TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Upgrades: 10 Full Life Cycle upgrades/implementations in various PeopleSoft modules HCM, Financials, EPM, Portal, (FSCM)Supply Chain, Campus Solutions, HRMS Versions 7.5 - 8x, 8.3/8.8/8.9-9.2

Databases: Oracle 9i, 10g/RAC, 11g, 12c, IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server 2005,2008,2012 PostgreSQL

Platforms: Unix (HPUX, AIX, Solaris), RHEL, and Oracle Enterprise Linux, Microsoft Windows Server 2000-201 2

PeopleSoft: HRMS/HCM 8.3-9.2, CRM 9.0, Portal 9.0, CS 8.9-9.2, FSCM 9.0, 9.2, PeopleTools 3.2-8.55

Software: PeopleSoft Application Designer, PeopleSoft Data Mover, PeopleSoft Integration Broker Setup and Configuration, PeopleTools, Oracle SQL Developer, Toad, Oracle Tuxedo(v.6.5.-12), IBM WebSphere, Sun JDK 1.3-1.8, Oracle WebLogic v. 10-12

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Bloomingdale, IL

AWS Cloud Architect/Load Testing Expert

Responsibilities:

• Migration of 3 dental offices client databases and hardware infrastructure to the AWS cloud.
• Design and created AWS VPC, EC2 Dedicated Instances, security groups, and IAM roles, users, and groups and policies following HIPPA standards for securing of PHI data.
• Configured Key management and encryption of client data, as well as backup of EBS volumes.

Confidential, Tempe, AZ

AWS Cloud Architect/Load Testing Expert

Responsibilities:

• Architectural Review and design for AWS migration of application and hardware
• Design of configuration of development, QA and production AWS Virtual Private Cloud
• Conceptual design of security groups and IAM roles, groups and policies in a cloud environment
• Load testing and performance tuning of the new upgraded architecture for Campus Solutions 9.0 on PeopleTools 8.55.06 and HRMS 9.2 on PeopleTools 8.55.06 via the AWS cloud
• Load Tested functionality of: Enrollment, Account Inquiry, Time Entry, Time Entry Approval, Address Change, Tuition Calculation, Unofficial Transcripts.
• Performance tuning of the Web and application tier (WebLogic, Tuxedo) for PeopleTools 8.55 for the new Fluid User Interface

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

PeopleSoft Administrator/Cloud Implementation

Responsibilities:

• Migration of Data Center to IBM Clod solutions for all GAE
• Dedicated service to US Army soldiers and education counselors to provide the ability for enlisted ranks to gain secondary education degrees.
• Day to day Oracle/PS admin work marinating CRM and CS 9.0 environments.
• Environment refreshes, and working on performance tickets and issues as it relates to CRM and Campus Solutions.
• Installed CRM and Campus Solutions version 9.2 using Puppet/PeopleSoft deployment packages.
• Installation if Campus 9.2 Demo and CRM 9.2 on Windows 2012 R2 for proof of concept for application upgrade from Campus Solutions 9.0
• Installation of PeopleTools 8.54 and 8.55 on Windows 2012 R2
• Installation and configuration of PUM 9.2 DPK on Bare Metal Windows 2012 and on Oracle Virtual Box for PeopleTools and to upgrade the current 9.2 Demo to latest PUM Image.

Confidential

PeopleSoft Administrator/Cloud Implementation

Responsibilities:

• Performed a new implementation of FSCM 9.2 on Oracle DB and Windows 2012 as a 3rd party contractor through Confidential .
• Performed day to day PS administration of the new 8.54.10 environment
• Installed all new PeopleSoft 8.54 Software on hardware platform
• Conducted daily PS Admin Knowledge Transfer sessions with Umpqua resources in so they can support production after go - live
• Performed environment refreshes for subsequent moves to production
• Installed DEMO DB and upgraded DEMO via PUM/Change Assistant to latest code for FSCM Image 14

Confidential, Las Vegas, NV

PeopleSoft Administrator/Cloud Implementation

Responsibilities:

