SQL BI Developer Ashish K, Websites, IT & Software
Ashish
linkedin.com/in/ashish-kaushik-833338191
Certified SQL BI (SSIS/SSRS/SSAS/Power BI) Consultant
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
• Around 6+ years of IT Experience in Database Design, Development and business intelligence of Microsoft SQL Server 2008/2012/2014/2016/2017 in Development, Test and Production Environments.
• Ability to deliver comprehensive Business Intelligence through integration of BI suite of products (SSIS, SSRS) including MS solutions like MS EXCEL, Microsoft Office SharePoint server 2007/2010/2013/2016 Performance Point Server and ProClarity analysis server.
• Experience in Developing and Tuning T-SQL, PL/SQL Complex Queries, Stored Procedures, UDF’S, triggers, views, Indexed views and error handling using Try-Catch blocks
• Experience in supporting Very Large databases (VLDB) and Very large tables with millions of rows and troubleshooting the problems
• Implemented Normalization, Transactional, Snapshot replication and Performed log shipping as Disaster recovery solutions.
• Transformed data from one server to other servers using tools like Bulk Copy Program (BCP), Data Transformation Services (DTS) and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) (2005/2008/2008 R2/2012,2014,2015,2016).
• Thorough understanding of Kimball’s’ theory, KPIs, Perspectives, Translations and SQL 2008 Architecture.
• Experience with data modeling, logical and physical database design using Erwin.
• Involved in Database Design, Data modeling, Development, Implementation, ETL and Reporting in SQL Server 2005/2008/2012/2014.
• Experience in using Bulk Copy Program (BCP), Data Transformation Services (DTS) packages and SSIS (integration services) with MS SQL Server 2000/2005/2008R2/2012/2014, Powerpivot(Excel 2010)
• Designed and built complex cubes using Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) of SQL Server and manipulating the multidimensional data stored in OLAP cubes.
• Experience in creating Parameterized reports and Linked reports with thorough knowledge of report serving architecture. (Table, chart and matrix report).
• Generated Drill down and Drill through reports with Drop down menu option, sorting the data, defining subtotals in SSRS 2005/2008/2012.
• Experienced in using Power Shell / Power BI.
• Excellent in High Level Design of SSIS Packages for integrating data using OLE DB connection from heterogeneous sources (Excel, Oracle, Teradata, flat file) by using multiple transformations provided by SSIS like Data Conversion, Conditional Split, Bulk Insert, merge, union all.
• Developed data interface layer using ASP.NET and C# for data access.
• Worked in performance tuning, query optimization, client/server connectivity and Database Consistency Checks using DBCC utilities.
• Developing reports on SSAS & SSRS on SQL Server (2000/2005/2008/2008 R2/2012/2014/2016). Experience and understanding of SSAS, OLAP cube and Architecture.
• Experience in using recursive CTEs, CTE, temporary tables and effective DDL/DML Triggers to facilitate efficient data manipulation and data consistency as well as to support the existing applications.
• Expertise in Using DMVs, DMFs, DTA, ITW, Performance dash board and database snapshot.
EDUCATION:
Master of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
Bachelor of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
GGSIPU, Delhi, India.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Databases SQL Server 2014/2012/2008/2008R2/2005, Oracle 8i/9i/10g/11g, MYSQL
Database Tools SQL Server Management Studio, Performance Monitor, Query Analyzer, Query Optimizer, SQL Profiler, Data Transformation Services (DTS), ETL, Bulk Insert and BCP, ODBC, Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS), SQL CMD.
Reporting Tools SSRS, Report Builder, Focus, Power BI.
Languages T-SQL, MDX, C, C++, VB 6.0, PL/SQL, C# 4.0, Shell Scripting, LINQ, ASP.NET, UML, XML, XMLA
OLAP SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), SSIS, Crystal Reports 9.0/8.5, OLAP, Erwin, Tableau, Power BI
Change Management Tool Tortoise SVN, Visual Source Safe (VSS), Team Foundation Server (TFS)
Operating Systems Windows Server 2000/2003/2008/2012, MS DOS, Unix, Linux.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Experience:
FirstCare Health Plans, Austin, TX Oct 2018 – Till date
Power BI Developer
Responsibilities:
• Deliver high quality, innovative BI solutions in a fast-paced environment
• Data mining and modeling, regression analysis, process documentation, profitability analysis, lead/list generation, customer attrition and direct mail campaign analysis
• Responding to requests from partners for customer information reports, lists etc.
