SUMMARY:

• Confidential 500 software and hardware infrastructure planning and implementation with over eighteen years of pivotal technical consulting with prospective clients to determine needs, conduct on - site technical assessments, designing effective solutions and resolving business-critical issues on Cloud and on-prem solutions.
• Management of Software Development, Infrastructure Security, monitoring, Regulatory Compliance Management, risk management, NW, System Architecture and application deployment. Design and manage requirements, scope, detailed work plans, schedules, cost estimates, resource plans, communication, budget, dependencies, risk analysis, status reports, and change approval documents. Strong analytical and quantitative capability with attention to detail. Ability to work in a demanding and environment. Exhibiting a high degree of flexibility and ability to multi-task, seeking guidance where necessary. Strong verbal and written skills.
• Provided solutions which integrate AWS cloud, on premise physical and Virtual server, EC2, S3 storage, EBS, RDS, networking and security. Manage stakeholders including C-level management, business users, support services, multiple vendors, outsourced resources, systems architects, network engineers, system engineers, web-based, database-driven application designers and server engineers.
• Data Center Server Consolidation infrastructure project to migrate 6000 servers from existing legacy data centers at 29 state agencies and over 1000 remote locations to two state virtual data centers with an extremely challenged application dependency route map.
• Over 1000 Servers Migration for Tier 1 applications Ms-Sql 2000/2003/2005 to 2008 and above / Over 1200 AIX P5 boxes to P6 which includes multiple applications and Oracle, Sybase databases/Servers in less than 6 months.
• This contributed licensing cost saving over 100M$ while reconsolidation of mission critical platforms
• Headed the Exadata platform conversion from the existing Standalone setup for few of the customers.
• Over 500 RAC build servers expertize in different technologies and versions.
• Managed team of 60+ Strong SME's in Infrastructure space across DBA, Application Packaging and Engineering skills. Handled over 5000+ ORACLE, SYBASE and MS-SQL databases/servers for different mission critical applications. Single Point of Contact SPOC and Primary DBA PDBA for mission critical applications.
• Working as Cloud Solution Architect to assist client in onboarding various application server on AWS Cloud and VMware Private Cloud.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Expertise on Testing / Automation / Quality Control / PCI & Sox Compliance, Network segmentation and Network Security / Design & Enterprise Architecting, Datacenters / Shell Scripting
• NEW MARKETS / COST SAVINGS / NEW LINE OF BUSINESS EA framework
• EA Framework using TOGAF SOA Service Oriented Architecture 9 phased Approach
• Expert in Baseline AS IS Creation / GAP Analysis / Strategic Migration Plan Road MAP / Move Group Creation / Timetable creation by analyzing application / any other dependencies for moving highly critical/sensible data
• Intermediate Baseline creation in case of Massive Transformations.
• Governing the Implementations after necessary approvals, ARB Architect Review Board / TRB Technical Review Board / CAB Change Advisory Board

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Technical Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Working from centralized location, handling customer crisis and priorities, Design and develop centralized solutions based on the customer requirements with proper validation and support. Responsible for leading enterprise, application architecture, information management and cloud computing product architectures, implementation and delivery across hosted centers.
• Providing individual and team leadership expertise across all products and platforms.
• Developing enterprise reference architecture, SOA & Cloud strategy in a SaaS driven enterprise business model.
• Technology advisor and transformation leader responsible for executing technology roadmap to meet the company's long term business strategy, roadmap and goals.
• Responsible for building strong relationships with senior business leaders to ensure alignment. Responsible for technical design using requirement specifications and use cases by collaborating with the product management and business on product requirements.
• Transition and Training the off-shore team to understand the business sensitivity and benefits of the projects and lead the team towards self and organization goal and success.
• Providing enterprise architecture and design expertise across multiple product lines using TOGAF.
• Architecting Transport client engagement application in a short span of time that would replace current commenting application Echo. Application was designed and developed using Java/J2EE technologies with NoSQL DynamoDB as backend to support in multiple states.
• Experienced in building private, public and community clouds for Oracle applications
• Proficient in designing, building, operating solutions using virtual/ Pvt. Hybrid /public cloud technologies.
• Expert in assess and recommend on how AWS solutions fit in the company architecture / requirements
• Experienced in the Design/Architecture of AWS and hybrid cloud solutions
• Develop cloud reference architectures, governance policies, security models, and best practices.
• Involved in building security model and produced a comprehensive strategy using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Role for community platform systems and successfully implemented the same setting precedence for other teams to follow suit.
• Helped to develop backup, recovery strategy for applications and database on virtualization platform.
• Simplified design/recommending backup and DR solutions for AWS instances
• Recommendations for reserving nodes for best cost effectiveness.
• Expert in LRS / GRS - Recommendations along with planning of RTO/RPO.
• Worked with SunGard on DR executions
• Lead data center transformations projects to migrate client/server applications and platforms to cloud environments.
• Migrate IaaS, PaaS and SaaS instances between public and private clouds - Java, J2EE, .NET, Apache, RDBMS, Oracle, SQL, MySQL, Unix/Linux, NAS/SAN, LAN/WAN VPN, Security, IDS, Firewalls and Encryption.
• Database Services including DynamoDB/Elastic Cache/Aurora MySQL / RDS Creation of RDS from Micro to High-Memory Quadruple Extra Large / Redshift for Confidential / Building Clusters, Auto Scale up/Down / RESIZE of clusters/ AWS Direct Connect Export, Import, migrate, transfer data to Amazon S3 from other RDBMS technologies
• Hands on application Load test using tools like Jmeter/ HP Load runner/ NEOLOAD Mobile Testing Loader to meet the business of Confidential / OLTP designs

