SUMMARY:

Result - oriented IT professional experienced in all phases of software development lifecycle and management with excellent analytical, organizational and leadership skills. Solution architect who is also a hands-on developer and keen to learn emerging technologies. Knowledgeable leader who delivers medium to large scale projects from inception to implementation. Manages customer relations, creates strategic alliances and organizes team coordination. Agile practitioner with sound knowledge of Web Technology, cloud environment, and DevOps.

EXPERTISE IN:

• Architecture & Design
• Cloud & DevOps
• Business Analysis
• Project Management
• Agile / Scrum (CSM)
• SDLC
• Application Development
• Functional & Performance Tests
• Application Architecture

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS:

Languages: Java, Python, C / C++, HTML, CSS, XML, Java Script, SQL Shell Scripts

Platforms: UNIX - LINUX, AIX, Windows

Applications: WebSphere, WebSphere Portal, Confidential WCM, Vignette, Tridion, MQ, IHS, HP ALM, SiteMinder, Docker

Databases: DB2, Oracle 9i, Sybase Version, MS SQL Server

Tools: Ant, Maven, Git, Jenkins,Jira RAD, Eclipse, REST API, SOAP

Other: Webtrends Analytics, Google Search Appliance, Bluemix, AWS, Docker, Backbone.js, Django Framework, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, CSS, WebSphere Commerce, Kafka

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Piscataway, NJ

Managing Consultant, Delivery Lead

Responsibilities:

• As PM delivered projects within budget and time by delivering technology solutions to upgrade, install and enhance web applications and associated infrastructure for several customers including Great-West Life & London Life Canada, Audi, and PwC.
• Served as primary go-to person for architecture, migration strategy, framework, phases, QA Plan, Performance Test Plan and programming questions.
• Estimated work involved, prepared task list, schedule, overall plan, performed risk analysis, developed disaster recovery plans and led a team of developers to manage project.
• Created application architecture for interoperability between systems by developing connectivity between Confidential Applications and external Vantage System using Spring boot, Java Mail API, REST API, JSON, and Spring Batch for Wells Fargo Bank, which introduced seamless data exchange between systems and saved time and effort by eliminating synchronization issues.
• Provided Python scripted solution to provision Confidential Digital Experience systems on the cloud leveraging Rational Team Concert, jaaz.net and virtual system patterns for Digital Experience which saved 30-35% of provisioning time for engineers.
• Improvised solution to reduce deployment complexity and time by automating build-deploy and release process for changes in J2EE Spring applications and content Portal for PwC DevOps using Maven, Ant, Shell scripts and database scripts, improving time to delivery of content and managing team to implement the complex solution.
• Architected single page application to deliver monthly subscription feature for Hasbro Toys, leveraging WebSphere Commerce REST services backend (jQuery, bootstrap, and Backbone.js.), cutting down development time by introducing Java Microservice for new features along with improved UI, allowing Hasbro to quickly market subscription feature.
• Generated technical steps and design to improve usability and performance of Java applications for internal employee portal for an Airlines Company, enhancing accessibility, interoperability, search facilities, content generation workflow, and overall performance improvement in an agile framework.
• Designed solution architecture for cloud migration strategy to move on-prem J2EE web applications to the Confidential cloud for insurance company using lift and shift strategy, reducing licensing cost towards adding on-premises servers.
• Developed application architecture for portal solution and Java-based scheduling applications on cloud-based social portal Confidential Event Connect, a tool for Confidential Conferences on an Confidential Softlayer cloud, removing dependency from third party event software.

Confidential, Somerset, NJ

Project Lead and Architect

Responsibilities:

• Delivered architecture for REST API based content serving facility for multiple BD areas using Spring REST Framework to facilitate CMS Migration from Vignette CMS to SDL Tridion, generating about $1.2M annual savings in licensing cost and created enterprise content delivery standard.
• Established solution architecture and led design thru implementation with team of software professionals from different Geo location including offshore for deployment of Google Search Appliance based Portal Search System and WebTrends Analytics which enhanced usability by improving ease of operation for brokers.
• Led initiative to merge Dealer portals to Confidential Producer Portal infrastructure, producing $600K SLA cost savings from retired infrastructure licenses cost.
• Took leadership to migrate application, update interfaces, built Java patches and coordinated functional and performance testing without affecting any external customer-facing functionality.
• Developed architecture and implementation for customer alert system on broker-dealer sites, improving ease of operation for brokers using Confidential Message Queue, which allowed brokers to have personalized selections of alerts for investments and funds, driving business productivity.
• Architected batch application to deliver high-performance Java-based system to process pricing data from multiple outside vendors as well as internal groups by comparing earlier price, recommendations, ratings, and generating XML feed for consumption by Charles River Trading System which allowed traders to have unified pricing feeds for improved operational efficiency.
• Designed and implemented on-line Investment Performance Attribution for Confidential Investments system, providing comparative study of various portfolios by creating MVC architecture-based web-enabled Investment Performance system along with a batch system, enabling managers to monitor multiple fund data and control precisely, improving investment income.