SHIJU RAJ S
Email: shijurajs@yahoo.co.in;
Contact: +971 52 909 7872 (UAE)
Profile
12+ years of diversified experience in IT industry focused in Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing
using diverse BI Solutions
Core Competencies
Project Management:
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4+ years of extensive project management experience, have led large projects and worked with
all levels of seniors and stakeholders.
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Responsible for the over-all product development life cycle in terms of requirement gathering
development and maintenance
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Tracking project deliverables using appropriate project management software and tools and
Communicate with the Client’s representatives continuously regarding Project Progress and
areas of concern. Advise the Client of any foreseen slippage of progress and propose corrective
actions
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Providing clear directions to the team on methods, time frame and schedule to achieve the stated
goals and maintain high quality and customer satisfaction.
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Reviewing and identifying risks and propose solutions throughout the development cycle.
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Submitting reports defining project progress, risks, alternatives, problems and solutions while
working with seniors.
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Working closely with onsite and offshore team to bridge the gap.
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Strong leadership skills to marshal resources, lead the team and help drive the organization
towards a successful conclusion.
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Ability to perform effectively under pressure and manage competing priorities and achieve project
deadlines
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Self-motivated and capable of working with minimum direct supervision and adapting to changing
circumstance.
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Good knowledge of project management methodologies like Agile and V-Model.
Solution Architect:
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Framing architectural decisions, providing leadership & direction in the areas of technology and
product development to facilitate and enable growth and business agility.
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Experienced in Requirement Gathering, Requirement Understanding, elicitation of requirements,
prioritization, analysis and documentation (BRD,SRS, Use Cases, DFD etc)
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Understanding client’s needs / enhancements, customization of product accordingly and
consulting with technical team to provide functional design and solutions as per the delivery
schedules.
Key Skills:
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Strong leadership and influencing skills at all levels of management
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Responsible for effectively initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing projects
assigned
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Conducting team meetings, documents issues, and keeps enterprise informed of project status
and health
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Making insightful, timely decisions in difficult, complex situations. Uses analysis, experience and
judgment to make high-level decisions
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Satisfying internal customers through timely and accurate communications that support team,
business owner and front line employees.
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Effectively communicates project deliverables and expectations to stake-holders and members of
the project team.
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Controlling the delivery of a solution that meets business requirements and solves stated
business problems through understanding the customer's business needs and translates these
needs into manageable project goals and objectives
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Technical understanding of Software development, project lifecycle, release and integration
issues
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Track record of successful project deliveries
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Project requirements analysis and SoW, milestone establishment, progress tracking and reporting
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Communications with internal and external customers
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Participate and lead process improvement initiatives
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Delivery focused, with proactive trouble shooting attitude
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Able to work effectively with a wide range of people from developers to senior management
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Risk management
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Ability to work with vendors, suppliers and internal business units across the business, including
different geographical locations.
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Knowledge of project budget estimating, Resource estimation, planning and preparation.
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Review of functional specifications for Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements
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9+ years of experience in RDBMS involving Oracle 8i/9i/10g and MS SQL Server
2000/2005/2008.
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5+ years of core experience in implementing BI applications using IBM Cognos BI reporting and
dashboard tools
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Worked extensively on DataStage 7.5 Px Version ETL tool
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Strong decision making and problem solving skills
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Good organizational skills, strong attention to detail, with the ability to prioritize and meet
objectives
Educational Qualifications:
 MBA (Information Technology) from Sikkim Manipal University.
 Bachelor of Computer Applications (B C A) with 74.7% marks from Mahatma Gandhi University
Certifications
 Oracle Certified Professional (Oracle Certified Internet Application Developer).
 SAS Certified Base Programmer
 Wipro Project Management Program (PM Elite Certification)
Trainings
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Project based training received by SAS INDIA on SAS ETL and reporting tools like DI Studio, DF
Studio, Web Report Studio, Enterprise Guide and Web OLAP Viewer
Technical Skills
Technology
SQL Server DTS/SSIS
Experience in
Months
72
Oracle Warehouse Builder
12
SAS DI Studio
24
SAS Base 9.2
24
DataStage 7.5.2 PX version
36
Oracle 8i/9i/10g
102
SQL Server 2000/2005/2008
72
Oracle Hyperion EPM Scorecard
18
Cognos Metric Manager 8.4
12
Oracle Forms 6i
48
Visual Studio 6
48
Cognos BI Suite 7.3/8.4/10.1
61
SAS BI
24
OBIEE
14
SAP HANA
5
Tools
ETL
Data base
Performance Management
GUI
BI Tools
Appliance
Work Experience
Jan’ 2007- Till Date
Wipro Infotech
Project Manager
Working in the organization since 2007, handled various roles from Analyst Programmer, Team Lead and
currently deputed to Dubai as Project Manager to handle project initiatives.