Tools: FireScope DDM for Discovery Dependency Mapping / BMC ADDM Version 9.0 Atrium Discovery & Dependency Mapping / Configuration Management CMDB - ServiceNow / Paloalto, Checkpoint Firewall Policies Configuration / Brute Force / Splunk

Technical Delivery Consultant

Confidential, Chicago

Responsibilities:

• Handled 150+ shared member off-shore / on-site model team with different technology expertise. Cloud/ Storage /Wintel /Unix /DBA /VMware / Backup/ Monitoring / Exchange/ middleware/ Security/ Automation/ Engineering / Reporting / SDM team etc.,
• Provide leadership and direction to solution development and delivery teams to model solutions to architectural best practices and guidelines and when necessary Define/modify the architecture to accommodate solution needs.
• Ensure implementation is adhering to the specified design/established standards by participating in detailed reviews and providing feedback and approval.
• Provide guidance to product teams in determining and promoting re-use.
• Participate in and contribute to the development and maintenance of current and target state system architectures including identifying and recommending new or different technologies that will enhance current systems.
• Develop frameworks, standards and templates to strengthen architectural practices and ensure their proper and effective use with guidance and governance.
• Conduct due diligence on new technologies by defining and delivering limited scope “Proof of Concept” implementations.
• Provide training, mentoring and technical coaching to team members.
• Overall quality of Service Delivery for customer and for ensuring that superior levels of performance and customer service are achieved.
• Ensuring that the technical delivery of all services meets quality, scope and service level requirements. Including centralized monitoring by using tools like AssureNow / Nimsoft / NetIQ / SevOne recent addition, Site Scope, Splunk, HP operations manager/ HP NV / Riverbed etc.,
• Backup the data using Data domain DD, validation of backups on periodic basis
• Lead the security Program, Security Policies and Standards, Risk Management, IT governance, IT Compliance, Incident Management, Vendor Evaluation, Data Discovery & Classification.
• Implemented Enterprise Risk Management Framework; Conducted Enterprise-wide security risk assessments and third party vendor security risk assessments; managed the implementation of large secured networks and systems.
• Managed the implementation of secure configurations in SAP, UNIX and Oracle Databases based on SOX standard.
• Ensuring that all changes and other customer service requests are fulfilled timely and correctly.
• Leading problem resolution efforts and post-incident reviews.
• Scoping, planning and managing small or routine projects within the IT environment.
• Defined and managed the implementation of PCI DSS Security compliance.
• Preparing Project Charter and Project Plan and Scope Creep documents for the execution of Projects.
• Tracking the Project for Closure and provide Project handover documents to the requestor and service operation team.
• Supporting the DR activities. SunGard Availability Services
• Vulnerability management Includes security patching / new recommendations from Unix/Microsoft/Oracle/HW code upgrades etc.,
• Participating in Daily / weekly scheduled calls with Directors, Project sponsors and various stake holders to provide project status make sure service delivery is met as per customer expectations.
• Participating in Weekly CAB (Change Advisory Board) meetings.
• Weekly / monthly Governance calls with customer
• Identifying, documenting and implementing process improvement metrics.
• Reporting and tracking of key operational performance metrics.
• Work with cloud governance team, security team and application team to ensure proper security measures has been taken before onboarding any application on Public Cloud.
• Working on DevOps Technologies like Jenkins, Ansible and Terraform.
• Excellent understanding of managing operations of common/perimeter services offered by cloud team.

