SUMMARY:

• Enterprise architect/senior solution architect/CLOUD ARCHITECT/Application manager/Software development manager/team LEAD (.net)/senior software ENGINEER (.net)
• I have already walked through, implemented and mastered each phase of the SDLC during my career through various job roles.
• Expertise in all phases of the SDLC backed up by 7 years of hands - on software development as a .net developer with a total of 15 years in software architecture and cross-functional information technology solutions.
• My most recent experience of working as a Microsoft Azure Cloud Architect at Confidential Company with the Enterprise Technology Information and Architecture team.
• Experience of designing and planning Microsoft Azure solutions in enterprise environments.
• Over 10 years of IT consulting attitude.
• Leadership skills that serve to define the success of the organization rather than define my own success via position.
• Cooperation skills to work with leaders who believe in the legacy of law.
• Devotion to be an exemplary leader for your organization.
• The attitude to learn as if I was to live forever and live as if I was to die tomorrow.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Creative, result driven technology leader with 15 years of proven experience.
• Change agent and problem-solver with passion for technology.
• Skilled in grasping the big picture, conceptualizing, developing and implementing solutions and partnering closely with business leaders and c-level executives.
• Excel in developing and motivating highly focused teams that successfully meet and exceed company objectives.
• Technology Architecture & Integration
• Leading Edge Software Development
• Global IT Delivery & Project Management
• Mobile First Commerce strategy/Development
• Budgeting & Cost Control
• Strategic Analysis & Internal Consulting
• Organization & Staff Development
• Staff Management and Team Building
• Am T-skilled person.
• Have art of simplification.
• Pick best fit rather than best practice which keep TCD and TCO down.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

GUI Tool: Visual Studio, Web Matrix

Languages: C#, VB.NET, JAVA, Node.js, Baan API, Python, Perl, PowerShell, JavaScript, HTML5, UML, ArchiMate 2.0.

Development Platform: Web, SharePoint, Microsoft Azure, Responsive Web Design, Mobile applications, IOT(Internet of Things)

Programming / Testing tools: TFS, Microsoft Test Manager, QC, SoapUI, JIRA, Confluence, Fiddler, Telerik JustDecompiler, SQL Data Tools, SQL Analyzer, TOAD, LINQPad, Browser developer tools, WCF test client, depends, Enterprise Architecture, Asynchronous Programming, Multithreading Programming, OO Programming, Microsoft Threat Modeling, TDD, VISIO.

Software Architecture: Client/Server, N-Tier, 3-Tier, Object-Oriented, Layered architecture, Component - Based, Mobile apps, Hybrid Applications, Cloud Applications, SOA style.

Frameworks: ASP.NET(Web Forms, MVC, Web Pages/Razor, Mobile(Single Page, Apps), Web Services(SOAP,WCF Data service using OData, RESTful service using Web API), Real time(SignalR, Caching JavaScript Framework(JQuery, Angular JS, Knockout JS, Bootstrap), Light Switch, WCF, Web API OData.

ORM: LINQ to SQL, ADO.NET Entity Framework, NHibernate

Database and DB Tools: Oracle, MS SQL Server, EDW, BI, SAP BO, Azure Storage, Big Data

Business Intelligence: SSAS, SSRS, SSIS

Protocols: HTTP, TCP, MQTT, SBMP, AMQP, FTP

Cloud Computing: Microsoft, AWS, Google, Rackspace, VMware

Cloud Computing Service Model: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, UCaaS, DBaaS, Microsoft Hyper-V, Windows Azure Pack, System Center Suite

Cloud security model: ACS, ADFS, SAS

Federated Identities: OAuth, SAML

IP Networking: VPC, VPN, VRF, DNS, Load-balancers, Firewalls

Cloud management platforms: Rightscale, ServiceMesh, CliQr, Cloudsoft, Elastic Box, Standing Cloud, AWS CloudFormation

Cloud migration tools: DoubleTake Move, Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter, Virtual Machine Manager, Platespin

Cloud Integration Tools: Dell Boomi, Tibco, Oracle ESB, Webmethods, Informatica, IBM Cast Iron, Fujitsu, DataPower

