SUMMARY:

• Proven history of leading full life cycle design and development of sophisticated IT applications
• Driven, detail - oriented senior systems architect with a talent for designing innovative, leading-edge technical solutions to complex business issues.
• Highly proficient in a vast array of applications languages, and information architectures.
• Expert at the administration and support of enterprise-wide database systems. History of providing top-notch troubleshooting and technical support.
• Highly proficient at planning and coordinating all phases of project-based efforts while providing expert technical mentoring and leadership to peers and junior team members.
• Track record of serving as a subject matter expert in various applications including Amazon Cloud Computing, Data Center migration strategy, planning and implementation.
• Excellent listening skills, oral and written communications. Comfortable in interacting with all levels of the organization and public.
• Excellent problem solving and negotiating skills. Able to make decisions independently and quickly with minimal escalations.

HIGHLIGHTS OF EXPERTISE:

• Process Redesign
• Client Relations
• Project Management
• Software Development Life Cycle
• High Performance Computing
• Networking & Data Security
• Innovative IT Initiatives
• Troubleshooting
• Cloud Technology

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES:

Platforms: Cloud & SaaS Platforms: Amazon Cloud Technology, Google and Microsoft Azure Web Services, Hadoop Distributed System, Windows Suite, Windows 2012 Server, UNIX (Solaris, HP-UX), Linux Red Hat, IBM GRID Technology, High Performance System such as IBM Netezza and EMC Greenplum, Network Data Warehouse System, Clustering and High Availability Technologies

Tools: MS Collaboration Suite, Data Modeling, Oracle ADF, RSA 3DES for S/MIME, MS Visual Suite, SAS Business Intelligence Software and Predictive Analytics, Microsoft SQL Server Business Intelligence Solutions, Sun Java System Application Server, IBM Rational Rose, UML, IBM DataStage ETL, Cognos, CA ErWin,, BEA WebLogic, IBM MQ Series, MS Message Queue, JAMS Scheduler, CA AutoSys Job Management, Checkpoint Firewall, IBM Tivoli, Oracle Business Intelligence Suite, Amazon Cloud Technologies, Hadoop Distributed Systems: Cloudera, Horton Works, and MapR Hadoop Ecosystem.

Networking: TCP/IP, ISO/OSI, IPX/SPX, PGP, PKI, SSH Ethernet, NAS, SAN, VPN FDDI, Cisco and Juniper switches.

Languages: C/C++, Cobol 2, Pascal, Fortran, JEE, Angularjs JavaScript, Oracle11g, Java, SOAP, XML, Unix Shall Scripting, Perl Script, Jason, NoSQL, Cassandra, HBase, Python Script, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Hibernate - Object Relational Model tool, SPRING framework and Struts Framework

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Adelphi, Maryland

Cloud Architect

Responsibilities:

• Working with the senior management and DevOps through significant design considerations, discussing the benefits of cloud service model and highlights major design considerations in area such as security, cost analysis, migration, data storage, application monitoring strategy and disaster recovery.
• Especially in selecting the appropriate technologies, vendor relationship and deployment processes.
• Lead the architect and design for the implementation of the AWS WorkSpaces for staff, student and faculty, and architect the AWS automation and disaster recovery for the institution.

Confidential, Rockville, Maryland

Senior System Architect

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for designing and implementing cloud-based solutions, including private, community and public cloud deployment models for variety of financial and health management projects.
• Contributes to and participates in the identification and adoption of the portfolio of technologies required to deliver IT Services to the organization and ensure the architectural fidelity of the master plan which acts as an integrating force between aspects of business planning such as goals, visions, strategies and governance principles; aspects of business operations such as business terms, organization structures, processes and data; aspects of automation such as application systems and databases; and the enabling people, process and technology requirements.
• Help to align the organization’s business strategy and objectives with Amazon Web Service, Microsoft Azure and Google Compute Engine. Conceptualized and implemented enterprise architecture for Data Ingestion Platform (DIP), providing an optimized and transparent data access and transformation layer with a single relational interface through the use of High Performance Computing and Hadoop MapReduce and HBase and NoSQL for more than two Petabytes data files.
• Provide expert, internal-consulting and support to business units to translate requirements into cloud service-based solutions. Identified and defined of a brokerage system for Cloud Computing Services to aid in the selection of Cloud Service Providers, distributed accountability, and policy enforcement. Designed and developed a prototype, which also detects and protects attacks caused by virtualization in the Cloud.
• Securely develop and innovate current vitalizes Infrastructures into IaaS systems, develop IaaS systems for expansion within and beyond current data centers. Design and technical specifications and develop effective and high quality data models that meet the business requirements. Participates in ETL and database design reviews.
• Creates logical data models that extend and attribute the conceptual models to an appropriate level of detail, along with accompanying documentation in conformance with the applicable data standards to meet the business requirements.
• Instrumental in reduction of IT expenditure using Cloud Technology, and re-engineering the disaster recovery data center for NYSE/ Confidential stock market regulation integration. A project of over $320M for five years.

