SUMMARY:

• Senior PeopleSoft administrator/Security and architect with over 15 years of extensive hands - on integration, upgrade, sales, delivery, and support services consulting experience on various industry engagements. Consistently worked on mission critical enterprise application implementation infrastructure, databases, and solution architecture using diverse middleware and hardware platforms that streamlined business operations and user experience for various commercial sector companies and government agencies.
• An Ardent problem solver and business liaison with good functional knowledge, strong analytical and project management skills, demonstrated ability to handle multiple priorities, conduct reviews and assessments, and troubleshoot issues of increasing size and complexity. Known for effectively leading cross-functional technical teams interfacing with both business and global IT resources to conceptualize, design, and develop robust cost effective solutions using waterfall and agile methodologies in a regulatory environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: AIX 7.x, Solaris 10, HP-UX 11.x, Linux 6.x, Windows 2K

Database Systems: Oracle 11gR2 RAC HA Exadata, DB2 8.x, SQL Server 2K

Middleware: J2EE, WebLogic 11g, WebSphere 7, IIS, Apache, Oracle Fusion 10g, OBIEE 10g

Application: PeopleSoft Enterprise 8.x/9.x, PeopleTools 8.x, Seibel 7 SFA, Data Stage 8, Quest Stat 5.x, SQL/Perl/Shell Scripting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Piscataway, NJ

Principal Performance Architect

Responsibilities:

• Led performance engineering work stream for current and future state business and application architecture analysis and gathered critical transaction metrics on supply chain applications migrating to the SaaS-based model. The outlined specifications promoted business process efficiency and enhanced user experience where changes in business and resource demand introduce system delays. Identified non-functional requirements, workload characterization models, and performance testing yardsticks, that resulted in improved SLAs for cloud transformation, system availability and scalability.

Confidential, Parsippany, NJ

PeopleSoft Administrator/Security and Technical Architect

Responsibilities:

• Spearheaded application performance analysis initiative and enhanced user experience with improved application response times by resolving performance bottlenecks impacting the PeopleSoft Financials 9.1 online environment on PeopleTools 8.5, Oracle 10g, WebSphere 7.0, and Solaris 10. Validated and supported overall system configuration and optimized the integration broker, application messaging, web, application and database server components in collaboration with the administrators and business users. Applied patches and migrated custom code enhancements, Maintained Security by creating/updating/deletion of Users, Roles, and PL.

Confidential, New York, NY

Enterprise Architect and Development Manager

Responsibilities:

• Defined technology roadmap execution strategies for the integrated operations management portal application using a model-view controller (n-tiered) and services-oriented architecture and iterative agile Scrum based development approach. Led and streamlined application infrastructure, high/low-level design and custom development work for the implementation of PeopleSoft 9.1 Financials (Asset/Resource/Maintenance Management) and HR applications with SOAP/XML messages based integration to the SMART Operations Board, deployed on Oracle Web Center and WebLogic.

Confidential, New York, NY

Managing Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Aligned solution architecture initiatives with business and technical strategy in solution blueprints and created technology roadmap execution strategies. Conducted design reviews, landscape assessments, performance analysis and enhancement, and project oversight and planning delivering reliable and fault tolerant application infrastructure. Worked with cross-functional teams during administration, implementation, migration, and upgrade of PeopleSoft ERP 8/9 HCM, FSCM, Self Service Portal applications and OBIEE 10g as per Oracle Application Framework, IBM Vision to Value and Global Services Methodologies. Designed and configured real-time application and data integrations and service oriented architectures using Oracle Database and Fusion, PeopleSoft Integration Broker (IB), EPM/ETL, BEA WebLogic, IBM WebSphere and EDI technology based frameworks.

Confidential, Columbus, OH

PeopleSoft HCM Upgrade, PeopleSoft Administrator and Architect

Responsibilities:

• Streamlined technical infrastructure requirements, tasks and dependencies resolving critical issues and mitigating risks for PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM 8.3 to 9.1 upgrade and implementation of PeopleSoft Enterprise ELM 9.1 and OBIEE/OBIA HR Analytics 11g on PeopleTools 8.52, Oracle Enterprise Database 11gR2, WebLogic 11gR1, AIX 7.1 and Windows 2008. Delivered technical configuration baselines and work plan in collaboration with functional leads and client architects and administrators successfully installing, building and configuring the infrastructure during the define phase.

Confidential, Cleveland, OH

PeopleSoft HR Portal Pathfinder Performance Improvement Initiative, PeopleSoft Architect

Responsibilities:

• Spearheaded application performance analysis initiative and improved application response times by resolving performance bottlenecks impacting delivery of default snapshot homepage portlets for the PeopleSoft Employee Portal 9.1 and HCM 8.9 environment on PeopleTools 8.51, Oracle 11gR2, Apache 2.2, WebSphere 7.0, Solaris 10, and Linux 5.6. Validated SOAP based web services, SQL, XML, and Java scripts. He optimized the network, integration broker, application messaging, web, and application server components in collaboration with vendors, technical experts and client leadership.

Confidential, Washington, DC

PeopleSoft HR Payroll System Implementation, PeopleSoft Architect

Responsibilities:

• Developed technical architecture framework and strategy and defined overall system needs and architectural challenges for the implementation of PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM/UPK/EPM/Portal 9.1 applications based on PeopleTools 8.51, Oracle Enterprise Database 11gR2, WebLogic 11gR1, Solaris 10, and Windows 2008. Streamlined technical requirements, development standards, instance strategy by analyzing the business requirements.