ERP/CRM: SAP, Baan, ZOHO

Enterprise Architecture Framework: TOGAF 9, Orbus, Troux, ESB

Business: BPMN, Information architecture, Business modeling

Functional Areas: Application Development, IT-General, Network Management, Service Management. QA Testing, Business Analysis, Project Management, Application support, implementation of a multi-tiered, multi-platform technology infrastructure, Azure portal, Integration of enterprise applications

Methodologies: Agile Scrum, Waterfall

Industries: Healthcare, Distribution, Retail, Automotive OEM and Supplier, Government

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Southfield, MI

Microsoft Azure Cloud Architect

Responsibilities:

• Participate in multiple projects architectures and strategic decisions meetings to architect the new software systems or modify the existing ones.
• Involve in designing Azure cloud base solutions, creating applications roadmaps and migration strategies.
• Provide architectural consultation to solution and application architects utilizing best practices, design patterns and standards for designing and migrating applications to Azure environment.
• Suggest solution architects to all possible architectural scenarios of designing the hybrid solution with best cost effective ways in Azure.
• Empower Ford application teams and junior staff and assisting with the implementation and troubleshooting to application performance issue. Support cloud hosted applications. Participate in architecture and code reviews.
• Assist application teams with integrating applications into operational services and processes.
• Participate on multiple agile scrum teams, interacting with other team members including business application teams, quality assurance, and project management.
• Work with technical architects during ADM cycle to specify appropriate infrastructure for tactical engineering projects.
• Approve architecture reviews for tactical engineering projects on behalf of Ford architecture team designed by on site Microsoft team, Accenture team and Cognizant team.
• Provide project technical support and architectural inquires for Ford projects which are under my umbrella.
• Develop knowledge of all architectures of engineering applications and help document them for business analysis for future projects.
• Support problem resolution efforts when requested by service delivery or engineering services.
• Assist with documentation of new azure related engineering assets in configuration management database using Microsoft Service Center configuration manager.
• Analysis, design and transfer of business requirements into architecture documents.
• Participate in implementing, supporting and maintaining product lifecycle management.
• Document system architecture, landscape designs, configuration changes and associated test cases.
• Work with business stakeholders and Information technology system administrators and 3rd party vendors to implement and test system changes or corrections.
• Support interfaces with other systems, help with data transmission or transformation processes.
• Proactively monitor the systems ensure availability of systems and data.
• Work to ensure high resilience and performance tuning of applications.
• Improvement and maintenance of systems to include rollout and upgrades.
• Review project requests describing user needs to estimate time and cost required to accomplish project.
• Work as part of a project team to coordinate development and determine project scope and limitations.
• Identify and evaluate industry trends to serve as a source of information and advice for upper management.
• Conducts detailed analysis sessions with end users and business SMEs.
• Defines functional business requirements.
• Suggests options and recommendation solutions to key business users.
• Revise company definition of data as defined in data dictionary.
• Collaborates with global centers of excellence for the respective technology tower.
• Work with vendor project teams on implementation of projects.

Technology used: Azure service bus for Push Notification, VISIO, Microsoft Azure Mobile Services, Azure Design Patterns, MVC5, Web API, RESTful Web Services.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Involved in most complex business architecture design discussions and converting those business needs in to designing the business systems for Ford.
• Designed the architecture documents for VHR systems that get the data every key on from TCU or Applink and authorizes the vehicle and owner of the vehicle. That encrypts and sends the TCU packets over MQTT using Confidential specifications. Once system gets the packets it is being kept on service bus and picked up for further processing for notification hub. If there is any notification to send.
• Designed Web API that can be consumed from mobile app and hosted in cloud, can be consumed from anywhere in the world.

Technology used: Azure Push Notification Hub, VISIO, Azure Service Bus Event hub, Web API for RESTful Web Services.

Confidential

Microsoft Azure Cloud Architect

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the most complex business system architecture customized specially for Ford to update the TCU from backend Ford system.
• Analyzed the system to provision the TCU at the end of line at the manufacturing plant through system.