• Identifying/recommending potential data sources.
• Responsible for performing assigned database-related analyses and projects.
• Ensures adherence to compliance regulations and policies.
• Design and develop ETL solutions for multiple source systems
• Design, develop, and support BI-related database applications spanning multiple lines of business
• Evaluate operation of production BI applications/environments and perform appropriate troubleshooting as necessary
• Worked on Office 365 SharePoint Modern site collections.
• Created SSIS packages from scratch to perform ETL process and loaded the data into destination table.
• Implemented Error Handling, Isolation Levels, Precedence Constraints, and Expressions in SSIS packages.
• Calculation of queries with MDX, Data Mining Models, developing reports using MDX and SQL.
• Perform complex data analysis to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities
• Collaborate effectively with Engineers, Product Managers, and Project Managers to implement project deliverables.
• Worked in the QNXT .
• Configured match ruleet property by enabling search by rules in MDM according to Business Rules.
• Effectively work with business users to determine project requirements and issues
• Create and maintain technical documents
• Configure and maintain test environments.
• Extensively used custom R-Visuals, Clustered Bar Charts, Clustered Column charts, Donut Charts, Hierarchy slicers, Waterfall charts, Scatter charts, Area charts, KPI’s in power BI reports.
• Extensively involved in creating robust complex power BI models, writing complex DAX logic’s involving rank, filters and data massaging.
• Created advanced chart types, visualizations and complex calculations to manipulate the data.
• High-priority issue handling (hot-fixes).
• Application, functionality and product sign-offs for release and release tracking.
• Create and maintain system documentation.
• Performed regression testing for fixes using QTP and closed the defects in Test Manager. Involved in the end-to-end test using QTP and responsible for the Quality-Assurance of this application to complete in record time.
• Attend Project/Daily-Scrum meetings.
• Plan and execute system end-to-end tests for all existing and new applications.
• Participate in system integration testing with other teams.
• Participate in integration testing with clients/3rd party vendors.
• Build regression test suite and plan/execute regression tests as needed.
Environment: SQL Server 2016/2014/2012, OLTP, PL/SQL, OLAP, SSIS, SSRS 2008R2, 2012, 2014, Power BI, Windows Server 2008, VS 2010/2012, Power BI, T-SQL, QTP, J Unit, Selenium and Excel.
Thomson Reuters, Rochester, NY April-2018 – Oct 2018
SSRS Developer
Thomson Reuters is one of the world’s most trusted provider of answers, helping professionals make confident decisions and run better businesses.
Responsibilities:
• Responsible for SQL Server Reporting Services Planning, Architecture, Training, Support and Administration in Development, Test and Production Environments.
• Automated SharePoint 2016 Farm build.
• Extracting and transforming data within Business Intelligence environment.
• Worked with Microsoft SQL Server, including SQL Agent jobs, SSIS packages.
• Designed and developed SQL programming objects, including stored procedures, user defined functions, and common table expressions
• Used Performance Point Server (PPS)to create interactive reports with an ability to drill down into details
• Perform unit level analysis on all work done before handing over to the testing team
• Create and optimize complex T-SQL queries and stored procedures to encapsulate reporting logic
• Create SSRS reports according to user requirements and technical standards
• Customize output formats from SSRS to Excel, PDF, and CSV.
• Creating Report-Models for ad-hoc reporting and analysis.
• Developed Query for generating drill down reports in SSRS 2008 R2
• SQL Server 2008 Reports Writer and performed complex SQL report writing and design.
• Used SQL Server 2012 tools like SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Server Profiler, and SQL Server Visual Studio.
• Built multiple data visualizations using Power BI in the form of interactive reports and dashboards; delivered different visualizations using Slicers, Lines, Pies, Histograms, Maps, Scatter, Bullets, Heat Maps etc.
• Worked with Power BI Desktop workbooks and data models that are created using Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) Prepared Dashboard reports and presenting it to the concern team.
• Published Power BI Desktop reports created in Report view to the Power BI service.
• Utilized DAX functions/query which includes Aggregation, Counting, Logical, information, Text and date functions in source data.
• Create and customize simple visualizations, Combination charts, Slicers, Map visualizations, Matrixes and tables, Scatter charts, Waterfall and funnel charts, Gauges and single-number cards.
• Worked on data cleansing using the cleanse functions in Informatica MDM.
