Objective

• Obtain a challenging leadership role to lead initiatives that utilize state - of-the-art, software and hardware components in an environment that encourages innovative thinking and creative problem solving in response to solve complex business problems

SUMMARY

• Over 13 Years of experience as an IT Professional as well as Entrepreneur
• Enterprise IT Architect with proven ability for setting strategic leadership and direction for information technology investments.
• Natural ability to work with all levels of executives and stakeholders
• Architected and Managed several concurrent Ecommerce-Java,J2EE Projects and BI applications with offshore/onshore resources
• Worked closely across various team with in organizations to introduce new technologies to align with line of business.
• Proficient with Big data and ecosystem tools - HortonWorks, Cloudera and Amazon’s EMR Hadoop Platform
• Strong Knowledge of 2nd Generation of Hadoop Architecture - YARN & its ecosystem applications.
• Strong knowledge of Big Data Analytics platforms in the context of traditional BI infrastructure.
• Good Familiarity of concept of API Usage and API management.
• Strong Knowledge of Siebel CRM and Siebel Analytics
• Familiarity of SalesForce.com products
• Worked with ETL and Traditional BI tools - Informatica, OBIEE, DAC
• Solid Understanding of Data warehousing and Dimensional Modeling Concepts
• Strong acknowledge of MPP databases - Terradata, GreenPlum, Netezza
• Excellent Knowledge of NoSQL databases - Cassendra, HBase, MongoDB
• Knowledge of Configuration Management tools Chef and Puppet.
• Deep knowledge of Big data Integration and Visualization tools - Datameer, Platfora, Talend
• Strong Knowledge of Machine Learning Algorithms - Supervised (Classification, Regression) and Unsupervised (Clustering)
• Proficient with all Categories of AWS Services and its relation to Big Data technologies.
• Architected and Managed several concurrent Ecommerce and BI applications with offshore/onshore resources
• Worked closely across with in various teams for organizations to champion new technologies.
• Strong Expertise in PMI Project Management and SDLC methodologies (Waterfall, Agile-SCRUM)
• Excellent problem solving, communication and documentation skills
• Rapid adaptability for learning new functional areas as well as technologies

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Hadoop
• Cloudera Manager
• HortonWorks Platform
• Mahout
• Pig Latin
• Hive
• Impala
• Sqoop
• Hue
• BeesWax
• HCatalog
• Flume
• Solr
• HBase
• Cassandra
• MongoDB
• Perl
• Shell
• AWS - EC2
• ELB
• VPC
• S3
• EBS
• CloudWatch
• RDS
• OBIEE 11.1.1.5
• 10g
• Informatica 9
• 8.6.2
• Talend v5.3
• Oracle
• Sybase
• MySQL
• SQLServer
• R
• Python
• Java/J2EE
• Struts
• Spring
• Hibernate
• JavaScript
• Ant
• Maven
• Sub Version
• Cruise Control
• Jenkins
• TortoiseSVN
• CVS
• Eclipse
• JDeveloper
• Workshop

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Big Data Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Worked in the architecture and solution redesign of new offerings of Big Data Solutions in the Cloud for our clients.
• Reviewed and made suggestions for the technical documents and material with regards to the Training Academy courses.
• Designed and Implemented a trial download version of our offerings in Single-node Hadoop Cluster .

Confidential

Co-Founder

Responsibilities:

• Researched various vendor BI visualization solutions and recommended specific solution to integrate with custom Confidential Solution
• Derived the Technology Strategy and Planning for Confidential Product line using Google Docs Java API.
• Architected Qlink file processing and distribution engine (written in Java) for our end-to-end product line.
• Evaluated the Client requirements and did a Proof of Concept of Confidential Product Solutions with prospective clients.

