Praveen Shukla

Software Engineer

Pune, Maharashtra, India9 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in Oracle Database administration and support.
Proficient in Middleware infrastructure and Agile methodologies.
Strong background in cloud technologies and DevOps practices.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech professional with strong expertise in database management and middleware infrastructure.

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Skills

Core Skills

Middleware InfrastructureAgile MethodologiesOracle DatabaseDatabase Administration

Other Skills

Business Process ImprovementCloud DevelopmentConflict ResolutionContainerizationContinuous ImprovementCritical ThinkingData quality enhancementsDatabaseDecision-MakingDevOpsDocker ProductsDocumentationEXP/IMP OR EXPDP/IMPDPGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)ITIL

About

Experienced Analyst with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Skilled in Oracle Database, Databases, SNMP, Backup & Recovery Systems, and Oracle Client. Strong information technology professional. *Messaging technologies e.g. IBM MQ, Kafka *Knowledge of Version Control System: Git, Github, GitLab *Understanding of Platform as a Service Cloud Service: Amazon Web services (AWS), Google cloud *Knowledge of Linux OS and Kernel: RedHat, Unix, windows *Messaging technologies ? IBM MQ, Kafka *Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) *Hosting technologies ? JBoss, Tomcat *Data caching ? Coherence, Data Grid, memcache *Red Hat OpenShift v2 & v3 *Docker/ Kubernetes experience *Automation/Orchestration experience ? CHEF, Rundeck, Puppet, Jenkins, GoCD, Rally *Revision control source code repositories ? Git, SVN *PaaS design and DevOps automation experience *Experience working with Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery *Cloud technologies, especially AWS *Agile project management methodology, especially Scrum *Designing and developing robust large-scale solutions *Knowledge of infrastructure security and authentication *Strong scripting and development skills *Agile / Scrum / Kanban experience working on a multifunctional scrum team with shared testing / automation testing practices.

Experience

Barclays

3 roles

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Promoted

Sep 2024 – Present · 1 yr 6 mos · Hybrid

Infrastructure Operations Analyst

Apr 2021 – Sep 2024 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Hybrid

Middleware Analyst

Apr 2019 – Apr 2021 · 2 yrs · Hybrid

Middlewares mission
Provide world class Middleware infrastructure that meets the application hosting and integration needs of our customers. We continually strive to reduce cost, improve delivery times and increase quality by investing in high levels of standardisation, developing utilities and by re-engineering and process automation.
PaaS Middleware comprises the following teams:
Hosting Platforms
Product Management (Engineering)
Middleware Products
Hosting Platforms (aPaaS)
Integration Services
Automation & Management Services
Hosting
Messaging
File Transfer
Authentication
Key Accountabilities
Responsibility for technical review and agreement of project requirements and feasibility
Work as part of the ?Agile? team on estimating and managing progress of all required work tasks.
Comprehensive and clear documentation of the architecture, designs s and deliverables
Responsible for the technical implementation and delivery of business features
Responsible for the design, documentation, coding, testing, and hand over to production support of large, complex applications.
Configure, develop and test system components, supporting scripts and tools as required.
Participate fully in handover process, including training of users
To maintain an interest and knowledge of new innovations in Middleware technologies
Evaluate new technologies and identify if there is a potential benefit to Barclays. Analyse potential use against existing solutions within Barclays and alternative solutions within the marketplace. Recommend use of a particular component/toolset by assessing technical robustness, comparing with other options and ensuring there is a business benefit in implementing.
Design, implementation and lifecycle of Middleware standard builds
Providing 4th line support of engineered solutions

Middleware infrastructureAgile methodologiesTechnical reviewDocumentationSystem components configurationNew technologies evaluation

Agnity, inc

2 roles

MTS (Oracle DBA)

Aug 2018 – Mar 2019 · 7 mos

Joined Agnity Inc since August 2016 for Oracle Database L3 Support.
Working on Clarify Tickets raised by customers .
Worked on Documents and processes of Oracle Database and ensure their complete implementation.
Initiated a proactive role in determining improvement opportunities and data quality enhancements in both pre- and post-production.
Worked on Oracle 10g,11g and 12c OS Solaris,Linux, HP-AIX and Windows .
Worked on Oracle Standalone,Oracle RAC,Oracle Dataguard and Oracle Golden Gate.
Steered responsibilities for administration and operational support of multiple Oracle Databases supporting mission critical applications. Duties require participation in on-call rotation and off-hours work.
Undertook Shell scripting for automating new jobs and implementing it across the servers.
Successfully managed the database environment to meet service level agreements concerning up time, break/fix, data loss, data loads, data restore, application developer support and disaster recovery.
Successfully replicated the Production live environment to DEV environments.
Strong interpersonal, time management and organizational skills. Proven team player with strong ability to multitask
Provided Oracle database administrative supports for other different applications.
Created new databases and users, setup RMAN backups, Export, and other monitoring scripts.
Trained a new DBA in our environment.
24x7 on-call Production support for database activities.

Oracle DatabaseShell scriptingRMAN backupsData quality enhancementsDatabase administration

AMTS (Oracle DBA)

Aug 2016 – Aug 2018 · 2 yrs

Joined Agnity Inc since August 2016 for Oracle Database L3 Support.
Working on Clarify Tickets raised by customers .
Worked on Documents and processes of Oracle Database and ensure their complete implementation.
Initiated a proactive role in determining improvement opportunities and data quality enhancements in both pre- and post-production.
Worked on Oracle 10g,11g and 12c OS Solaris,Linux, HP-AIX and Windows .
Worked on Oracle Standalone,Oracle RAC,Oracle Dataguard and Oracle Golden Gate.
Steered responsibilities for administration and operational support of multiple Oracle Databases supporting mission critical applications. Duties require participation in on-call rotation and off-hours work.
Undertook Shell scripting for automating new jobs and implementing it across the servers.
Successfully managed the database environment to meet service level agreements concerning up time, break/fix, data loss, data loads, data restore, application developer support and disaster recovery.
Successfully replicated the Production live environment to DEV environments.
Strong interpersonal, time management and organizational skills. Proven team player with strong ability to multitask
Provided Oracle database administrative supports for other different applications.
Created new databases and users, setup RMAN backups, Export, and other monitoring scripts.
Trained a new DBA in our environment.
24x7 on-call Production support for database activities.