IT Application Supervisor/Project Manager Resume New Orleans, LA - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

Insightful and motivated IT Manager/Project Manager, career spanning over 20 years with proven technical and functional leadership skills including 7 years as an IT Application Supervisor/Project Manager; managing Application Developers/IT Specialists and Requirements Analysts. Extensive experience with PeopleSoft ERP HRMS/HCM modules including Human Resources, Base Benefits, Payroll, Position Management, Manage Competencies, Year End processing and PS Security.
Spearheaded implementation projects for multiple federal agencies. Monitored over 6,500 project hours and managed budgeted funds over $4.3M for all federal projects. Lead the re - engineering and transformation of security procedures to eliminate paper driven processes and deployed enterprise wide standard methods.
Demonstrates strong project management and leadership skills. Experience from initiation phase to deployment phase; utilizing full software development lifecycle (SDLC) phases, incremental (Agile) methodologies to effectively deliver quality products. Solid organizational skills with ability to build and sustain customer relationships.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

PeopleSoft HRMS/HCM, PeopleSoft Time and Labor, PS Security, PeopleTools, Query, SQR, SQL, Crystal Reports, Microsoft Project, STAT, SQR, SQL, COBOL, NATURAL, JCL, CaliberRM, HP Quality Center
RHS (Reserve Headquarters Support System), IMAPMIS(Inactive Manpower and Personnel Management System), OPINS (Officer Personnel Information System), NES (Navy Enlisted System), OPAS (Officer Promotion Administration System)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, New Orleans, LA

IT Application Supervisor/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Development Project Manager/Lead for multiple Federal agency implementations into EmpowHR (PeopleSoft HCM v8.9/PeopleTools 8.54)
Evaluate and adjudicate various defects; track project hours worked; monitor development iterations/incremental migrations from DEV to IT and QA test environments.
Lead implementation and training of Distributed Security Administrator functionality.
Managing/Leading all on/off cycle project for new agency implementations from requirements gathering/elicitation phase until deployment.
Providing direction and leadership to all team members; mentioning entry level staff for growth and advancement in IT.
Prioritizing and adjusting plan release schedules, and resources in response to customer/stakeholder needs or emergency requests.
Assessing level of effort for desired work and proving rough order magnitude (ROM) to project and financial management staff.
Participated in PeopleSoft upgrade meetings with Oracle and evaluation meetings with Ab Initio (ETL tool) and in PeopleSoft Payroll, Time Labor, HCM and Base Benefits training and software assessment.

Confidential

Sr. PeopleSoft Business Analyst Consultant

Responsibilities:

PeopleSoft HCM v8.9 (HR, North American Payroll, Ben Admin and Position Management) and Employee Self-Service (ESS) applications.
Conducting requirements gathering/review sessions and documenting requirements for benefit Open Enrollment processing and Employee Stock Purchase program processing.
Executing Open Enrollment processes in PeopleSoft HCM v8.9 environment for validation of code changes and table configurations.
Identifying requirements for testing, developing test plans and scripts; loading test scripts into HP Quality Center v10.0.
Coordinate testing events with test team lead and troubleshooting system errors and defects.
Developing systems design documents for enhancement to PS components and custom components.

Confidential, New Orleans, LA

System Requirements Project Lead

Responsibilities:

Coordinating and conducting weekly team meetings and providing updates to upper management.
Advising on requirement gathering best practices and reviewing previously drafted SRDs to determine system customizations versus PS delivered functionality (or COTS functionality).
Managing team performance, motivating team excellence and resolving possible conflicts.
Monitoring and tacking tasks timelines to ensure on time completion.
Identifying SRD team tasks, timelines, set and assign team goals appropriately.
Providing weekly project status updates to Project Management Office (PMO) scheduling team.