SUMMARY:

• The Hiring ManagerMy profile reflects 7 years of IT experience including 6 years 10 months of extensive in - depth knowledge and hands-on experience in PeopleSoft HRMS 8.8, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, FSCM 7.5, 8.0, 8.4, 8.9, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, CRM 9.2, Campus Solutions, and PeopleTools 8.49, 8.51, 8.53, 8.54, 8.55, 8.56 Administration and Upgrade, Implementation/Deployment, Support/Enhancement and Maintenance on various platforms in Banking, Financial, Utility domain along with Stakeholder management, Inter-facing with Customers.
• As a Sr. PeopleSoft Administrator & Upgrade Specialist I specialize in technical activities focusing on business architectural design, systems architectural design, upgrades with emphasis in rendering complete solutions to evolving business needs during implementations, upgrade, data conversions and systems integration.
• Provide leadership in the design solutions, implementation, and maintenance of PeopleSoft Applications.
• Provide technical oversight for database object creation, performance, monitoring, tuning and capacity planning.
• Provide on-call after-hours support when necessary to maintain PeopleSoft Env integrity and availability to end-users.
• Cloning operation, testing and validating processes
• Apply patches as identified and necessary
• Performing instance restart/bounce as necessary
• Code migration, troubleshooting/deployment of Application Management Pack
• Performance Tuning of the application
• Applying Tax updates
• PeopleSoft Update Manager, Tools & Application Upgrade.
• Recommend, design, and implement backup and recovery processes and policies.
• Collaborate with developers and functional specialists in configuring the PeopleSoft environments.
• 7 years of experience in PeopleSoft Administration for PeopleSoft Upgrade, PeopleSoft Applications, PeopleSoft Technical, Oracle & SQL Server Databases.
• 7 years of hands on experience as PeopleSoft Admin/DBA Supporting mainly HCM, FSCM, ELM and CRM modules on Oracle Databases and their supporting Operating Systems.
• Manage ERP Business Owner and Executive Sponsor Decision Making Process: Support and prepare for ERP Steering Committee Meetings. Attend Business Owner Meetings and ensure the efficiency of ERP decision-making process. Works as a part of the IT leadership team on the ERP direction, assuring process, people and technology alignment.
• Thorough knowledge in PeopleSoft Upgrade
• PeopleSoft Upgrade HCM (PeopleTools 8.49 to 8.51, HRMS 8.8 to 9.1)
• PeopleSoft Upgrade HCM (PeopleTools 8.51 to 8.56, HRMS 9.1 to 9.2)
• PeopleSoft Upgrade CRM (PeopleTools 8.51 to 8.55, CRM 9.1 to 9.2)
• PeopleSoft Upgrade FSCM (PeopleTools 8.49 to 8.56, FSCM 9.0 to 9.2)
• Thorough knowledge and experience in Administrating PeopleSoft Server components like PeopleSoft Application Servers, Process Scheduler Servers, Tuxedo, Web logic Servers, PIA (PeopleSoft Internet Architecture), Application Messaging, Integration Broker, Sql server, Application Issues and technical issues, etc.
• Experience in performance tuning, installing servers, and migrating to new servers. Installing and Administering PeopleSoft software configuring Workstations, Application Server, Process Scheduler, Tuxedo, Web Servers, PIA, Report Repository, Report Nodes for PeopleSoft applications. Applying Application Updates and Fixes and Tools Patches. Upgrading Tools to higher levels, applying Global Payroll Bundles.
• Proficiency in migration activities in PeopleSoft, Tax updates, Patches, Maintenance packs, Service packs, tools upgrade for different applications versions of PeopleSoft.
• Good Oracle database administration and good in UNIX / Linux Red Hat common process handling commands.
• Resolve technical issues relating to the PeopleSoft Internet Architecture - including the Query Processor, Process Scheduler, Application Engine, REN Server and Integration Broker.
• Excellent communication, analysis, problem solving skills, Adaptable to change, Strong Attitude, Creativity, Analytical approach to problem solving and highly Task oriented.
• Thorough knowledge and experience in PeopleSoft Update Manager(PUM)
• Experience in managing the relationship between IT and Finance with a team of 4 Business Analysts, 10 technical developer, 2 Oracle DBA consisting of a mix of on and off shore resources.
• Experience working with both our internal team as well as third party Vendors (Fujitsu, Oracle Managed Cloud - OMCS) to provide business solutions. Our internal team provides configuration of functionality, day to day support, business process improvements, system integrations, creation of reports and queries, and functional design specifications.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Databases: Oracle 8i, Oracle 9i, Oracle 10g, 11g R2, SQL Server 2012.

ERP: PeopleSoft HRMS, Financials, Campus Solution, HCM, ELM Portal 8.9/9.0/9.1/9.2

People Tools: 8.49/8.52/8.53/8.54/8.55/8.56

Operating System: Windows 9x/ 4.0/2000/2003/2008 R2, Sun Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, Unix, Red Hat Linux.

Administration Tools: Setup Manager, Configuration Manager, Application Server, Process Scheduler and PeopleSoft Utilities, Performance Monitor, Change Assistant.

Development Tools: Application Designer, Business Process Designer, People Code, Application Engine, Workflow, PS Query Manager, AWE and Component Interface.

