing Models created by third party vendors validating against Confidential standards and ensuring FDA compliance of 21 CFR Part 11.
- Designed and coded Data Migration / Data Cleansing scripts utilizing PL/SQL.
- Involved with the evaluation of Metadata Repository tools.
- Presented a Power Point presentation on the use of ERD’s within the UML/ OOD paradigm.
Confidential, Parsippany, NJ Data Architect / Business Analyst (6 month engagement)
- Lead Business Analyst in the design of a Web Based Metadata Repository Application, capturing Common Reference Data (CRD)
- Utilized the RUP (Rational Unified Process) Methodology.
- Created various UML artifacts (Class Diagram, Use Case Diagram, Activity Diagram, Sequence Diagram) utilizing Rational Rose Version 2001.03.00.
- Designed both Logical and Physical data models utilizing ERWIN 3.5.2.
- Designed and Mapped the ETL load process.
- Developed both PL/SQL and INFORMATICA POWERCENTER Ver 5.1 ETL scripts.
- Facilitated JAD sessions to capture business requirements.
- Lead Business Analyst in the analysis of disparate reference data layout.
- Designed and coded Data Migration / Data Cleansing scripts utilizing PL/SQL.
- Lead the Development team in the creation of the user interface.
- Mapped objects to relational format.
Confidential, Old Bridge, NJ, Loan Officer
- Participated in a two week training course
- Responsible for building customer relationship with realtors in assigned territory
Confidential, Iselin, NJ, Principle Consultant
- Designed and Maintained Dimensional (Star Schema) Models within Supply Chain and Consumer Product applications.
- Designed and Maintained OLTP Entity Relationship Models.
- Utilized Designer 2000 to maintain Data Models and Metadata Repository.
- Utilized SQL Navigator to produce physical DDL scripts.
- Designed a spreadsheet to automate the sizing of Oracle Database Tables and Indexes.
- Acted as Application DBA in supporting the Test and Development Database Environments (Managing roles, users, tablespaces, rollback segments, creation of physical obects etc).
- Created and Maintained Database links for the replication of data (data replication).
- Designed the Database Security Strategy for our clients.
- Designed naming standardization procedures.
- Designed change control procedures.
- Designed and Evaluated load procedures (initial and update) to populate Decision Support Environments.
- Facilitated JAD sessions to capture user requirements.
- Evaluated the use of ORACLE 8i features (Materialized Views, Virtual Private Database).
- Tuned PL/SQL Stored procedures.
- Designed Screen layouts to support database layout (story board).
- Acted as Team Lead by maintaining ORACLE Consultants time lines with clients.
- Responsible of the installation of ORACLE Designer 6i.
Confidential, Woodbridge, NJ, Programmer / Analyst 9
- Lead Data Architect in implementing the companies SWR (system work request) application.
- Lead Developer for the companies Development Template.
- Lead Business Analyst facilitating meetings with clients to determine Mapping requirements.
- Lead Developer in the design of PL/SQL ETL routines to populate Decision Support Databases.
- Designed and Maintained Dimensional (Star Schema) Models.
- Designed and Maintained OLTP Entity Relationship Models.
- Utilized Oracle Designer to produce logical and physical models.
- Utilized Oracle CADM (Case Application Development Methodology).
- Involved with QA of existing Client Models.
- Designed Naming Standard Procedures.
- Acted as Application DBA in support of Test and Development Databases (Managing roles, users, tablespaces, rollback segments etc).
- Designed the Database Data Security Strategy.
- Utilizing Oracle Developer V4.5 5.0.
- Utilized Oracle Database v7.3 8.0 Database.
- Team Lead over several external development projects.
Confidential, Somerset, NJ Programmer / Analyst 7
- Technical Lead on a four member team rewriting a clinical trial application utilizing PL/SQL and Oracle Forms 3.2 on a VAX / Oracle Platform.
- Lead Business Analyst Facilitating JAD sessions to gather business requirements.
- Created specifications, time lines, and program architecture.
- Performance tuned application utilizing Oracle's tuning tools to improve the response time of SQL.
- Lead Demo presentation of product to client.
- Lead The User Acceptance Testing.
Confidential,Basking Ridge, NJ, Programmer / Analyst 4
- Designed, coded and unit tested software for an on-line system utilizing Oracle Forms accessing an Oracle database in a UNIX environment.
- Supervised the database upgrade from Oracle 6.0 to 7.0 managing outside consultants.
- Maintained a batch system written in Cobol/Cobol II.
- Designed, coded, and tested software in a batch and in an on-line environment utilizing Cobol, IMS-DC/MFS in a conversational mode, accessing a DB2 database..
- Team Lead for the system test group.
- Provided production support.
Technical Summary:
Project Management Software: Microsoft Project
Methodologies: Oracle Case Application Development (CADM) Kimball Star schema (Dimensional Modeling) Rational Unified Process (RUP)
Modeling Tools: Oracle Designer (Versions 1.2.3, 2.1.2, 6i) Erwin 3.5.2 and AllFusion 4.1.2, Visio Rational Rose Version 2001.03.00 Embarcadero ERStudio
Profiling Tools: Evoke Axio R4.4.0.1
Development Tools: SQL Navigator, Embarcadero RapidSQL, Toad, SQL Plus
RDBMS: Oracle, DB2 UDB, Access, SQL Server 2000
Languages: SQL, PL/SQL, Cobol, Cobol II, Unix shell
Tools: Oracle Forms, Oracle Reports, Oracle Developer/2000
Operating Systems: UNIX, Windows NT, MVS, VMS, AS/400