N. S. D. G. N. Asha
Bengaluru
Summary
Experienced Iteration Manager/Sr.Database Administrator with over 9 years of experience in the IT industry. Proficient in leading cross-functional teams and managing projects within budget and on schedule. Expertise in strategic planning, resource allocation, risk management, database optimization, and operational efficiency. Demonstrated ability to implement innovative solutions to complex problems, enhancing database performance. Skilled in stakeholder communication, ensuring project requirements are met and client expectations are exceeded. Recognized for a proactive approach and attention to detail. Seeking to leverage skills in strategic planning and problem-solving to drive project success.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Iteration Manager/Sr.Database Administrator
IBM
12.2022 - Current
- Facilitating daily scrum meetings, enforcing timeboxes and responding to the impediments, tracking baseline, sprint planning and sprint retrospective meetings for concurrent projects.
- Maintained Positive Stakeholder relationships by providing regular updates and managing Expectations, while also managing project documentation and connecting teams to expert squads to resolve challenges.
- Consistently worked to identify project risks, initiate risk mitigation and implement risk reduction action plans.
- Implemented data-driven decision-making processes, leading to more informed business choices.
- Managing 20 direct repartees as a Line manager handling performance management and professional management.
- Successfully delivered large-scale projects with 100% Success-rate.
- Organized workflow and delegated tasks effectively to ensure timely project completion without compromising quality.
- Worked with project owners and end users to prioritize feature development and enhancements based on critical paths and business needs.
- Assessed team metrics and worked to drive improvements and innovate new approaches.
- Created project plans with established timelines, assigned to appropriate teams and managed workflow throughout the project.
- Modified project plans when needed to better align with organizational objectives.
- Reviewed project risks and devised proactive strategies to avoid potential roadblocks.
- Managing database teams to implement the architecture and Upgrading the system on a daily basis.
Scrum Master/Database Adminitrator
Thomson Reuters Corporation
04.2018 - 11.2022
- Managing Team of 10, ensuring succesfull project completion within the timeline and budget.
- Experienced in preparing deployment and release plans for projects, collaborating with colleagues and internal teams for project success, and conducting cross-functional trainings
- Facilitated discussions to define expectations, timelines, and budget.
- Conducted project reviews frequently and updated Stakeholders on progress, while performing quality assurance checks to meet all required guidelines.
- Actively participated in client meetings to understand project deliverables and expectations, and liaised with team leads for operational insights
- Stayed current on emerging technologies and trends that could benefit production process.
- Managed multiple internal and outside scrum teams, ensuring effective collaboration and communication.
- Conducted daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning sessions, and sprint reviews, ensuring effective communication among team members.
- Developed custom Scrum boards for better task tracking and transparency within the team.
- Led timely completion of assignments, fostering a supportive team environment. Installed, upgraded, and troubleshooted DB2 server software across development, test, and production environments
System Engineer
Sun Integrated System India
12.2017 - 04.2018
- Experienced in supporting and administrating DB2 LUW databases, including planning and building new DB servers and creating data objects for application releases
- Skilled in database performance tuning, planning, implementing, supporting version migrations and fix pack upgrades for DB2
- Proficient in DB release code verification, database alert monitoring, and utilizing DB2 tools for testing and migration activities
- Experienced with Unix Shell scripting for automating DBA tasks, reviewing objects and queries pre-production, validating application releases across environments, and using IBM DSM for monitoring
- Involved in incident and change management, executing DB backups, restorations, and maintenance utilities, performing root cause analysis for production issues, automating data loads, and resolving load failures in various environments
- Proficient in monitoring tickets using Remedy and First choice ticketing tools.
- Assisting in healthy team and cross-team communication, risk management, and relentless improvement.
- Resolved conflicts.
- Resolved issues and escalated problems with knowledgeable support and quality service.
- Developed custom scripts for automating routine tasks, increasing overall productivity.
Database Engineer
Fluentgrid India Pvt. Ltd
12.2014 - 12.2017
- Supporting and Administrating DB2 LUW Database.
- Planning and Building New DB servers
- Data Objects creation as a part of New release from application
- Database performance tuning
- Golden gate Planning ,implementation and support
- Supporting Db2 version Migration activities and Fix Pack Upgrades activities.
- DB Release code verification and implementation
- Database alert monitoring and work upon alert email
- DB2 tool testing and migration activities.
- Basic Unix Shell scripting to automate DBA task like Database maintenance task , Data purge activity ,monitoring of file system utilization , Capturing other database related monitoring to get the database performance metrics
- Reviewing all the objects and queries before prod implementation.
- Validation of New release from Application in terms of database and implement release in Test/Perf/Prod environments
- IBM DSM tool for capturing monitoring data
- Involved in Incident Management and Change Management
- Execution of DB backup , restoration , maintenance utilities
- Root cause analysis for any issue in production
- Developed, implemented and maintained data analytics protocols, standards, and documentation.
- Contributed to internal activities for overall process improvements, efficiencies and innovation.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
VITS College of Engineering
Visakhapatnam06.2012
High School Diploma -
Sri Chaitanya Junior College
Visakhapatnam03.2008
High School Diploma -
Bhashyam Public School
Visakhapatnam, India03.2006
Skills
- Project Management
- Scrum & Agile Methodologies
- Strategic Planning
- Coaching and Leadership Experience
- Project Scheduling & Budgeting
- Stakeholder/Vendor Management
- Timely Project Completion
- Delivery Management
- Decision Making
- Collaborative team Work
- Db2 LUW, Db2 Udb 115
- Oracle 11g, 12c
- Microsoft Azure
- Operating Systems ( Linux, Unix, Aix & Windows)
- Automation Tool : Redhat Ansible
- Jira and Confluence
- Customer relations specialist
- Risk management
- Vendor sourcing
- Schedule management
- Performance improvements
- Jira and Confluence
- Work flow planning
- Root cause analysis/Conflict Management
- Requirements gathering
- Analytical thinking
Certification
- CERTIFIED SCRUM MASTER - July 2024.
- Pursuing PMP Certification.
Timeline
Iteration Manager/Sr.Database Administrator
IBM
12.2022 - Current
Scrum Master/Database Adminitrator
Thomson Reuters Corporation
04.2018 - 11.2022
System Engineer
Sun Integrated System India
12.2017 - 04.2018
Database Engineer
Fluentgrid India Pvt. Ltd
12.2014 - 12.2017
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
VITS College of Engineering
High School Diploma -
Sri Chaitanya Junior College
High School Diploma -
Bhashyam Public School
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