SUMMARY:

• Global Functional skills include Analysis, Configuration, Implementation and Upgrade includes requirements planning, Fit - Gap analysis and demonstrating the new functionality and features of the new release.
• Over 16+ years of PeopleSoft experience in Analysis, Implementation, and Upgrades, operation, maintenance and enhancement of the PeopleSoft Human Capital Management (HCM) system and supervise resources assigned in global operations.
• Managing Vendor relationships to ensure vendors are delivering established contract and meeting SLA agreements.
• Partnering with Function Team Leader to develop overall strategies of design and implementation to meet business requirements.
• Working with end users and other stakeholders to define HCM requirements, workflow, and reporting needs.
• Can make complex technical decisions with significant impact on the business function. Works closely with Project Manager, Functional Team Leaders, and other Technical Team Leaders to solve issues and maximize use of the system.
• Participate in continuous process improvement efforts in end-user departments to leverage the value of the HCM implementation.
• Providing technical understanding of the capabilities, functionality, and configuration during implementation.
• Working in partnership with Functional Team Leaders to identify areas of opportunity for improvement in system performance, features, or functionality.
• Developing and documenting the strategies, processes, and procedures for technical components of the HRS module(s).
• Analyze design, developing, and implementing the solutions including but not limited to customization, interfaces, integration points, bolt-on applications, and reports. In consultation with the Project Manager and the Infrastructure Team Lead, determines the appropriate toolset to employ for conversion, interfaces, reports, bolt-ons and customizations.
• Closely working with the Infrastructure Team (data conversion, integration, reporting, testing) and provides the conduit from the functional team to the Infrastructure Team.
• Anticipates system and business process problems and makes recommendations for resolution in proactive manner. Analyze the requests for design changes and recommends appropriate actions to Project Manager and Function Team Leader.
• Assumes responsibility for the quality of the configuration, customizations, interfaces, integration points, bolt-ons in the particular functional area
• Performing reviews, systems development requirements, feasibility studies and prepare project proposals; specifications and develop timetables; develop and monitor system implementation plans.
• Analyzing business stakeholder requirements and translate into functional& Technical specifications, verify and correcting data utilizing (SQL scripting).
• Advanced troubleshooting of application and data conversion issues
• Analyzing business issues and provide recommendations to improve business performance
• Perform testing, verification, and sign-off process with business stakeholders
• Assists the support teams in the resolution of business Process questions and issues.
• Expertise with a variety of business concepts, best PeopleSoft practices and procedures with strong mathematical, analytical, problem solving skills and ability to balance multiple tasks simultaneously
• Worked on number of different Projects, Including HR, Benefits, and Payroll.
• Experience in Upgrading from PeopleSoft 7.5,8.0 to 8.3,8.4, 8.8 & Implementation of PeopleSoft 8.3,8.8,8.9,9.0, 9.1 and 9.2
• Possesses Strong Business analytical skill and Strong Techno-Functional knowledge of HCM skills.
• Expertise in User interface, specification development and troubleshooting. Excellent skills in GUI, PC based development tools and client/server databases.
• Specialized in designing and developing customizations of Pages, Components interfaces, and reports using PeopleSoft Tools.
• Proficient in the use of: App. Package BI Publisher (XML Publisher) SQR, Application Designer, Data Mover, Import Manager, Maintain Security/ Security Administrator, Query/Crystal, Application Engine, PeopleCode, Mass Change .
• Production Support, Documentation, End-Users Training and Knowledge Transfer.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Data Conversion Lead

• Leading a team of 2 developers to design, build, test, and maintain conversion programs as well as overseeing the technical aspects of the data conversion effort from PeopleSoft HCM 9.1 to Oracle Fusion HCM.
• Managing constantly changing priorities, providing second-level operational (Production) support, troubleshooting, and security vulnerability testing /remediation.
• Hands on conversion programs development as providing direction to technical team to adopt technical architecture and standards.

