SUMMARY

• 6 years of Experience in the implementation and maintenance of Ariba spend management suite of applications with an Individual contributor role, module lead and team lead in various phases of implementation like requirements, design and development.
• Worked in multi - tiered distributed environment using OOAD concepts, SDLC, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) for enabling interfaces from Ariba application to different edge applications in Cummins.
• 5 years of experience on Ariba version 9r1, including the upgrade from the old version, and implementing various customer enhancements to the application.
• Performed the role of a technical lead in the integration framework upgrade project between Ariba and Oracle Financials ERP system.
• Implemented Ariba Contract workbench, Ariba Analysis, Ariba Sourcing and Ariba Invoicing modules, as a module lead.
• Participated in discussions with Business to gather the requirements for various enhancements and module implementations of Ariba suite for the purchasing needs.
• Implemented various automation scripts for routine production tasks.
• Assessing the performance of the system on a quarterly basis and providing the necessary suggestions to the customer to maintain a highly-available environment for use.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages & skills: Java1.7,Java1.8, J2EE, SOAP, REST, C, C++, Python, SOAP and REST full Web Services, Oracle, PL/SQL, MSSQL, Shell Scripting, XML,HTML, Junit, Struts, spring, Spring Boot.

Other tools: Ariba Spend Management suite (Ariba Downstream and Ariba Upstream). Remedy, AML, AQL. Oracle Financials 11i ( Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Supplier Master and HRMS ), FieldGlass, IBM Expensewell, ChromeRiver expense management systems, Travelocity travel systems, Hyperion Financials, Oracle Fusion middle ware, Infogix Balancing and controls.

Application servers: WebLogic 9, 12c, WebSphere 6.1, 8.5

Web servers: IBM Http Server, Apache tomcat

Testing tools: Selenium and QTP tool.

Configuration management tools: ClearCase, VSS ( Visual Source Safe), ClearQuest

Documentation tools: MS Office suite, IBM Rational suite, MS Visio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Columbus, IN

Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Developed new interfaces for Cummins Environment for tracking and monitoring the entire engines' statuses with a team of 3 developers' by leading team as a lead developer. Languages: SOAP, Junit, Struts, Spring, Spring Boot.
• Upgraded Ariba 9r1 to 9r2 in the role of Technical Lead, leading a development team of 5 for Buyer, Sourcing and Analysis modules.
• Designed and Implemented the Middleware Web Services for the various data interfaces between Ariba and BOLT. Languages: Java/J2EE, SQL, Shell Scripting, SOAP and REST full Web Services
• Implemented various automation scripts for routine production tasks which reduced the support team manual effort by 90%.
• Developed a L2-L3 communication expectation model reflecting response time expectations for queries arising from L2 to L3 which reduced the communication gaps and increased the support satisfaction index by 10 %.
• Completely revamped Cummins' SAP Ariba application interface to incorporate customer feedback and bug fixes. Collaborated with a team of 4 Software Engineers and 3 UI Designers in the process on time. Languages: Java 1.8, SQL, Java page flow, struts, HTML, JavaScript.
• Performed periodic Service Pack upgrades for the Ariba application.
• Worked with a team of 5 members on a 6-Sigma project to automate the eRFA approvers' setup process to increase the efficiency and reduce the issues in updating the approvers using MDS.
• Worked with a team of 4 members on 2nd 6-Sigma project to reduce the number of Ariba Service desk tickets created due to technical system issues.
• Worked on the Level 3 production tickets created for the Ariba application.
• Periodically met and partnered with key stakeholders and process owners to provide functional recommendations and best practice implementations for their system needs in accordance with their business requirements and needs.
• Reduced Cummins' Ariba's operational load by guiding team to prioritize fixing of repeatedly occurring issues and improving quality of operational metrics. This reduced the ticket count by 60% and Cummins' product's fault rate to 2% Languages: Bash, Python

Confidential

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed and Implemented the Middleware Web Services for the various data interfaces between Ariba and BOLT/CORE. Languages: Java, SQL, SOAP and REST full Web Services, JavaScript
• Worked with a team of 4 Software Engineers to reduce latencies and improve security of transactional data by replacing monolithic architecture of our backend with independent Web Services. Our efforts improved team's developmental velocity and reduced blast radius of deployment failures. Languages: Java, Bash, Python.
• Implemented various change requests, Eforms like GSAR, Budget Holder etc., in the Ariba application according to customer requirements. Languages: Java/J2EE, XML, SQL, MSSQL.
• Participated in discussions with Business and partnered with them to gather the requirements for various enhancements and module implementations of Ariba suite for the purchasing needs.
• Improved onboarding process for new hires by documenting everything I learned during my early days as an entry level Systems engineer. This reduced technical knowledge asymmetry and improved understanding of the entire architecture for the team.