SUMMARY:

• Excellent communication, technical, analytical and presentation skills.
• Experience includes working and collaborating with Business, Executive and Technical personnel to understand business strategy, vision, functional and technical requirements.
• Involved in migration strategies, technical governance, and solution design.
• Experience includes conducting workshops to capture business and technical requirements, high level strategy and solution architecture.
• Functional experience includes the verticals in Banking, Financial, Credit Cards, Health Care, Health Insurance, Prescription Services, Insurance (Auto and Life), telecom and Manufacturing industries.
• Extensive experience in understanding business needs and help the business to come up with meaningful business requirements which can be transformed into technical solutions.
• Ability to align business by illustrating simple ways for complex business and technical scenarios.
• Extensive IT experience As Tech Lead, Architect with Design, Development, Implementation of mid to large scale applicatuons.
• Well versed in defining technology roadmaps for Architecture and Development.
• Provided Solution Architecture, Design, Development, Implementation, mentoring on best practices, guidelines and enterprise framework services for scalable enterprise model.
• Hands on experience with SOA, Business Process Management (BPM), Business Process Re - engineering (BPR) and GAP analysis technologies.
• Extensively involved in analyzing multiple data entry points to ingest data into Big Data Eco system.
• Created prototypes to analyze/ingest large volume datasets into Hadoop using ecosystem modules.
• Researched, evaluated and recommended software tools and products specific to organizational technical needs.
• Proficient in understanding and applying AWS,SOA, J2EE, Mainframe, ERP, MIS and e-business design patterns.
• Experience includes architecting and implementing solutions for large user volume applications. Worked on 4 million+ user base projects.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: MVS/ESA, z/OS, UNIX/AIX, Linux, Windows and SAP R/3

Programming Languages: COBOL, SAS, Visual Basic, ASP, ABAP/4, C and C++

Database: DB2, ORACLE 8i/9i/10g, SQL server 7.x/2005/2008, Teradata, MySQL

Middleware: MQ Series, JMS,SQS,SNS

Open Source Frame Works: Structs, Spring, Hibernate

Web Languages: JAVA, J2EE, HTML, .Net, C#, Java script, SOA

Hardware: Mainframe, Web sphere, IIS, SAP R/3 Big Data/Hadoop Ambari,Flume,Sqoop,Pig, Hive,Hbase,HDFS, MapReduce/YARN, Spark,Flink Cloud, DevOps AWS(EC2, S3, RDS, KMS, Lambda, IAM, Kinesis, Redshift, Cloud formation), Chef, Docker, Puppet

CI/CD tools: Git, GitHub, Jenkins

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Rolling Meadows, IL

Solutions Architect/Tech Lead/Manager

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Migrating Leagcy web applications to AWS platform.
• Involved in Developing and integrating modular and extensible solutions for partner credit card applications.
• Documented current and future transition state of the system.
• Created architectural design, development, deployment of large enterprise solutions using multiple technologies.
• Developed tactical and strategic solutions for short term and long term goals.
• Identified the high level needs of the business and developed multiple technical solutions.
• Created cost benefit analysis to understand the need for new requirements including the detailed analysis independent of project constraints (budget and time).
• Strong knowledge and experience with designing SOAP and Restful based web services.
• Designed and integrated high call volume transactional system.
• Coordinated with technical analysts, business analysts, project managers to collect requirement specifications, analyze business solutions
• Involved as part of eAPI team to build services for message routing between heterogeneous applications.
• Worked as IT lead while managing team of developers for new merchant launch effort on originations platforms.
• Analyzed multiple data entry points to ingest data into Hadoop Eco system using Flune,Sqoop
• Created data flow scripts using pig latin to store date into Hive, Hbase, HDFS
• Wroked extensively using SQL and Datawarehouse environements.
• Involved in designing products for commercial and private label credit card campaigns.
• Used web trends and sitecatalyst to tag originations platforms for digital analytics purpose.
• Involved in migrating web applications to AWS using EC2, S3, RDS, KMS, Serverless, IAM.
• Designed and created Scan id to prepoulate application fields for quick fill of application form.
• Involved in implementing apply pay for coupons and pay as you go rewards.
• Designed and implemented CI/CD pipeline for PLCC web applications.

Environment: Web sphere, Java/J2EE, Spring, Hibernate, Legacy Mainframe, MQ Series, Hadoop(Flume,Sqoop,Pig, Hive,Hbase,HDFS, MapReduce/YARN,Spark,FLink), AWS(EC2, S3, RDS, KMS, Serverless, IAM ), DevOps.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Enterprise Architect/Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developed and integrated reliable, scalable, quality services, solutions for various high profile projects like Boeing, ACA Medicaid health reform, Separate test from Prod, UFICS and DB1-DB2 migration.
• Experience with multi-tier, highly available, scalable, performance-oriented geographically distributed environments.
• Expert ability to apply analytical and problem-solving skills to solve complex design and technical problems.
• Documented current and future state of the system.
• Proficient in the use of utilities, batch processing, online processing, and n-tier processing.
• Identified the high level needs of the business and developed multiple technical solutions.
• Created cost benefit analysis to understand the need for new requirements including the detailed analysis independent of project constraints (budget and time).
• Identified problems in the system and business processes and suggested solutions that would benefit the business in long term.
• Coordinated with technical analysts, business analysts, project managers to collect requirement specifications, analyze business solutions
• Created business process flow diagrams by application specific and requirement specific on MS Visio
• Facilitated JAD sessions and developed use-case diagrams, followed by activity and sequence diagrams in UML, by analyzing the business process
• Documented requirements in BRD and analyzed requirements into textual use cases as well.