Confidential

Senior Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Designed the software architecture for Ford where on premise AD is source and ADFS is identity and federation provider.
• Mentored the programmer to finish the task.

Technology used: ADFS, Azure, WIF, ACS

Confidential, Parsippany, NJ

Team Lead/Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Act as a liaison between corporate systems and the IT division to meet business objectives through the use of technology.
• Manage the projects and career development for a team of software developers and applications integrator.
• Plan, execute and manage all projects enhancement and suggest database changes for complete integrated system.
• Ensure that integration projects meet business requirements and goals, fulfill end-user requirements.
• Participate in system architecture design and tool set selection.
• Create high level and detailed work break through dictionaries and estimates for project management.
• Provide on-going technical and functional support for vendor applications in production.
• Work diligently to enhance or improve business processes via integration as necessary.
• Orchestrate projects and corresponding strategies between business units and associated teams.
• Trained the new developers on the projects for business flow and integration between projects.
• Mentored three developers under direct supervision for any suggestion and problem solving.
• Coordinated with off shore developer team for multiple projects for assigning and integrating the deliverables.
• Worked with legacy code, reverse engineered the code and created documentation using nDepends.
• Created design documentation for the next phase of integrated projects which will be converted multi language, multi-language and most recent technologies to be used, which will be using enterprise Web Services to connect to Baan instead tightly coupled.
• Enhanced the following projects based on required enhancements.
• Branching and merging in TFS as products are released in production.
• Created flow charts in VISIO as per business analysis for developers.
• Trained the developers for the products I was responsible for before project was over.
• Took a complete ownership of the products.

Confidential

Technology used: VS2012, SQL Server 2012, Oracle(Baan) SSIS,UPS Web Services, Online payment Web Services, Internal Web Services from Baan using WCF, Forms authentication.

Responsibilities:

• Involved in enhancement done for the additional volkswagen as their business partner .
• Enhancement done based on UPS shipping requirnment changes.Implimented the masterpage level compression technique to better web site perofrmance.
• Created a TFS environment document required to configure developer machine from offshore to onshore team here.
• Co-ordinated with offshore team, assign the work to programmers and make sure integration is done according to business rules.
• Wrote T-SQL stored procedures as per requirnment.

Confidential

Technology used: VS2012, MS SQL Server 2012, Oracle(Baan) SSIS,UPS Web Services, Enterprise Web Services, WCF, Windows authentication

Responsibilities:

• Involved in enhancement done for the additional service center for BOSCH where they can receive specific types if products for repair.
• Changed the layout of the applications based on deployment specification changes as per corporate compliance rules.
• Deployed and test the app in all environment and push it to prod regularly.
• Made the integration changes in app made sure fixing other application does not break working applications in prod and does required changes in code.
• Fixed any production issues that business user face in timely manner.

Confidential

Technology used: VS2012, SQL Server 2012, Oracle(Baan) SSIS,UPS Web Services, enterprise Web Services, WCF.

Responsibilities:

• Wrote a new Baan code throughout backend applications as per required.
• Involved in enhancement done for the additional service center for BOSCH where they can receive specific types if products for repair.
• Fixed any production issues that business user face in timely manner.
• Changed the layout of the applications based on deployment specification changes as per corporate compliance rules for deployment.
• Deployed and tested the app in all environment and push it to prod regularly.
• Made the integration changes in app made sure fixing other application does not break working applications in prod and does required changes in code.

Confidential

Technology used: VS2012, SQL Server 2012, iTextsharp, WCF, .NET 4.5, Vertex web service to calculate tax per state, Online payment Web Services .

Responsibilities:

• Involved in enhancement as per business rules changes.
• Implemented the master page level compression technique to better web site performance.
• Coded for extending the session son particular pages if user is away for long time.
• Analysed the production issues and other enhancement for first quarter of the 2014 and co-ordinated with indian team for this application.
• Co-ordinate with offshore team, assign the work to programmers and make sure integration is done according to business rules.
• Deployed the changes to all platforms.

