SIDDALINGAYYA HIREMATH
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OBJECTIVE:
To work in a creative and challenging environment, using cutting edge technologies, where I could constantly learn and successfully deliver solutions to problems.
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:
Respected and self-motivated professional with 14 years of experience in the Information Technology industry with working multiple projects simultaneously. Extensive experience with large scale projects from the requirements gathering phase to completion. Highly skilled in tracking details, communicating deadlines, and Following up with internal and external partners to ensure on time delivery. Ability and interest in reading and integrating new technologies. Consistently receive positive feedback from managers, fellow workers and Clients/Business.
Currently working as Technical Lead in Accenture LLP. Topeka, Kansas, USA.
Working in Accenture from August 2007 to till date and have totaled 14+ years’ experience.
Worked as a Senior Consultant in Capgemini Consulting India Private Ltd. Bangalore, INDIA
from June 2006 to August 2007.
Worked as an Engineer – Software Product Development in Symphony Services Corporation India Private Ltd. Bangalore, INDIA from March 2004 to June 2006.
Worked as a Software Engineer in INSZoom Software India Private Ltd. Bangalore, INDIA
from April 2002 to March 2004.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Languages : C, C++, PL/SQL
Operating Systems : Red Hat Linux (Release 5.9), HP-UX (Release 11i),
AIX 5.3, SunOS (Release 5.10), SUSE Linux 11.2, FreeBSD.
Databases : Oracle 11g, Teradata 13.10, Sybase 12, DB2 (V9.7), Informix 12.1.
Others : UNIX Shell Scripting (bash, csh, ksh, awk, and sed), Makefile,
SAS programming on UNIX, Perl Scripting.
Domains : Banking, Financial services and Insurance (BFSI).
Retail, CPGN (Consumer Package Goods Network), Telecom, Manufacturing, Healthcare, and Pharmaceuticals.
Strong understanding of systems architecture and pattern concepts. C/C++, OOP, STL, Multithreading, High Availability, and Shell scripting, all on a UNIX platform.
Experience using an industry standard RDBMS (Oracle, Teradata, Sybase, DB2 and Informix), including strong SQL skills.
Solid understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Waterfall, and Agile/Scrum application design and development. Software development experience in large scale software.
Expert level knowledge and experience with Change Control Methodology such as BMC Patrol/Remedy, HP Openview and ServiceNow.
Familiar and Experience with ITIL best practices (Incident/Problem/Change Management).
Experience with source code version control systems such as Rational Clear Case, SCCS (Source Code Control System), SVN (Subversion) and CVS (Concurrent Versions System).
Experience with Debugger Tools such as GNU gdb (GDB), and DBX.
Experience in using Defect management systems HP ALM and Rational ClearQuest.
Experience supporting software development tools such as the TeamForge and AnthillPro.
Adept in preparing and maintaining mission-critical real time and low-latency applications.
Experience using enterprise level job schedulers - Control-M, Autosys and Cron.
Experience in Connectivity software such as Connect Direct, NDM, SCP, SFTP or FTP.
Experience with XML, XSD, Fixed Length, EBCDIC and CSV Comma Separated Value Files.
Experience with Teradata Utilities such as BTEQ, FastLoad, MultiLoad, FastExport, Tpump, etc.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, analytical and problem research/solving skills.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Instrumentation Technology
from B.V.B College of Engineering & Technology, Hubli, Karnataka, INDIA in September 2001.
B.E (E&I): 61%, Grade: First Class
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1.Kansas Eligibility Enforcement System (KEES) – Topeka, Kansas, USA.
Role : C/C++, UNIX Developer.
Duration : 14 Months (April 2015 – Till Date)
Clients : State of Kansas (http://www.kdheks.gov)
Environment : C/C++, Korn Shell Scripting, Oracle Database 11g, HP-UX (Release 11i).
Skills/Tools : Oracle SQL Developer, IBM Rational ClearCase - Version Control System,
IBM Rational ClearQuest - Defect management system, Rational Team Concert (RTC), and gdb Debugger.
KEES will send the eligibility and Medicare information to the Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) for further processing based on their eligibility.
Key Points:
KEES codes will be translated into KAECSES codes before sending to the MMIS.
Medicare Information will be sent as a separate record on the batch file for each beneficiary.
MMIS will pick the file from KEES FTP server.
There will be a daily outbound process to send all new Medical eligibility and Medicare Information as well as updates to existing eligibility and Medicare information. A monthly outbound file will send all eligibility active and authorized for the following month.
KEES’s key objectives as below:
Streamlines customer service.
Provides the means to improve access to medical and human services benefits.
Ensures that those who are eligible for benefits receive them promptly.
Ensures that those who are not eligible for benefits do not receive them.
Leverages appropriate Federal and State resources.
Meets State and Federal requirements.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Analysis of the Functional Specifications and Business Requirements of KEES applications.
Prepare Design and Development Deliverables.
Work on the Low Level and High Level Design Documents.
Design and develop solutions using C, C++, Multi-Threaded, Shell Scripting.
Using IBM Rational ClearCase as code repository and IBM Rational ClearQuest as Defect management system.
