Amit D Kulkarni
Chinchwadgaon
Summary
Professional Summary
With 13 years of IT experience, I have specialized expertise in Hadoop administration and Business Intelligence products. My career includes 4 years in Hadoop admin roles and 9 years managing various BI tools. I am proficient in troubleshooting, performance tuning, and supporting Hadoop clusters, with hands-on experience using Cloudera and monitoring tools like Geneos and Control M.
Key Skills and Experience:
- Hadoop Administration:Managing and supporting Hadoop clusters using Cloudera.
Troubleshooting, performance tuning, disaster recovery (DR) activities, and balancing cluster loads.
Monitoring with Geneos and managing replication jobs with Control M.
- Business Intelligence:Extensive experience with SAP BusinessObjects (BO XI3.1, SAP BI 4.0/4.1) including Web Intelligence, Desktop Intelligence, Universe Designer, and Admin tools.
Administration of Alteryx, including access management, workflow deployment, and troubleshooting.
Cognos Framework and report development.
- Other Skills:Expertise in CDSW, including access provision, package installation, and backup management.
Fabric image maintenance, environment promotions, and troubleshooting connectivity issues.
Familiarity with Agile methodology and hardware tools like servers, routers, and printers.
- Professional Contributions:Developed and enhanced the Business Intelligence practice within my organization.
Conducted training sessions to upskill teams.
Coordinated with vendors such as Cloudera and Alteryx for support.
- Communication and Interpersonal Skills:Effective communicator with a proven ability to build relationships and work collaboratively.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Consultant
Tata Consultancy Service
Pune
09.2022 - Current
- Managed the planning and implementation of the Cloudera Application upgrade.
- Created a backup environment for CDSW, which was not readily available from Cloudera.
- Enhanced the functionality of Cloudera by upgrading critical components like JDK, Control M, and Geneos.
- Utilized Ansible scripting to streamline the implementation of server-wide modifications.
- Implemented standardized practices and resources to ensure efficient utilization of Ansible scripts.
- Conducted POC in search of an alternative solution for the Alteryx tool.
- Analyzed the enhanced version of the Cloudera tool, like CDSW, to CML.
- Offered assistance to L2 with various support requirements.
- Collaborated with other departments to ensure efficient workflow.
- Utilized SAP BO Reports to identify areas of optimization within organizational operations and reduce ticket logging.
Assistant Consultant
Tata Consultancy Service
Pune
04.2019 - 09.2022
- Supervised a team of 12 members as a shift lead.
- Provided expert support in resolving persistent Hadoop issues, maximizing uptime and system availability.
- Provided regular updates on tickets, changes, and problem records to client management.
- Ensured smooth operations by coordinating with Cloudera and Alteryx vendors for prompt resolution of critical issues
- Developed comprehensive health check reports for multiple clusters
- Effectively managed the cluster post-implementation of patching/configuration changes.
- Optimized Hadoop functionality through efficient troubleshooting, diagnosis, and performance tuning of system issues. Successfully conducted DR activities, created snapshots, and established BDR jobs for seamless cluster-to-cluster data copying. Proficiently maintained block balance by addressing both underutilization and overutilization.
- Developed and implemented Fabric projects, including image creation, template design, and security enhancements
- Monitored multiple Hadoop cluster environments through Geneos and controlled replication jobs using the Control M tool.
- Maintaining fabric images, promoting images from different environments, and troubleshooting issues related to pods and end-user connectivity issues.
- Have excellent knowledge of CDSW.
- We are granting access, installing packages in projects, and maintaining data backup from Prod to DR env.
- Experience in Alteryx tool administration, granting access, moving Workflow from UAT to Prod via change process, maintaining a license, and troubleshooting end-user workflow issues.
Sr. BI Developer
Epsilon
Bangalore
06.2016 - 03.2019
- Company Overview: Epsilon is part of Alliance Data, a leading provider of marketing, loyalty, and credit solutions that uses the power of data to achieve results for our clients
- Worked directly with clients to set time line of the project and deliver the work on time
- Performed initial client assessment and analysis to begin the research process
- Involved in development of Business Objects Universe /Cognos Framework
- Developing Webi /Cognos reports as per the business requirement document
- Create new enhancements to current Webi /Cognos reports as per the BRD's
- Troubleshoot and maintain existing Webi /Cognos Documents
- Validations of the report data using WinSQL
- Maintain User groups
- Conduct trainings for various types of user communities
- Perform Migration using Promotion management in CMC
- Involved in conducting interview to get the right candidate for the team and building the team
- Based on business challenges, developed POC’s to resolve/support in dealing with complex problems
- Epsilon is part of Alliance Data, a leading provider of marketing, loyalty, and credit solutions that uses the power of data to achieve results for our clients
Application Developer
Red Hat India Pvt. Ltd.
