Mar 2021 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Remote

• Working as a Server Admin for Alation Data Catalog at PepsiCo. As a part of the Global Data and Analytics Team, I managed all the data operations of Pepsi and its subsidiaries on the Alation Data Cataloging platform.
• ● Worked on Alation Data Catalog tool for metadata onboarding and analysis of various data objects in the Enterprise.
• ● Collaborated with Business Users and Stakeholder Teams for requirements gathering and added new data sources in Alation.
• ● Configure data sources added custom data fields and customized the catalog template for all data object types.
• ● Provided system training and demos to new users and stewards and helped them gain data literacy with the Alation systems.
• ● Onboarded multiple lines of businesses, added custom catalog templates and configured custom fields based on the business requirements.
• ● Created a change request workflow and change management tracker and performed the requested update activities in Alation.
• ● Created project articles, and also worked on creating new article templates based on business requirements. Encouraged business users to leverage Alation Articles to record any useful information like policies or concepts with the benefits of collaborating business with technology in Alation.
• ● Debugged Alation issues and raised enhancement requests to enable new features in Alation and engaged with the Alation Support teams for any difficulties or issues faced.
• ● Extensively used Alation Analytics to perform Data Analysis. Queried information and reports from Alation Compose using a basic PostgreSQL query.
• ● Managed User Licenses and performed regular optimization to avoid purchasing new licenses and curb project expenses.
• ● Regularly created and uploaded data dictionaries also provided best practices to Stewards for these uploads.
• ● Maintained and configured multiple instances of Alation at PepsiCo and worked with the Platform team for shell support.

Feb 2020 – Sep 2020 · 7 mos · Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

• Responsible to work with the International Data Governance team ensuring Walmart International markets enable the Data Governance policies and standards and other guidelines defined by the Global Data Office (GDO) at Walmart Enterprise.
• Worked as a Data Governance Analyst to promote data governance (DG) initiatives and onboard all the participating Int’l markets.
• Worked on creating an assessment plan and developed a workbook to capture and analyze the current governance maturity of the Int’l markets based on the Policies and Standards set by the GDO.
• Collaborated with the team to develop an engagement plan for each individual data governance coverage area.
• Worked on implementing the strategies created for onboarding different assets to the data governance center using Collibra.
• Collaborated with Market Leads to discuss and lay the plan of Data Governance, focusing on the coverage area of Data Dictionary, Security, Classification, and Data Quality. Also, reviewed the Int’l market priorities and timelines.
• Facilitated Data Architects, Data Engineers and Stewards to discuss their DG strategies and get the overall requirements for Domains and Data sources and Technologies used to store data.
• Worked extensively on Meta Integrator (MITI) tool to explore the enterprise domains and provide supporting details based on the analysis and requirements of the markets for Data Definitions and Data Dictionary.
• Created requirements documents to collect the data sources and domain wise roles list as per the Stewardship and Ownership tasks.
• Worked with the Int’l markets data stewards and data engineers on data discovery and provided definitions for all the common schemas to make sure we achieve the goal of a single source of truth.
• Developed teams external-facing confluence page providing details about the team’s strategies and goals. Also added the workflows, playbooks, and coverage specific pages which provide a detailed guideline on the team’s engagement.

Feb 2019 – Dec 2019 · 10 mos · Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Responsible to work closely with key IT and business stakeholders to analyze and document data requirements from source data to reporting, associating data attributes to business processes and data quality controls. Partnered and collaborated with key stakeholders as a value-added partner in the area of data governance and compliance with data practices.
• Acted as a BSA and a Data mapping leader to the business team.
• Explored the list of the main functional categories of downstream Systems and Metadata Assets.
• Explored the metadata hierarchy of assets by looking into Schemas, Database, Tables, and Columns.
• Explored the types of metadata assets related to the downstream systems that can be viewed and analyzed in the Information Governance Catalog.
• Used Metadata Asset Manager to capture metadata for data resources, logical models and BI report.
• Generated data lineage graphs and created data lineage reports involving extended data assets.
• Displayed the flow of data through the new asset type.
• Provided architectural solutions using impact analysis and lineage graphs. Enhancing lineage through extended mappings.
• Collaborating with Product Managers, Software architects, and UX/UI designers to create project needs and the flow of communication between the systems.
• Removed impediments and provided team members details about the downstream systems and data mappings to maximize productivity.
• Had a regular meeting with the Banks Core systems teams, Data Governance team and FISGlobal to understand and refine the orchestration.
• Document Data Flow Mapping between the systems and communicated it to the development team and upper management and stakeholders
• Responsible for successful systems orchestration and accurate data flow by providing sample testing values.

Feb 2018 – Dec 2018 · 10 mos · Downtown Chicago, IL

• Marsh and Mclennan - ClearSight is a growing suite of integrated risk management technology solutions with deep industry experience, long history, and global scale with strong built-in risk management capabilities help holistically understand, manage, and control risks.
• I worked with core Platform Teams in managing the transition from legacy Enterprise system to a newly built Salesforce platform.

Jun 2017 – Dec 2017 · 6 mos · Woodland Hills, CA

• The LeadFerret database contains business and social information on 30+ million companies and contacts and can be accessed through our classic cloud-based data management platform, LeadFerret Enterprise, or the new LeadFerret API. Each record connects traditional contact information to social media profiles, making data more accurate and detailed.
• Providing value to the data-driven organization by ensuring it has a single source of truth via mastering its data for the product and customer domains.
• Collaborated with senior Metadata Consultants and participated in interviewing data leads across the enterprise to understand current state Metadata management
• Analyzed vendors supporting metadata management requirements and proposed best fitting tool based on needs and market trends. Recommended PoC technical roadmap for implementing Metadata Management tools.
• Worked on the Data Management system for providing clients with the requested dataset generated by applying the specific filters by the client and delivering them in the required formats.
• Recognized and communicated the importance of standard business definitions across all lines of business and help our business partners buy into the concept.
• Used analytic investigative skills to reconcile metadata across systems and find the root cause of data anomalies and mismatches.
• Communicated with consultants and managers to document business processes adequately.
• Worked across business, operations and technology teams to capture and maintain business data definitions
• Following established procedures to ensure data definition content is clear, accurate and follows defined standards