Professional SummaryBusiness Intelligence Consultant with a 10-year career in data warehousing, business intelligence reporting, and data management architecture. Progressive developer and technical team lead with a strength in design development, as well as driving performance, reducing inefficiencies and cutting costs. Possess comprehensive knowledge and hands on experience in both ETL and Reporting tools. Knowledge of Credit Card account life cycle management in Finance domain, Functional knowledge of Collections and Recovery operations. Expertise in planning, executing and spearheading various SDLC and Agile Scrum projects in compliance to quality standards. Known for effective communication with excellent relationship building interpersonal skills, strong analytical, problem solving organizational abilities. Proven track record of taking ownership and diving deeper into issues to identify the root cause and troubleshoot towards resolution. SkillsETL Tools Ab InitioScripting Languages Unix shell scripting, Python, Spark ScalaCloud Services Microsoft Azure Cloud Services, Data Lake , DataBricks and Data Pipelines, Azure Data FactoryBI Reporting Skills Tableau Desktop, Tableau Server, Power BI Reporting , SAP Business Objects (SAP BO),Universe Designer Tool, SAP BO XI WEBI Reporting,SAP BO XI Deski Reporting,Database Oracle , Teradata, HiveScheduler tools Autosys, Control-MRelational Database ManagementBusiness Intelligence ReportingProject ManagementData Analysis and Visualization Work History06 2017toCurrentSenior Data EngineerThoughtworks Memphis,TN,A multi-tenure loyalty program across all Williams Sonoma brands the first time that customers can earn points by purchasing across the multiple brands (WSI, Pottery Barn, West Elm, etc.). I work in the customer data warehouse (CDW) which is Teradata, and work with their 3rd party marketing systems vendor. There are various data points and integrations with the data warehouse, which holds all customer information, points, transactions, loyalty IDs, etc.Worked with Requirements Analysts and PDMs to identify, understand and document business needs for data flow. Analyze requirements User stories at business meetings and strategize impact of requirements on different platforms applications. Worked with Project Management in creation of project estimates for each Agile storyEngaged in projects that uses Scala and Azure Databricks Datafactory Datalake to extract, process and load Adobe Clickstream data received for Williams Sonoma ECOM website. Deployed custom codes in Scala to read JSON, extract CSV files from Adobe, add column headers, handle bad malformed records, handle invalid records before finally writing cleansed data into Parquet Delta file format partitioned by date and hourBuild and review design deliverables. Perform dependency analysis between new objects created in Ab Initio graphs. Conduct IT and UAT testing of each of these graphs. Record errors reported during Unit and Integrated testingPrepare production Implementation Plan to deploy codes successfully to production environmentCo-ordinate daily stand-ups, short meetings where teammates talk through what s being worked on yesterday, what was done today and if blocked. Involved in variety of other scrum meetings, such as planning meetings (where team pulls in stories (requirements), grooming meeting to look at backlog list of stories and flush out timeline and work expected, demo (show work that was completed in sprint), etcReporting Visualization in Tableau and Power BI - Design and deploy rich Graphic visualizations with Drill Down and Drop down menu option. Prepare Dashboards using calculations, parameters. Apply various reporting objects like Filters, prompts, Calculated fields, Groups, Parameters. Work on the development of Dashboard reports for the Key Performance Indicators for the top management.03 2010to06 2017Senior Developer Technical Team LeadTech Mahindra, Synchrony Financial Services City,STATE,Synchrony Financial is a consumer financial services company offering consumer financing products, including credit, promotional financing and loyalty programs, and installment lending, through Synchrony Bank, its wholly owned subsidiary. Synchrony is the largest provider of private label credit cards in the U.S. The company provides private label credit cards for such brands as Amazon, JC Penney, CheapOAir, OneTravel, Sams, Walmart, Lowe s, Guitar Center, Gap, BP. We as Data warehouse solution providers, store this credit card holder information from the instance a credit card is applied till the account is closed charged off.Understanding the full scope of requirements from business. Estimating time and effort involved from gathering project requirements till project implementationAnswering technical queries, driving product initiatives and metric collection and analysisCo-Ordinating between project stake holders Business, Client and offshore teams during all phases of projectPreparing design documentation, design reviews, development, performing code reviews to ensure coding standards are followed, testing and deployment of application enhancementsExperience in Ab Initio toolsets including the following o Parallel and serial flow batch graphs, conditional