Confidential

Sr. Consultant Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Worked across various groups in the organization to champion the Big Data technology benefits for C-level Executives and Upper Management.
• Provided Reference architecture documentation and training to the business team and Stakeholders in Cloud and Big Data technologies.
• Provided end to end subject matter expertise for point of sale applications with in Confidential . Also provided guidance on best practices on Middleware-SOA, API, Cloud and Big Data technologies.
• Provided Reference architecture documentation and training to the business team and Stakeholders in emerging technologies. Worked in projects both in Agile/Waterfall methodology
• Worked on innovative methods to solve business problems to reduce query processing times drastically by 50%.
• Researched various big data vendors (HortonWorks, Cloudera, MapR) for introducing Big Data Solutions into POS department.
• Implemented a Hadoop Cluster on Amazon EC2 - 40 Nodes via Cloudera Manager for high availability, failover and scalability and established Reference Architecture for Big Data Projects.
• Derived Analytical insights to capture, store and analyzing server logs. Analyzed POS vendor API calls using Hive and Impala ecosystem tools. Tools used: Cloudera Manager 4.5, Impala, Hive, Pig Latin Scripts.
• Followed Best Practices and worked on Performance tuning of Hadoop Cluster Platform.
• Designed and Architected Hadoop Cluster Services and Instances through Cloudera Manager
• Configured Performance tuning Parameters for the Hadoop cluster changes manually as well as through Cloudera Manager.
• Worked on a prototype to run Machine Learning Algorithms - Classification and Clustering R programs with Data Scientists in Hadoop Cluster using Hadoop Streaming
• Evaluated and selected a NoSQL provider - Hbase based on the business requirement for the customer
• Strong knowledge and hand-on training on Horton Works Big Data Platform - All SandBox Use Cases (Sensor Data, Sentiment Analysis, ClickStream Data, Server Log)
• Responsible for Architecture Planning and Implementation to migrate enterprise POS Java applications from Oracle Application Server / TomCat to Weblogic J2EE Platform running on Solaris platform with various IT teams ( Network, System, Application, Infrastructure, Storage, DBA’s).The enterprise scale application is designed with High Availability and Resilience across 3 Data Center Regions across USA. Participated application load test requirements and designed architectural improvements in the newer environment.
• Created Best Practices Documentation for Release planning and Implementation efforts for Enterprise releases for Point of Sales Java web applications in a global environment managing off-shore resources.
• Initiated and coordinated with infrastructure and security teams to upgrade the Site Minder software for POS web applications. Coordinated Knowledge Transfer with different functional teams and stakeholders of the application about the change.
• Initiated, Planned and Coordinated Proof of Concept for Omni Channel POS application with ATG and Endeca J2EE platform.
• Derived architectural discussions (SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS) with technical architects in selecting a vendor regarding introducing Cloud computing platform into POS Department following Cloud Best Practices, Standards and Governance procedures
• Planned, Designed, Implemented and Managed the Wireless Accessories Web Site using AWS components (S3, EC2, CloudWatch, RDS, VPC) using Hybrid Cloud.
• Participated in change management meetings to review all changes, identify conflicts and avoid outages caused by changes in the environment.

Confidential

Sr. Consultant Middleware Architect

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the Business Intelligence Software tool migration project to support FDNY financial businesses reporting requirements.
• Collaborate with the BI Architect / BI Development Team and the business community to validate information use cases to support functional and non-functional requirements.
• Managed project plan, scope, schedule, risk planning and deployment to meet the business requirements of the project.

Confidential

Systems Analyst 3- Middleware Architect

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the Architecture planning and implementation of several eCommerce websites (eRights upgrade, Xplore 3.0, Confidential Digital Asset systems, Author gateway, myIEEE, Confidential -tv, Confidential -Insurance services) to support Confidential 's line of businesses, operations, new initiatives, and application decommissioning
• Usage of Middleware Best Practices for routine tasks like Creating domain, Managing Clusters, Configuring and managing data sources, managing security using WLST.
• Ensured ITIL change management process was adhered to at all times.
• Worked with System administrators to optimize the performance of virtualized environments for Confidential website applications running on weblogic servers.
• Involved in the configuration of virtual with F5 load balancers with the Networking team for several Confidential eCommerce website applications.
• Developed project plans, project schedules, risk management plans for development and infrastructure projects
• Published status reports to various key stakeholders, and executive management teams regarding Confidential eCommerce website and BI Finance Reporting Projects.
• Performed interviews, trained junior engineers and gave performance review feedback.
• Involved in the migration of Reporting solutions to replace Siebel analytics Platform with Oracle BI Platform 11g with in Confidential ’s BI financial reporting team.
• Architected and Designed Solutions with Developers and Administrators for usage of 11g OBIEE clusters- BI Reporting Solutions - for High Availability and Scalability.
• Architected and Designed Security Solutions involving authentication, authorization and SSO for the OBIEE project.