Pune
04.2014 - 05.2016
- Company Overview: Redhat is world’s leading provider of open source platform
- A functional lead, gathering the requirements from SME’s and presenting to the team
- Conducting peer reviews for the deliverables and ensuring the timelines and quality
- Tracking the project through Rally (Agile method)
- Assigning test cases and validating the source data by creating SFDC reports
- Maintaining BO universes and BO reports through the team of consultants
- Reporting to the Global heads and ensuring the feasibility of their requirements
- Capacity planning during the quarter ends for smooth functioning of the business
- Automating time consuming processes and coming up with automation ideas for existing processes
- Updating the stake holders with status report of the team and ensuring swift communications
- Ensuring process documentation through the business units and updating them as per the version controls
- Designing and implementing Business dashboards for the top management on a regular basis
- Creation and maintenance of SFDC reports and dashboards as per requirements
- Migration, life cycle management through different stages of production which includes Web Intelligence, Users, for BO 3.1, BI 4.1
- Migration with Upgrade Management Tool, Import Wizard
- Troubleshoot issues related to scheduling, authentication, and rights management
- Scheduling in BO3.1 and BI 4.1
- Performance related issue on BusinessObjects BO3.1 and BI4.1 server
- Helped organization to build strong service support team
- Redhat is world’s leading provider of open source platform
Engineer
KPIT Technologies Limited
Pune
04.2010 - 03.2014
- Company Overview: SAP Business Objects has the biggest Technical Support Centre for Americas in KPIT Cummins with around 200 resources working
- Handled SAP fortune 500 clients and provide end to end consulting and Problem solving and suggesting different sizing guide lines related to Business Objects Architecture, Report Development, Integrations, Security Implementations, and Migrations etc
- Handling a team of 6 resources
- First point of contact for any technical queries and escalations for my team
- Review their incidents and provide technical guide lines and suggest next steps towards resolution
- Mentoring them and providing them training time to time as per the gap areas
- Create/Approve Knowledgebase articles and release them to the customer
- Creating reports using Multiple Data Sources: - Multiple Queries, Merge Dimension
- Good knowledge of creating Information space using Universe, Excel spread sheets, .unv and .unx universes
- Apply filters, create Exploration view sets, and create Bookmark, according the requirement
- Managing the Explorer services and tune the servers according to the business requirements
- Sizing of the Explore services according to the requirements
- Post-implementation, enhancement and maintenance support
- Clustering, capacity planning, Server sizing, Performance tuning
- Helped organization in RFP process, recruitment process and in conducting technical trainings
- SAP Business Objects has the biggest Technical Support Centre for Americas in KPIT Cummins with around 200 resources working
Customer Support Engineer
Vasundhara Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
08.2009 - 02.2010
- Company Overview: Vasundhara Infotech was into development of Education Management System which is ERP software for all the schools and colleges
- Install the software at Clients environments
- Providing Technical support and training to the end user
- Troubleshooting of the issue faced by the clients and provide solution for the same
- Requirement gathering form the customer for enhancement of the software
- Created the help file for the entire Education management ERP system
- Train the new joiners about the software
- Vasundhara Infotech was into development of Education Management System which is ERP software for all the schools and colleges
Education
M. Sc. - Computer Science
Dr. D Y Patil ACS College
Pune01.2009
B. Sc. - Computer Science
Dr. D Y Patil ACS College
Pune01.2007
HSC -
Smt. Godavari Jr. College
01.2004
SSC -
Jai Hind High School
01.2002
Skills
- Hadoop Distributions: Cloudera
- Hadoop: HDFS
- Yarn
- Hive
- Impala
- Spark
- Hue
- CDSW
- ETL: Alteryx (Administration)
- BI Tools: Business Objects
- Cognos
- Universe Designer
- Information Design tool
- Web Intelligence
- Tableau basic
- Database: SQL Server 2000
- Oracle 12
- Redhat Redshift DB
- Service Now
- Bitbucket
- Fabric
- Control M
- Salesforcecom
- Confluence
- Jira
- Rally (Agile tool)
Accomplishments
- Appreciation Letter from Senior VP Product Support SAP as Quarterly awards, 04/01/13
- The monetary reward for automating the process in Business Objects., 04/01/14
- Outstanding Performer of the Quarter, 01/01/16
- Recognized for 'Service and Excellence', 10/01/16
- Recognized for 'Ownership and Excellence', 01/01/17
- Recognized for 'Excellence', 04/01/17
- Recognized for 'Ownership and Excellence', 10/01/17
- Best Team Award, 01/01/21
- Applause for Team Award, 04/01/22
- Best Team Award, 04/01/23
Personal Information
- Passport Number: V4471986
- Date of Birth: 09/06/86
Certification
Alteryx Server Administrator
SAP BO Server Administrator
Languages
Kannada
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2
Marathi
Proficient (C2)
C2
Timeline
Assistant Consultant
Tata Consultancy Service
09.2022 - Current
Assistant Consultant
Tata Consultancy Service
04.2019 - 09.2022
Sr. BI Developer
Epsilon
06.2016 - 03.2019
Application Developer
Red Hat India Pvt. Ltd.
04.2014 - 05.2016
Engineer
KPIT Technologies Limited
04.2010 - 03.2014
Customer Support Engineer
Vasundhara Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
08.2009 - 02.2010
M. Sc. - Computer Science
Dr. D Y Patil ACS College
B. Sc. - Computer Science
Dr. D Y Patil ACS College
HSC -
Smt. Godavari Jr. College
SSC -
Jai Hind High School
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