IT professional with 6 years of experience in business intelligence, data warehousing, and data mapping. Skilled in programming languages like Informatica, SQL, and C. Worked as a senior test analyst and quality assurance analyst for companies like OCBC and DBS, where responsibilities included testing data loads, preparing test plans, and ensuring defect-free code. Educated in electronics and communication engineering and holds certifications in banking, markets, and Cognos. Received multiple awards for work on projects involving data integration, extraction, and reporting.
Experienced IT Professional with 6+ Years of Experience in Data Warehousing, ETL, and Testing
1. GEETHA GAYATHRI G B
208B Compassvale Ln, #02-82, Singapore - 542208
E-mail:gaya3.bala89@gmail.com | Mobile: +65 93927305
SUMMARY
IT Professional with 6 years of experience in Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Data Mapping and Shell scripting
with exceptional client interaction, work ethics, proven result driven records, assertive team player with strong
interpersonal, communication, leadership and team building skills; thus adding values to client.
ACADEMIC PROFILE
Anna University, Chennai, TN, India Sep 2006 - May 2010
Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering
SKILL SET
Programming : Informatica, UNIX, SQL, COGNOS, C, HTML, Control M
Database : Teradata, Oracle, DB2, MySQL
Project Management : MS Project, MS Visio, HP Quality Centre, Microsoft Office
Source Systems Worked : CIS, UNICA, GCSP (VISION +), AVALOQ, BLUE SKY, NETS, CARDS (ABSP, KRSP)
WORK EXPERIENCE
OCBC (for Optimum Solutions), Singapore
Senior Test Analyst Role: Senior Analyst Apr 2016 to Present
Project: Wing Hang Bank – OWH IRB
Responsible for testing the data stream loaded into the required OCBC Enterprise Data Warehouse
Understanding the functional technicalities of the project and preparing Test plans and scenarios
In-charge of ordering and scheduling the jobs using Control-M and verifying the executed jobs
Involved in performing end to end testing and hence aiding in providing a defect free code
Working on FSLDM Data Modeling and creating Test cases and complex test scripts in Teradata
Involved in preparing Daily Status Reports as a part of reporting and circulating it to the team
DBS (for Apar Technologies), Singapore
Quality Assurance Analyst Role: Data Analyst Aug 2015 to Mar 2016
Project: Releases – Campaign & Regulatory User Requests
Working in FSLDM Data Modeling and providing quality assurance to all the campaign URs
Understanding Functional and Technical requirements and preparing Test Plan and scenarios
Performing end to end testing of prod data for campaign & regulatory related user requests as required by the user
Performed quality assurance and testing for fetching desired results for Card Campaigns, Wealth Campaigns and CIS
Worked closely with the users on different User requests and helped them in clarifying the issues in UAT
Understanding functional complexities of the bank and providing aid to the Senior Analysts for a defect free report
Prepared Daily Execution Reports and Defect Reports as a part of reporting.
Project: Watson Wealth Advisor Role: Tester Oct 2014 to Aug 2015
Worked for Watson Wealth Advisor project and performed complete end to end integration testing
Understanding Functional and Technical requirements and preparing Test Plan and scenarios
Was an integral part of Watson team which projected the project to receive the “Innovation Award” for the project
Worked extensively with DB2 database, Teradata, SQL programming and also worked with macros in excel
Was awarded “The Critical Achiever of The Year” award for excelling in testing activities
Received many appreciations for flawless testing and was involved in helping the Dev team to identify critical issues
Performed end to end Extraction, Transformation and loading from different sources to different targets
Was involved in helping the prod team to run the queries and fetch expected results in production
Was a part of the interview panel to recruit new resources for the company
Validating DBS Corpus Content, product recommendations for FX and cash management
Was involved in sentiment extraction analysis and comparison of Ask Watson VS Google NLQ outlook
2. Infosys Limited, India
Senior Systems Engineer Role: Technical Analyst Client: RBS Jan 2013 to Sep 2014
Project: Strategic Data Management & Profiling
Performed Requirement gathering, Requirement Analysis and formulated functional specification documents
In-charge of the whole project which involved three phases of data mapping viz; from Mainframes to Unix, Unix
to Staging database and Staging to Target database
Coordinated with various teams, across various platforms for the customer to have a seamless experience
Created Unix shell scripts to run the Informatica workflows and controlling the ETL flow
Developed scripts for data processing in Linux environment which included the data movement from download path
to landing and then loading path
Worked as ETL QA lead and mentored a team of four
Created mapplets and mappings for cleansing and transformation of data from Linux to Target database
Have adequate knowledge in database management and have worked extensively in Teradata
Proficient in performance analysis, monitoring and SQL query tuning using Collect Statistics, and have
strong expertise in creating SQL queries, Stored Procedures and macros in Teradata as well as Oracle.
