Soumen Aich
**** ******** **, *** *** Irvine, CA 92612 949-***-****
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A results-driven and accomplished consultant with 10 years' experience
working on support, implementation and upgrade projects related to JD
Edwards Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software and 3rd party Bolt-on
applications. Adept at providing service and support operational tasks,
understanding clients' requirement and providing services accordingly.
Working in multi-cultural teams to ensure service deliverables in both
onsite - offshore model. ITIL Certified and Trained in PMP standards and
procedures. Effective communicator with high level of customer service
experience, possess a flexible & result oriented attitude with analytical
skills.
. Have worked in various roles as a CNC Administrator on almost all the
releases from Xe to 9.0, specifically Xe, 8.10, 8.11SP1, 8.12 and 9.0.
. Active member of 1 major JDE UPGRADE Project from 8.10 to 9.0. Also been
a consulting member for other upgrade projects within the team.
. Done multiple installations and tools upgrade (Client, Enterprise Server,
JAS, Collaborative Portal, and Integration Server) on all the supported
platforms on multiple setups (SP22, SP23, 8.9X).
. Extensive experience on various 3rd party Bolt-On Applications like
Createform (v3.2 and v7.0), BI Publisher, TransformAP, UPK, OpCon, Vertex
3.2 (Installing and configuring on Windows and Unix box), Labeling
products like Pragmatycs and Loftware, TRAX, GETPAID, ERP2WEB, QSOFTWARE
(QBUILD), Demantra configuration, Maintain DSI instance, Maintain 3rd
party custom scheduler, Varsity.
. Have worked extensively on implementing and monitoring SOX Audit controls
for both internal and external audit teams.
. Oracle Certified Associate (OCA) on Oracle Database 10g.
. Working knowledge of Hyper Visor systems (like VMWare), Storage
Technologies (netApp, Hitachi, RAMSAN), VMWare WorkSpace, CITRIX.
Technical Proficiencies
OS Windows 2008 R2, 2012 R2, Unix (Sun Solaris 9.x,
HPUX 11.x, HP Itanium),
IBM iSeries (OS400 V5R3).
Databases SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2000, Oracle 10g,
9i.
Middleware Oracle WebLogic 11, Oracle Application Server
10g, IBM WebSphere 5.0/6.0, Apache Tomcat
Server, Collaborative Portal, BSSV, XMLP.
Reporting SQL Server Analysis Services, OLAP Cube
development, Stored Procedures, PL/SQL.
3rd Party Create!form, BI Publisher, TRAX, Pitney Bowes,
Applications GetPaid, RightFax, ERP2WEB, Pragmatycs,
Loftware, Vertex, Qbuild, CITRIX.
Tools Auto It!, Powershell, VB Script, Java Script,
SolarWinds, SCOM Monitoring, VSphere, TOAD.
Other Products BMC Remedy, LANDesk, Visio, MS Project, MS
Access, Excel.
Professional Experience
Lead CNC Consultant
HCL Technologies Ltd.
May 2008 - Present (6.5 years)
JDE CNC and BoltOn Consultant
Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine CA
February 2011 - Present (4 years)
Working on JDE 9.0 environment for a manufacturing company including all
modules of Sales & distribution, Manufacturing and Finance spread across
different regions (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific). This role involves
working on CNC and niche BoltOn applications like Create!form, TAP, Pitney
Bowes, Trax, etc..
Responsibilities
. As a JDE CNC and Bolt-on consultant, involved in all type of CNC
support activities including various 3rd Party Applications which are
integrated to JDE. Responsibilities include - planning, preparation,
implementation, go-live and post go-live support.
. Currently supporting 3rd party applications include Createform,
TransformAP, GetPaid, TRAX, Pitney Bowes, OpCon, UPK, BI Publisher,
Vertex, ERP2WEB.
. Taking leadership and ownership on any mission critical, critical and
non-critical issue encountered and resolving it in due time. This also
includes working closely with various 3rd party vendors ensuring SLA
adherence and timely delivery.
. Leading the Onsite and Off-shore CNC team for any issues, changes and
processes.
. Identifying process improvements and giving advice and participate on
customization planning, testing, and rollout of projects which
involves new installations, upgrades, performance improvements of
different Windows based applications.
. Maintaining Disaster Recovery servers for each instance in case of any
failures at Primary server site.
. Install and applying ASU/ESUs, also performing impact analysis based
on ESU object.
. Setting up Object Management Workbench (OMW) Administration -
Project/Object promotion, Transfer, Activity rule set up, OMW Role
creation and permission.
. Server Manager Tool (SVM) Maintenance - Configuration/Stop/Start of
JDE related services, INI changes, Alert mechanism set up, Audit set
up, SVM User ID set up and permission. End User and JDE application
monitoring.
. Assisting Development and Application team for any kind of CNC
issues.
. Package management - Full/Update Package assembly, build, and
deployment. BSSV build and deployment.
. Day to day support to the JDE Production End User community.
. Co-ordination between Infrastructure team (Network, Server and Storage
teams) and Business for the Downtime and maintenance activities.
. Proactive response for all alert mechanisms.
. Prepared Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Document for the new
process in CNC and shared with global delivery model team
(Onsite/Offshore).
. Development of several automation scripts to automate daily check jobs
to increase productivity.