Confidential

Data Conversion Lead

• Leading a team of 9 developers to design, build, test, and maintain conversion programs as well as overseeing the technical aspects of the data conversion effort for a new system-wide implementation of PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 & Campus solutions data cloud based.
• Leading data conversion team responsible to get 15 campuses in to single PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 domain.
• Implementing PS access security to meet the needs of multiplication user community while maintaining the integrity of regulatory checks and balances including principals such as separation of duties.
• Initiating and providing recommendations and changes in development, maintenance and system standards. Ensure System Development Life Cycle and change management procedures are followed and documented to support each system development and change requests.
• Data conversion form legacy Integral Mainframe system to PeopleSoft for 14 campuses in to single domain.
• Converting all HR, Benefits, Payroll, absence management, Campus solutions data, GL including affordable care act (ACA) data in to PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 version.
• Handling more than 300K employee population data conversion distributed in 15 University campuses in California State.
• Interacting with senior level personnel (location based) and Collaborating with other senior staff on complex technical issues and providing alternative solutions and effectively managing scope and user expectations.
• Managing constantly changing priorities, Providing second-level operational support, troubleshooting, and security vulnerability testing /remediation
• Keeps current with emerging technologies and assist project manager with planning of technical phases of project and estimating time on technical tasks and deliverables.
• Hands on conversion programs development as providing direction to technical team to adopt technical architecture and standards.

Confidential

Lead Technical Architect

• All Work estimations & budgetary requirements completed and submitted to screening committee for approval.
• Implementing & maintaining PS access security to meet the needs of global user community while maintaining the integrity of regulatory checks based on each country and balances including principals such as separation of duties.
• Leading team on PS 9.1 Time & labor and Absence Management Implementation for North American and this will expand to all other countries in-Future.
• Co-ordinated with functional team on recompiling and change on T&L rules, including approval and configuration.
• Assisted functional team in configuration and testing the Absence Management module.
• Working with E&Y to provide all interface data requirement for generation Affordable Care Act (ACA) document to all 26000+ employees for year 2015 for generating IRS form 1095 series.
• Design and Developed HCM reports using all any PeopleSoft Tools: Query Manager, AE, XMLM, and SQR. Some of these reports are converted & moved to Data ware house (HR Analytics) and designed & coordinate with development to complete then OBIEE.
• Working with external hosting partners, SAAS providers (Ex: Taleo, Fieldglass), and System Integrators leveraging Global Service Delivery model.
• Establishing plans, prioritizes initiatives; developing all resource requirement planning and operating effectively within the technical discipline
• Providing technical leadership by enforcing the vision of the application architecture and safeguard the integrity of the application environment, in alliance with architects and other tech leads, understand and implement the overall technical vision for the project, program, or system, keeping in mind its cross-functional impacts, integration across the organization, and architecture rationalization.
• Data converted while AMEX acquires 4 different companies in global market. Setting up new business units, departments and all supporting HR core tables related to acquiring.
• Providing leadership in the design, development, and support, and implementation of PeopleSoft HCM environment including installation Upgrades, patches, replication, data refreshes, performance tuning, and monitoring of Web and Application servers.
• Integration to IDM (Identity Management system),Taleo (Recruiting & Performance Management), Authoria Compensation system, LMS, Oracle Sub-ledger, SAP global payroll, Fieldglass and OBIEE HRDW etc to name some of the major system.
• Quest STAT software used for version control & change control management.
• Data analysis, Data mapping & process designed for interface Oracle AP/GL and PeopleSoft HR data structures and commitment accounting.
• Customized Approval Workflow to meet AMEX business requirements.
• Designed for PeopleSoft application security for entire Global access.
• Functioning as a subject matter expert and advocate for the software applications supported, requiring depth and breadth of the business, technologies, applications, integration and interfaces.
• Oversee technical deliverables for invest and maintenance projects through the software development life cycle, including validating the completeness of estimates, quality and accuracy of technical designs, build and implementation.
• Proactively address technical issues and risks that could impact project schedule and/or budget.
• Working closely with stakeholders to design and document automation solutions that align with the business needs and also consistent with the architectural vision.
• Mentor and train project team members (including Sourcing Partners) to enforce development guidelines and best practices.
• Leading change control by influencing and educating Business, IT and sourcing partners.
• Facilitate continuity between Sourcing Partners, other IT Groups and Enterprise Architecture and acting as a point of contact for technical issues.
• Responsible for the quality and completeness of detailed technical specifications, solution designs, and code reviews as well as adherence to the non-functional requirements.
• Providing oversight to ensure the proper application of design patterns, frameworks and services to improve consistency and reduce complexity.
• Assure that technical documentation and technical artifacts are accurately prepared and maintained and identify and address key project constraints and requirements such as interfaces to legacy systems or packaged software.
• Identify opportunities to reuse strategic components and reduce over-customization by maintaining reference architecture for PeopleSoft.
• Identify opportunities to reduce total cost of ownership in the operational application support areas.
• Working across the organization to provide business process or design recommendations consistent with long term business and IT strategy.
• Working with the architecture team to ensure that the technical solution designs and implementation are consistent with the architectural vision.
• Working with implementation partners (IBM, Syntel) for all phases of the application development life cycle from identifying system requirements through system design, development & testing.
• Accountable for the Application Services, On-Shore and Off-Shore ratios, work ratios.
• Work closely with AMEX business stake holders, program / project managers, IT Operations and or Service Providers to deliver Applications Services that meet business needs and adhere to agreed SLA (Service level Agreements e.g., budget, schedule, quality).
• Make sure all Service Providers should follow AMEX SLDC approach & AMEX RA (Amex Reference architecture) and design standards.
• Collaborating with business stakeholders on product develop requirements and collaborating with technical and design teams to define and design the product with the best customer experience.
• Collaborating with Testing teams in all phase to complete end to end testing cysle.
• Derive and drive implementation and delivery of products. Collaborate with engineering and design teams to coordinate, prioritize and deliver to an aggressive roadmap.
• Supporting and enhancing existing products / processes with thoughtful and measurable impact. Last Year total cost reduction by process re-engineering approximately $250K.
• Processes define, design, and deliver business solutions based on a variety of HR, NA Payroll Global Payroll interfaces (14 Countries) to SAP.
• Responsible for Business /Technical Requirements gathering, design, installation of modules, data conversion, interface testing, unit test, systems test, UAT.
• After go-live (Aug2011) in HCM 9.1, worked with On-Shore /off-shore support team for production support till May 2015.
• Working with all vertical business partners to develop & implement new enhancements / requirements.
• Responsible for the technical direction of platform(s) PeopleSoft HCM applications, within a portfolio, providing consulting expertise, leveraging business and technical knowledge to support business strategies and deliver business value. Plays an integral role in building and enhancing the infrastructure required to support the platform(s) or set of applications, in terms of robustness, scalability, availability and efficiency.
• Define & communicate goals, roles, responsibilities, and desired outcomes to cross-functional project teams (business Partners).
• Works with Technical and business Architects to ensure developments support the business and IT strategic plan.
• Working with multiple Directors across multiple business and Technical Architecture teams to identify technical solutions and business process improvements in support of the business and IT strategic direction.
• Interacts with business partners to share and direct architecture practices that may affect business solution delivery.
• Provides program management over all cores HR PeopleSoft projects to meet quality, schedule, budget and milestone deliverables for both Confidential and Vendor-drive technical development projects.
• Enforcing SDLC process and managing the project activities by using methodologies, so that timely and quality delivery can be achieved.

