Lakshminarayanan
Email: ******@*****.***
Phone: +1-830-***-****
Experience Summary
> Over 6+ years of experience in all phases of Software Development Life
Cycle (SDLC) that includes Requirement Gathering, Analysis and
Documentation, Design and Development, Integration, Deployment and
Testing, maintenance.
> Extensive knowledge in analysis design and development of database
applications in Client/Server application using Oracle 11g/10g/9i/8i,
SQL, PL/SQL and SQL*Loader.
> Extensive knowledge in analysis, design and development of Business
Objects Reports using SAP Business Objects XI R4.0, XI R3.1, XI R2
> Experience in leading and excellent management of team of two at
onsite and five at offshore.
> Experience in Unix Shell Scripting for automation process when needed.
> Experienced in design and building data marts
> Proficient in PL/SQL Programming - Stored Procedures, Functions,
Packages, Bulk Operations, SQL Optimization & tuning, Debugging,
Autonomous & Distributed Transactions, advanced PL/SQL concepts such
as ref cursors, row types, bulk operations, collections, Creation of
Oracle Objects - Tables, Views, Scheduled Materialized Views,
Triggers, Debugging skills,
> Proficient in SQL - Creating Synonyms, Database Links, Hints,
Performance Optimization, Debugging
> Proficiency in Oracle User Management - Create, Manage or delete user,
Create roles and assign role privileges
> Designed database schemas using the Entity Relationship Concept with
ER Diagrams and Normalization principles.
> Understanding on Oracle Data Dictionary, RDBMS Concepts and
Normalization & Optimization techniques
> Experience in Development, UAT and Production environment migration
and handling
> Strong interpersonal skills, excellent communication and presentation
skills, adaptable to various environments and a very good team player.
> Strong leadership skills in bringing team towards deliverable goals
and creating cohesive environment in order to work with various teams.
Technical Expertise
Reporting Tools SAP Business Objects XI R3.1/ R2, Universe Design Tool, WebI,
DeskI, Crystal Reports
Databases Oracle 11g/10g/9i/8i
Languages PL/SQL, SQL, Unix Shell Scripting
Operating Windows 7/Vista/XP, Sun Solaris, MS Share point
Environment
Versioning Tools Subversion (for code), VSS (for documents)
Development Tools Oracle PL/SQL Developer, PL/SQL Developer, Toad, MS Office
products
Education Summary
Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology
Amrita University, Coimbatore, India
Professional Experience
The Hartford Insurance Group, CT Apr 2014 to date
Database Administrator/Developer
The Hartford Insurance Group is one the oldest insurance company providing
auto, property and other commercial insurance to its customers.
Solution Environment:- Oracle 10g, MS .NET, MS Share point 2010
Project: ADAPT
Project is to create a common underwriter environment and connect various
tools used by underwriters to improve the efficiency of underwriters and
field agents.
Accomplishment: Implemented Major performance improvement strategies
targeting user reporting environment. Improved performance of existing
PL/SQL objects.
Responsibilities:
> Leading a team of two associates from onshore and five offshore.
> Involved in requirements gathering and documentation and other SDLC
process
> Participated in database design process and created tables, views and
materialized views needed by application.
> Created new packages having multiple functions and procedures to
support applications using advanced PL/SQL concepts such as Ref
Cursors, Collections, Nested Tables and User Defined Exceptions.
> Tuned or redesigned sql queries used in reports to improve response
time.
> Data model design discussions to identify new usage requirement.
> Identify database bottlenecks and designing improvement strategies
involving partitioning tables, modifying indexes, modifying table
spaces.
> Data model & Database version control, user control.
> Experience in Database analysis, backup and recovery process
> Worked in semi-agile environment.
> Strong knowledge in Database and ETL process
USAA, TX Nov - 12 to Mar - 14
BO Developer
USAA is the leading insurance and banking services provider to veterans of
United States of America.
Solution Environment: - SAP Business Objects XI R3.1/R4.0, DB2, MS Share
point 2010
Project: MSRP
Project is to create new application for monitoring and improving member
service representative (MSR) productivity.
