Cloud Application Architect Resume

SUMMARY

He is a distinguished IT Professional and Technical Leader with expertise in a diverse range of technologies and methodologies within multiple settings.
Throughout his career history, all roles variously applied Enterprise, Data, and Solution Architecture, Agile, DevOps, Scrum, Kanban, and Lean Software Development.
More than 15 years’ Financial Services Industry experience.
Over 12 - years of experience architecting, developing, integrating, and supporting enterprise applications and over 15-years’ experience managing information technology teams.
Experience with all major modern Cloud Providers, including with Kubernetes and Docker.
Well organized results oriented individual with proven ability to implement standards, ways of building collaboration and trust, and deliver technical roadmaps that deliver business outcomes.
Supportive and nurturing management style, capable of leading and motivating individuals to maximize levels of productivity, while forming a cohesive team environment.
Information Technology Expert with a strong emphasis on designing and delivering cost effective technologies and building the operational comfort to enable rapid and transformative change.
Developed strong teams of quality assurance, product support, and application development whilst managing budgets and burn rates.
Exceptional communication and presentation skills.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Cloud Application Architect

Responsibilities:

Responsible for the identification and prioritization of all technical work to support the mission to provide a resilient service to Nationwide’s members.
Forecasted demand predictions to help measure the availability of the system as a whole.
Lead a Team of 10 consultants, utilized C#, WCF, MSMQ, SQL Server, Kubernetes, Docker, Azure, AWS, RedHat OpenShift, and VMware on Confidential Cloud.
Defined Performance metrics and Testing Scenarios.
Created ‘Health’ metrics based on multiple facets of what resilience means to an enterprise including Performance, Capacity, Demand, and Risk Profiling.
Defined User Journeys and developed a hybrid cloud strategy.
Refreshed Event Driven Architecture including the introduction of RabbitMQ, integration with Kafka, along with utilization of MongoDB and Casandra.
Worked on data center modernization and scaling.
Involved in end-of-life software and operating system planning.

Confidential

Lead Business & Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

Architected a payment process and token-economics (Tokenomics) using Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric, AWS, Java, Jenkins, and SQL Server.
Designed Payment API and Event process.
Blockchain Ledger Data Integration.
Created Tokenomics design, burn, and re-minting strategy and processes.
Served as Financial Markets Subject Matter Expert (retail banking, foreign exchange, collateral and volatility trading).
Monetization strategy, business model definition, SDLC definition, program and project planning.

Confidential

Solution Product Owner

Responsibilities:

Confidential

Data Architect/Agile Coach

Responsibilities:

Standardized the Regulatory Reporting (Solvency II) service offered to clients and on-board new client to the standardized service.
Standardized the Master Data Management Systems.
Re-aligned the Business and Systems Analysis functions.
Re-designed 2018 Program funding and delivery roadmap.
Introduced Agile/Scrum methods and re-designed SDLC.

Confidential

Data Architect and Agile Coach

Responsibilities:

Create Product Backlog, prioritized and managed changes to e-Commerce Content Management System.
Managed a team of 2 Project Managers and 3 Business Analysts.
Consulted on data warehouse design, lobbying for the introduction of data marts initially.
Re-designed sales data, integrating with external vendor APIs.

Confidential

Technical Architect, Product Owner

Responsibilities:

Responsible for the Reference Data Service (RDS), which masters all the securities traded by Confidential .
Performed changes to and external data from; Markit EDM, Charles River (CRD/CRIMS), Oracle DB, Informatica middleware, Bloomberg, Reuters, and WM Date Service.
Performed backlog creation and requirement prioritization.
Managed off-shore development team of 2 Project Managers, 1 Business Analyst and 20 cross-functional Developers.
Worked on regulatory compliance including Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II), Data sourcing and evaluation of financials (Bloomberg, Reuters).
Worked on trade compliance including implementing ESG Rating, implemented new table structures and ETL processes, GICS Classification changes and Russell Industry Classification changes, updating existing data, and migrating reporting metrics throughout transition.
Worked on front office (trading) changes including re-mastering asset maps and creating portfolios, using bespoke data classifications applied to securities as metadata.
Involved in Master Data Management; working between Confidential (FIL) and Fidelity Investments (FMR) to ensure that all data is mastered and managed in line with the goals and requirements of both organizations.

Confidential

Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

Worked on Confidential Divestiture to Julius Baer, Data Migration.
Reconciled all account data and information in relation to high net worth individuals’ data across multiple CRM, image and document storage systems.
Validated data, stage in line with legal release gates and automated using SSIS, PowerShell and C#.
Replaced Global Wealth Management Platform.
Designed release pipeline for database refreshes and data masking in Integration environments.
Integrated Hudson and Jenkins to HP ALM.
Provided support in re-designing the SDLC with a focus on defect management .