PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 15 years of experience in Information Technology in varied and challenging positions ranging from Developer, Solution Architect to Program Manager
• PhD in Computer Science with over 12 publications including in international journals.
• Extensive experience in Security Architecture (Cyber Security, Data Security, Cryptography and Key Management Solutions, Identity and Access Management, Risk Management, Design and Code Reviews, PEN and Vulnerability Testing, Ethical Hacking, Security Policies and Audits), Amazon Web Services, Big Data (Hadoop, Hive, Pig, Spark, Cassandra, R Programming), J2EE

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Security Architect

Responsibilities:

• Lead solutions architecture including detailed design using microservices and Confidential API Gateway for Oauth implementation; Standardize Siteminder headers
• Migrate Auth DB2 tables to Cassandra, Develop infrastructure architecture using Shape appliance for Confidential and automated attacks, Ingest website and mobile telemetry to Actimize for analytics using machine learning algorithms, Architect solutions for SSO and Session Extension for mobile and website
• Develop current and target state models, Collaborate with development teams and product owners to successfully move application to production
• Review design with external parties, Contribute to Architecture Review Board

Confidential

Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Lead solutions and data architecture for account opening projects using SOA, migration of 529 accounts and commercial loans, DOL and remediation of regulatory requirements, Provided expertise in data modeling and information architecture for the projects, Lead architecture for streaming applications using Kafka and store data in Hadoop data lake and Cassandra for data analytics to be used by chatbot and visualization tools, Author HLDs and review Confidential, Code and Test plans
• Analyze current enterprise architecture for Confidential and Retail banking, propose new architecture that encompasses data access services, Document use cases and design prototypes using Neo4j and Tinkerpop showing viability of the new approach, Document standards and use patterns

Vice President

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Proposed and documented an enterprise architecture using Hadoop, data virtualization and data warehouse infrastructure encompassing data governance and security, Led evaluation and selection of data blending and advanced analytic tools
• Set up an advanced practice area to apply predictive analysis in managing risk, Applied regression analysis to trade fails, Developed a tool using Tableau for risk analysis of cancel and correct of trades based on statistical analysis and risk scoring using agile methology
• Participated in architecture committees to set IT standards for design, security, cryptographic and key management solutions, Evaluate new applications and open source libraries for firmwide adoption, Evaluated existing architecture and developed roadmap for target architecture, Provided technical leadership to application teams
• Developed budgets, scope documents, Maintained project plans, communicated status to business partners

Security Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Architected a mobile friendly Benefits website. Responsibilities included delivery of Solutions Requirements Document, Design using Restful Services and AngularJS, Security and Architecture Reviews and Rollout Plans including Client Migration and Training
• Assisted Corporate Equity Solutions Business in responding to Security Questionnaires and RFPs, Assessed security threats and vulnerabilities in applications and coordinated with Crisis Management Team in reporting to clients, Reviewed security and architecture requirements in Contracts with Legal and represented Technology Team in Security Review Calls with Corporate Clients, Performed security audits as per SOX, Set and Reviewed corporate security policy standards as per ISO 27001
• Designed and architected Confidential ’s Benefits website. Responsibilities included architecture and delivery of a solution for Multi - factor Authentication using RSA, Enrollment of new participants, Conversion of legacy Smith Barney accounts, Siteminder authentication for internal users, Centralized Entitlements, SSO using SAML and Help Desk tools, Security Architecture reviews with the Global Security Architecture team
• Designed and delivered a solution to send email notifications including archival from Benefits website to clients using Eloqua, Specify and set up VPN and SFTP between client websites and Confidential ’s infrastructure

Solutions Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked with Reference Architecture Team on a POC for SSO between Smith Barney Access brokerage website and an external website site using Data Power
• Led solutions architecture for myFi platform including infrastructure for real-time quotes from Reuters
• Redesigned authentication for Easi application to use Smith Barney NSAPI plug-in with a reverse proxy
• Reviewed design documents and code to comply with firm standards, Worked with Enterprise Architects to approve libraries for the myFi platform, including peer and enterprise level reviews
• Performed Vendor and Security reviews for the myFi and CCG platforms

Senior Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Detailed design, coding and implementation using J2EE (Websphere Portal 5.1, federated SSO) for private Confidential portal site for Mellon Bank
• Defined IT strategy for Confidential that covers organization, processes, and enterprise architecture including use of SOA, and ESB.
• Defined a service oriented architecture including infrastructure and high level design and coding using J2EE (JSP, Struts, Spring, Web Services), Oracle 10g, and Verity Search Engine for a Wealth Manager Product for Dow Jones, Wrote and reviewed design documents, Introduced Java Best practices.
• Assessed current business architecture and implemented an enterprise architecture and governance mo del for CanWest.
• Identified and evaluated vendors for online and print subscription management and business process management tools
• Proposed technical solutions and presented them as part of RFP process to prospective clients.