EXPERIENCE

• Over 6 years of experience in Web Development, Designing and implementingJavaScript, JAVA projects in Knowledge management, Telecom and Education domain.
• Experience in Web 2.0 applications like corporate website and portal, blogs, wikis, web-based communities, social networking sites, audio and video sharing sites using HTML/5, DHTML, AJAX and Java scripts.
• Sound knowledge of various frameworks of java script like Jquery, Prototype.
• Executed several performance improvement activities for the website using Cache, PHP configuration and code optimization, also have experience in managing server backup through running Cronjob and using Shell scripts.
• Designed and developed applications in all major version of PHP, JavaScript using both WAMP and LAMP environments.
• Proficient in implementing web user interface (UI) using CSS and Java Script that follows W3C Web Standard. Also have experience in working with browser compatibility issues.
• Implemented different caching methodologies includes Memcaching, API level Caching also have experience in enabling browser level caching and response compression.
• Experience of developing, running and maintaining websites from scratch on Linux and windows environment.
• Experience in maintaining high traffic production and development servers, hosted in LINUX and Windows environment.
• Expertise in Delivering several performance improvement and advanced optimization for Apache, LINUX and Data Base [SQL server, MYSQL] Servers and performing configuration optimizations
• Good experience in using Model-view-controller (MVC) based frame work, Content management system (CMS), and CMF.
• Expertise in installing and maintaining Wordpress application along with creating custom modules, theme, managing database and configuring server for Wordpress site.
• Experience in SQL, MySQL, PL/SQL Programming, Oracle 9i/10g, Microsoft SQL server.
• Expertise using rapid application development tools and IDE like Eclipse, Apache Ant, Dream weaver and Net Beans.
• Excellent knowledge of Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD), and proficient in using OOP concept in development.
• Participation in all phase of SDLC, such as preparing requirement specification documents by interacting with customers, design documents, test cases, end user training documents and technical help documents for maintenance.
• Extensive ability and knowledge to create Activity and Class diagram, Use cases, UML and Sequence diagrams.
• Well understanding of version control systems such as VSS,CVS.
• Excellent team coordinator/ team player/ Software Development Engineer with expertise in all phases of software development and IT product deployment. Strong communication skills, with well-developed analytical, logical and problem-solving abilities.
• Highly organized also have experience in managing multiple projects through interaction with technical and functional teams to meet deadlines.
• Desire to work in dynamic and challenging environments.
• Played major role in Software Architect and Development Group and involved in architecture, technical design, discussions and code reviews.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems : Windows 98/NT/2000/XP/Vista, UNIX, Linux and MS-DOS.
Languages : C, Java, PHP 4/5, J2EE (Servlets, JDBC, Java Beans), SQL, PL/SQL
Web Technologies &
Frame work : Java Script, Jquery, Prototype, HTML/HTML5, DHTML, CSS 2, AJAX,JSP and JDBC
Content Management
System : Wordpress 2/3, Confluence WIKI
Database : MySQL 5.0, MS-SQL Server 2005, Oracle 9i/10g, HSQLDB,
Web/Application
Servers : Apache 2, Tomcat 4.1/5.0,
IDE/ Tools : Eclipse 3, My Eclipse, Apache Ant, Net Beans 5.5, Dream weaver, Edit plus,
Notepad++
Version Control : CVS and VSS
Others : Apache Ant, SSH, WINSCP, Putty, PHP Myadmin, MEMCACHE, E-accelerator
HYPERIC, CACTI [for monitoring UNIX servers], GIMP, FileZilla, Mockflow

WORK EXPERIENCE

Confidential,Boston Jul 2009 - Till date
Sr. Web / UI Developer

Project: Content management portal and Blogging platform

Description
The company offers services in the fields of IT and communications like email, web hosting cloud server etc. The tool is built on top of open source CMS software Wordpress which will help the users to share the contents with the other employees in the firm and they can share their comments for the posted article. Necessary core and customized changes were made to meet the client needs. Application has more than fifty plug-in for implementing various features so as to improve the performance and to serve user with a better experience. As it's a social networking platform the number of hits to the application was so huge and adequate steps were already taken during the development to make sure the application can scale for a large user community. Being a blogging platform UI design and development was given more importance to improve the overall user experience.

Application facilitates the user to Create group and individual blog for information and knowledge sharing. User access restriction for every post and blog, Global search Feature, Listing of all Blogs in a single page (both group and Individual), Customize the homepage with the list of widgets, Theme customization, Entire user statistics is shown in the homepage, Recommended post feature, Subscribe to other blogs, Alert mail for both comments and subscribed blogs, Sending private message to Subscribers etc. were some of the major Modules and Plugin's Developed.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Designed and developed the entire application landing page using JAVASCRIPT frameworks like Jquery1.6.
• Home Page was designed with movable widgets [resembling I-Google] enabled by using AJAX and JavaScript [Jquery framework]. This was specific for each user.
• Participated in requirement gathering, analyzed requirements from consumer/user point of view, preparing requirement documents, designing workflow diagram.
• Used HTML/HTML5, DHTML, CSS2, Java Script and LAMP technologies to produce high performance, rich and user-friendly Web interface.
• Wrote web pages and templates using W3C web standards (DHTML and CSS) which were compatible with IE, Mozilla and Chrome.
• Configuring the application with active directory of the company and enabling single sign-on.
• Redesigning the entire application with a more intuitive, vibrant and simple UI.
• Access Restriction for Blog, Post and Category Level based on Individual User and Distribution Lists.
• Optimized global Search functionality.
• Configured Apache Server, PHP and MySQL Database Server.
• Administered the production environment that includes distributed web servers and multiple Data base servers, with 100K+ tables.
• Themes Standardization - Includes more than 50 custom theme developments for various client projects.
• Blogging Though word using XMLRPC and posting through mail using IMAP.
• SMTP mail feature using PHPMAILER
• Smart URL for enabling internet and intranet URL compatibility.
• Opcode caching was implemented using E-accelerator to improve the performance. Also implemented Memcaching and API level caching for overall performance improvement.
• Implemented query caching and DB caching for better database response.
• Recommended reads based on the users interest, this was developed on the basis of an algorithm that was provided by the Ph.D. candidates of University of Carnegie Mellon.
• Actively participated in project planning, solution design, and post project reviews for projects of varying scopes.
• Responsibilities included analysis ,Designing, coding, creating test plans and gathering test data
• Requirement Analysis and Module allocation with the team.
• Developing various modules of Application for providing various features like exporting the data to an excel, star rating, flagging a post etc..
• Creating test plans and test case for unit testing and Reviewing Manual test cases.
• Scheduling cron job for various module under Unix Environment.
• Maintaining production and development server which is hosted on Unix Environment.
• Tuning the Apache web server and MYSQL queries for better Performance.
• Handled the Application Auditing with higher management on behalf of our project.
• Lead the team for internal and client production support and also for ongoing development work.