Extensively worked with Teradata utilities like BTEQ, Fast Export, Fast Load, Multi Load to export and load
data to/from different source systems including flat files.
Was in-charge of tracking deliverables and excelled in effective and timely code delivery to the client
Involved in doing file transfers, job scheduling and error handling in Unix environment
Worked extensively on developing and debugging mappings, mapplets, sessions and workflows
Implemented Slowly Changing Dimension (SCD) type 2 logic for updates and deletes according to the client’s needs
Received frequent applauds from the client for providing precise and crisp Minutes of Meeting
Project: FATCA
Assisted in the role of a Teradata DBA and thus created DDLs for tables, views and stored procedures
Worked as ETL QA lead and mentored a team of three
Coded Shell scripts for pre and post processing of the data where the header and footer were removed for easy ETL
processing of the data
Have developed complex mappings with the help of Informatica tool to load the data into the respective databases
Excellent experience in ETL Tools like Informatica and on implementing Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD)
Created different parameter files and changed session parameters, mapping variables and parameters at run time
Effectively used parameter files for defining mapping variables, workflow variables, FTP connections and
relational connections in Informatica.
Experienced in working with 3NF and dimensional models and good understanding of OLAP/OLTP systems
Awarded by clients, as I bridged their needs with technical feasibilities in performance during planning and analysis
Provided functional support in various stages of testing (SIT, UAT, Production), making testing process hassle-free
Developed a special technique called “Hashing Technique” in Informatica which helps to compare the data of any
number of sources ( Oracle and Teradata, Mainframes and Teradata, Mainframes and DB2, DB2 and Oracle etc)
Systems Engineer Role: Developer/ Tester Client: RBS Jan 2011 to Dec 2012
Project: Customer Next Best Action
Coordinated with the client and the development team regarding requirement gathering for testing
Developed data management applications using different mapping solutions for database management
Was involved with System Integration testing, UAT, OAT and also provided production support
Have developed complex SQL queries, union, multiple table joins, views and table creation.
Involved in migration projects to migrate the data from Oracle/DB2 to Teradata
Won accolades from the client for zero defect during production; hence the codes used were reused for
other similar projects within the organization
Have implemented various defect prevention techniques & have also worked in many Banking specific applications
Provided various solutions for Code Optimization and also played an important role in Performance Efficiency
3. Successfully loaded and tested billions of data, a number of times without any performance issues and was rewarded
by the clients for the best use of Optimization techniques thereby eliminating overhead issues
Project: Strategic Billing
The project involved two phases of development – Oracle to Staging and Staging to Tactical database
Accessed the tables and views in Oracle database using PL SQL statements
Communicated with the Client DBAs for access and admin related issues and solved the issues effectively
Extended technical support during critical project phases and stretched beyond working hours at several instances
Had many interactions with the clients and the teams regarding gathering the exact requirements for projects
Hands on experience on various query tools like TOAD, SQL developer, PLSQL developer and Teradata SQL Assistant
Experience in imparting different Indexes on tables and views in Teradata
Performed data manipulations using various Informatica Transformations like Filter, Expression,
Lookup (Connected and Un-Connected), Aggregate, Update Strategy, Normalizer, Joiner, Router, Sorter and Union
Provided support to the manager in terms of analyzing the teams’ capability in the project and also assisted
in creating timelines for each module, thus helping in avoiding crunches.
Imparted intensive 5 day KT sessions in Informatica, Teradata and Unix for various teams through video
conferencing & also have published many KSHOP documents which can be referenced by all within the company
Systems Engineer Trainee July 2010 to Dec 2010
Successfully completed rigorous training program in “Business Intelligence” stream and scored a CGPA of 4.96/5
ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATION
Banking Foundation, Equity and Capital Markets at Infosys Limited, Chennai
CONGOS Certification at Besant Technologies, Chennai
HONOURS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Received the “Critical Achiever of The Year” award for rendering excellent services in DBS
Was handpicked to work at the Client Location(Onsite – Ameriprise, Minnesota, USA) within a very short span of 3
years due to the dedication at work and excellent services offered to the organization
Received “Star Infoscion” award for good communicative skills and was nominated for “Best Fresher of the year”
Completed training on Informatica, Banking Foundation, Equity and Capital Markets, Securities & COGNOS at Infosys
Presented many Research Papers & demonstrated our mini project at various National & International Conferences