Security Tools: Security Administrator, Object Security, Query Security and Tree Manager

Integration Tools: Integration Broker, Business Interlinks and File Layout, Component Interface.

Reporting Tools: SQR, Crystal Reports, PS/nVision, PS Query, Tree Manager, XML Publisher, OBIEE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, New Jersey

Sr. PeopleSoft Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Provide advanced operational and project support for the University’s ERP (i.e., PeopleSoft). This includes leading technical project work (e.g., Image updates, quarterly security patching, system upgrades, and implementation of new technologies), daily operational support and troubleshooting of complex, escalated issues.
• Support Oracle products (e.g., User Productivity Kit, Oracle Identity Manager), including developing and updating documentation and developing the appropriate subject matter expertise in a variety of technologies.
• Proactively support operational efficiency through process improvement, including automation, process redesign, and documentation.
• Recommend, design, and implement backup and recovery processes and policies.
• Support the application change process; maximize the efficiency of our change management tools and processes and work collaboratively with others on continuous improvement.
• Support the PeopleSoft Update Manager (PUM) lifecycle management process.
• Perform analysis of University modifications and updates to ensure implementations and changes meet production operating standards, established release management policies, and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes.
• Provide technical administration and migration support for PeopleSoft code, objects, and data.
• Collaborate with developers and functional specialists in configuring the PeopleSoft environments.
• Perform tools upgrade for different PeopleSoft application.
• Installation of PeopleSoft environment and configure as per requirement from development team.
• Work on issues reported by the application team, troubleshoot and provide resolution for different types of issues.
• Configured Application Servers and Process Scheduler Servers with different templates and tuned the configuration parameters based on the type of usage.
• Attend daily and weekly statuses calls and provide inputs on day to day activities and share thoughts on important decisions
• Installation of Web server domains using Web logic.
• Create, configure and monitor Application Server and Process Scheduler.
• Database creation, cloning, import, and export for production and development environments.

Confidential, New York

Sr. PeopleSoft Administrator & Upgrade Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Drive a coordinated approach to ERP-related business process changes and technical system integration across all related ERP domains to ensure the integrity of the overall design.
• Business Process Consulting, problem definition, Architecture/Design /Detailing of Processes
• Troubleshoot of issues related to People Tools and Application configuration
• Configured Application Servers and Process Scheduler Servers with different templates and tuned the configuration parameters based on the type of usage
• Attended daily and weekly statuses calls and provide inputs on day to day activities and share thoughts on important decisions
• Prepared upgrade strategy and Cut Over Plan
• Build all PeopleSoft environment for upgrade process
• Build PUM and SES server
• Identified and applied Required For Upgrade(RFU)
• Performed PeopleSoft Application and Tools Upgrade from FSCM 8.4 (Tools 8.49) to FSCM 9.2 Image #17 (Tools 8.54)
• Managed the relationship between IT and Finance with a team of Business Analysts consisting of a mix of on and off shore resources. Worked with our internal team as well as third party Vendors to provide business solutions.

Confidential

Lead PeopleSoft Administrator & Upgrade Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Business Process Consulting, problem definition, Architecture/Design /Detailing of Processes
• Troubleshoot of issues related to People Tools and Application configuration
• Prepared upgrade strategy
• Decided upgrade path
• Application back up planning
• Executed Upgrade Template in Change Assistant
• Daily Interact with client and Oracle Managed Cloud Services (OMCS).
• Performed PeopleSoft Application and Tools Upgrade from FSCM 8.4 (Tools 8.49) to FSCM 9.2 Image #5 (Tools 8.53)
• Performed tools and Application upgrade for different PeopleSoft application (HCM & CRM).

Confidential

PeopleSoft Administrator & Upgrade Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Worked as PeopleSoft Production Support Admin and took care of day-to-day activities like migrations and support to the DEV, TEST and PROD environments.
• Applied Tax update, patches and bundles on an ongoing basis.
• Performed tools upgrade for different PeopleSoft application, and work on patches and update for different technologies.
• Installation of PeopleSoft environment and configure as per requirement from development team.
• Worked on issues reported by the application team, troubleshoot and provide resolution for different types of issues.
• Created integration broker message nodes for the Source and Target PeopleSoft Applications, configured report nodes.
• Configured Application Servers and Process Scheduler Servers with different templates and tuned the configuration parameters based on the type of usage.
• Attended daily and weekly statuses calls and provide inputs on day to day activities and share thoughts on important decisions
• Installation of Web server domains using Web logic.
• Created, configured and monitored Application Server and Process Scheduler.
• Database creation, cloning, import, and export for production, development and testing environments.
• Implemented Real Time Information (RTI).

Confidential

PeopleSoft Administrator & Upgrade Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Worked in COE as a PeopleSoft Administrator. Responsible for PeopleSoft instance build, configuration and all types of admin activities.
• Maintenance of PeopleSoft instances.
• Installed new PeopleSoft Instances for Client Demo.
• Upgraded Tools to higher levels.
• Performed application upgrade test moves through change assistant in Windows NT server.

Confidential

HRMS Technical

Responsibilities:

• Customization Analysis
• Analysis of the effect of PeopleSoft delta change on the custom processes
• Analysis on how customization can be minimized
• Worked on SQR, Application Engine, Application Package, People Code, PS Query, and Pagelets.