Projects Handled:
Title: Sales Analytics On HANA
Client: AUJAN Group Holding Ltd, Dubai, UAE
Role: Project Manager/Solution Architect
Period: May’ 14 – Till Date
Tools Used:
SAP HANA 1.1, SAP BO 4.2, SAP BODS 4.0
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Project planning, resource management, risk management, stakeholder management
Coordinate with customer for reviews and status updates
Involved in gathering functional requirement and KPI definitions from the customer
Involved in SAP HANA information model baseline design for business users to perform adhoc analysis
Overall Technical Architecture design for the Data warehouse
Define the ETL architecture and scheduling process
Design of Attribute Views, and Calculation Views for the SAP HANA Information Model for
the defined process areas of Sales Analytics
Design ETL extracts from Progress Warehouse
Onsite - offshore co-ordination and daily task reviews
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Title: ART DWH
Client: Al-Rajhi Takaful, Riyadh, KSA
Role: Project Manager/BI Solution Architect
Period: Jan’ 14 – May’ 14
Tools Used:
Oracle 11g Enterprise Edition, OWB 11g OBIEE 10g
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Involved in requirements gathering from ART stakeholders
Data modeling for Sales, Finance, Underwriting, Customer and Claims subject Area
Configuration of OBIEE repository(Physical, BMM and Presentation layer) .
Project Management, Estimation, Budgeting, Risk Analysis & Mitigation and Escalations of
Road Blocks
Designing project plan, specifying milestones, resource allocation, task planning, resource
planning, project tracking, etc.
Articulated project goals and scope, translated business needs into technical terms, prepared
detailed work breakdown structures (WBS) and instilled shared accountability for achieving
project milestones
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Title: Data warehouse BI Application
Client: National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, KSA
Role: Project Manager/BI Solution Architect
Period: Jan’ 11 – Jan’ 14
Tools Used:
DataStage 7.5.2, Oracle 10g Enterprise Edition, SQL Server 2008, Cognos 8.4/10.1,
OBIEE 10g
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Involved in requirements gathering from NCB stakeholders through business requirement
workshops, mapping functional specification to technical solution
Data analysis from different source comprising of CBS (BANCS),Central Customer
Repository (CCR), Credit Cards System (AFS Vision Plus),OGL, Bill Payment system
(ECORP), Base 24, Mobile Banking (MECORE), Rating System (CAM & MOODYS),
Messaging System (BESS), AOL, GASPER system etc as per business requirement
Involved in BI modeling using Cognos Framework Manager
Data Level Security and package level security implementation at Framework and user
security at Cognos Access Manager
Dashboard development using Cognos Active Reports for CxOs and middle Management
Multi-dimensional cubes design and development to support various lines of business
especially marketing department involving Credit Card and Auto Lease
Data modeling and Configuration of OBIEE repository(Physical, BMM and Presentation layer)
for Oracle GL and BANCS.
Migration of OGL and Core Banking reconciliation Reports using Oracle BI Enterprise Edition
as a part of ERP upgrade specifically for NCB Finance division
Project Management, Estimation, Budgeting, Risk Analysis & Mitigation and Escalations of
Road Blocks
Designing project plan, which specifies milestones, resource allocation, task planning,
resource planning, project tracking, etc.
Project issue resolution including resource issues, scope creep and divergent business
needs
Coordinating and managing on-time delivery between the NCB Business Team, Client IT,
and Service Delivery Team to roll out the project enhancements
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Acting as Single point of Contact for data issues pertaining to Saudi Credit Bureau (SIMAH)
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Title: Risk Management System
Client: Commercial International Bank, Cairo, Egypt
Role: Project Manager/Solution Architect
Period: Nov’ 10 – Jan’11
Tools Used:
SAS OpRisk Monitor, SAS DI Studio, Teradata, Unix
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Involved in requirement gathering workshop for SAS OpRisk Monitor
Data analysis on operational losses
Coordinate with team members to create Data templates for capturing loss data
Data model design for OLAP layer from SAS OpRisk Data mart
Resource and schedule management and team Co-ordination
Handling project quality deliverables and costing documents
Conduct review meeting and LAM
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Title: Performance Management System
Client: Local Enterprise Authority, Gabarone, Botswana
Role: Project Manager/Solution Architect
Period: Jul’ 10 – Nov’ 10
Tools Used: Oracle Hyperion Performance Management System 11.1.1.3, OBIEE, Oracle Warehouse
Builder 11
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Involved in requirements gathering and discussions with LEA business users
Creation of Business Requirements Definition document, KPI Templates, Strategy Maps and
Trees, and Gap Analysis Report.
