PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over Sixteen (16+) years of Total IT Experience in planning, architecture, installation, configuration, upgradation, administration, deployment, product support and application support of Business Application Systems for Retail, Finance & Banking, Insurance, Manufacturing, Health Care, Pharmaceutical and Telecom Industries under all the phases of SDLC.
• Fourteen (14+) years of Architecture, Planning, Installation, Upgradation, Configuration, Migration, Administration, Production Support, Lead and Management experience of IBM Ascential DataStage of DataStage 6.x/7.x/8.x/9.x/11.x on Windows/Unix/Linux/Cloud (Azure) Platforms with Enterprise Edition EE & Server Edition SE, Multidimensional Modeling, Data Integration Operation Data Store/Enterprise Data Warehouse/Master Data Management, MOLAP, ROLAP, Control - M and Autosys.
• Twelve (12+) years of technical & management experience in IBM WebSphere Information Server 8.0.1, IBM InfoSphere Information Server IIS 8.1, 8.5, 8.7, 9.1, 11.5 & 11.6 Suites and WebSphere Application Server WAS 6.0.2.11/6.0.2.27/7.0.0.11/7.0.0.17/8.5/9.0 Base & Network Deployment Versions.
• Twelve (12+) years of experience in Installation, Upgradation, Configuration, Migration, Administration, Production Support and Management of Metadata Management using Information Analyzer, Metadata Workbench, Business Glossary, FastTrack & Blue Print Director of InfoSphere Foundation Tools IFT 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.5, 8.7, 9.1, 11.5 & 11.7 suites.
• Eight (8+) years of experience in Architecture, Roadmap, Installation, Configuration, Administration & Support of IBM Master Data Management MDM Server 8.0/8.5/9.0/10/ 11/11.5/11.6 (Advanced Edition), IBM Initiate Master Data Service 9.7/10/11/11.5 (Standard Edition), IBM InfoSphere Master Information Hub MIH 9.0.2, Custom Domain Hub CDH 10.1, IBM Reference Data Management RDM 9.0.2/10.1/11 and Service-Oriented Architecture SOA .
• Four (4+) years of experience in Installation, Configuration, Administration & Support of IBM WebSphere MQ 8.0/9.0
• Over Four (4+) years of experience in Administration & Support of InfoSphere CDC Management Console 6.3, Access Server, Connectivity to Oracle & SQL Server Databases.
• Twelve (12+) Years of administration exp in Data Profiling, Data Quality Monitoring, Data Cleansing, Data Lineage, Impact Analysis, Data Dictionary etc in Data Governance Projects.
• Worked as a replacement for IBM’s Accelerated Value Specialist AVS at Strategic, Analyst and Assist levels to provide the highest level of on-site technical direction for InfoSphere products with tasks such as priority call handling, risk mitigation planning, knowledge sharing activities, critical fix advice, diagnostic coaching, and defect and non-defect problem resolution assistance.
• Ten (10+) years of combined experience in Teradata V2R5/R6/R7, Oracle 11g/10g/9i/8i, DB2 10.x/9.x/7.x, SQL Server, SQL, WinRunner, TestDirector, Web Services, SOAP, XML and PL/SQL.
• Performed analysis, evaluation, and support of the environment operation which includes monitoring servers, resources, scalability, flexibility, connectivity, storage, file systems, upgrades, patches, fix packs, rollup patches etc to ensure maximum system availability.
• Worked with data owners across the business and provided data lineage & impact-analysis reports on assets of repository database. Worked with data stewards to build categories and terms in data dictionary.
• Knowledge Transfer KT to offshore admin support team, handed over tasks and prepared root cause analysis, corrective action, preventive action & resolution of issues.
• Experienced in troubleshooting DataStage jobs, fixing bugs and addressed production server outages and ETL job failures.
• Worked as a Disaster Recovery specialist to ensure safe maintenance upkeep of organizational data, servers, software binaries, ETL & MDM projects etc. by coordinating with OS admin team and outlined issue description, timeline of events and prepared root cause, corrective action, preventive action and met defined recovery time objective (RTO).
• A team member and leader with excellent analytical, verbal and communication skills. Worked as a Infrastructure Subject Matter Expert SME at Level 3 for Onshore-Offshore Engagements.
• Defined SLAs and prepared docs on Installation, Configuration, Administration, Upgradation, Migration, Daily Lights-on-activities, Health Check Reports, Administration docs for Data Profiling, Data Quality Monitoring, Data Cleansing, Data Lineage, Impact Analysis, Data Dictionary, Data Stewardship, Data Governance, Master Data Management, Reference Data Management and Vendor Support issues on all the tools of Information Management product group.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Information Management: DataStage 7.5.1, 7.5.x2, 7.5.3, 8.0, 8.1, 8.5, 8.7, 9.1, 11.5 and 11.7 Server & Enterprise Editions, Information Analyzer, Metadata Workbench, Business Glossary, FastTrack, InfoSphere Information Server 8.0.1/8.1.0.2/8.5.0.2/8.7/9.1/11.5/11.7, InfoSphere Foundation Tools 8.1.2.5/8.5.0.2/8.7/9.1.0.1/11.5/11.7, Information Governance Catalog (IGC) 11.5/11.7, InfoSphere Master Data Management MDM Server 8.0/8.5/9.0/10/ 11/11.5/11.6, Master Information Hub Server 9.0.2, InfoSphere RDM Server 1.6/11, IBM Initiate Master Data Service IMDS 9.7/10/11 Suite, Service-Oriented Architecture SOA, InfoSphere CDC/IDR 6.3

