Jignesh Kariya
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 Email: jignesh@kariya.co.uk
SUMMARY
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I have been using database software for more than twelve years, of which the last ten years
has been spent using Oracle. I have experience in implementation of client/server business
solutions, Decision Support Systems (DSS), data migration activities, data warehousing
solutions & ETL methodologies. The databases have ranged in size from a tiny 50 Mb to more
than 3 Tb with transaction rates from 100 per day up to 80 million per day.
Experience in complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) of application development
in methodology-driven environment in various domains like Banking, Finance etc; Data
modeling: normalization, denormalization, physical database design, relational models etc.
Experience in Design, Development, Testing, Upgrade, and Support of business applications
using Oracle Database 7.x, 8.x, 9i, 10g, 11g, Oracle SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle Reports, Oracle
Forms.
Experience of using Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM),
Experience in Database Administration activities like Database Creation, Space Estimation,
Schema Design, Database Reorganization, troubleshooting and performance tuning.
Extensive experience in working with end users and documentation of business process.
Experience working on Agile (Scrum) software development projects
Experience in supporting the various production issues addressed by the users from the client
side and providing them with required solutions.
Strong analytical and practical skills
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
 Certification from Oracle Corporation
o Oracle 10g New Features for Administrators
o Oracle 9i New Features for Administrators
o Oracle 8i Architecture and Administration
o Oracle 8i Network Administration
o Oracle 8i Tunings and Performance
o Oracle 8i Backup & Recovery
o Oracle 8i Introduction to Oracle SQL/PLSQL
 Certificate course in ORACLE 8i & Oracle Developers 2000 (Oracle Forms & Oracle Reports)
from Concourse Information Technologies International Ltd – India
TECHNICAL SKILLS
DBMS/RDBMS
Languages
Software Tools
Oracle 7.3, 8x, 9i, 10g, 11g, SQL Server 2000, FoxPro 2.6
SQL, PL/SQL, Unix Shell scripting, HTML, XML
Oracle Forms 4.5/6i/9.x, Oracle Reports 4.5/6i/9.x, TOAD, SQL*Plus, SQL
Developer, PL/SQL Developer, XMLSpy, MS Project, MS Office, Oracle
SQL Loader, Oracle data-pump utilities & Oracle export & import utilities,
Apache ANT. Exposure to: Business Object (BO), Oracle Discoverer &
Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB)
Designing Tools
ER-Win, Oracle Designer 6i/9i, MS-Visio 2003,
Version Control Tool Rational Clear-case, SVN (Subversion)
Defect Management Rational Clear-Quest
Operating Systems UNIX, Sun Solaris, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows NT, Windows 2000,
MS-DOS
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PROJECTS (MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS)
1. Yell Group
Jan 2007 – Till Date
Sr.Oracle Consultant
Various Projects
Role & Responsibilities: As a Sr. Oracle Consultant
o Helped in configuring XML DB setup, including http & ftp access to XML Repository
for storing and validating XML documents in database using XML schema.
o Responsible for enhancements, development, performance tuning, troubleshooting, debugging & Independent unit-testing
o Planning of the physical organisation of data (data partitioning; tablespace selection;
table and index design, sizing database)
o Responsible for designing & implementing SQL and PL/SQL batch jobs, real time
aggregate building, ETL processing of data-warehouses and processing of large
daily data volumes
o SQL and PL/SQL development using Dynamic SQL, External Tables,
Materialized views, List/Range partitioning, Partition Exchange and local /
global indexes.
o Data load using SQL Loader, External tables & report generation via SQL*Plus &
use of Unix cron jobs, Unix Shell scripts, Ant Scripts
Environment/Technologies Oracle 11g, 10g, 9i, Unix Shell Scripting, Ant Scripting, Tortoise
SVN (Subversion), SQL*Plus Reports, cron-job scheduling
2. Voca Ltd (Formerly known as BACS Ltd) Oracle Consultant
Dec 2004 – Jan 2007
Management Information, Charging & Archiving (MCA)
VOCA is an automated clearinghouse responsible for bulk clearing of electronic payments
between bank accounts processing direct credits, direct debits and standing orders. BACS is
owned by the major UK clearing banks and building societies and operates under the umbrella
of the Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS). It is one of the world's leading and
most successful organizations providing electronic funds transfer, handling financial
transactions.
