Prasanth Amarala
Business Intelligence Architect and Administrator
Bengaluru
Summary
Over 16.5 years of experience in Business Intelligence Tools architect, Operations, Managed Services, collaboration with IT Ops teams for infrastructure, network, operating systems, Windows AD and capacity planning. Currently pursuing Executive PG Program in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence”, IIIT Bangalore.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Software Engineer
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Bengaluru
09.2013 - 06.2021
- Architect Solutions for BI Platforms and Oracle HR Cloud based reporting
- Defining and implementing roadmaps for BI Platforms to be in sync with customer expectations for improved performance, features and to be in sync with infrastructure and vendor upgrades
- Architecting solution for upgrading BO involving upgrading Operating System and migrating to Virtual Environment with minimal turn around time
- Identify areas for improvements in customer experience and implement technical, process improvements
- Capacity planning (scalability) for BI infrastructure to meet the business growth demand
- Working closely with global leadership team to meet business goals
- Working closely with IT Security to monitor BI Platforms security adherence
- Oversee Operations through Managed Services
- Designed custom monitoring mechanisms to detect production stops and near miss incidents within 15 min of occurrence to enable quick resolution
- Guide Managed Services in event resolution and root cause analysis
- Mentoring Interns to help them achieve their potential and build talent
- Define strategy to transition Operation ownership to Managed Services
- Trained Contractors for Operational activities and transitioned the contract from Time and Material to Managed Services
- Working with various teams (Windows Server, Storage, Citrix, DBA, Windows AD etc) in IT Ops to enable the needed infrastructure for BI Tools
- Project Management for various BI Platform and Infrastructure upgrades
- Working with business to setup the required BO Security
Technical Lead
Mindtree Ltd
Bengaluru & Brussels
08.2010 - 09.2013
- Client 1: KPN, Netherlands (Worked at client location, Belgium, from Nov, 2010 to June, 2012)
- Team lead for Business Objects Admin team
- Worked on Architecture and sizing of clustered BOXI 3.1 & BI 4.0
- Installed and configured BO XI 3.1 and BI 4.0 servers with Kerberos Windows AD authentication and Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Implemented security for BO XI 3.1 and BI 4.0 and imported the content from BOXI R2 environment
- Maintained the BO XI 3.1 and BI 4.0 environments with Service Packs, Fix Packs, Monthly restarts after Windows patching, handling down times, content migration across environments
- Worked with VMWare team to migrate the BOXI 3.1 servers from physical to virtual
- Integrated SAP BW with BOXI 3.1 & BI 4.0
- Implemented BO/BI security with BW roles
- Configured SNC between BW & BO/BI
- Integrated BODS with BO/BI
- Imported content from BO 5.X / 6.X (from different Windows AD domain) to BOXI 3.1 and BOXI 3.1 to BI 4.0
- Configured authentication for BO in multi Forest Windows AD environment
- Implemented BI 4.0 Suite with BI Mobile for KPN Board of Directors
- Worked with firewall teams to open firewalls between BOXI and reporting databases
- Worked with network teams to enable users to connect to BOXI from different subnet
- Client 2: ITG, Netherlands (Worked at client location, Netherlands, in Nov, 2012)
- Primary responsibilities: SAP BO Administration consultant
- Sized, installed, configured servers with Kerberos Windows AD Authentication and SSO for SAP BI BO 4.0 DEV environment
- Designed security model
- Trained the client on BO Administration
- Assisted the client with the further setup of Test & Production environments
IT Ops Support
Hewlett-Packard
Bengaluru
10.2004 - 07.2010
- Worked in L1, L2, L3 administration of Business Objects XI R 2 for Global Support
- Provided the security access management by creating users/groups and folders
- Maintained and migrated Business Objects universes and reports across environments
- Researched and implemented ways (via dev-test-prod cycle) towards continual stabilization of BO environment
- Implemented Security Features of Business Objects like row level, object level and report level to make the data secure
- Project Steward: Reviewed applications for HP Standards compliance before being moved into Test and Prod Environments
- Promoted to team lead of India BO Admin Team
- Participated in project planning sessions with project managers, business analysts and team members to analyze business requirements and outline the proposed solution
- Change Manager for HP IT EMEA
- Liaised with other technical teams within the company such as the Infrastructure group
- Migrated EDS BO XI 3.1 to HP Hardware
Education
Executive PG Program - Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence
IIIT Bangalore
Bangalore 01.2025 - Current
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Madras University
ChennaiSkills
Business Objects 5x to SAP BI 42
Spotfire, Tableau
Azure and AWS Cloud
BO BW Integration
IT Infrastructure
BO SDK & API
undefinedCertification
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
Timeline
Executive PG Program - Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence
IIIT Bangalore
01.2025 - Current
Software Engineer
Texas Instruments Incorporated
09.2013 - 06.2021
Technical Lead
Mindtree Ltd
08.2010 - 09.2013
IT Ops Support
Hewlett-Packard
10.2004 - 07.2010
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Madras University
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