Architect Lead Resume
SUMMARY:
- Meticulous architect in bringing end to end transparency in Business Process Flow
- Firm believer in building reusable, sustainable and secured solutions
- Proficient in providing remedial solutions in the areas of Cyber Security (Data Protection & Infrastructure), PKI, PCI and IT Control Break conforming to firm wide standards; Compliance and Regulatory actions like: Confidential, AML/KYC, Treat Customer Fairly, OFAC, OCC; Data transformation tools for industry format standards: ISO20022, SWIFT MT, EDI X12, EDIFACT, IDOC; Domestic International Payments instrument and their data requirements: WIRES and ACH
- Instrumental in building payment architecture and process in cross - platform/heterogenous environment interfacing with Domestic/International Back Offices
- Vendor Management and Evaluation: Conversant in evaluating use of tools and technology alternatives, to determine cost benefit analysis between buy versus build. Very comfortable in contract negotiation.
- Capable of: providing guidance on high quality QA and Performance Testing; facilitating meetings with Business Sponsors to gather business requirements, develop project plans to ensure delivery of key milestones within project lifecycle; engaging developers and guiding them in building a technical solution that only will meet sponsor’s need but make it reusable if possible; mentoring immediate team members and cross platform team members when knowledge transfer is needed; performing gap analysis and document meaningful requirements; evaluating system functionality, develop proposals for enhancement which will increase productivity and eliminate rework
- Strong communication skill and ability to multi-task in a team environment
- Strong coordinator between cross functional Line of Businesses
- Customer Relationship: Visited high-profile client in Norway to evaluate their environment and provided consultation on improving their file transfer environment. My recommended solution was accepted and implemented by the client and special thank you letter was sent to my Senior Management
- Abroad Assignment: Got chosen as part of mobility program in an expatriate assignment to Singapore for technical knowledge transfer to Product team and in exchange gain Sales and Marketing knowledge. Also set direction on International Integration Strategy.
- CMM Level II certified, Agile process practitioner, Completed Certification in Applied Project Management from Boston University in Apr ’07.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Unix: SUN S UNIX O/S (2.6 & 2.8), Clustering, Load Balancing.
Microsoft OS: Windows XP, 98, 95, NT.
Microsoft Office: Microsoft Project Plan, Word, Excel, Power Point, Visio.
Mainframe: IBM 3090, NAS XL-90, IBM 4341, IBM I/O and SNA devices, ICIM 2904(ICL 2950), Batch, ICIM 6000(ICL ME29) Online, PIXEL (NCR TOWER 1632) UNIX O/S) Online, BURROUGHS Mainframe
Programming Language: Shell Scripting and acquired training in Introduction to Java. VB, C, C++, Install Sheild5 Script, MQ Messaging. ANSI-COBOL, COBOL 2, Command Level CICS, VSAM, IDCAMS, TSO/SPF/CLIST, ISAM, Utilities, SAS, PASCAL, SQL, Natural 2.2, PL/1.
Software: Templar, Templar 5 using AS2 compliancy, Secure Transport (FTP) by Valicert (Tumbleweed), Webmethods, Entrust, Connect Direct (NDM), PGP, True Change (Change Control), Tivoli, PKI Security, Microsoft Office, Visio, Microsoft Project Plan.
Tools: /Translators: XML, IDOC, SWIFT using ISITC Standards. EDI using ANSI rules. IBM/MVS-ESA, VM/CMS, XEDIT, CICS/VS EXECUTIVE 3S (ICL), DMF III (ICL), DEC/VAX, Unisys, ECL, Screen design method using DPS Formgen, Excelerator(DFD & DMD), APS.
DATABASE: SYBASE, ORACLE, DB2, RDMS (Relational Database), DMS/DML 1100 (Hierarchical Database), DATACOM, ADABAS.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Architect Lead
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Replaced unmanaged/self-implementing User Defined Business Application with securely managed solution by register User Defined Business Application; Implemented Metadata Reservoir for data lineage and for Reference data;
- Help design streamlined solution to create IT managed solution for Risk and Finance report to earn compliancy for Confidential ( Confidential ); Enhanced AML/KYC; CYBER and PCI; Business Intelligence and Analytical solution,
- Dynamic Currency Conversion, Cross Currency FX Rate, Reengineering of Platform/s
Architect Lead
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Created Pay Method Determination Business Engine Logic which allowed clients to send payments as non-urgent payments and convert the payments to Urgent SEPA or wire payments based on Region and Value Date;
- Intimately involved in the customized solution for new RFPs, Build solution to interface with cross applications by applying secured connectivity.
- Participated in the Wellness program of the platform to build resiliency from Application Platform, Infrastructure, Monitoring and Availability perspective.
Senior Business Analyst
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Product and Customer Support Group to gather business requirements and transform them into Systems Requirements for System Design Specification (SDS) using traceability matrix.
- The analytical process adhered to the RUP methodology.
- Held JAR sessions for requirement gathering, create Use Cases, Sequence Diagram and Context Diagram using UML 2.0 technology.
- I got selected to represent the Boston Development Center for the Enterprise Business Architect group and was also involved in evaluating Requirements traceability methodology for the firm
Lead Technical Systems Analyst
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- JAR sessions were held to gather requirement create Use Cases, Sequence Diagram and Context Diagram using UML 2.0 technology.
- Allow Separate Account Managers (SAM) clients to trade and allocate Fidelity executed and Away trades electronically across Business Units - NF, FRIAG, FFOS and CM. This project involved developing new Second Level Security (SLS) procedures for SAM clients. The new Second Level Security (SLS) procedures allowed a client who had a relationship with multiple Fidelity business organizations to access all of their accounts through one system as opposed to several.
- Allow the customer facing Front-End as well as FTP processes “plug into” the new Second Level Security (SLS) procedures.
- Worked on Wealth Management Program for ‘Entitlement and Security’, and ‘Product and Services’.
Application Development Lead
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Upgrading Operating System, Security System, and Application software by not interrupting Production processing. The Production platform handled over billion-dollar transaction processing even on weekends.
- Introduced translation solution for IDOC, SWIFT, ISO by building business rules engine
- Worked with Vendor to enhance their protocol security so it conformed to RFC standard
- Involved in the Bank One to JP Morgan application merger analysis for Cash Management. My responsibility was to assess the Data Communication, Platform Dependency, Platform security and provide a report which was used to justify platform viability.
- Designed and built Disaster Recovery Environment and Architected High Availability environment
- Actively engaged in equipment acquisition, network designing, and provided guidance on automated synchronization of data between Production and DR.
- Trained and guided QA, Production Support and Implementation team on the new platform
- Production Support. Interface with the customer in time of their file transfer difficulty.
Senior Systems Analyst
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Created ETL solution to make data available near real time between mainframe and client server platforms and vice versa. Effectively designed projects using client server methodology.
- Code programs using C, C++, on Unix O/S, VB5, wrote a good amount of installing script using Install shield script.
- VB5 was used to enhance the Trade Entry Process used worldwide where Clients can directly trade from there desktop and send data all the way to Mainframe. Had a key role to make smooth transition for EURO and Y2K.
Senior Systems Analyst
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Participated in Business meeting to design the feasibility of projects in conjunction with Chase’s operating environment and delivering projects in timely manner. Responsibility included leading, designing, developing projects. Assisted in QA testing.
- Implemented new client sand maintained support for existing clients in production environment.
Programmer Analyst
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Software experience included Payroll, Banking, Inventory Control, and Daily Cash Report for Stock Exchange Market and creation of a Master File for Share and Debenture Holders.
- I also developed utility programs.