SUMMARY

• More than 6 years of experience in the IT industry with diversified exposure in the Software Development Life Cycle, supporting vendor services, supporting vendor and business applications while delivering great customer service.
• Some personal experience designing & building web and desktop applications using Java/J2EE technology & open source technologies.
• Knowledgeable of the Software Development Life Cycle SDLC (Waterfall).
• Some exposure to Spring Boot 2.0.
• Experience in implementing Java EE and general design patterns such as MVC, Singleton, Session Facade, DAO, and Factory in the development of Enterprise and Desktop Applications.
• Some experience in developing Web Services SOAP, JAX - WS, WSDL.
• Some experience in developing RESTful Web Services using JAX-RS 1.1 (Jersey 1.9).
• Some exposure to XML in SOAP and RESTful Web Services.
• Experience using Servlets and JSP in Apache Tomcat.
• Some experience using JPA with EclipseLink.
• Some exposure to Java-Multithreading in a Java Swing application.
• Good experience in Database design and development that involves Relational Database scripts and writing intermediate level queries using SQL.
• Sound RDBMS concepts and broadly worked with MS SQL Server 2000/2005/2008, Oracle 11g, MySQL 8.0, Apache Derby and IBM DB2 (mainframe).
• Some experience with JPA and JDBC.
• General understanding of Use-Case design, Class and Sequence diagrams using UML.
• Experienced in using Eclipse, NetBeans and Oracle JDeveloper.
• Some experience in HTML5, JavaScript and CSS.
• Some experience using jQuery and AJAX in a RESTful application.
• Some experience in creating a JavaServer Faces web application.
• Some experience in building applications on Application/Web Servers like Apache Tomcat, Oracle WebLogic 12c, and Eclipse Glassfish.
• Some exposure to Red Hat Wildfly and IBM OpenLiberty Application Servers.
• Some exposure to Build Automation tools Ant and Maven.
• Some exposure to C++.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: Java 8, C#, SQL

Java/J2EE Technologies: Spring Boot 2.0, Servlets, JDBC, JPA, JAX-RS, JAX-WS, EJB 3.0, JSP, JSF

Web Services: SOAP, WSDL, JAX-WS, REST, JAX-RS.

Relational Databases: Oracle 11g, IBM DB2, MySQL, MS SQL Server, MS Access, Derby

Tools: Eclipse, NetBeans, SQL Server Management Studio

OS: Linux, OpenSolaris, Windows 10/8.1/7/XP/2000/NT 4

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - Hartford, CT

Programmer & LAN Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Made numerous enhancements to AnswerCenter, a VB6, DCOM, CICS, COBOL/DB2 Application, in support of the Combined Statements Project. The project aimed to combine Defined Benefits and Defined Contribution accounts on one statement.
• Designed and implemented Visual Basic Objects in the AnswerCenter VB6 front-end.
• Enhanced VB front-end for display of client statement data.
• Coded a CICS communication buffer in the AnswerCenter mainframe back-end.
• Wrote JCL for DIALOGUE (Document Composition product) and StreamWeaver to print statements.
• Assisted junior programmer with object design concepts and front-end design.
• Engaged Corporate Systems community to provide timely delivery of products and services for project.
• Performed business requirements analysis.
• Provided production support assistance and to a junior programmer in EDT (Electronic Data Transfer Project).
• Started as an analyst and became Lead technical resource on division wide EDT initiative.
• Co-created, developed and tested a new file format to exchange data among 401K trading partners and clients.
• Provided specialized support to Retirement's largest client in the use of the new file format.
• Engaged members of the SPARK community, a 401K provider association, in the review of the new file format.
• Provided technical consultation and specifications to external EDT vendor GXS (GE Global eXchange Services, now Opentext Corporation).
• Wrote a very small, unofficial C++ program to strip sample production data of extraneous white space characters.
• Wrote file conversion programs to convert participant 401K activity reports from various client Payroll Vendors (2 for Ceridian) formats to a COBOL format using Application Integrator 3.1 (a GXS file transformation application).
• Wrote Active Server Pages (ASP) application to send files to external clients through the GXS network.
• Enhanced an ASP reports application to include EDT transmission reports.
• Wrote a program to record key information on inbound EDT files, such as file format and sender.
• Wrote a DOS batch program to facilitate testing of Application Integrator programs. It allowed Business Analysts to bulk test with in-bound files.
• Provided End to End Production Support of EDT applications.
• Created a Corporate Systems based infrastructure lab for departmental applications to perform regression and acceptance testing in anticipation of the new corporate environment: an all Ethernet, Windows NT 4.0 (some grandfathered Win95) desktop and server infrastructure.
• Assisted developers in testing of their applications in the infrastructure lab, including critical dedicated support to the AnswerCenter development team.
• Developed and supported the first Corporate Systems Windows NT 4.0 based desktop based image in support of the roll out of AnswerCenter, a multiple line of business department and call center application.
• Traveled to Dubuque, IA in support of migration.
• Manged a team of consultants in the evening to distribute the NT 4.0 (and some Win95) corporate desktop.
• Lead Division wide effort to combat Melissa virus on desktop and LAN Servers.
• Coordinated Year 2000 Issues among Division Technology Managers and Corporate Product Owners.
• Received special service recognition from Divisional V.P. of Technology for dedicated technical support.
• Provided specialized and dedicated support to 1 additional Retirement Call Center.
• Interfaced with FiSERV (BHC) to ensure consistent technical service to the Brokerage Call Center, including diagnosing TCP/IP communication issues.
• Provided second tier support to Help Desk Technicians.
• Traveled to Philadelphia field office to provide mainframe connectivity support and end-user .
• Demonstrated TCP/IP dial-up mainframe connectivity using IBM OS/2 Communication Server.
• Provided specialized and dedicated 2nd shift support to 1 Retirement and 1 Brokerage Call Center.
• Administered Windows NT 3.51/4.0, OS/2 LAN Server 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0 (OS/2 WarpServer) based Token Ring network.
• Provided technical support to 1300 corporate end-users and field personnel.
• Configured, installed, and serviced 1500+ mix of IBM PC 300, 350, GL, PL and ThinkPads based on Windows (3.11, 95), Windows NT (3.51-4.0) and OS/2 (versions 2.1-4.0).
• Configured, installed, and serviced servers and HP network printers and print servers.
• Configured Attachmate Extra to a Front End Processor (3745) for Host access.
• Installed, configured and supported desktop applications, such as Microsoft Office95/97 Professional.
• Developed a PC-DOS based, Host dial-up desktop in support of Business Continuity.