WebSphere: WebSphere Application Server 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 8.5 & 9.0 Base and Network Deployment, Enterprise Service Bus ESB, WebSphere MQ 8.0/9.0

Data Modeling: Erwin 7/4.5, MS Visio, Embarcadero ERStudio

Databases: Teradata V2R5/R6/R7, Oracle 11g/10g/9i/8i, DB2 11.x/10.x/9.x/7.x, SQL Server 2005/2000, Peoplesoft EPM, Netezza 7.0

Programming/Scripting: Java, J2EE, Perl, SQL, T: SQL, PL/SQL, Shell Scripting, XML, Web Services, Python, Jython, Jacl, wsadmin

Operating System: Win XP/NT/Vista/ 2000/2003/2008, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, IBM AIX, AS 400

Scheduling: Control: M, Autosys, Crontab Utility

Microsoft Office tools: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, MA

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

Responsibilities:

• Worked on topology architecture, pre-installation, installation, post-installation and configuration tasks for IBM InfoSphere MDM Server (Advanced Edition), IBM InfoSphere CDC (Change Data Capture) and IBM InfoSphere Information Server (Enterprise Edition) and created build books.
• Performed server assessments, licensing assessment, topology design, resources estimations, capacity planning, pilot, sandbox, PoC, PoT and Disaster Recovery for business continuity plans.
• Established a 360-degree view of all Confidential customers, products and related parties.
• Established an Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) platform to support detailed inquiry, self-service BI, cross LOB reporting and analytics.
• Worked on administration of Additions, Behavioral and Data Extensions, Event Management, Rules of Visibility, Business Proxies, Product Domain Both Hard Type and Soft Type Implementation, External Rule Framework for implementing Party or Role Level Survivor ship, UI Generator, Custom Matching Engine and Response Publisher.
• Customized Batch Framework and Optimized MDM Server Deadlock and Performance Issues. Created custom Code Tables.
• Worked with Platform and DBA folks on the sequence of steps during code migration between operational environments.
• Worked on administration and deployment of ETL jobs using DataStage, analysis and data rules using Information Analyzer and cleansing tasks using QualityStage.
• Populated glossary contents in different formats using business glossary of Information Governance Catalog (IGC)
• Administered automated services and ran lineage and impact analysis reports using Metadata Workbench of Information Governance Catalog (IGC)
• Installed IBM WebSphere MQ on the same MDM operational server
• Created IBM MQ queue manager, channel, and queues by using scripts of Installation Startup Kit.
• Modified JMS Providers, Activation Specification, Queues, Queue Connection Factory etc of IBM MQ in WAS console for MDM suite. Installed MQ client and tested connectivity to MQ Explorer on the server.
• Worked on migration of DataStage and QualityStage and repository assets from 9.1.2 to 11.7 version of InfoSphere suite.
• Involved in upgradation of MDM from 11 to 11.6 version. Used mdconfig utility to upgrade the database objects, data sources, and table spaces and perform installation verification testing. Migrated CBAs containing custom code (extensions and additions) after upgrade manually.
• Set connection, datastore multiuser, prompt, statistics, views and advanced preferences in CDC
• Configured data stores for replication and different types of system parameters like product system, transaction log location, notification system, encoding system, maxmimize throughput, disk resource system and apply process system parameters in CDC
• Locked, Unlocked and Upgraded subscriptions within a data store and viwed their history report using CDC
• Created projects to organize subscriptions and exported/imported them in CDC
• Set notifications to detect events in data stores and subscriptions usin CDC
• Added, modified, deleted, exported and imported data translations on column mappings in CDC
• Configured CDC to send data to DataStage environment
• Configured table level and subscription level user exists during transactions in CDC.
• Applied patches (interim fixes, fix packs and refresh packs). Troubleshooted the environment for Non-Prod and Prod regions of IIS and MDM suites
• Used Performance monitoring tool: New Relic to build custom dashboards, alert thresholds and create reports
• Restarted services of IIS and MDM suites. Worked with IBM support on bug fixes and issues.