Environment: Web sphere, J2EE, SOA, Mainframe, Data stage, MySQL, HP Mercury Suite of Products (Quality Center, QTP), Rational Tools(Clear Case & Clear quest), PVCS Tracker, Perl, VB Script, HP Open VIEW, AIX, UNIX, Linux, MQ Series, CA7/UC4 and Oracle Toad 9x.

Confidential, Bannockburn, IL

Applications Architect

Responsibilities:

• Identified technical solutions for business problems. Identified the benefits and risks of the solutions, provided recommendations.
• Reviewed and provided feedback on requirements and developed UML diagrams to depict the business process and the system components visually.
• Translated business needs into solution architecture requirements.
• Utilized business and technical tools to develop business, financial, and system requirements analyses with supporting variance reports, current and target business process flows, traceability matrices, and front-end prototypes, and UI screens.
• Developed, documented and maintained standards, policies and processes with respect to risk, cost, control, IT governance and compliance.
• Designed small to medium projects.
• Assisted with the design of large, highly complex solutions by working closely with Business Relationship Managers and clients
• Identified, documented and prioritized risks to minimize the probability of impact.
• Analyzed the impact of risks and mitigated using hardware, software, human and organizational resources.
• Created and compiled reports for identified/potential defects to present to the management and improve the quality of the project.
• Participated in the daily status meetings to discuss defects with developers, users and the product managers
• Actively involved in reporting project updates, managing project resources, conflict resolution and maintaining project deadline.

Environment: Java, J2EE, Websphere, Mainframe (COBOL, DB2, CICS, JCL), CA7/UC4, Datastage 7.5.1, Parallel Extender, HP Mercury Suite of Products (Quality Center, Load runner, QTP), AIX, UNIX, VB Script and MQ Series.

Confidential, Bloomington, IL

Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for gathering requirements by interviewing stakeholders, business partners, end users and documented the business specification artifacts and functional specification artifacts.
• Involved in project planning and developed expected deliverables.
• Analyzed, collected and prepared user requirements, definitions, scope and expectations for deliverable plans. Delivered system documents, processes, diagrams and test cases.
• Involved in researching the domain, business process and business rules to help the team understand the requirements more clearly.
• Designed, developed and tested of Agency Systems ECRM - Client NECHO Solutions Project, which is primary route for an agent to enter data into the Stat farm data base using COBOL, IMS and MQ Series.
• Worked closely with teams of BAs, developers and testers throughout the software development life cycle to elicit and manage requirements, create, execute, track and report on functional and integration test cases, generation and execution of assigned modules
• Prepared requirement specification, functional traceability matrix, quality assurance plan and designed test cases. Communicated with business, technology leadership for overall project milestones.
• Gathered requirements from Business Users by facilitating JAD Sessions and interviews with users as well as the technical team.
• Developed strategic information risk management initiatives that reduced risks in business processes, enhanced information protection, and complied with privacy regulations and security standards.
• Understood expected process flows, identifying gaps, evaluating requirements and proposing solutions as well as implementing them.

Environment: Mainframe(Cobol, DB2,CICS,JCL), J2EE, Java, JSP, Servelets, EJB, XML, JavaScript, CVS, HTML, DHTML, Oracle, DB2, SQL, Win2000

Confidential, OP, KS

Responsibilities:

• Created functional flow diagrams, context diagrams and other high level diagrams for documenting the functionality of separate modules using MS-Visio and UML.
• Documented requirements, analyzing and designing the system needs.
• Used UML to visually depict system and process flows to better communicate the system needs across the team, providing business system testing support.
• Developed use-case diagrams, followed by activity diagrams in UML, by analyzing the business process
• Used ER-Win for data modeling. Provided detailed documentation of needs analysis reports, database diagrams and functional specifications.
• Developed Sequence diagrams, activity diagrams, State diagrams and physical Component diagrams to capture the entire system functionality and thereafter built a framework for the software development phase.
• Used MS-Visio for creating high-level process flow diagrams for management and mapping the logical aspects of the process.
• Used SQL queries to do Data Mining of commercial finance customers.
• Validated system set-up for transactions and user access during the UAT.
• Trained end users and satisfied end user queries on the various test case scenarios during UAT. Got signoff for the go-live readiness.

Environment: Web sphere, Mainframe(Cobol, DB2,CICS,JCL),, Informatica, HP Mercury Suite of Products (Test Director, Load runner, QTP), UNIX, VB Script, Oracle Toad 9x.

Confidential

Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• As a Team lead was responsible for design the classes using Object Oriented concepts, coding and testing of the software.
• Responsible for implementation and user support.

Environment: Java, JSP, JSTL, JavaScript, EJB, XML, JMS, UML, DB2, Weblogic, Unix, IBM MQ, UNIX, C, C++ and SQL

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Involved in analysis, design and development to track all eligible voters’ data.
• Preparation of Issue Registers for capturing visual images of the voters.
• Grabbing and merging of the picture files with voter’s data, preparation of check lists and printing of photo ID Cards.

Environment: Java, JSP, JSTL, JavaScript, EJB, XML, JMS, UML, DB2, Unix, IBM MQ, UNIX, C, C++ and SQL