MCA is an enterprise warehouse solution, consists of data extracted from more than 10
transactional systems, which caters reporting & charging to member banks and internal users
Role and Responsibilities:
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As a Database Consultant, was responsible for following activities
o design, development and implementation of Extraction Transformation & Loading
(ETL) of data across network consisting average 60-70 million records per day
o design, development and implementation of Report Broker & Job Schedule Broker
using Oracle event driven publishing & Java stored procedures which enables
registration, scheduling and running/controlling oracle reports from oracle database
o migration of seven years data from the heritage cartridge/tape format to Oracle
table format using Unix shell scripts and Oracle external tables / stored procedures
o design, development and implementation of application module which allows oracle
to extract, transform and load oracle large objects into Net Apps storage device with
shell scripting and Oracle export/import utilities
o Tuning SQL queries & use of range/list partitioning and materialized views
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o Used pluggable oracle reports destype BlobDestination to re-direct report output to
oracle database
o closely liaising with several teams within the business & active participation in all the
activities related to project
o Developed purge management system which includes methods like partition based,
row based and range based purging
o Use of dynamic SQL, development of shell scripts & PL/SQL stored procedures,
functions, packages and Oracle Reports with different output formats like PDF,
XML, CSV, etc.
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Environment/Technologies Oracle 10g, Oracle 7.3, Oracle 8i, Reports 9i, Unix Shell
Scripting, Tivoli Job Scheduling, Clear-Case, Clear-Quest, BMC Patrolling Tool, Oracle
Warehouse Builder 10g, Oracle Discoverer 9i, ER-Win, Oracle Designer 9i
3. Centive(USA)
Sr. Software Consultant
Aug 2004 – Dec 2004
Centive/EIM
Centive/EIM is an enterprise incentive management application delivering a complete solution
for calculating all types of incentives. It assists managing plans, producers, and hierarchies. It
automates compensation calculation including approvals, adjustments, and payments.
Role and Responsibilities:
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As a Sr. Software Consultant, was responsible for following activities
o Discussion with the on-site coordinators pertaining to the project issues
o Development of oracle stored procedures, functions, packages
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Environment/Technologies Oracle 9i
4. CISCO(USA)
Sr. Software Consultant
Jan-2004 to Jul-2004
GCT-WWOA
The GCT-WWOA project was for supporting Oracle Applications R10.7 ERP system of CISCO.
The system has number of other Upstream and Downstream systems interfacing with it on a
daily basis. In addition there are number of front end web based tools which are intended for
reporting purpose to the end customers and other Cisco community. The project primarily
focuses on customer satisfaction by providing timely resolutions to problems. Based on
problems faced in production environment it is also expected to come out with Maintenance
and enhancements so as to make the system stable and optimum as business keeps
expanding. The project entails the post implementation support and enhancements on Oracle
Order Entry Rel.10.7 that includes enhancements as well as modifications in existing system.
Role and Responsibilities:
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As a Sr. Software Consultant, was responsible for following activities
o Client Interaction and analysis of client’s requirement
o Development and documentation
o Developed and scheduled Oracle SQL reports using Unix cron-jobs
o day to day support activities for production/training and development environments
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Environment/Technologies Oracle Applications Server R10.7, Unix Shell scripts, Unix
cron-job scheduling, Oracle SQL Reports
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5. IL&FS Group
Sr. Software Engineer
Mar-2001 to Nov-2003
General Ledger System (GL), Corporate Accounting System (CAS)
General Ledger System is a financial accounting package; which is developed as a product,
which provides the functionality essential for operation of an accounting system which deals
with multi-currency concept.