Confidential

Sr. Technical Lead

• As HCM Conversion Specialist, design and developed data conversion strategy and Process (App. Engine Process & SQR) to get legacy data in to PeopleSoft from Genesis.
• Data conversion process includes JOB Data, Personal Data, & Setup table’s data (Job Code, Department, Pay Group, Salary Plans etc).
• System review, Data mapping and data analysis carried for out bound interface with Campus solutions.
• Developed the following interfaces.
• Inbound: Search (Applicant tracking system) to PeopleSoft Candidate Gate way.
• Inbound: Payroll processing data in to Confidential PeopleSoft System.
• Inbound: Student Admin System to PS for different Employee Groups (Students, Grads etc).
• Inbound & Outbound: FRS Finance System.
• Out Bound: Payroll Data to Core CT system.
• Responsible for all phases of the application development life cycle from identifying system requirements through system design, development & testing.
• Technical Architecture development for custom (Bolt-on) application, Interfaces and Data migration Process from Legacy (Genesis) System, Program design and development using App. Engine, CI, and Pages using App. Designer.
• Pension plan setup, Retiree Administration, vesting definition setups, Control Setup and Data conversion.
• Custom Leave Accrual Process Designed & Developed for multi unions.
• Maintaining system requirements, schedules, and planned implementation strategies, user training on application capabilities and limitations of data processing.
• Responsible for all phases of the application development life cycle from identifying system requirements through system design, development & testing.
• Involved in Application testing for Section 508 Compliance.
• Responsible for Technical Requirements gathering, design, installation of modules, data conversion, interface testing, unit test, systems test, UAT.
• Technical Architecture - Analysis, Design, build, Test & Deploy. (Bolt-on) application, Interfaces and Data migration Process from Legacy (Genesis) System, Program design and development using App. Engine, CI, and Pages using App. Designer.
• Design & Supervise the Data conversion process from legacy system (Genesis) to PeopleSoft 9.0 & all other data conversion Process for Candidate gateway from RSA & student data conversion from Student Administration.
• Data mapping & developed data Conversion programs from Legacy system.
• There are total 15 Data Interface proves design & supervise programming structure and make sure that developers should follow proper Coding standards through code walk through sessions.

