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Karan Mistry

Brampton,Canada

Summary

Dynamic Systems Analyst with a proven track record, excelling in data visualization and process optimization. Expert in PowerBI and SQL, I developed impactful dashboards and streamlined operations, enhancing reporting efficiency by 40%. Adept at requirement gathering and collaboration, I drive successful project outcomes through strategic insights and innovative solutions. Strengths include problem-solving abilities, strong communication skills, and expertise in technology integration. Previous roles have seen significant improvements in system efficiency and productivity through innovative solutions and process optimizations.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

SYSTEMS ANALYST

TCS Canada
Toronto, Canada
02.2022 - Current
  • Working as a platform administrator part of the Data Platform team supporting various Non ETL applications like PowerBI, Tableau, Cognos, Microstrategy and Qlikview.
  • Experience with various admin monitoring activities for these reporting applications, performed deployments from lower environments to production apart from daily BAU activities.
  • Successfully implemented Fabric unified admin monitoring (FUAM) dashboard, which produced various metrics streamlining the management of the PowerBI tenant for the entire organization.
  • Ensured end to end governance of the platform through regular SSL certificate renewals and password rotation for the service accounts which contributed to continuous availability and good health of the platform.
  • Developed visually appealing and interactive dashboards, reports, and Data visualizations by mapping data from various sources into PowerBI.
  • Analyzed data to identify trends, patterns and Key performance indicators (KPIs) and accordingly provided actionable insights to the client and other stakeholders.
  • Also worked as a SME for Knowledge Management module within ServiceNow for the Service Delivery team which is responsible for maintaining the Knowledge Repository for the entire organization.
  • Driven various ServiceNow sprint demands from the client side following SDLC methodology for implementing periodic enhancements, process and functionality changes within the module for better user experience.
  • Worked closely with business teams, developers, QA Teams, and product managers to gather and document requirements and ensure smooth project execution.
  • Lead the project for optimizing the monthly audit reports which tracked the query executions by human DBAs and Service accounts on the production database by creating automation jobs.
  • Used JIRA & SharePoint for assigning and tracking enhancement requests, process improvements by gathering functional and non-functional requirements from the client and translating them into operational requirements.
  • Carried out disaster recovery planning and suggested mitigation measures for applications migrating to cloud by engaging necessary stakeholders.

ASSOCIATE SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

ACCENTURE SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD.
Mumbai, India
09.2018 - 03.2020
  • Provided database support for Oracle, SQL, DB2, databases and applications for a major American utility client.
  • Automated several Business Processes considering well-thought methodology by using CA Workload Automation Tool.
  • Developed intuitive and interactive data visualization reports using SQL Server Reporting Services to assist in daily customer billing, which reduced average query time by 40%.
  • Analyzed existing business processes and implemented various optimization techniques to streamline daily operations.
  • Managed client escalations regarding application failure efficiently by ensuring minimal system downtime.
  • Installed, configured, administered, and monitored production, staging, and test databases running on 12c, 11gR2, and 10gR2 on Oracle and Linux.
  • Migrated multiple SQL instances off end-of-life servers onto higher performance configuration, which increased the performance of the meter reading applications by 30%.
  • Configured and optimized a shared environment for many databases, which significantly accelerated the testing process.
  • Worked in an Agile environment and collaborated with various teams and stakeholders on a regular basis.
  • Participated in several meetings with the Senior managers, CTO and CIO, in order to provide strategic advice to specific projects.
  • Managed operational requests and reporting, including customer analysis and handling SDEs with Business and other vendors.

Education

POST GRADUATION DIPLOMA - Information Technology Business Analysis

Conestoga College
Kitchener, ON
08.2021

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING - COMPUTER SCIENCE

University of Mumbai
Mumbai, India
05.2018

Skills

  • SQL
  • Snowflake
  • PowerBI
  • Tableau
  • Data visualization
  • Requirement gathering
  • Process optimization
  • Dashboard development
  • Disaster recovery
  • MS Excel
  • MS Project
  • ServiceNow
  • MS Visio
  • SharePoint
  • SSRS
  • JIRA
  • Knowledge Management

Certification

  • Microsoft PowerBI for Business Intelligence
  • Integration Advisor Capability of SAP Integration Suite.
  • Data Modeling and Relational Database Design.
  • Oracle Database Performance Tuning

Projects

SMART METERING APPLICATIONS AUTOMATION: (CAWA, Shell Script)

Created CAWA jobs that would execute specific shell scripts to call smart meters remotely and bring in the meter reads. Developed Shell scripts which would automatically restart the production application server and the services on it. The project drastically reduced manual efforts by 90% and the time needed to carry out the activities by a team member. 

HEADEND DASHBOARD: (Python, JavaScript)

Optimized and increased the relevancy of data from various Smart Metering applications in one user-friendly dashboard. Suggested and implemented various performance tuning, optimization activities, troubleshooting, and application tuning. Resulted in a significant decrease in the need to execute different queries for obtaining the desired output. 

EXECUTIVE DASHBOARD: (PowerBI, MS Access)

Extracted data from the TrackR database which was linked to the dashboard created in PowerBI. Carried out requirements gathering by interpreting the entire scope of the project and understanding the current and future requirements of the dashboard. Created Use Case, Process Flow and Swimlane Diagrams for guiding the flow of various functionalities. Suggested key Business Metrics which were graphically represented on the dashboard with contemporaneous reflection of changes made to the database.

Timeline

SYSTEMS ANALYST

TCS Canada
02.2022 - Current

ASSOCIATE SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

ACCENTURE SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD.
09.2018 - 03.2020

POST GRADUATION DIPLOMA - Information Technology Business Analysis

Conestoga College

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING - COMPUTER SCIENCE

University of Mumbai
Karan Mistry