Role and Responsibilities:
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As a Sr. Software Engineer, was responsible for following activities
o Gap analysis & Impact analysis
o Responsible for creating/maintaining development documentation to defined
standards
o Maintenance of database structures and tables using Oracle Enterprise Manager
o Allocation of work to team members as per their technical strength and product
knowledge
o Developed packages, functions, procedures, forms, oracle object libraries, oracle
PL/SQL libraries & Oracle Reports
o Deployment and testing of front end for various business functionalities
o Creation of test cases for testing the new components
o Involved in bug fixing and application testing
o Migration of Oracle Forms/Reports 6i to Oracle Forms/Reports 9i
o Performance tuning of application and code review
o Reverse engineering of existing schema using ER-Win
Environment/Technologies Oracle 8i, Oracle Reports 6i, Forms 6i, Oracle Designer 6i,
Oracle Reports 9i, Oracle Forms 9i, Oracle 9i
Loan Management System (LMS)
This project was developed for Orix Leasing Singapore Ltd. LMS focuses on the Loan Hire
Purchase Leasing facility provided by the company. Activities includes Customer maintenance,
Bid Generation, Agreement Generation, Asset Disbursement and Billing.
Role and Responsibilities:
 As a Sr. Software Engineer, was responsible for following activities
o Writing oracle stored procedures/packages, oracle database triggers
o Automated backend jobs, data migration & loading data into the Database using SQL*
Loader
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Environment/Technologies SQL Server 2000, Oracle 8i
STARS (Security Transactions and Administration Repository Systems)
This project was developed for IL&FS (India) STARS’ focus is on the current activities
undertaken by the STAS (IL&FS Securities & Transaction Administrative Services) relating to
broking back office administration. The scope of project includes: deal recording and contract
generation and distribution handling of physicals settlement of exchange pay-in / pay-out
obligations settlement of trades with clients meeting fund obligations to the exchange clearing
house payments and receipts accounting interface decision support system and MIS.
Role and Responsibilities:
 As a Sr. Software Engineer, was responsible for following activities
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development of batch processes for uploading files into database using SQL Loader
development of oracle reports & oracle forms & stored procedures
Involved in writing complex queries to generate reports as per client request
 Environment/Technologies Oracle 8i, Forms 6i, Reports 6i
6. TAJ Group of Hotels
Software Consultant
Nov-2000 to Mar-2001
Back Office Software System (BOSS)
Back Office Software System was developed as Accounts Payable system mainly used in the
Hotel Industries. It provides facilities to keep track of all the records of their suppliers including
bills, payments, receipts etc.
 As a Software Consultant, was responsible for following activities
o Designed and developed GUI front-end using Oracle Forms for user interaction with
the database
o Designed and developed various character mode and bitmap reports using Oracle
Reports
o Involved in SQL Performance Tuning and standardization of the code
 Environment/Technologies Oracle 8i, Forms 6i, Reports 6i.
7. B.M. Shah Marketing (P) Ltd – India
Programmer
Oct-1999 to Nov-2000
Inventory Control System (ICS)
Inventory Control System computation of product-wise material consumption quantity and
value, computation of product wise cost, cost audit reports required for statutory requirements,
preparation of product cost sheet and costing related profit and loss account
 As a Programmer, was responsible for following activities
o Developed packages, functions, procedures, forms and reports
o Creating Object libraries and PL/SQL libraries to make system code generic
 Environment/Technologies Oracle 7.3, Forms 4.5, Reports 2.5
8. Shah Agencies – India
Programmer
Oct-1996 to Oct-1999
Trading Stock System (TSS) & Sales Order Processing
Trading Stock system was designed for wholesale and manufacture businesses. It tracks
purchases, sales and payments. Sales Order Processing was developed to monitor day-to-day
sales made by the company as well as to maintain physical stock lying in the warehouse. It
interfaces with accounting package. It includes various modules like order entry, purchase of
goods, sale of goods, debit note, credit note, current stock position of the goods.
 As a Programmer, was responsible for following activities
o Creating reports and programs as per the client’s requirement
 Environment/Technologies FoxPro 2.6
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