Connected Operations Engineer At General Motors | Connected Cars| Future Mobility L Database | Analytics
Dubai
Summary
With 10+ years across Production Support, Database Management, and Analytics in domains like Banking, Aviation, Supply Chain, and Connected Cars, I embody both technical expertise and product management experience. I excel in delivering impeccable customer support and rapid issue resolution within SLAs. Functioning as a singular point of contact for multiple clients, I provide tailored, proactive assistance while meticulously documenting solutions for team-wide growth. My collaborative nature shines in partnering with Development teams across application lifecycles.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications
1
1
Language
Work History
Connected Operations Engineer
General Motors Africa, Connected
Dubai
01.2020 - Current
Leading Core operations team for Onstar Middle East region and supporting new expansion markets to successfully launch
Connected Services
Successfully launched “Onstar i.e
GM Connected Car Services” in UAE, Kuwait and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Work cross-functionally and globally to collaborate with Business, IT development and operations, engineering, and quality teams to ensure the flawless launch of connected vehicles programs
Define, track and measure the success rate of the different services provided to customers
Develop / Implement post-launch product monitoring plans to ensure product expectations are met
Documented Onstar Contact center Advisor workflows, mobile app integration, and backend interactions of Vehicle services, ensuring comprehensive understanding
Coordinated and executed issue resolution plans, leading cross-functional teams to mitigate performance-related challenges
Conducted data analysis using database queries and structured data using Oracle and UNIX, supporting operational batch activities
Developed Power BI reports to visually represent the performance of various functions across distinct Connected vehicle regions
Identified, investigated, and resolved performance issues by devising effective solutions and alternative workflows, collaborating with stakeholders
Perform quarterly GAP analysis for identifying discrepancies between current performance and desired goals, facilitating targeted improvements
Engage in technical discussions, providing valuable insights to development teams and stakeholders for process optimization
Developed high-level change requirements, translating business objectives into functional needs while working closely with
IT counterparts
Managed escalated customer issues, delivering effective solutions and maintaining a high standard of customer support
Regularly communicated updates on performance initiatives and enhancements, maintaining transparency across stakeholders
Actively contribute to operational support and on-call responsibilities, ensuring uninterrupted service availability as per the schedule
Collaborated with regional advisors to identify process improvement opportunities, contributing to the enhancement of overall workflows.
Senior Database Engineer
Emirates Group
Dubai
04.2018 - 12.2019
Provide support for both production and Development support tickets while working alongside DBA’s
Monitoring the statistics of all the Emirates booking platforms ( Web ,Mobile Web, IOS and Android) and ensure a smooth
functioning of applications
Responsible for assisting with planning, implementation, and support of security measures to protect databases within the
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Providing 24x7 on-call support for critical issues
Duplicating and troubleshooting product and technical issues faced by clients, working towards a quick resolution
Taking ownership of technical issues, understanding business requirements and workflow, and working within escalation
processes to resolve more advanced issues
Troubleshoots errors, manage resource allocations, and ensure adequate utilization of all database environments
Identifying new opportunities and check for areas of improvement in the existing setup and proactively work towards
improving the system
Writing stored procedures for SQL Server and Oracle Databases
Setting up the monitoring for different functionalities of applications
Automating reports by writing complex SQL scripts and pushing the data to Key Business users
Helping R&D team with the data modelling for development of new features and functionalities.
Senior Application Specialist
Syncron
Bengaluru
04.2016 - 04.2018
Timely resolution of customer issues
Ensuring proper communication with the customers through the Syncron case management tool and other communication
channels including email and telephone
Cooperation with the programmers (R&D) to suggest improvements, report bugs and channel feedback from the customers
Executing technical supervision to ensure proper functioning of Syncron applications in the customer production
installations
Analysis of Java stack trace and helping development team with bug-fixing
Understand how the applications are used by end-users across the business, and map this to a technical understanding of
how the functionality works and data moves through the system
Working in collaborative environment with other teams across geography
Deploying new Service / Major releases during the weekends maintenance windows
Working in collaborative environment closely with other teams across geographical locations
Preparing the change sets i.e SQL scripts to be deployed if any changes are required by customer.
Production Support Engineer
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Bengaluru
01.2015 - 04.2016
Monitoring the production jobs and troubleshooting the issues in real time
Resolving urgent and immediate requests in a vibrant and demanding environment with strong sense of ownership
Capturing and logging the issues using HP Service Manager 9 during regular operation run
Proactively identify patterns of recurring incidents to improve service stability
Working in collaborative environment with other teams across geography
Initiating the Incident management & updating the Business during major incidents
Responsible for daily execution of defined operational process related to reference Data
Writing shell scripts and SQL queries for automation
Performing the daily health checks across different Unix and DB Servers before business start time.
Application Support Engineer
IGATE
Bengaluru
11.2012 - 12.2014
Updating and closing the tickets logged for the production issues in HPSM 9
Coordinating with SME’s for the issues with higher severity
Updating the process documents ( SOP’s )
Create, change, and delete user accounts in Unix as per requests
Process and disk space management in Unix/Linux
Modifying the roles/profiles of the new/Existing users
Writing SQL queries to retrieve the data requested by users
Scheduling the jobs using cron in Unix
Adhere and follow defined SOP and SLA
User and access management in Oracle Database which includes: User Creation/Deletion, Creating profiles and roles
Granting/Revoking privileges.
Education
Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) - Computer Applications
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
06.2009 - 06.2012
Skills
Project Managementundefined
Certification
ITIL V3
Timeline
Connected Operations Engineer
General Motors Africa, Connected
01.2020 - Current
Senior Database Engineer
Emirates Group
04.2018 - 12.2019
Senior Application Specialist
Syncron
04.2016 - 04.2018
Production Support Engineer
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
01.2015 - 04.2016
Application Support Engineer
IGATE
11.2012 - 12.2014
Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) - Computer Applications
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