Using Oracle SQL Developer for Database Activities.
Peer reviews of the Design and Source Code (C, C++, and Shell Scripts).
Develop and Execute the Module Test Cases on Unit and Integration Testing environments.
Support System Testing, Acceptance (UAT) Testing and Production changes.
Debugging and Troubleshooting production issues.
2.Rebate Management - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Role : C/C++, Linux Developer.
Duration : 10 Months (June 2014 – March 2015)
Client : Express Scripts, Inc. USA. (www.express-scripts.com)
Environment : C, C++, Bash Shell Scripting, Oracle 11g, Teradata 13.10,
Red Hat Linux (Release 5.9).
Skills/Tools : Teradata SQL Assistant, Oracle SQL Developer, HP Application
Lifecycle Management (HP ALM) - Defect management system,
CVS (Concurrent Versions System) - Version Control System.
Rebate management offers valuable information needed to design better, more effective rebate processing and programs that increase customer.
It is an easy-integrated earned income management solution designed to track, count, and process both bills-backs and rebates related to vendor purchases and customer sales, ensuring that capture every available Earned Income dollar.
The purpose of this project is to increase rebate management flexibility to generate value for clients and ESI. The project is to automate ability to manage clients in excess of the guarantee. Create a central repository to house and manage data that comprises the expanded flexible rebate grid sheets.
ESI’s key Problem Statements in undertaking the Rebate Management are too:
Market risk and potential erosion of our rebate.
The current manual process allows for unauthorized information sharing and retains obsolete data.
As client adoption increases in 2015, rebate tracking will become problematic without an automated solution.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Analysis of the Functional Specifications and Business Requirements of Rebate Management applications.
Prepare Design and Development Deliverables.
Work on the Low Level and High Level Design Documents.
Design and develop solutions using C, C++, Multi-Threaded, Korn Shell Scripting.
Using CVS (Concurrent Versions System) as code repository and BMC Remedy 7.6 as Change Control and Defect management system.
Using Teradata SQL Assistant and Oracle SQL Developer for Database Activities.
Peer reviews of the Design and Source Code (C, C++, and Korn Shell).
Develop and Execute the Module Test Cases on Unit and Integration Testing environments.
Support System Testing, Acceptance (UAT) Testing and Production changes.
Debugging and Troubleshooting production issues.
3.Store Item Management applications - Bentonville, Arkansas, USA.
Role : C++, ESQL, Linux Developer.
Duration : 29 Months (December 2011 – May 2014)
Client : Wal-Mart Stores Inc. USA (www.walmart.com)
Environment : C++, ESQL C, Informix-4GL/SQL, Korn Shell Scripting, Perl Scripting,
Informix 12.1, Red Hat Linux (Release 5.9), AIX 5.3, SUSE Linux 11.2
Skills/Tools : SQL Server, TeamForge, Anthillpro, SVN-Subversion (Version Control System).
Store Item Management applications are used by the Store to maintain all the information about the Items and its attributes etc.
It is primarily used in WM stores / SAM’s clubs and particularly on the sales floor and deals with data / services related to items. Main customers are Store / Club associates.
It offers useful tools and procedures that permit our clients to effectively conserve and drive the business mission of SIT is to offer excellent client service and a high grade of item integrity to our business associates through a 3-way partnership between the Host, Store and POS.
Deals with data / services related to items in stores / clubs.
Applicable across stores and clubs at global level.
Backbone for any store / club.
Main customers – store / club associates.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Analysis of the Functional Specifications and Business Requirements of Store Item applications.
Prepared Design and Development Deliverables.
Worked on the Low Level and High Level Design Documents.
Design and develop solutions using C++, ESQL C, Multi-Threaded, Korn Shell Scripting, Perl Scripting. Developed scripts to automate problem detection and monitoring.
Developed scripts to automate problem detection and monitoring.
Used SVN (Subversion) as code repository and BMC Remedy 7.6 as Change Control and Defect management system.
Worked with Engineering and Business Operations teams to understand monitoring requirements.
Used software development tools such as the TeamForge and Anthill Pro product.
Peer reviews of the Design and Source Code (C++, ESQL C, Korn Shell, and Perl Scripting).
Develop and Execute the Module Test Cases on Unit and Integration Testing environments.
Support System Testing, Acceptance (UAT) Testing and Production changes.
Incident Management – Detection, Recording, Classification, Investigation and Resolution of issues that affect the availability of the supported applications.
Document monitoring processes implemented across the system.
Develop & manage scripts and tools for the deployment of new servers and services.
Debug and Troubleshoot production issues.
4.ETL (Extract Transform Load) Data Mart - Bangalore, INDIA.
Role : C, UNIX Developer.
Duration : 13 Months (November 2010 - December 2011)
Client : Bank of America, USA. (www.bankofamerica.com)
Environment : C, SAS programming on UNIX, and Korn Shell Scripting (ksh).
Skills/Tools : IBM DataStage is an ETL tool, DB2 (V7.1), Connect Direct, AIX 5.3
and SVN-Subversion (Version Control System).