• Performed the initial upgrade and subsequent MTPs from FSCM and HCM 9.0 to 9.2 Image9 on PeopleTools 8.54.02
• Performed day to day PS administration of the new 8.54.02 environment to support the testing efforts of the Wynn Testing team.
• Performance Tuning application server and webserver for FSCM and HCM application suite
• Worked on upgrade of HCM 9.0 to 9.2. Installed HCM 9.2 Image 9 PUM.
• Upgrade of PeopleSoft Portal (Interaction Hub) to 9.1 rev3.
• Migration of Workcenters from one environment to the next after Move to Productions passes in Portal and FSCM.
• Installed PeopleSoft Portal Demo DB for initial pass upgrade
• Installed PeopleSoft Update Manager (Oracle VirtualBox and FSCM/HCM Image 6 and Image 9)
• Installed DEMO DB and upgraded DEMO via PUM/Change Assistant to latest code for image9 to perform initial upgrade for HCM and FSCM.
• Installed and configured all the new PS software on Windows 2008 server with latest PeopleSoft Software and application code in development, staging and production.

Confidential, Houston, Tx

PeopleSoft Administrator/Cloud Implementation

Responsibilities:

• Performed the initial upgrade and the final move to production upgrade from FSCM 8.9 to 9.1
• Installed Change Assistant and performed all upgrade passes to FSCM 9.1 and Peopletools 8.53.10 on Microsoft SQL Server Database.
• Installed and configured all the new PS software on Windows 2008 server.
• Worked with functional and development team on all issues related to the upgrade.
• Performance Tuning application server and webserver for FSCM and HCM application suite.
• Performed day to day PeopleSoft Admin tasks: migrations, environment refreshes, system monitoring.
• Installed and configured PeopleSoft Performance Monitor to allow for better troubleshooting of performance related issues.

Confidential

PeopleSoft Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Performing Peopletools upgrade from 8.48.19 to 8.52.09 on Windows 2008 64- bit for Campus Solutions 9.0
• Installation of new PeopleTools Software on Windows 2008 64- bit
• Migrated all PS software from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008 64-bit.
• Support of current PS architecture in development and production for Campus Solutions 9.0
• Support of GAE PeopleSoft Portal, from a PS admin perspective
• Installation of Change Assistant and performing the initial and move to prod upgrade passes
• Upgrade of Oracle from 10g to 11g RAC on Linux

Confidential

Peoplesoft System Administrator/Upgrade Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Performing PeopleTools Upgrade for UC Davis Medical Center from PeopleTools 8.46 to
• PeopleTools 8.52 on DB2/Zos and migration from AIX 5.1 to 6.1 for HCM 9.1 via Change Assistant.
• Configure CA for DB2 on the mainframe.
• Installation of new PeopleTools Software on AIX.
• Configure all development and production application server instances online and integration broker domains for all the upgrade environments,
• Performed the final move to production

Confidential

Peoplesoft System Administrator/Upgrade Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Sole PeopleSoft Upgrade Specialist for Unicode HCM 8.8 to 9.1 and PeopleTools 8.47 to 8.51.
• Performed Initial Upgrade Pass as well as subsequent move to production passes via PeopleSoft Change Assistant
• Installed all PeopleSoft Software on Windows 2008 for PeopleTools 8.51
• Set up and configured Integration Broker domains for 3rd party integration
• Worked with functional team on troubleshooting synchronous messaging processes.
• Configured multiple webserver and application server instances for all the upgrade environments, along with creation of these environments from the upgrade passes.
• Worked with a multi-country team with members in different time zones and locations across the world.

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Peoplesoft System Administrator/Upgrade Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Performed Load Testing for Student Financials 9.0 implementation on 8.49.21 on Sun OS 10, and RedHat Linux hardware.
• Conducted Architectural/Disaster Recovery review and analysis of HRMS/Financials environment to ensure proper setup for go-live and for disaster recovery.
• Worked on installing all the PS software on the Hot Site for the Disaster Recovery project at UOP.
• Performance tuning of the Tuxedo and WebLogic layer to ensure no bottlenecks exist.
• Worked with a team of system administrators to maintain current Financials environment.
• Instructed junior members on system administration and tuning of PeopleSoft.
• Upgrade of PeopleTools to 8.50 for Student Financials.
• Performed hardware migration from Solaris 10 to Redhat Linux and to Oracle RAC for PeopleSoft Financial Aid environment.
• Applied Financial Aid regulations via Change Assistant.

