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Parvathy AJ

Trivandrum

Summary

To apply my strong IS and IT knowledge, skills, experience and enthusiasm to search for solutions that drive results and exceed the business goals and objectives. Experienced IT professional skilled in planning and implementing complex projects, including data center migrations, Exadata platform migration. Proficient in infrastructure planning and provisioning, with a focus on driving operational efficiency and adherence to ITSM and ITIL practices.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Infrastructure Ops Change/Infrastructure Change/Release Program Manager

Cognizant Technologies Solutions
12.2022 - Current

Coordinated the completion of change request activities from start to finish. Led project go-live release events, ensuring site readiness, support, and communication.
Negotiated, planned, and managed all software and hardware release activities. Planned and managed release windows across the system. Served as the primary point of contact for customers in coordinating release events.
Ensured that application releases were delivered on schedule and exceeded quality expectations.
Managed and resolved all issues involving risks to release events, preventing schedule delays.
Produced implementation plans, weekly management reports, and metrics. Communicated release details and schedules to peers and business partners. Conducted weekly walkthroughs of events with business partners prior to implementation. Performed complex problem-solving and root cause analysis to ensure timely resolution. Conducted release readiness reviews. Led continuous improvement efforts for change management and release processes.


Key qualifications:

Extensive experience in change/release and project management.
More than 2 years of experience in IS operations, systems analysis, and development.
Strong understanding of network infrastructure.
Advanced knowledge of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
Proven ability to coordinate multiple teams effectively toward task completion.
Skilled in managing multiple projects simultaneously and designing creative solutions to complex problems.
Strong analytical and leadership capabilities.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Proactively managed stakeholder expectations throughout the release cycle by providing timely updates on progress and addressing concerns promptly.

Data Engineering Trainee

Beinex Consulting
05.2023 - 09.2023

Collaborated with team to create ELT pipelines in Azure Data

Factory, streamlining data processing and transformation

workflows for improved efficiency.

Utilized Azure data technologies to store, clean, and transform

data, ensuring data quality and usability for downstream analytics and reporting.

Leveraged Databricks with Pyspark and SparkSQL to extract, load, and transform data from diverse sources, optimizing performance and scalability for large-scale data processing.

Designed and implemented triggered and continuous pipelines, automating data ingestion and processing tasks to support real time analytics and decision-making.

Developed reports and dashboards using PowerBI, visualizing key performance metrics and trends to facilitate data-driven decision making processes.

Attended training courses to build understanding of processes, techniques, and industry

Adhered to corporate data confidentiality rules, mitigating breaches

Machine Learning Intern

MedTourEasy
02.2023 - 03.2023

Completed an internship focused on machine learning and deep learning, gaining practical experience in developing and

implementing machine learning models for real-world applications.

Led a project on Sign Language Recognition using Conventional Neural Networks (CNN), leveraging TensorFlow and image processing techniques to recognize and interpret sign language gestures.

Applied supervised learning techniques to train the CNN model,utilizing labeled datasets to classify sign language gestures accurately.

Conducted extensive data analysis to preprocess and augment the dataset, optimizing model performance and generalization

capabilities.


AWS Intern

Cognizant Technologies Solutions
03.2022 - 07.2022

Designed and implemented use case scenarios on AWS platform, leveraging services such as S3, CloudWatch, and RDS to address specific business requirements.

Collaborated with team members to analyze use case requirements, develop solution architectures, and implement best practices for cloud-based deployments.

Utilized CloudWatch for monitoring and logging, ensuring optimal performance and reliability of AWS resources across multiple use cases.

Documented use case implementations, including architecture diagrams, configurations, and deployment procedures, to facilitate knowledge sharing and future reference.

IT Analyst

Wipro Technologies
05.2019 - 08.2020

Improving customer service, educating clients about technical changes while building and maintaining relationships.

Planning and prioritization

Problem solving and decision making.

Liaising with third party client to ensure prompt resolution to problems while keeping users updated of progress

Supervising and mentoring colleagues and volunteers

Resolving client's issues via telephone, e-mails and web interfaces

Networking and installing printer.

Troubleshooting hardware and software desktop problems.

Configuring user profiles and modifying restrictions.

Troubleshooting and configuring RSA to users.

Configuring access to Citrix application on server.

Troubleshooting Microsoft Outlook, Teams, Skype issues.

Education

Masters in Computer Applications -

College of Engineering, Trivandrum
06.2022

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics

University of Kerala
Kerala
04.2019

Skills

  • Analytical thinker
  • Excellent Communication skills
  • Stakeholder Communication and Collaboration
  • Meticulous record-keeper
  • Superb interpersonal skills
  • Managing releases
  • Deployment Strategies
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Agile Methodology
  • Software Development Lifecycle
  • Requirements Analysis
  • Release planning and management
  • Firmware upgrades knowledge
  • Advanced knowledge of AWS, Excel, MPP, SQL

Accomplishments

  • Planned and Release managed 200 + changes in Cloud infrastructure for Cognizants' platinum account Centrica.


Some of the major changes are:


  • Planned and managed Exadata platform migration changes for SAP databases, data center migrations, and ITSC testing for failover/failback of services and databases.
  • Planned and managed OS upgrades for AWS, Azure, and private cloud environments, along with SAP OS upgrades and patching. Led Hitachi ESXi and firmware upgrades, Hitachi UCP advisor upgrades, and SFP replacement changes.
  • Managed Hitachi storage and server shutdowns/decommissioning, LUN deletion/allocation, and provisioning changes such as server rightsizing.
  • Executed GAD to non-GAD migration changes, HNAS and MNAS modifications, and implemented service improvements like FSFO auto failover/failback and seamless failover/failback for SAP-related Oracle databases.
  • Led a team of 4 in planning and release management for the Exadata migration project. Additionally, mentored and guided a team of 5 in planning and release management of provisioning changes, and guided conducting Post-Implementation Reviews (PIRs) and documentation.

Timeline

Data Engineering Trainee

Beinex Consulting
05.2023 - 09.2023

Machine Learning Intern

MedTourEasy
02.2023 - 03.2023

Infrastructure Ops Change/Infrastructure Change/Release Program Manager

Cognizant Technologies Solutions
12.2022 - Current

AWS Intern

Cognizant Technologies Solutions
03.2022 - 07.2022

IT Analyst

Wipro Technologies
05.2019 - 08.2020

Masters in Computer Applications -

College of Engineering, Trivandrum

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics

University of Kerala
Parvathy AJ