Confidential, Albany, NY

Statewide Financial System PeopleSoft Financials Implementation, PeopleSoft Architect

Responsibilities:

• Created a software installation and configuration framework for validation of the implementation environment, which helped identify and mitigate potential risks. Analyzed critical patch updates to address security vulnerabilities, optimized integration broker, WebLogic and OBIEE configuration.

Confidential, Houston, TX

PeopleSoft HCM Upgrade Project PACE, PeopleSoft Administrator and Architect

Responsibilities:

• Defined the technical requirements, IT best practices, conversion and architecture strategies, project blueprint, and process for upgrade of PeopleSoft HCM 8.8 to HCM 9.1 on PeopleTools 8.5, Oracle Enterprise Database 11gR1, WebLogic 11gR1, and AIX 6.1. Directed infrastructure build activities, resolved issues, and advised on environment sizing, tuning, patching, data archiving, and setup of Citrix connectivity and Oracle RAC HA.

Confidential, Lexington, KY

PeopleSoft Financials Migration Project, PeopleSoft Architect

Responsibilities:

• Defined the strategy and directed the migration of PeopleSoft Financials 8.9 on Tools 8.47 IBM DB2 mainframe environment to Tools 8.49 Oracle 10g RAC AIX (with ASM). Estimated the effort and analyzed GL chartfield configuration and date timestamp differences that resolved core migration issues.

Confidential, New York, NY

PeopleSoft HCM HR Payroll Self Service Implementation Project, PeopleSoft Architect

Responsibilities:

• Validated the stress testing strategy and assessed environment infrastructure of PeopleSoft HCM 9.0 on Oracle, to diagnose and resolve performance issues with response times not meeting target levels. Collaborated with the project, development and infrastructure teams to analyze and provide recommendations that led to improvements in the teams approach, configuration, overall architecture layout and closure of the stress testing phase.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

PeopleSoft HR Transition and Transformation Implementation Project, PeopleSoft Administrator and Architect

Responsibilities:

• Prepared technical project plan, defined technical requirements, conducted design reviews and spearheaded infrastructure configuration, code migration, performance resolution, and infrastructure setup for single sign-on, application messaging, load balancing (Microsoft Network Load Balancer cluster) and reporting for full implementation lifecycle of PeopleSoft 9.0 HR, Payroll, Self Service, PeopleTools 8.48, Oracle, WebLogic, Tivoli Workload Scheduler, and Windows. Managed a cross-functional team of infrastructure experts and collaborated with the development team aligning the overall solution with the enterprise architecture stack that streamlined delivery of production environment with in projected time and budget.

Confidential, NY

PeopleSoft Replatforming-Migration Project, PeopleSoft Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Migrated PeopleSoft Portal/HCM/Financials 8.9 Applications on PeopleTools 8.48, IBM DB2, Apache, Reverse Proxy, WebLogic, and AIX from the IBM e-Hosted Servers to the client in-Hosted Servers including configuration of Integration Broker functionality for single sign-on and application messaging. Collaborated and resolved infrastructure configuration issues and testing defects that brought the testing phase to a successful closure.

Confidential, Columbus, OH

Finance and Accounting (F&A) Transformation Project, PeopleSoft Administrator and Architect

Responsibilities:

• Collaborated with infrastructure and development teams, prepared technical project plan, and defined technical requirements. Spearheaded infrastructure build, configuration, sizing for the upgrade via full implementation path to PeopleSoft EPM/Financials 8.9 (GL/AP/AR) Tools 8.46, including component and services based integration with
• Workbrain Workforce Management T&L, Khalix 3.4 Planning Budgeting, Power Plant Asset Management applications. The technology stack comprised of Oracle, Data Stage, Crystal Reports, IBM IHS, WebSphere, IIS, Sterling PGP File Encryption, Tivoli Workload, AIX, Windows. Developed system context diagram, legacy interfaces portfolio, and configuration management plan as per enterprise architecture standards, SOX Compliance and ITIL framework guidelines with successful transition into steady state.

Confidential, Washington, DC

PeopleSoft Configuration Manager

Responsibilities:

• Collaborated with the client staff and contractors to design and execute configuration management procedures and activities, integrating STAT, during full lifecycle implementation of PeopleSoft HCM on Oracle, WebLogic, and AIX. Defined and developed configuration management plan, object migration paths, workflow processes, development and implementation controls that streamlined the change control approval process.

Confidential, Fairfax, VA

Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Administered and defined enterprise application and database architectures, technical infrastructure work plans, application integration portfolios, service level agreements, disaster recovery, archival and storage schemes, performance metrics as per defined methodology and industry standard architecture frameworks that resolved critical problems and streamlined IT delivery for the implementation of PeopleSoft Financials and HR on Oracle/SQL Server databases. Integrated Siebel sales force automation and call center web self-service with computer telephony, email and e-fax that improved customer response and sales.
• Designed multi-dimensional data warehouse for enterprise performance measurement, business analytics, profitability, and cost applications. Designed products and services portfolio tool that improved the productivity of the sales team and an emergency incidents response management portal framework with dashboards and mobile device accessibility that helped prevent disasters and improve task force response.