Vivek Kumar

Experience

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  Oracle

  Sept 2004 - Nov 2012

  Automation Tools

  • Project Lead

    Jun 2010 - Nov 2012

  • Programmer Specialist

    Jun 2007 - Jun 2010

  • Member technical staff

    Sept 2004 - Jun 2007
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  Oracle India Pvt Ltd

  Jun 2006 - Jun 2008

  Senior member technical staff
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  IBM India Software Lab

  Dec 2012 - Jun 2013

  Senior Software Systems Engineer
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  Oracle

  Jun 2013 - now

  Organization Name: Oracle Cloud SaaS Tools and Innovation Manage a set of software developers within the Tools and Innovation organization. The organization designs, creates, implements and maintains internal tools for analyzing and presenting information within the overall SaaS organization and for tools to optimize usage. Responsible for managing multiple software developers to accomplish strategic and tactical goals set forth by the executive team. The responsibilities include:- Managing the software development team: • Effectively analyze, design, develop, test, and deliver software solutions • Manage Agile sprints via Jira • Collect and maintain information via Confluence • Manage priorities that sometimes conflict • Maintain and improve team moral • Mentor and coach individual contributor • Innovate- Analysis and management of resources (hardware and people)- Analysis and management of budgets- Planning and scheduling of sprints- Ticket Assignments as needed- Interacting and working with related organizations within OracleResponsible for all aspects of product development and delivery; including hiring talent, implementing development processes, architecture and design decisions within the team, participating in product roadmap, establishing and managing milestones. Responsible for sustaining existing releases, ensuring customer success & adaptation of existing releases. Provide performance reviews and feedback to team members. In addition to the product development activities, work with product development executives to pragmatically manage plans, risks and mitigations, and to apply sound judgment to manage the overall health of the program. Manage and controls activities in multi-functional areas of sections. Ensure appropriate operational planning is effectively executed to meet Corporate specifications. Show less • Head the complete development organization for team managing docs.oracle.com• Create and Manage processes for project execution and delivery• Collaborate closely with the product management and product engineering teams to ensure the seamless and ongoing translation and prioritization• Manage end-to-end Integrated Release and ensure IT services are aligned with business strategy, business objectives, business requirements, standards and regulations and deliver expected services• Build a productive, highly-engaged cross-functional program teams by fostering trust, integrity, open two-way communication, personal accountability, and excellence• Support and deliver complex, multi-dimensional projects for internal and external customers• Work closely with PMO team in defining the project details• Create standard practices for the development team and protocol for interaction with Stakeholders, Support, Sustaining and QA team.• Lead the JIRA management for the product• Enable “Follow the Sun” Strategy of development for most efficient development and delivery speed.• Create project delivery plans including MVP definition, Staffing, Timelines and phases.• Define the Agile/Scrum process for entire team, setting the main milestones and guiding Individual teams to adapt Agile/Scrum as best-fits each team within the overall Framework.• Built and led team responsible for software development with latest Tech stack• Create and execute rollout and release plans with the reporting development managers• Manage Sprint Planning, Backlog grooming, internal automation (self motivated) for Sprint reporting• Overall accountability for Project Readiness and delivery• Organize security reviews for the projects/productsProjectsdocs.oracle.comOHC SearchTranslationAutomatic Library PublishingSelf PublishingUniversal LinkingWatchtowerConfluence-JIRA Automation (Self managed and Developed)LockdownDocArchProduction DatabaseReview Site Builder [Oracle US Patent] Show less • Manage Process, People and Technology for all the reporting engineers • Manage end-to-end Integrated Release and ensure IT services are aligned with business strategy, business objectives, business requirements, standards and regulations and deliver expected services • Facilitate the elicitation, organisation, approval and documentation of business requirements in collaboration with product manager and stakeholders. • Research and analyze requirements and best practices followed in the industry and determine feasibility of implementing the same in the application functionality • Architecture review and process alignment for the projects • Produce requirement process artefacts including use cases, business and functional requirements specifications and scenarios, as required • Work closely with PMO team in defining the project timelines, scope, milestones & successful delivery of releases • Work closely with the developers to ensure standard coding practices and timely delivery of the modules • Work with the project lead for the Integration of the modules and enable End to End Testing • Enable release and coordinate bug fixes with the support and sustaining teams • Create weekly report for the development progress made in the team on different projects • Collect External customer statistics/server logs and analyze them for improvements in the projects Show less

  • Software Development Director

    Jan 2022 - now

  • Senior Software Development Manager

    Oct 2019 - Jan 2022

  • Senior Software Development Manager

    Oct 2017 - Oct 2019

  • Development Manager

    May 2015 - Oct 2017

  • Project Lead

    Jun 2013 - Oct 2017