SUMMARY:

• Proven history of leading full life cycle design and development of sophisticated IT applications Driven, detail - oriented senior systems architect with a talent for designing innovative, leading-edge technical solutions to complex business issues.
• Highly proficient in a vast array of applications languages, and information architectures.
• Expert at the administration and support of enterprise-wide database systems.
• History of providing top-notch troubleshooting and technical support.
• Highly proficient at planning and coordinating all phases of project-based efforts while providing expert technical mentoring and leadership to peers and junior team members.
• Track record of serving as a subject matter expert in various applications including Amazon Cloud Computing, Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing, Data Center migration strategy, planning and implementation.
• Excellent in architectural and engineering concepts to design a solution that meets operational requirements, such as scalability, maintainability, security, reliability, extensibility, flexibility, availability, and manageability skills, oral and written communications.
• Comfortable in interacting with all levels of the organization and public.
• Excellent problem solving and negotiating skills.
• Able to make decisions independently and quickly with minimal escalations.

HIGHLIGHTS OF EXPERTISE:

• Process Redesign
• Client Relations
• Project Management
• Software Development Life Cycle
• High Performance Computing
• Networking & Data Security
• Innovative IT Initiatives
• Troubleshooting
• Cloud Technology

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Platforms: Cloud & SaaS Platforms Amazon Cloud Technology, Google and Microsoft Azure Web ServicesHadoop Distributed System, Windows Suite, Windows 2012 Server, UNIX (Solaris, HP-UX)Linux Red Hat, IBM GRID Technology, High Performance System such as IBM Netezza and EMC Greenplum, Network Data Warehouse System, Clustering and High Availability Technologies

Tools: MS Collaboration Suite, Data Modeling, Oracle ADF, RSA 3DES for S/MIME, MS Visual Suite, SAS Business Intelligence Software and Predictive Analytics, Microsoft SQL Server Business Intelligence Solutions, Sun Java System Application Server, IBM Rational Rose, UML, IBM DataStage ETL, Cognos, CA ErWin,, BEA WebLogic, IBM MQ Series, MS Message Queue, JAMS Scheduler, CA AutoSys Job Management, Checkpoint Firewall, IBM Tivoli, Oracle Business Intelligence Suite, Amazon Cloud Technologies, Hadoop Distributed Systems ClouderaHorton Works, and MapR Hadoop Ecosystem.

Networking: TCP/IP, ISO/OSI, IPX/SPX, PGP, PKI, SSH Ethernet, NAS, SAN, VPN FDDI, Cisco and Juniper Switches.

Languages: C/C++, Cobol 2, Pascal, Fortran, JEE, Angularjs JavaScript, Oracle11g, Java, SOAP, XML, Unix Shall Scripting, Perl Script, Jason, NoSQL, Cassandra, HBase, Python Script, PostgreSQL, MySQLHibernate - Object Relational Model tool, SPRING framework and Struts Framework

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Adelphi, Maryland

Cloud Architect

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a team of vendors in supporting Cloud Architect and Migration and responsible for vendors evaluation and proposal.
• Participate collaboratively in the communications between IS work groups and business stakeholders for technical issues and/or major changes; acting as the technical domain subject matter expert.
• Performed proof of concepts, provide and assist with the DevOps using multiple and various platforms such as Linux and Windows, and development tools for Content Management System solutions.
• Ensure solutions are production-ready, meet defined specifications and are maintained following production support methodologies and resources.
• Create, review and implement the IT Service Management policy and processes to effectively support domain
• Lead the development of offering proofs-of-concept and effectively transition those concepts to the lines of business for full architecture, engineering, deployment and operation of the Disaster Recovery solutions.
• Work with product teams in an advisory capacity plan to understand current products and roadmaps to help these teams develop innovative future offerings and applying the Cloud Technology best practices.
• Lead the architect and design for the implementation of the AWS WorkSpaces for staff, student and faculty, and architect the AWS automation and disaster recovery for the institution.
• Provide input to management throughout the Project Management Life Cycle (PMLC).