• Designed and implemented ETL processes with SSIS packages using Heterogeneous data sources SQL Server, ORACLE, Flat Files, Excel source files, XML files, Text files, etc. and then loaded the data into destination tables by performing different kinds of transformations using SSIS
• Writing MDX queries with extensive experience in creating and customizing Cubes using SQL Server Analysis Services SSAS 2005/2008/2208R2.
• Used T-SQL in constructing User Functions, Views, Indexes, User Profiles, Relational Database Models, Data Dictionaries, and Data Integrity.
• Create different SSRS Reports based on the user’s requirement. All kinds like ad-hoc reports,
• Created Tablix Reports, Matrix Reports, Parameterized Reports, Sub-reports, Charts, and Grids using Sql Server Reporting Services 2012.
Environment: SQL Server 2016/2014/2012, OLTP, PL/SQL, OLAP, SSIS, SSRS 2008R2, 2012, 2014, Power BI, Windows Server 2008, VS 2010/2012, Power BI, T-SQL, and Excel.
Immense Analytics. Rochester, NY Sept 2017- Mar 2018
SQL BI (SSIS) Developer
Immense Analytics has partnered with DataGravity to bring their data-aware storage platform to clients. Immense Analytics offers installation, configuration and maintenance of their award-winning products.
Responsibilities:
• Delivered high quality, innovative BI solutions in a fast-paced environment
• Designing Data Model and implementing changes in the earlier phase of the project to accommodate business logic and dynamic nature of the front-end application.
• Designed and developed ETL solutions for multiple source systems
• Designed, developed and supported BI-related database applications spanning multiple lines of business with loan and leasing applications.
• Performed complex data analysis to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities
• Created SSIS packages to extract, load and transform the data from flat files to database tables, API to database
• Extensively for the Pre-Prime product team
• Strong SQL Server Development skills including writing Transact-SQL (T-SQL) Queries, Stored Procedures, User Defined Functions (UDF), Views, Calculation Views, Indexes, and User Defined Data Types strictly following the Data Integrity using Constrains, Rules and Default.
• Experience in performance tuning, query optimization, Database Maintenance plans
• Performed Unit & IT testing& conducted UAT sessions with end users.
• Responsible for developing processes automation of maintenance jobs, tuning SQL Server, locks and indexes configurations.
• Use Cosmos products in developing internal applications and presentations.
• Experiences in developing Normalization, Stored Procedures, Views, ETL processes, relational database theory and Complex Queries on SQL Server 2012/2014.
• Analyzing the sources, transforming data, mapping the data and loading the data into targets using Informatica Power Center Designer.
• Created several SSIS Packages from different data sources like CSV Files, Excel Files, Oracle DB, SQL DB, MS Azure.
• Used multiple transformations in SSIS to meet the business requirements by extracting data from transactional source systems, transform and finally load into the Staging Data base.
• Worked in designing Cubes in OLAP and identifying the Fact and Dimension tables.
• Used SQL Server Profiler to monitor the performance, Debug Transact-SQL statements and stored procedures in existing application, to identify slow running query etc.
• Excellent in creating reports with SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and Power BI
• Used SSRS and power BI to create reports, Parameterized Reports, Drill down & Drill through Reports, Ad-hoc reports and involved in analyzing multi-dimensional reports in SSRS.
• Experience in creating Parameterized Reports using Dynamic SQL i.e. Stored Procedures.
• Provided reporting and analytic solutions to the organization in the form of Reporting Services reports and Analysis Services cubes.
• Using the above query results from Cosmos, creating reports in PowerBI, Ads pulse to show the metrics by server and procedure name, by server etc.
• Managed complex issues quickly using problem solving techniques such as problem (KT), process and data analysis
• Developed the T-SQL programs and Involved in performance tuning of SQL queries and stored procedures using SQL techniques and queries for faster retrieval.
• Involved in performance tuning of SSIS Packages.
Environment: SQL Server 2016/2014/2012, OLTP, Informatica 9.1, PL/SQL, OLAP, SSIS, SSRS 2008R2, 2012, 2014, Power Shell, Power BI, Windows Server 2008, VS 2010/2012, Power BI, T-SQL, and Excel.
Kartrocket (Shiprocket 360), Gurgaon, India July 2015- July 2017
SQL Developer
Shiprocket 360 is an end to end commerce enablement solution which helps offline and online retailers build their omnichannel solution. Shiprocket 360 helps to create a seamless journey for customers across all sales channels based on their interest, reaction, and past interactions.