Tools: FireScope DDM for Discovery Dependency Mapping / BMC ADDM Version 9.0 Atrium Discovery & Dependency Mapping / Configuration Management CMDB - ServiceNow / Paloalto, Checkpoint Firewall Policies Configuration / Brute Force / Splunk

Technical Consultant

Confidential, ATLANTA

Responsibilities:

• Expertise in Enterprise Application integration and n-tier client-server architectures.
• Knowledgeable in Architecture governance practices.
• Experience designing and constructing integrated transactional & collaborative enterprise-level systems that are scalable and portable.
• Understanding of Business Architecture including identifying and decomposing business capabilities.
• Ability to translate business needs into solution architecture requirements.
• Create future vision architecture to expedite delivery of new products and services to market while meeting company’s cost and risk reduction objectives.
• Outline current and future vision enterprise architecture, including traceability from business and IT strategies to suggested technologies.
• Coordinate with architects and business experts across IS to translate key strategic objectives into actionable and governable roadmaps and designs.
• Translated business requirements into systems qualities and repeatable design strategies and patterns, such as adaptability, scalability, availability, and reusability.
• Analyze business and technology challenges, assess costs, and suggest solutions.
• Design and execute proofs-of-concept for critical enterprise capabilities, including building business case with costs, benefits, and efficiency measures.
• Collaborated with key stakeholders and internal teams to define enterprise architecture principles, standards and guidelines, and blueprints.
• Developed, enhanced, and maintained reference architectures for various capabilities.
• Assured enterprise application integration by selecting tools, specifying shared data and code resources, defining interfaces and data-flows, and monitoring progress.
• Performed design reviews across company and collected enterprise architecture performance metrics to assure continuous improvement.
• Conducted evolution planning for systems and technologies and maintained application life cycle inventory.
• Determines database structural requirements by analyzing client operations, applications and programming; reviewing objectives with clients; evaluating current systems;
• Develops database solutions by designing proposed system; defining database physical structure and functional capabilities, security, back-up, and recovery specifications using oracle / Ms-Sql / Sybase / PeopleSoft / MySQL / Oracle Apps / Cache/ Hana
• Installs database systems by developing flowcharts; applying optimum access techniques; coordinating installation actions; documents actions.
• Maintains database performance by identifying and resolving production and application development problems; calculating optimum values for parameters; evaluating, integrating, and installing new releases; completing maintenance; answering user questions.
• Provide guidance to product teams in determining and promoting re-use.
• Prepares users by conducting training.
• Provides database support by coding utilities, responding to user questions, and resolving problems.
• Recommendations to EOL/Legacy system upgrades to latest technologies/versions. Expertise in Database Administration of very large and complex databases in oracle 7.3.4 to 12c, SQL Server 2012, 2008 R2, 2008 and SQL Server 2005/ 2000 and Sybase 12 to 15.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Extensive experience in implementing HADR solutions like Replication, Log shipping, Clustering, 2012 technique ALWAYS-ON High Availability groups with two secondaries and mirroring on physical and virtual machines on Ms-SQL and Exadata / RAC / Golden Gate / Streams / DR solutions in Oracle.
• Datacenter Consolidation planning, transformation and design monitoring and backups once move is complete.
• Work with cloud governance team, security team and application team to ensure proper security measures has been taken before onboarding any application on Public Cloud.
• SOC Security Operations Center / NOC Network Operations Center setup
• Network Segmentation and Security Zoning; Configuration of Firewall Policies for allowing genuine and restrict unwanted connections.
• Working on DevOps Technologies like Jenkins, Ansible and Terraform.
• PERFORCE for source control
• Jenkin / Maven /Ant for build management
• Puppet / Chef for Configuration Management
• Nagios for monitoring / Splunk 6.0 for log management

Tools: FireScope DDM for Discovery Dependency Mapping / BMC ADDM Version 9.0 Atrium Discovery & Dependency Mapping / Configuration Management CMDB - ServiceNow / Paloalto, Checkpoint Firewall Policies Configuration / Brute Force / Splunk

Technical Consultant

Confidential, Madison, WI

Responsibilities:

• As a part of service delivery and assurance for Confidential USD of 6 year engagement, I was responsible 4 towers / 35 members and 4 managers from on-site.
• Consulting and Architecting DB Systems which suites the compatibility of the application and DR
• Upgrade the Ms-Sql & Oracle EOL systems to latest versions, transforming the multiple DR sites to few
• Responsible for Sox Compliance from security standpoint.
• Review skill gap, R&R gaps in SoW, risks and mitigation factors with Operation managers and respective tower leads.
• Service improvement in terms of people, process and technology.
• My role also comprises participate in Customer, leadership and Team reviews on consistent basis leading the initiative from the offshore, aiming towards business process re-engineering to bring in improvements / productivity enhancements from the offshore.
• Accountable for Contract assurance, MSA compliance, Risk/ Change management
• Confidential DB tool implementation for Confidential analysis