Environment: JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0 with tools 8.98.4.5, Windows 2008
R2,
SQL Server 2008 R2, Oracle WebLogic 11g
Senior Consultant at HCL AXON
HCL Technologies Ltd.
May 2008 - Jan 2011 (2 years 9 months)
Consultant at Johnson & Johnson
February 2009 - January 2011 (2 years)
This was a support project for the B7333 installation on Windows 2003 with
SQL Server 2000 Database. It includes complete L1, L2 and L3 level support.
A three member team is involved in the support of this project. Worked as a
lead CNC for this project managing a team of 3 team members.
Responsibilities
. Object management and promotion.
. Monitoring and troubleshooting the submitted jobs
. Managing JDE Security using QBUILD.
. Issues related to Windows 2003.
. Issues related to CITRIX Terminal Server.
. Issues related to CreateSoftware. (including Create!print
Create!Form and Create!email)
. General Troubleshooting and routine CNC Activities.
. Data Refresh from PD to QA.
. Configuring/maintaining batch scripts on Windows server for
Maintenance activities.
. Designed batch scripts for PrintQueue and Auto-Log Clean Up
scripts.
. Managing SOX 404 Audit Controls and Reporting.
. Archiving and Purging for JDE.
. Tools Release Promotion planned for JDE Xe. SP23 to SP24
. Monitoring SQL Server 2000 instance for backup logs, locks
for Jobs and routine DBA activities.
Consultant at Fonterra
May 2008 - January 2009 (2 years)
The project involved Rolling out an instance for the new Business
Units in South-East Asia. Around a twenty member team was involved
in the rolling out of this project.
Responsibilities
. Object management and promotion.
. Implemented the two sets of Serialized tables to optimize the process of
Web generation.
. Designing the security and implementing for the new Op Co.
. Offshore support mainly by building packages for various pathcodes as
per the object promotion requests.
. Was involved in setting up a schedule of the daily package build, so as
to ensure minimum system
downtime and ensure maximum availability of latest specs for development
and testing.
. Troubleshooting offshore development issues
. Issues related to Solaris and OAS 10gR2.
. Configure CFR21 Auditing.
. Install and Configure Vertex 3.2
. Monitor DSI Setup.
Software Engineer at Oracle India Private Limited
August 2006 - May 2008 (1 year 10 months)
PeopleSoft started with an India Development Center. Various activities
such as product enhancement, product support and rigorous testing for the
product range of Enterprise, EnterpriseOne and WorldSoft is undertaken in
this center. This center was acquired by Oracle in November 2005.
As an Oracle employee I was working for E1 Environment Operations Team
(Production Engineering Services Group) handling CNC Support activities for
releases from Xe to 8.12. These environments are used by Developers and
Testers at Oracle. All these environments are used to provide the Fixes and
ESU's to Oracle Customers worldwide.
Responsibilities
. Managing all the environment of JD Edwards for the developers and
testers to be used for the working of SAR's and release of ESU's,
Service Packs and updates across various platforms
. (Operating Systems) and Databases.
. Package Build and Deployment Activities across all major platforms.
. Handling iSeries issues related to package build, general
troubleshooting, new environment/port creation for OneWorld.
. Applying ESU's, ASU's and Service Pack Upgrades/Foundation Promotions
across all major platforms.
. Responsible for Security Administration and OMW
. Administration within Application Environments.
. Support end users and technical users in detection and resolution of
environment issues as part of the daily activity.
. Monitor Application Performance and make adjustments and recommendations
as required.
. Install, configure and troubleshoot IBM WebSphere 5.0/6.0 and Oracle
Application Server 10gR2 related issues.
. Perform database administration duties as required including monitoring
for locks, checking database backup, disk spaces, critical errors and
logs. Creating reports for DB Activities as per DB Policy.
. Installation, configuration and troubleshooting of Vertex 3.2,
Collaborative Portal, Integration and Transaction Server.
. Working on Windows Scripting related activities as and when required.
. Managing the Document Repository at IDC.
. Give training to the new members in the team on
. Installation and Commissioning of All OneWorld Environments at IDC as
part of the Disaster Recovery Management.
. Installation and Commissioning of All OneWorld Environments on Build to
Deploy (B2D) Machines using Virtualization.
. Creating the Backup and Recovery Plan for the DR database server at IDC
on SQL Server 2000.
. Creating New/Custom Environments on Multi-Platform.
. Configure Vertex setup on Windows, Unix and AS400 platforms.
Technical Analyst at netCustomer India Pvt Ltd
January 2005 - July 2006 (1 year 7 months)
Was working as part of a remote-offshore model for PeopleSoft Global
Support Center (GSC). During the period interacted extensively with
customers all around globe for technical issues related to JD Edwards CNC
support. Handled Production Technical Support issues/cases of EnterpriseOne
Tech Platforms group of PeopleSoft. Worked extensively in replicating the
client issues and effectively communicating with the customers in solving
of the Issue.
Responsibilities
. Resolving GSC tickets for JD Edwards CNC group
. Replicating issues reported by customers
. Researching on the issues and finding the solutions for the
issues
. Interacting directly with the client in resolving the tickets
. Maintain the SLA for the tickets
. Perform in-house installations and trainings
. Giving CNC and process training for the new members
Education & Certifications
Masters in Computer Application 2005
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Bachelors in Computer Application 2002
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Oracle Certified Associate, Oracle 2008
Interest
Science fiction, photography, traveling, triathlon.