Responsible for implementation, managing/co-coordinating day-to-day with the business and
Development team
Installation and Configuration of Oracle EPM System on Redhat Linux using EPM System
Installer and Configuration features.
Integration of OBIEE Presentation services with EPM Workspace, provisioning Hyperion
Shared Services users in Oracle BI presentation services.
Creation of Domains and HSS Users, Strategy Maps, Strategy Trees, Accountability Maps
and scorecards
Integration of Hyperion Scorecard and OBIEE Schema tables to view KPI Dashboards in
OBIEE.
Designing project plan, which specifies milestones, resource allocation, task planning,
resource planning, project tracking, etc.
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Title: Enterprise Data Management- GRM
Client: Ahli United Bank, Bahrain
Role: Solution Architect/ Offshore Project Manager (Egypt)
Period: Jun’09 – Jun’ 10
Tools Used: SQL Server 2005, SAS Base 9.2, SAS Data Integration Studio, SAS Data Flux Studio, SAS
Base, SAS ABM, SAS Web Report Studio, SAS Enterprise Guide, Web OLAP Studio, SSRS, SSAS
Responsibilities:
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Involved in requirements gathering and discussions with AUB business users
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Analysis of the specifications provided by the clients for the EDW design
Analysis and Design of load strategy for the EDW
Data Profiling and identifying anomalies
Creation of detail design document for EDW
Complete design of data load till Operational Data Store with various scenarios for normal
process, reprocess and re-run
Integrated SSIS for data file check
Developed Proof of Concept for Customer data profiling using SAS DF Studio
Developed Proof of Concept for Credit MIS area
Developed cubes for Credit MIS Area
Detailed study of the current Cost allocation method in AUB
Mapping of resources, activities and cost objects along with the drivers
Creation of SSRS reports from ODS
Creation of multidimensional cubes using SSAS
Offshore team coordination and weekly review meetings with onsite
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Title: BI Application and Migration Project
Client: Axiom Telecom, Dubai
Role: ETL/BI Technical Lead
Period: Sep’08 – Jun’ 09
Tools Used: Oracle 10g, Oracle Warehouse Builder 10g, Cognos BI 8.1/8.4
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Source System Study & Information analysis
Identify different OLTP data structures and their data extractions.
Discuss with the users, Analyze Data Mappings and creation of data model
Participate in the cross functional meetings with client for business requirements
Build ETL Mappings and Process Flows
Installation and configuration of Cognos 8.1
Involved in design of Cognos Data model, data and user level administration, report
development and scheduling, along with business user support
Export of OWB metadata and importing the same to the new server
Providing User level security and roles at the back end
Import and Export of Cognos Content Store, Metric
Store and Security files.
Rebuild the IQDs and cubes and metric extracts
Security implementation at cube level
Development of 12 new reports including testing of 30 business critical reports post migration
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Title: BII
Client: Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications,Sharjah
Role: Technical Lead
Period: Sep’06 – Sep’ 08
Tools Used: SQL Server 2000 (64bit), DTS, T-SQL, Oracle Warehouse Builder, Cognos BI 7.3
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Source System Study & Information analysis
Data Profiling
Design of HLD and LLD Documents
Source to Target Mapping
Template Design for Test Cases
Code review For Developed Scripts.
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Development of 50 plus BI reports as per client’s business requirements
Managing dashboards for day to day reporting
Multidimensional cube design and automation of cube rebuild activity on ETL completion
Implementation of user level security
Created DTS packages for Facts
Created Packages for the Slowly changing dimensions and normal dimensions
Written VB scripts for the DTS packages
Extraction program for data which is present in excel and Flat files.
Previous Work Experience
Aug’ 06 - Feb’07
Triumphsys Systems and Solutions Ltd, Mumbai
Software Consultant
Feb’ 04 - Jan’06
Impact Integrated Info Systems, Cochin, Kerala
Software Developer
Sep’ 01 - Aug’03
Mediasoft Technologies, Pathanamthitta, Kerala
Project Trainee
Projects from 2001- 2006
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Application for Desai Group, Cochin
Payroll Application for Tata Tetley, Cochin
Application for Indira Gandhi Hospital, Cochin
Recruitment Information System for HCL
Payroll Management System for AKAY Flavours
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SHIJU RAJ S
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Late K R Sukumaran Nair
35 years, 15-02-1979
Hindu, Nair
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J2317617
24/12/2010
23/12/2020
Trivandrum