Confidential, Rockville, Maryland

Senior Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, development and enhancement of a wide array of sophisticated software applications and systems integration. Served as subject matter expert for HP/ Confidential Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI Level 3). Conduct detailed analyses of existing applications to ensure compliance with HP/ Confidential regulations. Provide periodic updates to technical project leaders and developers on new technologies, white papers and updated documentation. Author wide array of documentation and white papers. Contributed to weekly HP/ Confidential infrastructure steering committee.
• Instrumental in design and development approaches using the Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)/TOGAF design discipline to achieve the goals of increased interoperability and increased business & technology domain alignment. Instrumental in design and development of HP/ Confidential Architect Definition Document (ADD), enabling an increased focus on Confidential strategic vision, and accentuating the markets need for high performance solutions.
• Successfully architected clustering and high availability technologies in order to implement BladeLogic change and configuration management software, leading to a significant enhancement in EDS/ Confidential IT organization’s ability to automate change and ITIL processes using server provisioning and compliance software.
• Drove a significant reduction in costs through the deployment of an enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO) framework utilizing RSA ClearTrust software, IBM Tivoli Identity Manager, and IBM Tivoli Access Manager.
• Orchestrated and served as subject matter expert for multiple server and database consolidation initiatives in collaboration with the United State Postal Service by $100M over a one-year period.
• Successfully architected data engine for the Mexican Defense Department using IBM Information Server to provide a unified architecture that works with all types of information integration.

Confidential, Rockville, Maryland

Senior Information Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Contributes thought leadership and support across two services function domains; Strategic Planning, and Enterprise Architecture.
• Delivered problem resolution and leadership to 100+ developers and project staff. Led full life cycle design and development of several business critical applications.
• Championed design and re-architecture of several business critical applications for use in managing Confidential regulations.
• Contributed to weekly Confidential infrastructure steering committee.
• Served as lead architect of Order Audit Trail System (OATS) utilized daily by all securities dealers participating in the Confidential Stock Market.
• Orchestrated design and development of Security Observation, News, Analysis and Retrieval System (SONAR) utilized to identify potential fraud and insider trading violations for debt, derivative and equity markets; application was recognized in 2003 by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) for its innovative use of Artificial Intelligence.
• Produces data models solutions meeting 100 percent of technical specifications and business requirements according to the established designs. In the context of creating conceptual, logical and physical data models, follows best practice procedures to ensure integration with previously existing data models to identify re-use opportunities and avoid duplicate implementations of the same entity.
• Drove re-architecture of Central Registration Depository (CRD) system utilized to maintain centralize the registration process for security industries; system was used as the model for the Investment Adviser Registration Depository utilized widely by the Confidential .
• Selected to provide presentations to more than 400 audience members at two Composer/IEF International User Group conferences.

Confidential, Baltimore, Maryland

Director, Application Development

Responsibilities:

• Oversaw a multifaceted team of developers in the design and deployment of billing and Point of Sales application systems for US bonded goods. Coordinate planning and execution of all phases of the software development life cycle. Prepare and delivered regular reports to senior management.
• Provide effective portfolio governance and management for the enterprise, and align plans with investments over a 5 to 7 year horizon to achieve the highest business value for it services.
• Played key role in development and implementation of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCP & DRP) plans for corporate site throughout Maryland and Connecticut.
• Proactive and diligent in identifying and communicating scope, design, development issues and recommending potential solutions.
• Received several customer-support awards and personal commendation from clients for providing outstanding customer service quality levels.