Environment: IBM InfoSphere Information Server/Foundation Tools 9.1.2/11.5/11.7 Suite DataStage, QualityStage, FastTrack, Metadata Workbench & Business Glossary, Information Governance Catalog (IGC) 11.5/11.7, IBM InfoSphere MDM Advanced Edition 11/11.5/11.6, InfoSphere CDC/IDR 6.3, WAS 8.5.0.2/8.5.5.7 ND, SOA, Web Services, MQ 8.0/9.0, DB2 10.1 ESE, Windows 7 & RHEL 6.5

Confidential, NY

INSURANCE POLICY, CLAIM & RECONCILIATION SYSTEM IPCRS

Responsibilities:

• Implemented pre-installation, installation and configuration tasks for IBM MDM Reference Data Management RDM hub server and created build books.
• Worked on Management of reference data sets, values and mappings between reference data sets. Imported and exported reference data using CSV and XML formats.
• Provided role-based user interfaces for review, approval, and publishing of reference data changes.
• Integrated RDM hub with IBM InfoSphere Information Server to support reference data look-ups for data warehouse loads.
• Provided versioning and lifecycle management for reference data sets and mappings to manage changes over time.
• Integrated RDM hub with IBM InfoSphere Business Glossary for managing glossary terms and reference data values as enterprise standards.
• Provided RDM hub maintenance and resolution of the issues via PMRs.

Environment: IBM InfoSphere Information Server 9.1.2 Suite DataStage & Business Glossary, IBM InfoSphere MDM RDM Hub 11, WAS 8.5.5.1 ND, SOA, Web Services, Oracle 11gR2, Windows 7 & RHEL 6.5

Confidential, OH

ENTERPRISE INFROMATION MANAGEMENT

Responsibilities:

• Implemented pre-installation, installation and configuration tasks for IBM Hybrid MDM V11 Standard & Advanced Editions and created build books. Troubleshooted product bugs and issues with IBM tech support via PMRs.
• Prepared project plan & schedule and upgraded MDM server from existing SE 8.5 on z/os mainframe platform to AE 11 on AIX platform.
• Worked on integration of QualityStage with MDM to provide standardization, matching, searching and other capabilities.
• Worked on implementation of LDAP external user registry authentication for all MDM user security roles.
• Supported log management, backup, recovery, disaster recovery, high availability, clustering, and failover operations.
• Administered Rules of Visibility, group validations & element validations via Rules Module, data associations via Meta Data Module, code tables & error messages via Code Tables Module, user groups via Security Module and extension framework & TAIL via System Module along with offline tasks.
• Worked on migration of customizations to OSGI manually and deployed them to operational server instance.

Environment: IBM InfoSphere Information Server 9.1.2 Suite DataStage & QualityStage, IBM InfoSphere MDM Server & Initiate 8.5/11, WAS 7.0.0.17/8.5.0.2 ND, DB2 ESE 10.1 & z/os DB2 database V11, Windows XP, Z/OS 10.1 & AIX 7.1

Confidential, NY

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

Responsibilities:

• Installed IIS 9.1.0.1 client software on desktop PC successfully and created documentation and tested connectivity to all licensed products.
• Reviewed Installation & Configuration doc of 4-tier topology of IBM InfoSphere Information Server IIS 9.1.0.1 suite in DEV, TEST & PROD environments.
• Prepared doc on the list of all security roles at suite, product and project levels of IIS suite and the procedure for setting up access for users (developers) of CVI licensed tools.
• Identified sources of metadata assets and defined types of metadata shared by xmeta repository database, phases of information integration and capabilities of InfoSphere Information server suite and its components.
• Involved in Searching knowledge bases, Diagnosing, Identifying and Troubleshooting problems, getting fixes from Fix Central, contacting IBM Support with product defects via PMRs.