Confidential, St. Louis

Sr. Technical Lead

• Maintaining system requirements, schedules, and planned implementation strategies, user training on application capabilities and limitations of data processing.
• Perform reviews, systems development requirements, feasibility studies and prepare project proposals; specifications and develop timetables; develop and monitor system implementation plans.
• Requirement Gathering, Fit /Gap analysis & Documenting by conducting multiple works Shops and interacting with Business Users.
• Working with the application developers and the application leads in providing the necessary technical architecture components and applying all bundles pertain to Ben Admin & eBenefits.
• Setup all Even Class, Event rules. Eligibility rules and Benefit Programs.
• Manage development schedule, resources, budget, issues, risks, expectations and weekly status reports.
• Designed and developed custom Program eligibility Process to make use of custom eligibility fields.
• End-user Training on Ben. Admin setup and daily maintenance.
• Requirements gathering, designing Functional & Technical specification documentation, co-coordinating with screening committee for approval and develop and test the process.
• Conducting multiple workshops on Fit/Gap analysis.
• Designating and development new custom Leave Accrual Process. Includes, functional & Technical design and development, for customized Leave accrual Process for multiple schools and Unions.
• New Custom Leave Accrual Process Developed as App. Engine Process and as a scheduled Job.

Confidential, CA

Sr. Technical Lead

• Responsible for Technical Requirements gathering, design, installation of modules, data conversion, interface testing, unit test, systems test, UAT.
• Review, and be responsible for, the overall development and integration of technical requirements along with the testing of deliverables being developed both on and off-shore teams.
• The Upgrade Process includes installing the PeopleSoft Demo database (for the new release level), creating the upgrade environment and executing the upgrade passes, using Change Assistant. Compare reports during the initial upgrade pass and provide critical insight for the Fit/Gap analysis and determining the effort to re-apply/re-develop customizations.
• Fit/Gap analysis by conducting multiple business & Technical requirement workshops to analyze heavily customized system and retrofit analysis.
• Following the technology standards, procedures, and architecture PSFT developers to make sure they are using a consistent methodology, framework, standards and procedures.
• Applying all bundles & Updates using Change Assistant.
• All Custom processes & SQR reports changed as the Personal Model Change in 9.0 versions.
• Security Profiles & security structure changes as per the 9.0
• Expertise in requirements gathering, analysis, design, Development, Unit & System Integration testing, and final Production deployment.

Confidential, CA

Sr. Technical Lead

Environment: Linux 4.0/Oracle 10g/Win Server 2003, PeopleTools 8.48.05/8.9 MP6, Crystal 9.0, Microfcous COBOL

• Technical architectural design installation and documentation.
• HCM 8.9 Software installation includes all services (Weblogic, Tuxedo, and Crystal & COBOL) with PeopleSoft multiple instances (DEMO/DEV/TEST).
• Data migration from Legacy systems using component interfaces, application engine process and file layouts.
• Fit/Gap analysis by conducting multiple business requirement workshops.
• Complete Payroll interface setup to ADP payroll system, includes system tables, PI records, PI fields and other tables.
• PeopleSoft Security setup include roles/permission lists, password protection expiration controls, component configuration, infrastructure, FTP server directory structure security configuration, Business Unit / Department driven row-level security, and SOX compliance.
• Production on call support, Problem ticket resolution.
• Setting up ESS and MSS and testing.
• Installing UPK (Oracle User productivity Kit), developing training material and end user training.
• Conducting end user training sessions.

