EXPERTISE IN:

• Cloud Solutions & Engineering
• Microsoft Azure and AWS
• Intelligent Automation Platform
• Enterprise Software Solutions
• Best - in-Class Software Products
• Software Design
• Securitization
• Agile Software Development
• Transformational Technologies
• Upgrades & Migrations
• Data Transformations
• Integrated Solutions
• Proprietary Applications
• Personnel Leadership
• Resource Management
• Senior Advisement
• Tri-Lingual: English, French & Amharic

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Software & Tools: MS Office Suite, Eclipse, Visual Studio, TFS, SSMS, SSRS, SSMS, git, VSTS, PowerShell, Azure CLI, Docker Containers, Service Fabric, Kubernetes, SharePoint

Platforms/Operating Systems: Windows 10, Windows Servers, Unix, Linux, Bloomberg Terminal, Intex, Microsoft Azure, AWS

Networking: FTP,TCP/IP, Ethernet

Databases: Oracle 10g, SQL Server 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016

Programming Languages & Frameworks: C#, VB, Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PL/SQL, XML/XSLT, jQuery, T-SQL, Angular, Nhibernate, Entity Framework, NUnit, XAML, Bootstrap CSS, Typescript, Kendo UI,ASP.NET Core, Node.js, Python

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Manage all Azure migrations including prototyping and architecting of all proprietary applications.
• Lead a team of developers and Quality Assurance Analysts, providing leadership, technical requirements and guidance to the team.
• Coordinate with executive management on planning and status updates.
• Actively gather requirements and design and implement applications to enable optimal efficiency.
• Proactively interface with end-users, customer requests, and bug fixes. Significantly contribute to the application planning and deployment.
• Re-engineered and migrated apps to Microsoft Azure and AWS; implemented Azure security, azure storage, database, application gateway, load balancing, VMs, and configured automated monitoring and alerts.
• Migrated code from TFS to Azure DevOps.
• Designed and implemented CICD pipelines, code check-ins, and pull requests strategies adhering to all relevant compliance and best practices.
• Designed and implemented client facing cloud native applications.
• Managed and deployed Microsoft Azure resources using ARM Template and Terraform.
• Contributed to the development of securitization proprietary tax applications used for various debt instruments (Mortgage-backed Securities, Collateral Loan Obligations, CDO), powered by Intex.
• Integrated Intex solutions into proprietary applications to model cashflows and analyze various debt instruments; primary application calculates year-end taxable income and basis and generates report on actively traded MBS portfolio.
• Containerized AWS hosted legacy application and migrated to Azure AKS.
• Designed and Implemented SSRS report customization module.
• Designed and implemented Intelligent Automation Platform using .NET core, Angular and Python.
• Designed and Implemented financial deal management application using .NETcore and Angular.

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Confidential, Reston, VA

Responsibilities:

• Managed all data transformation and migration of application upgrades.
• Actively participated in Agile Scrum meetings covering status of features, bug fixes in progress, and project assignments and updates.
• Designed, estimated, and implemented new features according to specifications.
• Utilized MVVM design pattern for MONAHRQ and generate a website which uses MVC design pattern. Heavily utilized C#, Linq, NHibernate, and Entity Framework.
• Developed applications in support of comprehensive business operations and initiatives.
• Participated in the interview process and hiring of new software engineers.
• Switched ORM from NHibernate to Entity Framework 6.0; created sample applications for each module using EF 6.0 for a seamless transition.

Senior Software Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Strategic and solutions-oriented Senior Software Engineer & Certified Microsoft Azure Architect with expertise aligning technical, management, and strategy teams while meeting business and customer objectives.
• Strong desire to support a robust, international organization capable of utilizing multi-lingual competencies.
• Esteemed for overhauling processes to improve efficiency, productivity, and bottom-line performance. Recognized for strong problem-solving skills leading to balanced and positive outcomes.
• Highly versatile, quick-learning, and capable of readily establishing a positive and dependable rapport with team members.
• Maintain exceptional interpersonal communication skills and am intellectually equipped to serve within roles where strong technical aptitude, agility, and effective leadership is key.

Confidential, Washington, DC

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Optimized SQL Server store procedures used for aggregating and retrieving data.
• Performed refactoring of existing code to ensure future implementation development was highly efficient.
• Created custom user controls for MONAHRQ, a WPF application using Prism 4.0 Library.
• Successfully completed migration from MONAHRQ 5.0 to MONAHRQ 6.2.
• Optimized UI features, leading to an increase in application responsiveness.
• Completed bug fixes on MONAHRQ and generated website.
• Created C# code report generators to circumvent SQL Server Express 2008 limitations; improved performance by 50%.
• Setup TFS to automate the build process, effectively saving both time and money.
• Collaborated in the upgrade of NHibernate and successfully resolved reported issues.

SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed and coded UI utilizing XAML, Infragistics Charting, and reporting controls.
• Effectively designed and developed GUI using C# and XAML.
• Involved in the complete SDLC including requirement analysis, design and implementation using Agile methodology.
• Performed Agile development testing and applied Agile software development methodologies.
• Designed and developed a utility application using WPF to avoid manual entry, which successfully decreased the amount of work needed for each module by almost two weeks; also utilized WPF to design and develop a code generation tool.
• Effectively employed the Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) design pattern.
• Utilized Infragistics WPF chart and report controls.
• Designed WPF reusable custom controls using XAML and C#.