Responsibilities:
• Involved in migration of SQL Server 2008 to 2012/2014.
• SQL Server 2008 Reports Writer and performed complex SQL report writing and design.
• Used SQL Server 2012 tools like SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Server Profiler, and SQL Server Visual Studio.
• Used T-SQL in constructing User Functions, Views, Indexes, User Profiles, Relational Database Models, Data Dictionaries, and Data Integrity.
• Create different SSRS Reports based on the user’s requirement. All kinds like ad-hoc reports,
• Created Tablix Reports, Matrix Reports, Parameterized Reports, Sub-reports, Charts, and Grids using Sql Server Reporting Services 2012.
• Designed SSIS Packages to transfer data from various sources of the Company into the database that was modeled and designed.
• Designed dynamic SSIS Packages to transfer data crossing different platforms, validate data during transferring, and archived data files for different DBMS.
• Defined best practices for Tableau report development.
• Defined best practices for Tableau report development and effectively used data blending feature in tableau.
• Create Master Package to run different other ETL in one Master package.
• Developed complex T-SQL queries, common table expressions (CTE), stored procedures, and functions used for designing SSIS packages.
• Bug fixes in SSIS, SSRS and stored procedures as necessary.
• Perform T-SQL tuning and optimizing queries for and SSIS packages.
• Created SSIS process design architecting the flow of data from various sources to target.
• Use of SharePoint 2010 and TFS to store all the related work and report the same by creating Tasks in TFS
Environment: SQL Server 2014/2012/2008R2/2005 Enterprise Edition, SQL BI Suite (SSIS, SSRS), VB Script, Tableau, Enterprise manager, XML, MS PowerPoint, OLAP, OLTP, MDX, MOSS 2007, MS Project, MS Access 2008 & Windows Server 2008, Oracle.
Zostel, New Delhi, India Aug 2013 – June 2015
Jr. Developer (SSIS, SSRS)
Zostel is one of the largest networks of backpackers' hostels founded in India, and one of the country's first. The chain of hostels has presence across 36 locations in India and Nepal
Responsibilities:
• Involved in complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Designed and developed SSIS Packages to import and export data from MS Excel, SQL Server 2005 and Flat files.
• Involved in daily loads (Full & Incremental) into Staging and ODS areas, troubleshooting process, issues and errors using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) 2008.
• Involved in complete SSIS life cycle in creating SSIS packages, building, deploying and executing the packages in both the environments (Development and Production).
• Used various Transformations in SSIS Dataflow, Control Flow using for loop Containers, and Fuzzy Lookups etc.
• Implemented Event Handlers and Error Handling in SSIS packages.
• Created SSIS packages for Data Conversion using data conversion transformation.
• Configured the loading of data into slowly changing dimensions using slowly Changing Dimension Wizard. Also implemented checksum SCD method to load the data into date warehouse.
• Wrote T-SQL queries using inner join, outer join, and self joins, merge join. And also implemented functionality for removing duplicate records like using CTE and ranking function.
• Use Window azure to deploy the application on cloud and managing the session. Worked on Azure Data Factory for Extract & Load data.
• Used Timer, Event Raise, Event Wait, Decisions, and Email tasks in Informatica Workflow Manager.
• Experience on extracting data from Azure HDInsight and publish the transformed data into AzureSQL Data Warehouse and build reports on BI platform.
• Involved in building Data Marts and multi-dimensional models like Star Schema and Snowflake schema.
• Calculated measures and dimension members using multi-dimensional expression (MDX).
• Understanding the OLAP processing for changing and maintaining the Warehousing, Optimizing Dimensions, Hierarchies and adding the Aggregations to the Cube.
• Created reports using stored procedure and Experience in building Reports on Analysis Services cubes.
• Designed and implemented Dashboards and Scorecards with business KPIs using Performance Point Server and published them Via Microsoft Office Share point Server (MOSS).
• Advanced extensible reporting skills using SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services (SSRS).
• Developed a High level dashboard using SSRS 2008.
• Involved in scheduling, creating snapshots and subscriptions for the reports using SSRS 2008.
• Involved in upgrading from SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008.
• Responsible for writing T-SQL code for creating cursor and handling data validations.
Environment: SQL Server 2008/2005 Enterprise Edition, T-SQL, SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio (SSIS, SSRS), .Net framework, Microsoft Office Share Point Server, XML, MS Visual Source Safe and Windows Server 2003.
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