Environment: IBM InfoSphere Information Server 9.1.0.1 Suite DataStage, QualityStage & IS Manager, InfoSphere Foundation Tools 9.1.0.1 Suite Information Analyzer, Metadata Workbench and Business Glossary, SQL Server 2008, WAS 8.5ND, SOA, Windows 7 & Windows 2008 Server R2.

Confidential, IL

GLOBAL INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION

Responsibilities:

• Assisted customer identify and use InfoSphere Foundation Tools to work with IBM and non-IBM data sources, BI tools, data warehouse tools and a comprehensive set of integration products.
• Assisted customer define and evaluate the attributes and prepared MDM evaluation scorecard towards the best selection of MDM tools by working with vendors like SAP, Oracle, Informatica and IBM.
• Provided RFPs for Data Governance and Master Data Management modules in an Enterprise Information Management program to eliminate information silos and transform data into a strategic asset.

Environment: IBM InfoSphere Information Server 8.7 Suite DataStage & IS Manager, InfoSphere Foundation Tools 8.7 Suite Information Analyzer, Metadata Workbench, Business Glossary & FastTrack, DB2 9.7, WAS 7.0.0.17ND, IBM MDM V10 Suite, SOA, Windows 7, Unix AIX 7.1, Linux RHEL AP 5 & Windows 2008 Server R2.

Confidential, NJ

ENTERPRISE DATA & ANALYTICS

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed installation preparation checklist and tasks at both OS and product levels of InfoSphere environments and created build books for DEV & PROD environments of IIS 8.7 suite.
• Explained the features of 2-tier, 3-tier and 4-tier topologies of InfoSphere Information Server IIS 8.7 architecture to ETL Systems Architect.
• Explained the stress on different tiers for different products of IIS 8.7 suite for usage to ETL Systems Architect.
• Involved in migration of DS projects from 8.0 to 8.7 version and documented the instructions.
• Administered IA for data profiling and data quality remediation tasks.
• Administered metadata workbench to gain insight into data source analysis, ETL jobs, data quality rules, business terminology, data models, and business intelligence reports.
• Administered Metadata Workbench for Visual depiction of metadata relationships like data lineage and impact analysis.
• Administered Business Glossary, Business Glossary browser, and Business Glossary Anywhere for stronger data governance and to manage business terms and categories and Manage stewardship.
• Administered Business Glossary for business metadata and extend the application with custom attributes on both categories and terms.
• Administered FastTrack for customizable spreadsheet view that enables annotation of column mappings with business rules and transformation logic including joins, lookups, data filters, and function logic.
• Administered FastTrack for automating the creation of framework DataStage ETL jobs directly from business requirements.
• Installed & Configured Blue Print Director. Managed server connections. Used MWB admin role to link assets in repository database and BG admin role to publish blueprints.
• Installed, Configured & Administered InfoSphere MDM Server 9.0.2 and WebSphere Application Server 7.0.0.5 ND and created a Installation Qualification build book in both NON-PROD and PROD environments.
• Configured external business rules, extensions and additions, batch transaction process, notifications, request/response framework, batch framework, suspect processing, audit, TAIL and history information, redundant update and performance tracking.
• Administered Rules of Visibility, User groups, group validations, element validations, data associations, code table values, error messages, transactions, extension frameworks etc. with administration web-based application.
• Upgraded MDM server from 9.0.2 to 10.0.1 using scripts and documented the procedures.
• Installed InfoSphere MDM Custom Domain Hub 10.1 on WAS network deployment with a DBA-created Oracle schema.
• InfoSphere MDM Reference Data Management Hub 10.1 and configured security and authorization.
• Prepared weekly status reports, stopped & restarted services and worked with IBM tech support on software defects and bug fixes.

Environment: IBM InfoSphere Information Server 8.7 Suite DataStage & IS Manager, InfoSphere Foundation Tools 8.7 Suite Information Analyzer, Metadata Workbench, Business Glossary & FastTrack, DB2 9.7, Blue Print Director, WAS 7.0.0.17ND, InfoSphere MDM Server 9.0.2/10.1, CDH 10.1, RDM Hub 10.1, SOA, Oracle 10gR4/11gR2, Batch Scripts, SUSE 11 Linux system z, Windows XP, Unix AIX 6.1 pseries & Windows 2008 Server R2.