Confidential, West Des Moines, Iowa

Independent Contractor/PeopleSoft System Administrator/Upgrade Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Installed and administered all components for HRCS 9.0/Finacials 9.0, BEA Tuxedo, BEA WebLogic, Business Objects, Upgrade Assistant.
• Solid PeopleSoft Administration skills in both UNIX and Windows Platforms.
• Administered PeopleSoft Architecture on a daily basis: Web server, Application server, Process Scheduler. Created monitoring and administration scripts for all layers of the PeopleSoft Architecture to allow for ease of administration.
• Worked with on site team for Performance Tuning of the PeopleSoft Application focusing on tuning the BEA Tuxedo and BEA WebLogic Layer.
• Performed and created load testing scripts for capacity testing.
• Installed and configured HRCS an on Solaris 10, and Informix with PeopleTools 8.49.18, for a new install of PeopleSoft.
• Installed and configured DEMO and SYSTEM database for HRCS 9.0 and CRM 9.0 and upgraded to HRMS to MP7 via Change Assistant.
• Installed the PSEM HUB and tested connectivity to Oracle for patches.
• Assisted developers in troubleshooting of PeopleSoft application issues on a daily basis.
• Upgraded base 9.0 HRCS to MP7 via Change Assistant.
• Configured SSO b/w PeopleSoft and Third Party website
• Performed WebLogic Administration, in order to setup 3rd party integration.
• Performed migrations of data/objects from one environment to the other.
• Created a Load Testing tool for PeopleSoft.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Independent Contractor/ PS Upgrade Specialist/PeopleSoft Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Performed the full 2-step application upgrade of HRMS 8.3 TO HRCS 9.0,
• Installed and configured change assistant, and performed all upgrade steps via Change Assistant.
• Performed all the move to production and initial upgrade passes for the HRCS upgrade
• Configured multiple webserver and application server instances for all the upgrade environments, along with creation of these environments.
• Profound knowledge of PeopleSoft Internet Architecture, Unix and Windows Operating Systems.
• Performed and reviewed with development team all customization reapplies and performed code reviews between the two application versions.
• Installed and configured PeopleTools 8.48.12 as well as Oracle 10g RAC on production hardware.
• Performed Post-upgrade production support such as production issues, and tax updates.

Confidential

Independent Contractor/PeopleSoft Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Conducted upgrade of PeopleSoft Campus Solutions from 8.0 to 9.0
• Installed all PeopleSoft Software on Windows 2003 for PeopleTools 8.48.
• Performed initial upgrade and four move to production passes.
• Worked with and supported development team on troubleshooting both production and upgrade issues.
• Maintained on call production pager for after hours production issues.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

PeopleSoft System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Administered and maintained production HRMS, EPM PeopleSoft systems for Sony Electronics and MedcoHealth, and Baylor Health Care systems PeopleSoft Application version 8.3, 8.8, 8.9.
• Lead technical PeopleSoft System Architect for Sony Electronics a 24 x7 system.
• Worked on a team that maintained full development PeopleSoft environment application version 8.3, 8.8.
• Involved in 2 full life cycle implementations of PeopleSoft HRMS and EPM systems, and Payroll currently working on a third and fourth fortune 500 client.
• Configured and tuned production Tuxedo application servers to enhance performance and scalability in Production.
• Utilized Tuxedo statistics functionality to enhance Tuxedo performance.
• Installed and configured PeopleSoft Internet Architecture on both Unix and NT platforms.
• Installed and configured Apache Webserver, BEA WebLogic, and IBM Websphere for use with PeopleSoft.
• Applied application and tools patches from PeopleSoft to all environments.
• Configured PeopleSoft to use single signon authentication using Siteminder.
• Performed PeopleSoft application version specific database setup.
• Installed and configured Peoplebooks for version 8.3, and 8.8 on Apache.
• Created Unix shell scripts to automate process of booting Tuxedo application servers.
• Utilized knowledge of DB2 to enhance performance of custom code written for PeopleSoft HRMS.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Applications/Analyst (Oracle/DB2/PeopleSoft)

