Data Architect / Data Analyst Resume
Bellevue, WashingtoN
SUMMARY
- Around 8+ years of expertise in Data Modeling, Data Analysis for Online Transaction Processing (OLTP), Data Warehousing (OLAP)/Business Intelligence (BI) applications.
- Involved in various projects related to Data Modeling, System/Data Analysis, Design and Development for both OLTP and Data warehousing environments.
- Dimensional Data Modeling, Building Star and Snowflake schemas, OLAP tools.
- Expert in using Erwin 7.0s tool, worked extensively on ERwin in several projects in both OLAP and OLTP applications.
- Knowledge of data modeling like ERStudio 8.5, Power Designer 15.0
- Experienced in Normalization/Denormalization techniques for optimum performance in OLTP and OLAP environments
- Experience in using Accurev tool for promotion of scripts.
- Knowledge and experience in the Oracle development tool set (Including PL/SQL, SQL*Plus, SQL Loader)
- Worked with various RDBMS like Oracle 11g, SQL 2008, DB2, and Teradata.
- Proficient in creating Conceptual, Logical and Physical Data models as per the client project requirements
- Expertise in ETL tools like Informatica and SSIS; Created source to target mapping documents for the ETL developers and helped them understand complex transformations involving business input.
- Hands on experience with creating cubes using SQL Server 2005 Analysis services and development of reports using SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
- Successfully managed technical teams and gained broad expertise in mission and requirement’s analysis and process modeling (JAD) structured development methodologies.
- Excellent analytical skills and problem solving techniques as a data modeler
- Experience with gathering business requirement and requirements analysis
- Extensive experience in analyzing and documenting business requirements and working with business analysts.
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills and established track record of client interactions
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Operating Systems: HP - UX 11.11, RH Linux 7.1/8/AS 3.0, IBM-AIX, 5.6/5.7,Windows 2003 / XP / 2000 / NT 4.0
RDBMS: Oracle 10g / 9i / 8i, SQL Server 2005/2000/2008 , Sybase ASE 12.0/12.5,MySQL 4.x/5.x, MS-Access 2000, Teradata
Business Tools: Rational Suite, MS Visio, Crystal Report, MS Project
Languages: C, C++, Java Script, VB Script, VB.NET, ASP.NET, HTML, XML, SQL, PL/SQL
Tools: ERwin, Oracle Designer 2000, Sybase Power Designer, BPwin, Rational Rose, MS Visio, ER Studio
Management: Clear Case, Perforce, CVS, VSS, Model Mart
Others: MSOffice 2007,2010 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), MS Project, XML
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential, Bellevue, Washington
Data Architect / Data Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Translate enterprise or business requirements into long-termdataarchitecture solutions including conceptual, logical and physical models.
- Gathering of Data, Business Rules, Transformation rules, statistical models supporting campaign identification and suppression target populations
- Used Star Schema and Snow flake schema methodologies in building and designing the logical data in both Type1 and Type2 Dimensional Models.
- Define and clarify solution scope and objectives through research and analysis.
- Responsible for transforming requirements into architecture and design documents that was used by the team to implement solutions.
- Document all technical requirements and design technical solutions utilizing enterprise architecture standards including documenting all solution components and configurations.
- Design and build appropriate datarepositories anddatamovements (dimensional databases) to ensure that business needs are met.
- Work closely with business team and clients to resolve data and performance issues.
- Design and review logical and physicaldatamodels for OLTP and OLAP in compliance with corporate standards.
- Work with IT ETL and Report Developers to communicate database designs
- Design and oversee the implementation ofdatatransformation and change processing procedures to ensure thatdatafrom multiple sources is aggregated, normalized and updated and then published to multiple target environments
- Work with functional analysts, developers and development managers to ensure that all solutions are deployed within agreed timelines and supported after delivery.
- AppliedInformaticaData Quality standards, guidelines and best practices on the various sources.
- Understand existing DQ landscape to provide key insights on the scope and magnitude of DQ issues and supporting Processes and procedures.
- Identified theBottlenecks, Removed the Bottlenecksandimplemented performance tuning logicon targets, sources, mappings, sessions to provide maximum efficiency and performance.
- Exported the valid and invalid documents to data stewards and business analyst to understand the data.
- Applied data analysis, data cleansing, data matching, exception handling, and reporting and monitoring capabilities in IDQ (Informatica Data Quality)
- Cleansed, standardized, labeled and fix the data gaps in IDQ where it checks with tables to fix major business issues.
- Performed tuning of Informatica Mappings and sessions for optimum performance.
- Used Workflow monitor to monitor tasks, workflows and also to monitor performance.
- Analysis of production issues and designed the detailed solution.
- Performed performance tuning at functional and map level for better production performance.
- Effectively used Informatica parameter files for defining mapping variables, workflow variables and relational connections.
- Used Debugger in identifying bugs in existing mappings by analyzing data flow and evaluating transformations.
- Used various transformations like expression, transaction control, aggregator, Router, Unconnected Lookup, Filter, and Sorter.
- Created new mapping design using various tools in Informatica designer like Source Analyzer, Warehouse Designer, Mapplet Designer and Mapping Designer.
- Involved in extracting the data from flat files and relational databases into staging area.
- Prepared Technical design documents and test cases and also performed unit testing.
- Extensively worked on SQL server and developed complex T-SQL Queries Implementation of Scrum methodologies/ SDLC framework to support the efficient development of project.
Environment: Teradata, Oracle 10g, DB2, Erwin, ER Studio, Power Designer, Accurev, MS Visio, SQL, PL/SQL, ODBC, HTML, TOAD, SQL * LOADER, UNIX, MS OFFICE.