Accomplishment: Created well optimized report with short response time
Responsibilities:
> Working in Modified Agile Environment
> Closely work with Business Team and User to gather requirements for
new reports
> Created Proof of Concepts or Prototypes for user presentation
> Designed BO universe using BO Universe Designer tool. Created
Hierarchies, complex objects using @Functions and Aggregates.
> Extensively worked on Web Intelligence Report Development. Used
multiple data sources, complex queries, conditional formatting.
> Applied filters in report to implement business logic.
> Involved in design and implement new reports with optimized
performance objectives.
> Report scheduling and monitoring. Report maintenance activities.
> Work with architect and provide data mart specific needs.
> Leading a team of two associates from onshore
> Adherence to delivery timelines and needs.
> Work with migration team on migration of reports to UAT & Production
environment
> Unit testing of reports after migration
> Providing data and queries details to users as an additional UAT
testing input.
System engineer - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, India
Oct 2008 to Oct 2012
AOL Time Warner Bros. Jun - 10 to Oct - 12
PL/SQL Developer/BO Reports Developer
AOL Time Warner is one of the major Media Industry leader involving various
media services from Preproduction to Post Production.
Solution Environment: - SAP Business Objects Reporting, Oracle 10g, Siebel,
Teradata (Querying)
Project: Siebel Presidium
Project is to create new reports displaying executive summary of
promotional performance and designing database procedures needed to support
Siebel environment for achieving the goal.
Accomplishment: Designed optimized executive reports for senior management
combining heterogeneous data marts.
Responsibilities involved:
> Gather requirements from business users on new reports.
> Perform feasibility analysis on report design.
> Create prototype design of reports for user visualisation and
presentation.
> Create oracle procedures or functions to support Siebel environment
changes
> Prepare schedule for development and testing.
> Document requirements and create UAT test scenarios
> Perform unit testing and performance testing. Prepare environment for
UAT.
> Support UAT timeline with issue resolution
> Scheduling reports to run on daily or weekly or monthly basis.
> Migrate reports to production environment. Test report after
production move.
> Strategically tracking all job performance and creating weekly
reports.
AMG Media Groups May - 10 to May - 10
Database Designer
Client is providing solutions to media domain for content management and
authorization.
Solution Environment: - MySQL 5.1, Java
Project: AMG Portal
Project is focused migrating production data to intranet systems on daily
basis. Providing Intranet users with new application and improve production
application performance.
Accomplishment: Involved in design and implementation of database changes.
Implemented efficient data transfer strategy.
Responsibilities involved:
> Coordinating with onsite team with the database design requirements
and changes.
> Develop/design approaches to provide optimal performance for data
migration,
> Create new table design as per star schema.
> Create procedures for monthly statistics reporting.
> Developed scheduling procedures.
> Install database
> Rollout new database schema with necessary privileged users
> Support document for backup & restore process.
Boeing Feb - 09 to Apr - 10
Oracle PL/SQL Developer
Boeing is one of the largest commercial and military aircraft producer.
Solution Environment: - Oracle 10g, Java, Crystal Reports
Project Description: Project is focused on applying various system
enhancements, fixes, new features to existing system. Front end Java
application manages certain parts data handling and Oracle packages are
used to apply data transformations to improve system performance.
Responsibilities involved:
> Analysis of the specifications / requirements provided by the business
team.
> Provide estimate and impact analysis details to business users.
> Created design document and unit testing results document.
> Development of Backend schema Objects (Packages and Procedures).
> Developed PL/SQL, Triggers and Functions for implementing business
logic rules using advanced concepts such as ref cursors, row type
variables.
> Designed partitioned tables and designed procedures load data on
schedule basis.
> Designed scripts to automatically analyse tables on schedule basis.
> Automation scripts for new functionality testing.
> Creating new UNIX scripts for remote FTP file transfer.
> Creating new UNIX scripts to check the error while loading new data
and triggering error in case of failure.
> Experience in writing complex PL/SQL packages, triggers, procedures
and functions
> Managing Crystal Reports Server for testing reports from development
environment.