Gifty Susan James, IT application Support Analyst

Gifty Susan James

IT application Support Analyst

American University of the Middle East, Kuwait

Location
Kuwait - As Salimiyah
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electronics And Communication Engineering
Experience
11 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 6 Months

IT application Support Analyst at American University of the Middle East, Kuwait
  • Kuwait
  • My current job since January 2017

➢Serves as a primary technical support provider to instructors on instructional design, learning management systems and their uses, and vendor-specific tools that will enhance and individualize course content delivery for each specific subject and course.
➢Troubleshoots issues within courses and can implement appropriate solutions.
➢Experience of updating a Moodle site and providing first-line support to users.
➢Assist with all other administrative tasks relating to Moodle & SharePoint portal.
➢Supports and maintains Laserfiche Workflows, Forms, and Business Process software.
➢Evaluates courses on Explorance Blue implementation project, to automate the feedback processes such as course evaluations and institutional surveys.
➢Expert in Blue functionalities and the fundamental data organization and processes:
•Working with data sources and Blue’s project definitions.
•Creating, publishing, and monitoring a project.
•Copying and reusing project content.
•Automating task processes.
•Building, managing, and automatically distributing reports.
➢Provide Functional support to Faculty, staff and students on BANNER, MOODLE, Argos and all in house applications.
➢Managing and supporting the SharePoint portal.
➢Conducting functional and non- functional testing.
➢Designing & managing Reports using Argos reporting tool.
➢Preparation and reviewing of the project related User Guides, Technical Documentations.
➢Involves daily operational task related to user access permissions to the applications.
➢Documents, tracks, and monitors the problem to ensure a timely resolution.
➢Experience of providing technical trainings to faculty and Students during their orientation.

Asst. Stock Controller at LSH Holdings (Al Homaizi Group)
  • Kuwait
  • October 2015 to November 2016

• Responsible for the In & Out bounds as well as Inter country stock transfers.
• Responsible for preparing the Costing Matrix for shipments.
• This includes stock managing of 22 stores across 4 markets.
• Responsible for posting transactions such as PO/ICT's & Stock Adjustments.
• Follow-up's on shipment discrepancies with the Brand team.
• To verify and process all purchase invoices for accounting.
• To liaise with Finance Department on all matters related to stock administration
• To ensure correct stock level at all times in the system.

Junior System Developer at Mudon Ahlia Real Estate
  • Kuwait
  • July 2015 to September 2015

• Write MS SQL Server Stored Procedures, Views, and Triggers.
• Use SQL Queries to extract data from SQL databases or write data to SQL databases
• Work with our in-house development team to plan, design, build, install, and stabilize custommodification.
• Handle any billing disputes or issues.
• Install programs at client site and document customizations. .
• Provide technical modification support to clients and sales team.

Software Test Engineer at ClaySys Technologies Pvt Ltd
  • India
  • February 2012 to October 2014

• Understanding the requirement specification.
• Understanding and collating client requirements and project functionalities.
• Worked on MS SQL server 2008 and have exposure for the following:
• DB and Table management.
• Creating stored procedures.
• SQL Queries for DML Operation.
• Good exposure on MS SharePoint 2010 & 2013 includes:
• Creating and managing site, lists, document libraries, site collection, dashboard, restore and backup using SharePoint designer 2010 and 2013.
• Manipulate contents in List, Library, Site and Page.
• Create, Copy and Delete in List, Library, Page, Site and Web parts.
• Manage user permission.
• Create multiple sub sites below the parent site.
• Adding list and library to the sub site from the root site.
• Add, Update, Delete web part.
• Creating custom web parts and workflow.
• Integrating external data from SQL server to SharePoint list using external content type.
• Performing various phases of software testing and implementing quality process.
• Effective coordination between development team and testing team.
• Ensuring company assigned targets (daily/monthly basis) are achieved with the required level of accuracy.
• Worked in a team of 17 members to meet the goals.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electronics And Communication Engineering
  • at Karunya University
  • May 2011

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communication Graduated May, 2011

Specialties & Skills

Microsoft SQL Server
MS Office tools
SharePoint
Software Testing
C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE)
BUSINESS PROCESS
LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
COURSE EVALUATIONS
INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
MICROSOFT SHAREPOINT
SURVEYS

Languages

Malayalam
Expert
Tamil
Expert
Hindi
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

BAC Advanced (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2020
Blue Administrator Certification (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2020
Moodle Academy program certificate of completion (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2023
Blue 360 Certification (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2021

Hobbies

  • Gardening
  • Cooking