ABDUL SHAFIQUE

(Business Intelligence Consultant)

Email:Shafique.shiza@gmail.com
Mobile: +91-9930165020

[A] Summary

Over 4.5+ years of experience with IT industries.

Experience on IBM Cognos Administrator and IBM Data Stage Administrator.
Excellent working knowledge of IBM Cognos8.4.1/10/10.2.1 Administrator with IBM Data
Stage7.5.2/9.1 Administrator.
Working Knowledge of Report Studio, Query Studio, Analysis Studio& Event Studio.
Working Experience of installation & Configuration of IBM Cognos 10.1 Enterprise
Planning.
Working Experience of installation & Configuration IBM Cognos TM1 10/10.1.1/10.2.2
Good understanding of process of development, deployment & application support.
Played Major role in Cognos Administrator Activities, which includes:
o Team building of technical resource.
o Knowledge transfer.
o Automation of activities.
o Deployments of Codes with ITIL Processes.

Experience in DHW topology, Installation & Configuration of Cognos in single server as well as
in Clustered/Distributed platform, Cognos Administrator Activities , Cube refresh or building
the cubes, Deployments of Codes with ITIL Processes, Scheduling and running the reports,
implementations, documentation, testing.
Experience in DHW topology, Installation & Configuration of Data Stage in single server as well
as in Clustered/Distributed platform, Data Stage Administrator Activities, Code refresh,
maintaining the configuration files backup as well as code of Data Stage, Deployments of Codes
with ITIL Processes.

Worked on Cognos report studio , query studio, analysis studio, Cognos transformer ,IBM
Data Stage as an ETL tool, AIX (UNIX), Web logic, Oracle, PL/SQL
Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills, having dealt with diverse
professionals, clients & team members at global locations
Highly self-motivated and able to set effective priorities to achieve immediate & long-term
goals and meet project & operational deadlines
Vibrant team player with belief in taking positive approach towards issue resolution

[B] Skillsets
BI Reporting
ETL
Scripting Language
Language
Operating System
Application Server
Databases
Other Software &Tools

IBM Cognos 8.4.1 Suits &10.2.1

IBM Data Stage 7.5.2 & 9.1
Shell Scripting , VB Scripting
C, C++, java (Basics)
Windows 98/XP/2003 R2/2008 R2/Vista/7/8/8.1, UNIX
IBM Web Sphere application server 8.5, Apache 2.6
Oracle-10g/11g, PL/SQL ,MSSQL 2008
MS-Office, Putty, BMC remedy tool, TOAD, WinsCP,
FileZilla

[C] Project Experience

UTCL (Ultra Tech)
Project Details
Duration:
Project:
Role:
Tools:

January 2014 - August 2014

UTCL
Consultant.
Cognos 10.2.1 Suits , MSSQL 2008

Project Scope & Responsibilities

Installation and Configuration of IBM Cognos 10.2.1 in Non-Production environment

Stand Alone
Installation and Configuration of IBM Cognos 10.2.1 in Production environment
Clustered/Distributed
Deployment of large packages , reports , folder.
Support and maintenance of production and non-production environment.
Documenting Customization in the form of User Manual.
Monitoring live production environment (Health Check).
Adding the users to the environment as per client requirement.
Prepared the VB-Script for cube build status for production envirnment.
Cognos Administrator activities.

RICOH UK
RICOH is a world leader in printer and fax machine manufacturing, which manages operations
worldwide.

 Project Details
Duration:
Project:
Role:
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August 2011 January 2014

RIDS -2
Sr.System Engineer.
Cognos 8.4.1 Suits & 10.2.1, Vncviewer & Data Stage
7.5.2 & 9.1, Oracle 10g/11g, TOAD and BMC Remedy
7.6

Project Scope & Responsibilities

As a Cognos Administrator

Installation and Configuration of Cognos8.4.1/10.2.1 in Production environment

(Distributed/Clustered Environment).
Provide End to-End Support service to the application servers as administrator.
User Administrator (Create/Edit user/role/groups).
Data Source Creation and Configuration.
Import/Export of Archives.
Cube refresh or Building the cubes.
Security Administration (Maintenance of folders, packages and reports rights).
Creation of Power cubes and provides root cause analysis in case of issue/error.
Managing the past, present and upcoming activities through Cognos Connection page.
Maintaining the backup of content store as well as content manager repository.
Running the reports.
Assigning the Security/roles for cubes, packages, folders, reports.

As a Data Stage Administrator

Monitoring Data Stage Jobs/sequences while different batches are running.

Scheduling/Re- Scheduling/De- Scheduling of the batch.
Cleaning up the resources, killing the session of the job in case of long running.
Monitoring the batch through Data Stage Director, Putty and TOAD.
Providing the updates to the clients regarding the batch run.
Manual submission of sequences by selecting appropriate scheduler name , Instance
name, sequence name , Meta data condition and Invocation ID.
First points of contact in case of failure in batch run.
Providing RCA (Root Cause Analysis) in case of failure.
Resetting of jobs sequences after abort and before submitting the sequence.
Deployments of codes in both(Prod & Non-Prod) environments with ITIL process.

Import/Export of archives in the form of .DSX file.

Maintaining the configuration files backup as well as code of data stage as part of weekly
activity.
RICOH UK
RICOH is a world leader in printer and fax machine manufacturing, which manages operations
worldwide.
Project Details
Duration:
Project:
Role:
Tools:

July 2010 August 2011

RIDS
System Engineer.
Cognos 8.4.1 Suits, Vncviewer, BMC Remedy 7.6

Project Scope & Responsibilities

Installation and Configuration of Cognos8.4 in Non-Production environment.

Support and maintenance of production and non-production environment.
Documenting Customization in the form of User Manual.
Monitoring live production environment (Health Check).
Cognos Administrator activities.

Key Achievements:
Got the Most Outstanding Contribution Award from Infosys-RCLIMS.
Got the Bravo Award from Infosys-Pune.

[D] Certification
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3.
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IBM Cognos 10 BI Administrator

IBM Cognos 10 BI Report Author
IBM Information Server Data Stage 8.0
IBM Cognos 10 TM1 Developer.

[E] Employment Details

Organization
Duration
Role
Total Experience

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KPIT Technology
January 20, 2014 To Continue
Cognos 10.2.1 Administrator
1 year

Organization
Duration
Role

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Infosys Limited
July 19, 2010 To 15th January 2014
Cognos 8.4.1 administrator & DataStage 7.5.2 Administrator

Total Experience

3.5 years

[F] Training & Education

Course

Institution

Board/ University

Percentage

V.B.U

78%

B-TECH

BIT Sindri, Jharkhand

Class XII

Mrs.K.M.P.M Inter College, Jharkhand

SSC

74%

Class X

R.D.TATA High School, Jharkhand

HSC

66%

[G] Personal Details

Passport Number
Date of Birth
Hobbies

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J2191495 (Valid from 14-JULY-2010 to 15-JULY-2020)

15th Jan, 1987
Trading.

Declaration
I hereby declare that all the information mentioned above is true to the best of my knowledge.

Place: Mumbai

Abdul Shafique