components, other components like reformat, normalize, and join, lookup and graphs processing ASCII and EBCDIC layouts.o Knowledge on Ab-initio architecture including the GDE, Co-operating system, EME and other related items.o Fine tuning of Ab-initio graphs based on performance enhancement by proper usage of memory in the components.o Well versed with various Ab Initio components such as Join, Rollup, Partition De-partition, Dedup sorted, Scan, Normalize, De-Normalize.o Expertise knowledge improving Performance and Troubleshooting of the Ab-Initio graphs and monitoring AB-Initio run time statistics.o Experience with advanced Ab-initio meta-programming, air commands and other admin related tasks including the creation of. save and performing migration from one server to the other.Establish support, such as acquiring conditioned test data, support from third party team etc. for Integration Testing to simulate production environment and to ensure correctness and quality of build parameter set upGetting sign off from IT managers for deploying parameter set up onto production environmentDocumenting implementation plan and Hour by Hour plan listing down the tasks in sequence of their execution on the date of implementation.Co-ordinate release activities across multiple teams. EducationExpected in4 2008totoBachelors Information TechnologyCollege of Engineering Bhubaneswar,India,GPA SkillsETL Tools Ab InitioScripting Languages Unix shell scripting, Python, Spark ScalaCloud Services Microsoft Azure Cloud Services, Data Lake , DataBricks and Data Pipelines, Azure Data FactoryBI Reporting Skills Tableau Desktop, Tableau Server, Power BI Reporting , SAP Business Objects (SAP BO),Universe Designer Tool, SAP BO XI WEBI Reporting,SAP BO XI Deski Reporting,Database Oracle , Teradata, HiveScheduler tools Autosys, Control-MRelational Database ManagementBusiness Intelligence ReportingProject ManagementData Analysis and Visualization  SEP  Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs. Formulates systems to parallel overall business strategies. Experienced with business process reengineering and identifying new applications of technology to business problems to make business more effective. Familiar with industry standard business process mapping, and reengineering. Prepares solution options, risk identification, and financial analyses such as costbenefit, ROI, buybuild, etc. Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer programs. This position will work on the Grants Management application. This position will perform the duties of a Business Analyst including requirement gathering, analysis of requirements, development of requirements and design for required system modifications, completing business requirement documents, user stories, and business area collaboration andor coordination. Will also work with technical teams to coordinate demos, UAT, code releases, and user communication as necessary. Must have experience working in an Agile environment. Some on-call support may be required depending on the project phase. II. CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS Minimum Requirements Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skillsexperience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.YearsRequiredPreferredExperience8RequiredBusiness Analyst Experience8RequiredSQL Experience8RequiredSystem Reporting (Oracle, SQL)8RequiredSystems Testing (Unit, Integration, UAT)8RequiredExcellent communication skills (verbal and in writing)4PreferredAgile Software Development Methodologies Experience2PreferredProject andor Product Management experience1PreferredExperience with Jira III. TERMS OF SERVICE Services are expected to start 10022023 and are expected to complete by 08312024. Total estimated hours per Candidate shall not exceed 1850 hours. This service may be amended, renewed, andor extended providing both parties agree to do so in writing. IV. WORK HOURS AND LOCATION Services shall be provided during normal business hours unless otherwise coordinated through the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. Normal business hours are Monday through Friday from 8 00 AM to 5 00 PM, excluding State holidays when the agency is closed. The primary work location(s) will be at 701 W 51st St Austin, TX 78751. Any and all travel, per diem, parking, andor living expenses shall be at the Candidate s andor Vendor s expense. Texas Health and Human Services Commission will provide pre-approved, written authorization for travel for any services to be performed away from the primary work location(s). Pre-approved travel expenses are limited to the rates and comply with the rules prescribed by the State of Texas for travel by its classified employees, including any requirement for original receipts. The Candidate(s) may be required to work outside the normal business hours on weekends, evenings and holidays, as requested. Payment for work over 40 hours will be at the hourly rate quoted and must be coordinated and pre-approved through Texas Health and Human Services Commission. V. OTHER SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS Remote work Mon - FriLocation within the state of TexasInterviews will be conducted through Microsoft Teams