Confidential

Technology used: VS2012, SQL Server 2012, RESTFul Web API framework, EF5, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4

Responsibilities:

• Present system has a login login within the project. I was responsible to create a RESTFul Web API that returns weather user is authorized or not, weather user has passed valid username or not and if the user exists in the system.
• Integrate this Web API call into existing app to make sure this api can be reused through out the other app indepently.

Senior Software Engineer(.NET) /Associate Architect

Confidential, ALBANY, NY

Technology used: C#, ASP.NET, Microsoft .NET Framework v4.0, IIS 7.0, Visual Studio .NET 2010 Professional, TFS 2010, ODP.NET v11.2 release 2, TOAD 11.5.1.2, SFS, JavaScript, JQuery 1.10.0, SQL Server, HTML5, XML and Web Services, AJAX Tool kit 4.0, Oracle, WCF.

Responsibilities:

• Worked as the team lead of 3 member development team and architect for 3 projects Office of Mental Health, State of New York, NY.
• Responsible for system design, development, deployment and project release of all three projects.
• Took part into business requirements gathering with end user client (Capital District Psychiatric Center, Albany, NY) at central business office.
• Took part into technical design meeting to create a user stories based on business requirements.
• Based on business requirement, created a prototyping of the web forms, flow of the data diagrams.
• Allocated the work to programmers based on their expertise, mentor them and get the work done, do migration on development server for testing.
• Responsible to clear the TFS work list for the sprint and assign the work accordingly to team member, get the QC item fixed based in time for the sprint.
• Up on tested thoroughly and based on sprint release date, publish it to QA and QA to prod migration.
• Worked as a lead programmer to make sure we can deliver the project on time. Made sure development standards are maintained by the software development team and coding my own pages.
• Cleaned out the code for the best performance of the web site, created load and web performance test for the projects and made sure standards set by Office of Mental Health is met while running the developed application.
• Made sure we are creating the reusable code that can be used by any other project team and can be used in SOA architecture as well.
• Optimized the C# code and JavaScript code for AJAX functionality, which reduces the maintainability of the code as well as minimize the flickering of the screen by using partial page rendering. Implemented the application cache to make sure application runs faster.
• Used JQuery functionality to implement cross-browser compatibility.
• Used Enterprise Blocks to minimize the project development time and consistency throughout projects.

Confidential

Technology used: C#, ASP.NET, Microsoft .ET Framework v4.0, IIS 7.0, Visual Studio .NET 2010 Professional, TFS 2010, ODP.NET v11.2 release 2, TOAD 11.5.1.2, SFS, JavaScript, JQuery 1.10.0, SQL Server, HTML5, XML and Web Services, AJAX Tool kit 4.0, Oracle, WCF.

Software Engineer(.NET)

Responsibilities:

• Worked on various n-tired web based application having its “User interface” developed using ASP.NET 2.0 and 3.5 web forms, User controls as well as Http handler files with code behind in C#, business layer using .NET components.
• Extensively worked on C# coding, code reviewing as well as bug fixing with Web forms. Familiarity in User controls, Http handlers files and HTML/DHTML for the client side coding.
• Thoroughly worked on AJAX with JSON and Http Handlers (.ashx) files for Ajax implementation in the user controls/Web pages.
• Worked on the master pages and Cascade Style Sheets (.CSS) for achieving uniformity through all the pages.
• Extensively worked on JavaScript.
• Extensively used AJAX components in all web forms to facilitate the optimum performance and minimize the page load problems.
• Implemented the caching concepts like page caching as well as data caching and disk output caching techniques to improve the performance of the web application
• Involved in database integration with SQL Server 2008 database engine. Worked on database objects like procedures, functions and reporting.
• Extensively worked on data access tier using ADO.NET components and also used the data grid, data reader as well as data repeater controls.
• Worked on version controlling and collaborative development in MS Visual source safe and TFS.
• Extensively working on development and production support and management.
• Involved in code reviews, code optimizations and bug fixings with maintenance windows.
• Also involved in product testing in development, system testing as well as staging environments, fixing the IR’s/tickets accordingly.
• Have been working on onshore - offshore model with respect to the project development and involvement in maintenance and support.

