Lokeswaran Devarajan
South Windsor,CT
Summary
Dynamic Project Manager with over 15 years of experience in leading the design and enhancement of PeopleSoft Financial and Human Resource ERP applications. Proven track record in managing teams of 5-10 professionals across technology, business, and upgrade administration departments, ensuring seamless project execution. Expertise in PeopleSoft infrastructure setup, including servers, networks, and databases, complemented by hands-on experience with Alteryx Server 2025.1 administration and application deployment in both Azure Cloud and on-premises environments. Recognized for strategic planning, budget management, and risk assessment skills while fostering a collaborative team culture that adapts to evolving project demands.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager
Tata Consultancy Services
10.2022 - Current
- Project: Financial Upgrade Project [Insurance Company (Oct 2022 – Till date)]
- Key Deliverables:
- Performing PeopleSoft Financials SCM 9.2, PT 8.61.03 & PUM Image Upgrade 52.
- Administered Alteryx Server and Designer environments, ensuring optimal performance, user access control, and workflow scheduling.
- BEAM Configuration and workflow setup for PeopleSoft Change Control.
- UPCS Application administration and regular compliance updates.
- Procede application support and maintenance.
- Designed and implemented scalable architecture solutions to enhance system performance and reliability.
- Conducted architectural reviews and provided technical guidance to ensure alignment with business objectives.
Manager
Cognizant Technologies Sol. US Corp
09.2014 - 10.2022
- Project : Infrastructure Upgrade & Support, Manager (Healthcare Domain - (Sep 2014- Oct 2022))
- Key Deliverables:
- Performed PeopleTools system Upgrade from version PT 8.55 to 8.56 and from 8.56 to 8.57 during the project support and for application from FSCMHCM 9.1 to 9.2.
- Integration Broker Setups for different protocols contains MQ, SFTP, FTP, API Calls.
Infra System Administrator
Hexaware Technologies India Pvt Ltd.
04.2010 - 08.2014
- Project : Systems Application Impl & Maintenance Support (Auto Manufacturing Company)
- Key Deliverables: Administration work on PeopleSoft Apps HRMS 8.x - 9.1 and FSCM 9.2 in tools PS 8.4x - 8.56 in Windows Servers (i.e., Dev, Test, QA, Prod). Tier 3 support and ad-hoc troubleshooting for the application to diagnosis, repair, and report on technical issues that may be present.
Education
MBA - Tech Mgmt in Distance Education
Anna University
01.2013
B.Tech - IT
Anna University
01.2009
Skills
- Project planning and development
- PeopleTools 860 & lower
- Financials/SCM 92 & lower
- HRMS/HCM 92 & lower
- EPMCampus Solutions 90
- WebLogic 12cR1, 11gR2
- Crystal Reports, Nvision , SQR
- Tuxedo 12c, 11g
- PUM, POC, Bug Patches, Tax Updates
- Release Management
- WebLogic Advanced Tuning
- Change Assistant
- App/Integration Broker Tuning
- Cobol, Elastic Search 7, Open Search 23
- Phire, STAT, BEAM Change Control tools
- Webservers WebSphere 85,IIS 85 & lower
- Cloud apps Alteryx , UPCS , Axway, Vertex, Atpar, Kofax, Clarity, VersionOne
- IBM Tools Cognos, DataStage Infosphere 85
- Monitoring Tools Quest Foglight, Spotlight, Dynatrace, Wireshark, NetScout, Fiddler
- Ticketing tools Service Now, BMC
- DBMS Oracle 19c , SQL Server 2019 & Lower
- AWS Services Compute EC2 Storage S3, Glacier IAM
- OS Version Win 2022 servers, AIX 7 , RH Linux 5 , Solaris 110 & Lower
Certification
- Oracle : 1z0-1085-24 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2024 Data Certified Foundations Associate
- Oracle : 1z0-1122-24 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2024 Certified AI Foundations Associate
- Salesforce : Salesforce Administrator AI associate Certified 2024
- Microsoft : MCTS 70-432 - SQL Server 2008, Implementation and Maintenance.
- Microsoft : MCITP 70-450 PRO- Designing, Optimizing and Maintaining a Database Administrative Solution Using Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
- I-People : Hexaware Certified PeopleSoft DBA.
Timeline
Project Manager
Tata Consultancy Services
10.2022 - Current
Manager
Cognizant Technologies Sol. US Corp
09.2014 - 10.2022
Infra System Administrator
Hexaware Technologies India Pvt Ltd.
04.2010 - 08.2014
B.Tech - IT
Anna University
MBA - Tech Mgmt in Distance Education
Anna University