Technical Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Automation of Builds to ensure meets the customer expectations with in agreed SLA timelines.
• Written scripts to check the quality testing of the builds, which gained customer confidence. No SLA breaches / or no QA failure during my tenure.
• Over 500 RAC servers builds in Ms-Sql, Oracle, Sybase technologies and different versions.
• Transformed multiple servers to few and saved millions of dollars cost in licensing which bagged me

Technical Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Develop project schedules and manage internal work activities necessary to meet project objectives within schedule, scope, resource availability and cost.
• Manage development of process scenarios and changes in applications required in support of related network activities.
• Communicate progress and lessons learned to stakeholders. Manage cross-functional efforts to deliver training to geographically and functionally diverse teams. Have extensive knowledge of IT and Networking operating procedures and web-based, database-driven application design. Manage the planning and management of user acceptance test activities.
• Plan and manage user training.
• Knowledgeable of project management for software development initiatives and develop and manage project scope, schedule and budget. Managed the loan origination application development.
• Manage large projects with vision, leadership and extensive business and IT process knowledge escalating issues and risks.
• Stakeholders include C-level management, business users, support services, multiple vendors, outsourced resources, systems architects, network engineers, system administrators, firewall engineers, database engineers, and server engineers. Manage requirements, scope, detailed work plans, schedules, cost estimates, resource plans, communication, budget, dependencies, risk analysis, status reports, and change approval documents.
• Strong analytical and quantitative capability with attention to detail.
• Ability to work in a demanding and environment.
• Exhibiting a high degree of flexibility and ability to multi-task, seeking guidance where necessary. He has strong verbal and written skills.
• Implemented Enterprise Risk Management Framework; conducted enterprise-wide security risk assessments and third party vendor security risk assessments; managed the implementation of large secured networks and systems.
• Defined and managed the implementation of PCI DSS and Sox Security compliance.
• Established Security Committee & Change Control Committees. Created Security Incident Response Plan; investigated security breaches; recommended asset management system & resolved piracy issues.
• Automated the SOX 12 Controls to meet the PCI standards and Confidential requirements.

Technical Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Being part of DB competency SWAT team, within a month time brought back the customer
• Confidence by streamlining the best practices and providing best solutions to meet the customer expectations.
• Headed the Exadata platform conversion from the existing Standalone setup.
• Mission critical application/server with huge data migrations been completed after my join which were failing for ages.
• Tracking customer requirements / expectations, delivery, project management and reporting project status on a periodic basis to program director.
• Liaison with staff at all levels of a client organization Internal Quality Systems Audit; Project planning, engineering and execution
• Problem identification & solution, and establishing processes for optimum resource utilization
• Monitoring team’s performance, coaching, nurturing in house talent.

Confidential, Illinois

Global head, DBA

Responsibilities:

• As a GLOBAL DBA HEAD, responsible for all the deliverables to on-site. Managed Team 2 managers and 15 members of Oracle, MS-SQL.
• Provided end to end solutions for ORACLE and MS-SQL databases for different legacy applications.
• Responsible for environment standardization and atomization activities. Along with Datacenter Moves and migrations of over 3000 servers from multiple datacenters to one.
• Also Responsible for Escalation management, Attrition management, competency builds, cross skilling

Confidential, New-York

Business Information and Security Officer

Responsibilities:

• Member of BISO for all Confidential Technology Infrastructure units on Information Security.
• Provide guidance to Database and Middleware engineering/operations staff to help meet information security requirements.
• Proactively engage the businesses to identify, document and drive remediation of excessive risks and non-compliant activities.
• Escalate significant risks to the Regional/Sector IS Leadership for information or action.
• Support implementation of Information Security Training Plan
• Demonstrate continuous improvement on all IS program by assessing and promptly reporting Corrective Action plan.
• Attend and participate in internal/external forums and risk committees where appropriate.
• Ensure that appropriate stakeholders are held accountable as to the state of their controls and that they understand their responsibilities as to risk mitigation and remediation.
• Ensure timely engagement and delivery on information security, business and/or technology initiatives and projects.
• Reduce security risks leveraging controls and minimizing weaknesses in our applications portfolio.
• Engage with Business Managers and business staff to ensure non-compliant items are addressed.
• Demonstrated experience of working with ITIL, ISO 27001 and processes and procedures, including document controls