Responsibilities:

• As a technical lead in the initial phase of the Wage Attachment project, installed and configured an Oracle database on development and production environments (Windows NT). Established interface connectivity to vendor application, in order to automate wage garnishments between Oracle and legacy systems. Provided 24-hr support to online systems.
• As lead DBA for the United Air Travel Plan Web Site project. Administered all Oracle database objects, including, tables, views, indexes, packages on a SUN/OS platform. Conducted system analysis, and enhanced system performance via Oracle utilities (Tkprof, Explain Plan).
• Automated backup and recovery procedures for United Air Travel Plan Website (ie; Import/Export, online, and cold backups) via Unix shell scripts. Provided 24-hr support to online systems.
• Installed and configured Oracle Databases on HP-UX, SUN, AIX.
• Was responsible for the design and implementation of the backup strategy and disaster recovery procedures for Oracle on Sun Solaris and AIX platforms for United development boxes.
• Provided subject expertise Oracle RDBMS to PeopleSoft application teams
• Involved in resolving technical issues for the migration of databases to Oracle8i on AIX (4.33).
• Performed logical and physical design of the Open Enrollment Database on Oracle 8i (HP-UX) for internal United employees to change benefits via the Web.
• Administered databases in Oracle over 500gigs.
• System administrator/DB2 UDB on OS/390 Analyst within PeopleSoft infrastructure team.
• Responsible for data conversion, system customization, development of interfaces and upgrades and security within PeopleSoft.
• Performed DB2 UDB on OS/390object modifications (tables, views, indexes) via CA(platinum) tools.
• Performed backups using load/unloads utilities via IBM sample programs and third party utilities CA(Platinum) tools.
• Performed image copies to backup data (IBM backup utility), to local and remote locations.
• Utilized IBM recovery utility to recover data to point in time.
• Performed physical database design of objects (tablespaces, tables, indexes, views).
• Upgraded and or applied all PeopleSoft patches to Vanilla PeopleSoft for version 7.51.
• Installed and configured Convoy/DM, a tool used to convert data in preparation for an upgrade to PeopleSoft 8.1, on the desktop and on OS/390 utilizing DB2 connect.
• Performed synchronization of all database environments between PeopleSoft metadata, and DB2 objects.

Confidential, Arlington Heights, IL

Oracle Database Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured oracle databases for development and production environments.
• Migrated several databases from oracle7x to oracle 8x using the export method and migration utility.
• Formulated and implemented standard procedures and strategies for such areas as Installation of oracle procedures, creation of new database instances, operating procedures, user procedures, backup and restore procedures, capacity management/planning, performance, security, access control, and development support.
• Put standards in place to ensure that all application design and code is produced with proper integrity, security and performance. Performed reviews on the design and code frequently to ensure the site standards are being adhered to.
• Tuned applications to accommodate customer-processing requirements considerably improving the performance of production update loads and reports.
• Provided subject matter expertise and technical leadership to the client’s staff and several company consultants.
• Implemented database packages and referential constrains, performed table optimization and rollback segment management, created standardized support procedures, enhanced system security, provided technical guidance for 15 staff and development team in their day to day activities.
• Was responsible for the design and implementation of the backup strategy and disaster recovery procedures for Oracle, including import/export.
• Conducted system performance analysis and developed recommendations for system tuning, implemented hardware and software upgrades, and enhanced system capabilities and reliability.
• Developed a logical and physical design estimation of system requirements.
• Created and maintained all databases required for production and development environments.
• Performed database re-organizations as required to assist performance using export/import utilities to ensure maximum uptime of the databases.
• Administered all database objects, including tables, clusters, indexes, views, sequences, packages and procedures.