Confidential, IA

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

Responsibilities:

• Installed & Configured all ETL, Metadata & SOA tools from InfoSphere Information Server & InfoSphere Foundation Tools V8.7 suites.
• Involved in tuning of engine & domain tiers of IIS/IFT suites.
• Involved in Troubleshooting of corrupt DataStage & QualityStage ETL jobs.
• Installed, Configured, Administered & Implemented suite of IBM Initiate Master Data Service with components - Master Data Engine, IBM Initiate Workbench, IBM Initiate Enterprise Viewer, Full SDK Java & Web Services, ESOA Toolkit & Message Broker Suite (Inbound, Outbound, Mapping, Query, Routing Brokers and Synchronization), IBM Initiate Web Reports, IBM Initiate Inspector, IBM Initiate Master Data Service Composer, IBM Initiate Master Data Extract, IBM Initiate Pair Manager, IBM Initiate Domain Templates & IBM Initiate Flexible Search using planning worksheets on engine & domain tier boxes.
• Involved in configuration of external LDAP active directory & creation of users.
• Involved in implementation of IBM initiate member model transform graph using CloverETL to prepare database source data and put it into unload format files required for data derivation for initial load and for bulk load into hub database.
• Involved in data derivation from input source flat file into UNL files via mpxdata & data load from UNL files into hub database via mandunload.
• Stopped & restarted services of IMDS suite.
• Reviewed 3-tier topology based installation and created build books for installation of InfoSphere DataStage 8.7 DEV & PROD environments.
• Debugged & Administered DataStage ETL jobs for data loads into data marts.

Environment: IBM InfoSphere Information Server 8.7 Suite DataStage, QualityStage & IS Manager, InfoSphere Foundation Tools 8.7 Suite Information Analyzer, Metadata Workbench, Business Glossary, FastTrack, IBM MDM/Initiate Master Data Service IMDS V10 Suite, Oracle 11g, WAS 7.0.0.17ND, Batch Scripts, HP-UX 11i, Windows XP & Windows 2008 Server R2.

Confidential, NJ

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

Responsibilities:

• Implemented concepts, planning, architecture, topology and roadmap for different tiers of InfoSphere Information Server 8.1 and 8.5 suites.
• Migrated Projects, Jobs, Objects, Routines, DSN’s, Message Handlers for different Data integration projects from previous versions into 8.5.
• Configured NLS for WebSphere DataStage and QualityStage in dsenv file.
• Migrated DataStage and QualityStage jobs from earlier versions to DataStage 8.5 version
• Used Information Server Manager Client to export and import Packages between DEV, UAT and PROD Servers.
• Used in built migration tool for migrations and documented the instructions.
• Worked with IBM Support team for latest Drivers, Packages and configured them.
• Worked with development team on the failures of Production Job issues.
• Worked on performance tuning of ETL jobs via SQL queries, data connections, configuration files, job parameters and environment variables.
• Worked with Designer Client to debug & tune server, parallel and sequence jobs using stages.
• Used Information Analyzer for Profiling tasks and QualityStage for Cleansing Tasks.
• Performed Complete Source System Profiling and Analysis to quickly identify data anomalies, validate column/table, relationships and drill down to exception rows for further analysis and Data quality assessment functions include column, primary key, foreign key, cross-domain and baseline analysis.
• Used metadata workbench for reporting, management, and administrative functions of assets within Metadata Server.
• Enabled operational metadata at project and job levels. Managed operational metadata from job runs.
• Imported the contents of DataStage and FastTrack into Business Glossary. Created data lineage and impact analysis reports in Metadata Workbench.
• Extracted categories and terms from ETL jobs in XML/CSV format and imported them into Business Glossary.
• Used FastTrack to automate creation of ETL DataStage jobs, to leverage published profiling results from Information Analyzer and to create and link Business Glossary terms and their relationships.
• Used FastTrack to automate multiple data integration tasks from analysis to code design and to integrate mappings and jobs into metadata repository.
• Installed and Configured Blue Print Director to create blueprints that connect the business vision with the corresponding technical metadata.
• Created & Maintained Run Books to include the underlying architecture of data warehouse, data marts, layout of ETL code, scheduling process, parameter folder structure, load and reload process of ETL jobs.
• Performed RCA (Route Cause Analysis) and prepared metrics for all trouble shooting issues.
• Worked on ISmigration tool to migrate previous versions of IIS suite to 8.5 and documented the migration process.
• Performed the complete Health Check of IIS 8.5 suite using ISALite tool after the migration is completed.
• Installed, Configured & Administered InfoSphere MDM Server 9.0.2 and WebSphere Application Server 7.0.0.5 ND.
• Managed user groups & associated them with transactions or rules of visibility RoV .
• Managed data associations to link related groups, elements, and element values.
• Configured external validation to validate end user data before updating or adding transactions.
• Customized code tables & error messages.
• Managed extensions within the framework to extend data elements or extend the behavior of existing transactions.
• Performed tracing and monitored logs files via The Transaction Audit Information log (TAIL).
• Configured bootstrap items for configuration repository, management agent, management console & application configuration client.
• Extensively worked on Rules Module, Meta Data Module, Code Tables Module, and Security Module & System Modules of via administration application of MDM/MIH server.
• Configured properties file, properties extension file and management console to perform tasks offline.
• Installed, Configured & Administered InfoSphere Reference Data Management RDM server V1.6 on the top of MIH server to provide a single point of management and governance for enterprise reference data.
• Used RDM console to search, view, create, update, delete and import of reference data values.
• Used tracing and debugging tools for problem determination and resolution.
• Tuned ORB, JVM, Web Container, JRE, EJB, JAAS, JMS, Security, Tracing settings etc. in WebSphere Application Server configuration.
• 24x7 on-call support for both products of InfoSphere and WebSphere suites.
• Performed Knowledge Transfer KT to team members and lead the whole infrastructure team in all the phases of SDLC.

