I am honest and trustworthy when I am counting money after our church bake-sales. I am hardworking and always the last to leave the office in the evening. I am always energetic and eager to learn new skills. I use a creative approach to problem solve. I have experience working as part of a team and individually. I am flexible in my working hours, being able to work evenings as well.

Key Skills

Creativity
Active Listening.
Communication skills
Adaptability
Teamwork skills
Adaptability
Decision Making
Administrative skills
Responsibility
Ability to Work Under Pressure
MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Knowledge of server platform /OS Windows & Linux

Professional Experience

Sep 2014
Present
Associate Consultant
Intellect Design Arena Ltd. Mumbai, IN
Intellect Design Arena is a Leading financial platform for Corporate Banking, Retail Banking , Brokerage Solution, Treasury Management.
Reserve Bank Of India Core Banking System (CBS) Project:

I got a chance to work with India's Central Bank (RBI). I learnt a lot of things about the data center environment.

Working on MicroFocus monitoring tools specially ITAM (Asset Manager) and Universe Configuration Management Database (UCMDB) also worked on Service Management Automation (SMA-X).

ITAM Software (Asset Manager):

An IT Asset Manager is tasked with managing all IT assets within a business. That includes anything from software and hardware to digital assets and cloud services.

Also known as “IT asset lifecycle management,” or just “asset lifecycle management,” ITAM is a framework for proactively and strategically managing the acquisition, usage, maintenance, and retirement of IT assets.

Not to be confused with IT operations management, which is concerned with delivering IT services and optimizing system performance, ITAM focuses on implementing and automating processes for managing complex asset inventories from purchase through disposition.

Responsibilities:

  • Did installation on the production environment.
  • Works closely with the operations team to provide accurate license entitlement data as part of Software audits.
  • Fosters and maintains a strong working relationship with Business and Technology operations teams tasked with Software Asset Management activities.
  • Implement ITAM Contract module to user's on production environment.
  • Basic knowledge of Connect-It to fetch data of single or multiple user.
  • Ensures change information about IT assets is provided to the ITAM Process.
  • Educates the organization about established ITAM standards, policies and processes and their value.
  • Implement policies, procedures, and technologies as required to support the ITAM system infrastructure.
  • Completed client requirements changes like custom reports if require and alerts for contract module.
  • Works with Micro Focus Support to resolve operational/integration issues.

Service Management Automation- X (SMA-X):

SMAX is the single front door to IT and Enterprise Service Desks, and a fully automated, engaging, service management experience that saves money. It is a single solution, based on analytics and machine learning, for Enterprise and IT Service Management and IT Asset Management. It enables faster support resolution, fewer service outages and lower ticket volumes out-of-the-box.

Responsibilities:

  • Worked on IT Asset Management and Contract module.
  • Worked on integration between UCMDB and SMA-X to get asset inventory up to date.
  • Basic knowledge of administration level like user creation, provide user access rights/role/ and group etc.
  • Onboarding user's as per requirement.
  • Works with Micro Focus Support to resolve operational/discovery/integration issues.

Universel Configuration Management Database (UCMDB) and Universel Discovery (UD):

Owns overall data flow plan and schedule. Validates discovery/integration results from a functional perspective. Works with Service Modeling Manager to obtain requirements for the UCMDB population. Works with Micro Focus Support to resolve discovery/integration issues.

UCMDB is a software product from Micro Focus that generates and maintains a Configuration Management Database of information technology items. ... UCMDB is included in several HP products and supports ITIL-based configuration management and change management processes.