The EBCDIC (Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code) files belongs to credit card transaction processing are provided by FDR (Mainframe Job), which are taken in decimal fields. The EBCDIC files are Multi records with multi segments and very complex files. Datastage cannot process these large and complex files. To process these files in Datastage, we scan and split these files according to records and segments with the help of C programming and Shell scripting, before the Datastage processes them.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Analyzed Functional Specifications and Business Requirements.
Prepared Design and Development Deliverables.
Worked on the Low Level and High Level Design Documents.
Designed, Implemented, Tested and supported the application using C, SAS programming on UNIX, Multi-Threading, DB2 (V7.1) and AIX 5.3.
Used SVN (Subversion) as code repository and BMC Remedy as Change Control and Defect management system.
Developed and Executed the Module Test Cases on Unit and Integration Testing environments.
Supported System Testing, Acceptance (UAT) Testing and Production changes.
Debugging and Troubleshooting production issues.
5.GBIT SCM Project - Manila, Philippines.
Role : C++, UNIX Developer.
Duration : 12 Months (November 2009 - November 2010).
Client : Deutsche Bank, Germany. (www.db.com)
Environment : C++, Korn Shell Scripting (ksh), Perl Scripting.
Skills/Tools : HP-UX (Release 11i), SunOS (Release 5.6), IBM Rational synergy 7.1,
Rational Clear Case (Version Control System), Clear Quest - Defect
management system.
Configuration management for the in-scope GB IT applications is currently not automated and relies on various disparate processes. The SCM outsourcing program involves replacing current arrangements with a materially automated environment, relying upon integrated tools and processes.
DB’s key objectives in undertaking the SCM Outsourcing are too:
Improve cost transparency for the delivery of configuration management services.
Reduce overall costs for the delivery of configuration management services.
Reduce incidents and problems attributed to configuration management services.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Analyze Functional Specifications and Business Requirements.
Prepare, Design and Development Deliverables.
Work on the Low Level and High Level Design Documents.
Design, Implement, and Test the application using C++, Korn Shell Scripting (ksh), Perl Scripting, Multi-Threading, HP-UX (Release 11i), and SunOS (Release 5.6).
Used IBM Rational synergy 7.1 tool for software configuration management (SCM).
Used Rational Clear Case as code repository and Clear Quest as Defect management system.
Developed and Executed the Module Test Cases on Unit and Integration Testing environments.
Supported System Testing, Acceptance (UAT) Testing and Production changes.
6.ESR (Enterprise Server Release) - Bangalore, INDIA.
Role : C, UNIX Developer.
Duration : 26 Months (August 2007 - October 2009)
Client : State Farm Insurance, USA. (www.statefarm.com)
Environment : C, Korn Shell Scripting (ksh).
Skills/Tools : HP-UX (Release 11i), AIX 5.3, SunOS (Release 5.6),
Red Hat Linux (Release 5.3), Rational, Clear Case (Version Control System), Clear Quest - Defect management system.
ESR includes critical security patches, operating system updates, hardware driver/firmware/BIOS updates, and server management product updates.
Solutions have shown increased server stability and availability by:
Reducing the frequency of updating servers with server base product changes through
planned server releases.
Improving the quality of server base product changes through coordinated testing with
Product Owners, Server Type Owners, and Business Application Areas
Level setting standardizing servers across the Enterprise to the same versions of
Server base products, allowing Service areas to support a common, secure, and
up-to-date server base load
Responsibilities and Duties:
Create SCM (Software Configuration Management) Plan for UNIX.
Create Configuration Item Inventory.
Develop Unit Test Plan for UNIX.
Develop Code – C, UNIX Control (Manifest)
Develop Code – Shell Scripts, ESR (Stamp Scripts)
Develop Test Scripts – Shell Scripts.
Setup and Configure UNIX Test Servers.
Setup Environment for Unit Testing.
Create Unit Test Cases for UNIX and Unit Testing.
Create Script Unit Test Summary for UNIX.
Integration Testing, Support System Testing and Acceptance Testing.
Support UNIX Implementation and Production Environments.
Used Rational Clear Case as code repository and Clear Quest as Defect management system.
Maintain Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.
Created Documents related ESR process and Release in Lotus Notes.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION:
I have been awarded the Accenture Celebrates Excellence Award for “Delivery Excellence” in the Team category in Jan, 2009 from Accenture Services Private Ltd.
I have been awarded the Accenture Centre of Excellence - Yellow Topper in the Individual category in March, 2008 from Accenture Services Private Ltd.
I have been awarded the Capgemini Excellence award -“Bravo” in the individual category in April, 2007 from Capgemini Consulting India Private Ltd.
PERSONAL DETAILS:
Date of Birth : 17th April 1978
Local Address : 1412, SW Summit Woods DR, Apt 5
Topeka, Kansas 66615, United States of America
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“I hereby certify that the statements made in my resume are true and correct. I understand that a false statement or misrepresentation of my skills and experience will disqualify me as a candidate and make me liable for the damages incurred to the client”.
Place: Topeka, Kansas, USA
Date: (Siddalingayya Hiremath)