Environment: IBM InfoSphere Information Server 8.1.0.2 & 8.5.0.2 Suites DataStage, QualityStage, IS Manager & Metadata Server, InfoSphere Foundation Tools 8.1.2.5 & 8.5.0.2 Suites Information Analyzer, Metadata Workbench, Business Glossary, FastTrack, Blue Print Director, DataStage 7.5.1, Oracle 11g/10g/9i, SQL Server 2000/2005, WAS 6.0.2.27Base/7.0.0.11ND/7.0.0.5 ND, InfoSphere MDM/MIH Server 9.0.2, InfoSphere RDM Server 1.6, Shell Scripts, Windows XP, UNIX (HP-UX 11i & AIX 6.1) and Red Hat Linux 4.9

Confidential, IL

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

Responsibilities:

• Installed, Configured and Administered InfoSphere Information Server 8.1 suite in pilot, dev and prod phases using different tiers.
• Involved in migration of DataStage and QualityStage projects and jobs from earlier versions to 8.1 version.
• Interacted with IBM to fix product bugs or technical issues.
• Installed and Configured fix pack 1 on IIS 8.1 and resolved errors.
• Involved in analysis of work flow of packages using IS manager.
• Prepared disk, file and network resources. Modified kernel parameters and user limits. Resolved incompatibale JRE errors during upgradation.
• Configured parallel engine, database connectivity in parallel environment and access to ODBC sources.
• Started and stopped DataStage Engine, WebSphere Application Server and Information Server and managed logs.
• Raised PMRs with IBM on upgradation problems, patches and fix packs.
• Assigned suite roles and suite components roles for the users in IBM IS web console.
• Managed licenses, active sessions, logs and schedules. Backed up and restored Information Server suite.
• Optimized DataStage Server, Parallel & multi-instance Sequence Jobs using different processing stages.
• Administered QualityStage with point and click interface to automate data quality processes - data investigation, standardization, matching, and survivorship
• Used Information Analyzer to uncover data quality issues and anomalies early in data integration project and improve success rates with extended classification to build a foundation for Data Governance.
• Elevated Business Rules to monitor quality of data for remediation.
• Used Metadata Workbench for Visual depiction of metadata relationships like data lineage and impact analysis.
• Used Business Glossary to manage business terms and categories and manage stewardship.
• Used FastTrack to active metadata to visualize mapping specifications for display in user interface.

Environment: IBM InfoSphere Information Server 8.1.0.1 Suite DataStage, QualityStage, IS Manager & Metadata Server, InfoSphere Foundation Tools 8.1.1 Suite Information Analyzer, Metadata Workbench, Business Glossary, FastTrack, Oracle 10gR2, Teradata V2R7, WAS 6.0.2.27 Base/6.1.0.17 ND, SQL, PL/SQL, Shell Scripts, Windows XP, Red Hat Linux AP 5.2 and IBM AIX 6.1