Responsibilities:

  • Completed UCMDB/UD installation on production environment.
  • Knowledge of various server platform and OS types (Windows, Linux, HPUX, AIX and so on).
  • Ability to present service modeling requirements as well as results to management.
  • Works with Data Flow Manager to ensure there is sufficient data to support the use cases and modeling needs.
  • Designs reports as per requirements like server report, installed software, software wise etc.
  • Responsible for the integrity of data being provided
  • Owns Backups and DR readiness plan and operations.
  • Connectivity and communication between server, gateway, probe, and client.
  • Owns and delegates authority to use the JMX administrative console functions.
  • Owns administration of security, users, roles, permissions, etc.
  • Creates and deploys enrichments at the system level.
  • Owner for the discovery as a provider.
  • Responsible for discovery/integration setup for the population and consumption of UCMDB.
  • Owns deployment of Out of the box discovery/integration content packs.
  • Owns development of Custom discovery/integration content packs.
  • Owns configuration of domain scope (IP ranges, Protocols, Credentials). 
  • Owns overall data flow plan and schedule.
  • Validates discovery/integration results from a functional perspective.
  • Works with Micro Focus Support to resolve operational/discovery/integration issues.

Dec 2012
Sep 2014
System Engineer
Polaris Financial Technology Ltd. Mumbai, IN
Know all about company profile ... Polaris Consulting and Services Ltd is a provider of financial technology products, legacy modernization.
Reserve Bank Of India Core Banking System (CBS) Project:

It is a pleasure to work with India's Central Bank RBI. I was part of the application support to resolve queries regarding E Kuber Portal application of RTGS and NON-RTGS member banks.

Responsibilities:

  • Handling the banks related issues regarding E Kuber portal.
  • Responsible for any escalation matters.
  • Capturing all issues and queries in Service Manager (SM) to track easily for those used to raising tickets.
  • Maintaining all issue records and submitting to client.
  • Client Services Role for the Banks for management of bids i.e., LAF-Repo, Reserve Repo & MSF, Primary Auctions, Open Market Operation, Underwriting through E-kuber Portal.
  • Responsible for successful UAT (User Acceptance Testing) for new development
  • Monitoring daily transactions & bidding on RBI-Core Banking System (CBS) Application and E-kuber Portal to ensure successful execution.
  • Extensive usage of Advanced MS-Office (VLOOKUP, Pivot & Graphs)
  • Extracting Bank data from the Portal for reporting purposes.
Jun 2011
Jul 2012
Back Office Executive
Serco Global Services Pvt Ltd. Thane, IN
It is global BPO capability and is a leading international services company that provides the complete spectrum of business services to customers.
Uninor Telecom Process:

My first job was in the telecom sector in Sparsh Bpo then taken over by Serco Global Services, given my work experience. Feels good to work with this environment. Learned so many things
how to communicate, how to use skills, handling different types of customers. Sometimes I worked on holidays whenever the company needed,making my whole time unite to work together.

The back office is the portion of a company made up of administration and support personnel who are not client-facing. Back-office functions include settlements, clearances, record maintenance, regulatory compliance, accounting, and IT services.

Responsibilities:

Back Office Executive:

  • I was in back office executive to handle retailer customer queries regarding
  • Responsible for overall Cancel SR %.
  • Responsible for over SLA for SR Management.
  • Responsible for SR Audits Scores.
  • Preparing specific reports for the client such as SR Performance waiver & Cancel SR.
  • Coordinate with other departments like quality, training etc.

Front Office Executive:

  • Online Service Activation\ Deactivations of the customers.
  • Handling also the retailers,FOS and Distributors calls for reversal. 
  • Balance disputes and online waiver empowerment for the Charges Dispute.
  • Uninor Self Care Prepaid  Disputes and Plan Migration.
  • Making wow calls for quality, training dept etc.

Education

Jun 2008
Apr 2011
Bachelor Of Commerce in Mumbai University
Mumbai University

Achievements

2020
GEM Award
I sincerely thank eachone of you (mention a few important names if you wish to) for helping me reach a stage where I can proudly hold up this award as a mark of my achievement. I also promise to only get better at my work so that you can see me here for a more such awards. Thank you! 

Quote

"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.”

-Walt Disney

Hobbies & Interests

  • Listening Music
  • Playing Cricket
  • Watching movies

Languages

Hindi
(Fluent)
English
(Fluent)
Marathi
(Native)

Career Aspiration

Over the next few years, I want to explore and develop skills in project management. In three years, I want to have gained experience in leading projects for major clients. I will be looking for opportunities to expand my responsibilities within this role to work towards my goal.

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