Environment
Java Script, Jquery, Prototype, MySQL 5.0, Apache 2.2, LAMP, Wordpress 3.0, HTML, DHTML, XMLRPC, LDAP, IMAP, Web services, CSS, AJAX, VSS, Dream weaver , Eclipse ,HYPERIQ, CACTI, E-accelerator, LINUX

Confidential,Chennai Oct 2007 - Jun 2009
Programmer Analyst [Java / JavaScript Developer]

Project: WIKI Application,(Confluence wiki)

Description:
Wiki is a Java application that is used as a tool or application in the field of knowledge management and education. Application is designed for the entire organization focusing on 120,000+ employees working on different project / clients. The application helps to manage critical and essential project related documents and data that need to be shared only with limited users. The application also has several provisions for enhancing security of the documents that are being saved. This provides high a level security for all the attachments and pages created, thereby making the application less vulnerable. There can be several wiki spaces created under this application for each project or account and each space can have any number of pages created within them. The permission to view/ read/ write in these pages can be given either in the space level or in the page level. There are facilities like discussion using the comments option under each page, email the users, version control for the data entered on each page, uploading attachments etc.

Roles and Responsibilities

• From the scratch development of home page for better UI and user experience using JavaScript, DHTML, CSS, AJAX and HTML.
• Optimizing code and developing CSS and Java script which are compatible with all major browsers.
• Tweaking the SQL data base to improve the application performance.
• Implemented Y-slow based performance improvement for the application.
• Development of new modules and features as per the client requirement.
• Configured LDAP for the authentication mechanism.
• Providing support for all the customers using the application.
• Maintaining the application server hosted in RHEL [red hat enterprise Linux]
• Managing the data base hosted in SQL server.
• Setup and configured SSL certificate for Apache Web Server on Linux
• Wrote client and server validations in JavaScript and PHP respectively.
• Installed WIKI application in development and production environments.
• Need to represent the Application during the Audit process with higher management.

Environment
Java Script, Jquery, JAVA, SQL2005, LINUX [RHEL 5.2] , HTML, DHTML, Ajax, CSS, PHP Myadmin, VSS, Eclipse, Apache Tomcat, WINSCP, SSH,

Confidential,Cochin Aug 2006 - Oct 2007
Software programmer [UI Developer]

Project: E-book portal and Forum for discussion

Description
This application allows the professors of quantitative reasoning to share exercises, where the teachers can contribute and comment on the questions shared by other professors. They could also use the application for selecting particular questions and creating question papers or assignments for students. The user interface was designed such that it works like a social networking web portal for teachers. The application can be even used as a forum but with necessary authorizations for each user that logs in to the application. The application has several facilities like adding to cart, rating for each professors, problem and solution for each question, tag cloud etc.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Gathered requirements from the client and developed the requirements specifications.
• Designed, developed, and maintained web site with JavaScript, MySQL, CSS, HTML and DHTML as per Web 2.0 and W3C standards.
• Developed web site within a JavaScript and LAMP environment that includes distributed web servers.
• Performed client side validations using Java Script.
• Configured Apache Server and MySQL Database Server.
• Used HTML/DHTML, CSS, Java Script to produce high performance, rich and user-friendly Web interface.
• Designed databases, wrote nested SQL Queries to summarize data and generate reports.
• Fixed bugs and provided support services for the application.
• Designed User Interface, Coded Functionality and performed Unit Testing.

Environment
Java Script, MySQL 4.5, Apache 2, LAMP, HTML, DHTML, Web services, CSS 2, AJAX, Dream weaver , Eclipse, LINUX

EDUCATION:

Master of Science in Computer Science
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science

CERTIFICATION:

• Sun Certified Java Professional (SCJP 5).
• Cognizant certified Professional in Health Care Management (CCP-HCM).
• Cognizant Certified Professional in Core Java (CCP-Core java).

ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS

• Received Star performer of the year 2010 award from my previous employer for the overall contribution towards the project and company.
• The project lead by me was Awarded runner trophy for the best innovative project of the year 2009 from client.
• Received Appreciation award for the best performance [2008-2009] from the employer.
• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with an overall band score of 102 out of 120.
• Strong and consistent academic career with distinction.
• Effective work management by thoroughly understanding the requirements & issues, giving heads-up at right time and keeping deliverables on time
• Under went different in house training programs at cognizant for software development and quality assurance.