Confidential, Tampa, FL
Data Architect
Responsibilities:
- Gather the various reporting requirement from the business analysts.
- Gather all the Sales analysis report prototypes from the business analysts belonging to different Business units; Participated in JAD sessions involving the discussion of various reporting needs.
- Reverse Engineering, using Erwin, the reports and identified the Data Elements (in the source systems), Dimensions, Facts and Measures required for reports.
- Conduct Design discussions and meetings to come out with the appropriate Data Mart at the lowest level of grain for each of the Dimensions involved.
- Designed a STAR schemas for the detailed data marts and Plan data marts involving shared dimensions (Conformed) ;
- Conduct Design reviews with the business analysts and content developers to create a proof of concept for the reports.
- Ensured the feasibility of the logical and physical design models;
- Collaborated with the Reporting Team to design Monthly Summary Level Cubes to support the further aggregated level of detailed reports.
- Worked on the Snow-flaking the Dimensions to remove redundancy.
- Designed Sales Hierarchy dimensions to handle sales hierarchy reporting historically and dynamically
- Worked with the Implementation team to ensure a smooth transition from the design to the implementation phase
- Worked Closely with the ETL SSIS Developers to explain the complex Data Transformation using Logic
- Create ETL Jobs and Custom Transfer Components to move data from Oracle Source Systems to SQL Server usingSSIS,
- Create and load Staging and Dimensional databases usingSSIS,
- Create and deploy UDM Cubes for Sales Analysis using SQL Server Analysis Services.
- Create and deploy reports using SSRS.
Environment: Teradata, Oracle 10g, SQL Server 2008, Unix,, Erwin 7.2,SAP Power Designer V12, XML, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel
Confidential, Plano, TX
Data Modeler
Responsibilities:
- Working with the Business Analyst and DBA, conducting team meetings and JAD sessions for technical requirements gathering, business analysis, testing and project coordination
- Analyze and evaluate existing system for assessing how it supported functions from the Use Case diagrams and UML diagrams
- Developed Logical data model using Erwin 7.2 and created physical data models using forward engineering
- Performed reverse engineering for a wide variety of relational DBMS, including Microsoft Access, Oracle and Teradata, to connect to existing database and create graphical representation (E-R diagram) using Erwin7.2
- Participate in updating the dimensional model, and identify the Facts and Dimensions
- Employed process and data analysis to model a Customer Information Business System.
- Produced functional decomposition diagrams and defined logical data model.
- Coordinated with ETL team for analysis and reporting needs.
- Developed data migration strategies and impact analysis for database
- Design, plan and program data conversion procedures from old to new databases
- Responsible for data lineage, maintaining data dictionary, naming standards and data quality
- Model a database to store customer demographic and other data.
- Work with Business analyst to design weekly reports using a combination of Cognos Impromptu and Power play multidimensional, to deliver reports to CEL and Marketing groups.
- Design complex reports like aging analysis, invoices generation, profit/loss, balance sheet etc.
- Involved in design and development of standard and ad-hoc reporting using SQL
- Design and developments of the changes and enhancements. The existing submission and refining programs were enhanced to in corporate the new calculations.
- Involved in overall data mart testing and different team review meetings.
Environment: Erwin 7.2, Oracle 10g, SQL, Unix, Erwin 7.2, XML, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel Project 2000, UNIX, and SQL
Confidential, Bethlehem, PA
Data Modeler
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for migrating the data and data models from SQL server environment to Oracle 10G environment.
- Designed Data Flow Models for better communicate the design to the business users.
- Responsible for Relational data modeling(OLTP) using ERwin (Logical and Physical) and MS Visio (Conceptual)
- Worked with ERwin model mart.
- Analyzing source data sets to capture Meta Data, Data Formats and Data Types
- Also responsible for creating, documenting and maintaining the metadata.
- Reviewed the existing database to propose necessary changes.
- Responsible for logical and physical modeling as per business requirements using ERwin
- Responsible for physical modeling as per database and performance requirements
- Interacted with the business team to clarify the requirements
- Responsible for oversight of the Data Architecture and Data models.
- Responsible for profiling source data
- Participated in High Level Detail design ETL review
- Created Source to Target mappings and Transformations using Informatica PowerCenter.
- Was responsible for designing the Workflows using Informatica Workflow Manager.
- Modeled data preparation layer or landing layer accordingly to match source data structures
- Responsible for maintaining the data mapping document.
- Analyzed source system data to identify gaps
- Extensively worked on the naming standards which incorporated the enterprise data modeling standards and generated reports to verify the model against the pre-defined enterprise standards
- Designed the physical model for implementing the model in to Oracle 10G physical data base.
Environment: Erwin 7.2., Data Stage, SQL Server 2005, Oracle 10g, MS Office, Lotus Notes, MS Visio, ER Studio.
Confidential, Tucson, AZ
Data Modeler
Responsibilities:
- Utilized Reverse Engineering feature to map the ER diagram for the existing database using Erwin
- Designed a Star Schema based Data warehouse model to accomplish building the central Data warehouse
- Developed the central repository, populated the metadata and also maintained the proper working of the system
- Comprehended the existing data model and recognized design for improved performance of the system and documented it
- Trained two team Members to use Erwin
- Arranged brain storming sessions with project focus groups
- Identified KPI(Key Performance Indicators) for decision support making use of aggregator stages
Environment: DB2, MS Access, Erwin 4.0,Windows NT, Informatica Power Center/Power Mart, MS Visio, MS Office