Confidential, CA

Sr. Technical Lead

• Re-engineering current Architecture as per PeopleSoft Architecture and methodology.
• Production on call support, Problem ticket resolution.
• Managing the 3-member team and Compensation & Open enrolment project.
• Developed and customized templates for daily and weekly project meetings. Monitor and track progress for delivery of projects on schedule and within budget.
• Managing the trouble tickets, and allocating the resources and scheduling the Unit test and user accepting testing, and coordination ACS team for migration and closing the trouble tickets.
• Design & Developing Total Compensation Interface for US & Canada.
• Design & Developing Pay roll interfaces for (India, China, New Zealand, Germany, and Honk Kong).
• Supporting US & Canada Payroll interface with ADP.
• Developing PeopleSoft systems architecture documents and drawings for 8.9 versions.
• PGP Encryption/FTP & Control M Scheduling.
• Translating Functional needs into technical design specifications.
• Developing vendor interface requirements, Fit/Gap analysis and documentation.
• Supporting and fixing the issues with Portal & eRecruitment modules.
• Production support for Benefits Administration, Payroll Interfaces, Workflow, COBRA Administration, eRecruitment and collaborative applications includes eBenefits, ePay, Manager Self service employee self service.

Confidential, CA

Sr. Techno-Functional Consultant

• Setting up new plans &rates & vendor information in Base Benefits.
• Executing OE process & fixing the issues for Open enrolment based on new Eligibility rules.
• Preparing the system for multiple open enrolments (4 Open enrolments in a Year).
• Developed Component Interfaces for Merit Increase and for uploading up the new Compensation Structure through CI.
• Developed App. Engine process & scheduled Jobs to send Enrolments forms (Crystal) bundles &
• Developing the test scripts & leads the test team for open enrolment using eBenefits & all new customizations.
• Developing functional specifications & design for custom eBenefits reports and coordinating with Technical Developers on design issues.
• Developed User documentation and conducted user training sessions for new rules & OE process.
• Remodelled current security structures (Roles/Permission list).

Confidential, MN

Sr. Functional Consultant

Environment: windows XP, DB2, PGP encryption, and FTP

• Requirements gathering, Functional specification documentation, Configuration for New event & Eligibility rules and documentation for new eligibility rules
• Interacting RDS department for requirements and testing.
• Designing new functionality to accommodate Medicare D requirements for retirees.
• Developing the test scripts & leads the test team for Medicare D.
• Fixing Cross plan validation issues for Medicare D.
• Developing functional specifications & design for custom reports and coordinating with Technical Developers on design issues.
• Medicare D interface process (app. Engine) designed & developed using PeopleSoft app designer, PeopleCode and DB2 client on windows XP.
• All DML & DDL works carried on DB2 using DB2 (ADE) client on windows.
• Developed User documentation and conducted user training sessions for new rules & OE process.

Confidential, CA

Sr. Techno-Functional Consultant

• Requirements gathering, Functional specification documentation, Configuration for New event & Eligibility rules.
• Fit/Gap analysis, and documentation for new eligibility rules.
• Setting up new plans &rates & vendor information in Base Benefits.
• Executing OE process & fixing the issues for Open enrolment based on new Eligibility rules.
• Fixing the Domestic Partner plan issues on eBenefits.
• Fixing Cross plan validation issues.
• Developing the test scripts & leads the test team for open enrolment using eBenefits.
• Developing functional & technical design specifications for custom eBenefits reports.
• Fixing the issues with PI for new hire Data & Savings plan Deductions.
• Developed User documentation and conducted user training sessions for new rules & OE process.

Confidential, CT

Sr. Technical Lead

• Requirements gathering, Functional specification documentation, Configuration and Business Process Reengineering.
• Fit/Gap analysis, Business re-engineering and documentation.
• Assist on-site and offshore team (INDIA) members in resolving technical issues.
• Developing Data Conversion Process (App. Engine Process) to get legacy data in to PeopleSoft from Genesis.
• Developing vendor interface requirements, Fit/Gap analysis and documentation.
• Setting Eligibility rules, Even rules and benefit programs.
• Functional design and developing the Migration requirements for the following Vendor interfaces.