QA Test Engineer

Confidential, Westerly, RI

Responsibilities:

• Tested the software and systems for the company who specialize in developing health care cardiovascular software industry.
• Responsible for assembling/testing/verifying multiple components that comprise a product with the intention to certify a quality product is ready for release.
• Involved in testing the healthcare industry software like Heart station, cardiovascular review station (CRS) cardiovascular review web and cardio now for clinical trial.
• Involved in testing the Ajax layers and Web Services testing. Wrote a product acceptance report and product release notes.
• Worked on manual testing as well as automated testing using the web performance suite 5.1.Wrote and maintained the scripts generated by the automated testing software.
• Involved in installation testing, functional testing and languages test cases
• Ensured that software systems and components are successful integrated across hardware systems and meet specified requirements.
• Executed test cases based on definition of the organization’s notion of software quality, according to the requirements expressed by managers, process owners and quality experts.
• Produced detailed component specifications.
• Analyzed and recommended relevant, hardware/software platforms and products which ensure that applications conform to appropriate interconnection standards.
• Recommended system integration application implementation strategies, selecting suitable component technologies and platforms.
• Verified integrated systems’ capabilities and operation in relation to the organization’s business goals.
• Selected and developed integration testing techniques for ensuring the systems overall capability of fulfilling the client's business requirements.
• Participated in designing custom integration tests, reviewing functional specifications to identify open issues.
• Selected and configured all necessary hardware and operating environments, at the appropriate level of automation and virtualization, as needed to efficiently complete all testing tasks.
• Developed test plans and test procedures for white and black-box testing of all components at the unit, module, system and integration levels, performing risk analysis when required.
• Established procedures for test results analysis and reporting in accordance with the organization process requirements.
• Resolved the issues discovered during white-box testing.
• Defined and handled defect tracking and correction procedures, monitoring and updating defect reports as needed
• Wrote test cases to assess software quality, and develops test tools to increase test effectiveness.
• Oversaw product testing within a product unit, designed master test plans and schedules, and managed test organization.
• Assisted clients and users in defining both service levels and acceptance tests for automated systems. .
• Monitored software systems post go-live to ensure they are operating as designed and took full responsibility for quality assessment.
• Identified test design and implementation improvements, runs pilot projects to measure their impact, and drove their adoption across various development teams.
• Reported on alternative test tools and environments and on the organizational and economic feasibility of various test solutions, advising the organization on emerging technologies and practices in integration tests.
• Produced high quality documents and written reports, describing test-related topics in a clear and concise style and in full accordance with the organization process.

Manager, Software QA Engineering

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided necessary definition, development and deployment of the Confidential CANADA product quality assurance strategy, addressing all phases of product development.
• Directly supervised quality assurance team lead and quality assurance engineer including the preparation and delivery of staff performance evaluations and career development activities.
• Managed department and overall expectations pertaining to setting accurate schedules, costs and resources.
• Ensured delivery against QA department goals and objectives, i.e. meeting commitments and coordinating overall quality assurance schedule.
• Maintained product consistency throughout product cycle, to include the design, define and build phases through quality checkpoints and testing.
• Developed and managed quality assurance metrics for performance improvement of all teams.
• Implemented ongoing quality improvement processes working with interdepartmental teams.
• Managed the planning and execution of product testing efforts, including all associated resources to meet committed delivery dates.
• Provided effective communication regarding issues, objectives, initiatives and performance to plan.
• Worked with project managers to develop project schedules and resource allocation models for QA related projects and other activities such as software deployment, customer integration, and professional services validation.
• Responsible and accountable of flagging the timing of interdepartmental deliverables and the quality of their output.
• Managed and responded to software quality assurance issues with related groups such as development, database, Integration and customer support.
• Quality management.
• Assured the viability, functionality and effectiveness of essential tools.
• Anticipated program release problems and takes corrective action, escalating as needed, to resolve and achieve commitments.
• Orchestrated the delivery of software to customer visible environments.
• Responsible of creating task and checklists for software deployment.
• Troubleshooting and high tier support.
• Documentation.
• Established and maintain policy for documentation of all Confidential CANADA products.