Confidential, Rockville, Maryland

Senior System Architect

Responsibilities:

• Apply architectural and engineering concepts to design a solution that meets operational requirements, such as scalability, maintainability, security, reliability, extensibility, flexibility, availability, and manageability.
• Participate in research and development efforts (proofs of concept, prototypes), and serve as a subject matter expert when introducing new technologies.
• Participate collaboratively in the communications between IS work groups and business stakeholders for technical issues and/or major changes; acting as the technical domain subject matter expert.
• Help to align the organization’s business strategy and objectives with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Compute Engine. Conceptualized and implemented enterprise architecture for Data Ingestion Platform such as the DataStage ETL, providing an optimized and transparent data access and transformation layer with a single relational interface through the use of EMC GreenPlum and IBM Netezza Data Warehouse Appliances, and Hadoop MapReduce and HBase and NoSQL for more than 12 Petabytes data files into Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure environments.
• Orchestrated greater alignment between IT and line of business using service-oriented architecture (SOA) design and development of Security Observation, News, Analysis and Retrieval System ( Confidential ) utilized to identify potential fraud and insider trading violations for debt, derivative and equity markets.
• Provide expert, internal-consulting and support to business units to translate requirements into cloud service-based solutions. Identified and defined of a brokerage system for Cloud Computing Services to aid in the selection of Cloud Service Providers, distributed accountability, and policy enforcement. Designed and developed a prototype, which also detects and protects attacks caused by virtualization in the Cloud.
• Securely develop and innovate current vitalizes Infrastructures into IaaS systems, develop IaaS systems for expansion within and beyond current data centers. Design and technical specifications and develop effective and high quality data models that meet the business requirements. Participates in ETL and database design reviews.
• Instrumental in reduction of IT expenditure using Cloud Technology, and re-engineering the disaster recovery data center for NYSE/ Confidential stock market regulation integration. A project of over $320M for five years.

Confidential, Rockville, Maryland

Senior Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical expertise to propose level of effort estimates, work breakdown structures, and technical resource planning for proposed and current work to support the Project Management Office (PMO) and Demand Management process.
• Orchestrated and served as subject matter expert for multiple server and database consolidation initiatives in collaboration with the United State Postal Service by $100M over a one-year period. Successfully architected data engine for the Mexican Defense Department using IBM Information Server to provide a unified architecture that works with all types of information integration.
• Participate in various phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) to construct and perform Quality Assurance (QA) and architectural review functions while adhering to EA technology standards and project specific solutions architecture. (i.e., design reviews).
• Instrumental in design and development approaches using the Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)/TOGAF design discipline to achieve the goals of increased interoperability and increased business & technology domain alignment. Instrumental in design and development of HP, enabling an increased focus on Confidential strategic vision, and accentuating the markets need for high performance solutions.
• Successfully architected clustering and high availability technologies in order to implement BladeLogic change and configuration management software, leading to a significant enhancement in EDS/ Confidential IT organization’s ability to automate change and ITIL processes using server provisioning and compliance software.
• Drove a significant reduction in costs through the deployment of an enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO) framework utilizing RSA ClearTrust software, IBM Tivoli Identity Manager, and IBM Tivoli Access Manager.

Confidential, Rockville, Maryland

Senior Information Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Served as lead architect of Order Audit Trail System utilized daily by all securities dealers participating in the Confidential Stock Market. Orchestrated SOA design and development of Security Observation, News, Analysis and Retrieval System utilized to identify potential fraud and insider trading violations for debt, derivative and equity markets; application was recognized in 2003 by the Association for the Confidential for its innovative use of Artificial Intelligence.
• Produces data models solutions meeting 100 percent of technical specifications and business requirements according to the established designs. In the context of creating conceptual, logical and physical data models, follows best practice procedures to ensure integration with previously existing data models to identify re-use opportunities and avoid duplicate implementations of the same entity.
• Drove re-architecture of Central Registration Depository system utilized to maintain centralize the registration process for security industries; system was used as the model for the Investment Adviser Registration Depository utilized widely by the SEC.
• Selected to provide presentations to more than 400 audience members at two Composer/IEF International User Group conferences.

Confidential, Baltimore, Maryland

Director, Application Development

Responsibilities:

• Steered a $17M modernization program, with responsibility for evaluating new technologies and establishing standards for the updating of systems spanning the United States, Mexico and Canada.
• Played key role in development and implementation of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans for corporate site throughout Maryland and Connecticut.
• Proactive and diligent in identifying and communicating scope, design, development issues and recommending potential solutions. Received several customer-support awards and personal commendation from clients for providing outstanding customer service quality levels.