Technical Analyst Resume

Title
Technical Analyst

Primary Skills
UNIX, SQL, QA, Requirements and Test Plan Drafting, JD Edwards, Legacy System Maintenance and Conversion

Location
US-CA-San Francisco

Posted
Sep-29-09


EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

• 20+ years IT experience supporting US government agencies (INS, FAA, DoD, Justice Department), manufacturing and energy clients

• 1.5 years Meter Data Management System (MDMS) consultant experience -- providing functional, technical (SQL, UNIX, PL/SQL, PERL), application testing, project management (PM) and requirements definition support

• 4 years Data Analysis experience -- utilizing SQL and UNIX shell scripting to analyze and maintain clearance data

• 1.5 years Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) consultant and developer experience -- designing and developing JD Edwards One World Xe technical solutions

• 10+ years Legacy application developer and conversion experience -- designing, developing, maintaining and converting batch and GUI applications written in COBOL, CICS and PL/1

• 3 years Quality Assurance (QA) Analyst experience -- analyzing and identifying defects, building and executing test suites used for performance, regression, user acceptance and system integration testing

• Experienced in full software development life cycle (SDLC) methodologies; developing and managing the creation of deliverables from requirements definition and analysis through implementation

• Strong client facing skills; able to lead and facilitate project discussions, technical training sessions and development efforts

• Proactive self-starter; able to learn new technologies, adhere to new business practices and navigate through complex large applications and packaged software

• Proficient technical analysis skills; able to glean application knowledge with minimal documentation, define requirements and draft technical documentation

• Diverse platforms background; experienced in UNIX, ERP and legacy based technologies


TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES

Software: JD Edwards (JDE) One World Xe

Databases: ORACLE 10g, SYBASE, VSAM, IDMS

Languages: SQL, PERL, PL/SQL, COBOL, CICS, PL/1

Platforms: Windows XP, UNIX, IBM AIX 5L (5.3), SUN Solaris

Tools: SQL Advantage, ORACLE SQL Developer, SQL Loader, Mercury Quality Center, PVCS Tracker, UC4, MVS TSO/ISPF, ENDEAVOR, CEDF, FILE-AID, IDCAMS, CA-7, JCL


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS)

Pacific Gas & Electric -- San Francisco, CA 06/07 -- 01/09
Technical Analyst
Provide MDMS functional expertise and knowledge transfer to Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) project business entities; Support application testing developing test cases and test scenarios - performance integrated testing (PIT), user integrated testing (UIT), user acceptance testing (UAT) and critical peak pricing (CPP); Act as liaison between software vendors, QA and system interface teams facilitating meetings to discuss issues and defects.
• Maintained and managed test environment data and applications; utilized UC4 to define and develop job schedules; monitored daily consumption, analyzed and corrected job execution anomalies; identified and tracked interface data ambiguity.
• Developed SQL and DML queries to support application testing, data extractions and reporting.
• Drafted functional design specifications requiring error alerts be routed to production support personnel via email and pager; drafted the application test plan; successfully managed the development and testing phases of the project.
• Instrumental in reducing consulting cost providing post implementation technical support (PERL) for the runtime error notification application.
• Drafted requirement specifications to address growing application log file maintenance issues; analyzed and identified log files growth rates and recommended maintenance schedule

US Justice Department -- Largo, MD 06/03 -- 06/07
Data Analyst
Proactively identified and formalized processes and procedures for completing government security clearance maintenance requests. Alleviated requirements ambiguity; working with teaming partners to interpret existing data and to clarify user requests. Conducted code and test plan reviews to ensure adherence to standards.
• Increased team productivity introducing best practice solutions, streamlining and formalizing processes and designing an infrastructure allowing for the reusability of UNIX scripts.
• Increased client support coverage hours by providing support remotely from West Coast home office.
• Maintained reusable scripts, technical documentation and specifications.
• Mentored and trained junior level team members.

Electrolux Corporation -- Augusta, GA 01/03 -- 06/03
ERP Consultant
Designed, coded and tested table conversions used to extract and convert AS/400 World data over to JDE One World data tables.
• Facilitated client consultations to analyze existing accounts payable data, processes and procedures.
• Fulfilled onsite work requirement traveling to the client site on a weekly basis.
• Performed code and test reviews to ensure adherence to user defined specifications.

Del Monte Foods -- San Francisco, CA 11/01 -- 01/03
ERP Developer
Spearheaded JDE transformation project; designing and developing applications used to manage product lines, track manufacturing expenditures and end product distribution. Developed modules used to feed the data warehouse. Act as liaison between client, sub-contractors and offshore development teams. Resolved software issues and problems by consulting with the JDE product support team.
• Reduced client technical training costs fulfilling the role as lead JDE developer and trainer.
• Alleviated CNC resource needs by providing technical support for package build error resolution.
• Authored in-house JDE Best Practice application design documentation.
• Acclimated legacy programmers to JDE application design principles and standards.

Defense Manpower Data Center -- Monterey, CA 08/97 -- 11/01
Legacy Developer
Primary resource responsible for maintaining PL/1 batch and CICS applications used to track military sponsor and dependent health care benefits. Maintained data conversion applications designed to convert VSAM data bases into ORACLE tables.
• Increased CICS application response times by converting programs to pseudo-conversational language.
• Served as liaison between client and development team.
• Managed job scheduling and performed on-call duties.
• Coordinated and managed application, integration and regression testing.


EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

JDE Xe Batch Applications, Table Conversion Xe, Tools 1-3, Report Writer, UNIX Shell Scripting, ORACLE For Developers Training Program, EDS Systems Engineering Development Program Graduate, Yorktowne Business Institute Graduate - Certificate Computer Programming

Certifications
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