Confidential

Sr. System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed Generic Configuration, Deployment and other utility scripts using WLST and Weblogic specific ant tasks for our Print and Ad Revenue applications (Weblogic 9.1 release, People soft financial systems).
• Automated our nightly deployment process with configuration management team for various projects.
• Planned, Designed and Configured Generic Messaging infrastructure (Serviced - Based) using J2EE standards (webservices, JMS, EJB's). This messaging infrastructure is being used by various departments within the organization.
• Developed custom monitoring solution (using JMX) for the above infrastructure project.
• Managed the Migration of our Print and Ad Revenue applications from Solaris version 2.6 to 2.8.
• Developed a generic Perl client which would interact with the Generic Messaging infrastructure.
• Developed a monitoring solution for monitoring print systems using Servlets API and migrated to the Weblogic platform from JBOSS
• Configured a messaging bridge (feature of Weblogic) infrastructure between WebLogic and MQSeries
• Developed Shell and Perl utilities for the creation, browsing and monitoring of MQSeries objects

Confidential

Sr. Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Planned, Redesigned and Migrated Web Logic 5.1, Tomcat 4.x, ATG applications to Web Logic 7.0 for Confidential ’s Sales and Originations Department. Some of the Business Services were migrated from ATG. Pricing Engine service was redesigned to take care of the new Business Requirements. All services use XSL templates for transformation of XML documents
• Proposed, Planned and Implemented tokenization techniques for ease of use of applications across environments. This was a big bottleneck across the whole bank. It was initially implemented in Sales and Originations Department.
• Established and maintained a source control environment for multiple development teams for multiple projects.
• Installing, Configuring and Deploying J2EE applications. Trouble- shooting environment issues on a daily basis if it happens.

Confidential

Sr. Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the Design, Implementation, Configuration and Certification of WebLogic 8.1 platform for Confidential ’s Business clusters (Functional Unit within Confidential ). WebLogic Domain Configuration Wizard was used for configuring the domains.
• Planned and implemented the standardization of authentication mechanism for Weblogic servers.

Confidential

Sr. Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked with a team of software developers providing software design, implementation, administration, configuration and support of applications on leading edge BEA Server technologies to companies across the globe. Worked with customers to solve problems arising in complex customer environments and developed application code and provide customized solutions.
• Installation, Configuration and troubleshooting of Platform domain (which consists of WebLogic Server, WebLogic Integration, WebLogic Portal) Clusters. (Platforms: Solaris 2.8, HP-Unix 11.0, Windows 2000) using Domain Configuration Wizard. Have written code to monitor the health of notifications among cluster members. This project was developed keeping in mind of RAS (Reliability, Availability and Scalability) of J2EE applications.
• Installation, Configuration and trouble shooting of Domains for Resources to be used in the server (eg. JMS, Connection Pool, Thread Usage etc.) in Weblogic 8.1
• Tuned and Administered Weblogic Servers 7.0, 6.1), Weblogic Integration Servers (7.0, 2.1) for Functional, QA and Production environments.
• Installed and Configured the Apache 2.0, Microsoft IIS 5.0, and Netscape 4.1 plug-ins for WebLogic Server.
• Configuration of LDAP realm (using iPlanet Directory Server 5.1) for use with WebLogic Integration.
• Configuring and using Foreign JMS provider (MQSeries) with WebLogic Integration (Workflow Engine) Servers.
• Using WebLogic JMX API’s to monitor and configure Managed Resources and the Underlying System (e.g. Thread Usage, Connection Pool, EJBCache etc.)

Confidential

Java Developer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the data synchronization for FireStarter project from the client data using JDBC 2.0 specification.
• Involved in development of Business and Data objects using EJB. (Session Beans was used as Façade to the Entity Beans)

Confidential

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the data analysis, documentation and creating summary reports for the Outcome Measurements Study using (SAS-SQL, SAS-BASE) for the Tennessee Department of Human Resources.