Professional Summary

• Software professional with 9 years of experience in various domains like Insurance, Finance, Banking and Telecommunication and Automobile sectors.
• 7 years of experience in Configuration Management, Build, Release Management and Quality Assurance using TFS, CVS, Subversion and Rational Clear Case on UNIX and Windows environment.
• 2 years of Developing experience in n-tier web applications in .NET environment using C .NET, Silverlight, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, XML, HTML, Java Script, Windows forms, Web forms, Web services, Visual Studio .NET, IIS, SQL Server, Oracle.
• Created SCM Process, policies and procedures to follow Development and QA team to Release or Deploy highest quality product for the enterprise.
• Extensive experience in using Build Automation tools like Team Build 2008, 2010, 2012 and Cruise Control.
• Coordinated different teams across the globe to deploy to different builds to different environments on parallel development for multiple projects.
• Trained all developers and Deployment team on best practices and new futures of the tool.
• Extensive experience in setting up baselines, branching, merging, periodic backups of the source code and build automation process.
• Full understanding of SDLC, Agile and CMMI methodologies and process.
• Actively participated in researching and implementing tools and processes to enhance team productivity and system quality.
• Worked on cross-platforms Windows-Unix with TFS, Clear Case and Subversion.
• Experienced in using .NET based frameworks with a distributed based architecture and then used the framework to create service based applications.
• Work with .NET Server controls Web User Controls, Data Grid Web Control Form validation controls Created User Controls and Custom Controls.
• Good experience of Object Oriented Paradigm Design Patterns including MVC, MVVM and their implementation using polymorphism, inheritance and encapsulation
• Worked on .NET Security Model Role Based Security and implemented the features such as Authentication Authorization, Windows-based Authentication, Forms-based Authentication, Authorizing Users and Roles. Also have extensive knowledge in Code Access Security.
• Good analytical, problem solving, communication skills and have the ability to work either independently with little or no supervision or as a member of a team.
• Extensive experience covers areas of software engineering such as Software engineering principles and relational database management systems.
• Expert in working with different RDBMS like Oracle, MySQL and SQL Server.
• Efficient in Optimizing, Debugging, Tuning and testing SQL queries, views and stored procedures.
• Created Custom Reports for Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2008, 2010.
• Good understanding and strong business knowledge of Financial, Insurance and Manufacturing projects.

Professional Experience

TFS Admin, TFS Developer

Responsibilities:

TFS 2010 Environment:

• Installed and Configured TFS 2010 Environment for Research Test Training .
• Created Training Guide for TFS 2010.
• Created custom build activities like RetrievePwdFromXML, FTP, Encrypt Decrypt password, creating Staging location with all shared copy books.
• Implemented customizations in TFS 2010 build, some are listed below-
• Implemented activity to copy the files on to other NORIDIAN domain servers using Putty SFTP .
• Developed a console application to encrypt and decrypt passwords
• Encrypted passwords will be saved in xml file. Implemented a custom build activity to read the encrypted password from xml and decrypt the password on the fly while making a connection to NORIDIAN servers.
• Created custom build activity to check for Test Database in the source code while deployments.
• Customized TFS 2010 build workflow for COBOL programs to deploy onto Mainframe on Unisys. Have totally customized Microsoft's build script which will be able to run without a .sln or .csproj.
• Created customized work item called Deployment Form and it will be created by build service as production build success. This work item includes all build artifacts that are needed for audit purpose.
• Implemented a File Picker which allows users to select only COBOL ALGOL files from TFS Source Control. This add-in is incorporated into TFS 2010 builds where user can pick the files that need to be deployed while Queue new builds .
• Implemented Roll-over builds to check for user-id, Test-Database and corrupted WFL class names in programs. It automatically notifies respective developer if it finds any.
• Worked on Enterprise Architect to create use cases for the Automatic deployment process.
• Implemented a Response Build which runs every 10 min. The functionality of this build is similar to postman job. The build connects to share drive and gets the files if any from NORADIAN server to CORELINK server.
• Moved code from PVCS to TFS 2010, and also fixed the encoding type issue for all COBOL ALGOL programs in TFS Source Control.
• Incorporated all Agile, CMMI Scrum Process Template into one single custom process template in TFS 2010.
• Implemented the best suitable Advanced Branching Strategy for COBOL Programs and their shared copy books.
• Created a TFS Source control Context Menu item for automatic branching and merging. In detail, the add-in will automatically create branches, merges, and do the proper release number increment based on the previous release number.
• Created another TFS Source control Context Menu item for automatic security update on branches. This tool will let user to allow/Deny permissions for contributors on selected branch. Once deployment is done, we need to mark HotFix Release branches as read-only for Contributors group. This security tool automated this process with single click.
• Configured TFS 2012 Environment for Research Test Training .

TFS 2012 Environment

All the above mentioned customizations are upgraded to TFS 2012.

• Installed and Configured TFS 2012 environment in EA-LAB for Research and Test.
• Also, worked with CoreLink Datacenter team while upgrading production environment from TFS 2010 to TFS 2012.
• Assisted team on new features of TFS 2012.

TFS 2013 Environment

All the above mentioned customizations Build scripts are upgraded to TFS 2013.

• Played Key role in TFS 2013 upgrade including Build controllers and Build Agents
• All 'visual studio 2012' add-in upgraded
• Created new 2013 Visual studio packages
• Administered all TFS systems throughout my term at Corelink.
• Trained Teams on new features of TFS 2013
• Customized Kanban board to display 'Corelink customized work item'
• Customized board with colors for each work item type
• Customized Task board to show Bugs and Tasks
• Implemented CRM integration with TFS 2013
• Implemented TFS Admin reports on report site to define TFS systems health like Cube Status, Reportable Fields, Blocked Fields etc.
• Implemented a server side plugin using iSubscriber which triggers for every check-in in TFS
• Implemented a server side plugin Using iSubscriber which triggers for every work item updated in TFS
• Implemented Gated Checkin Continuous integration
• Implemented automation Manual builds for Java, .net and Mainframe code.

Confidential

TFS Architect

• Setup a proxy server for USA Team and worked with Kazan team to configure with TFS server which hosted in Russia
• Played key role in code refactoring
• Installed one new build server with one controller and two agents for USA Team. Also configured build server with existing proxy server.
• Implemented gated check-in and trained developers on gated check-in.
• Automated XUNIT test cases in gated check-in Release builds.
• Refactored release build scripts to reduce build time.
• Assisted developers on source control Build issues/concerns. Also, introduced best practices for Workspace maintenance.
• Downloaded assembly versioning tool Tfsversioning source code from codeplex and upgraded the code to work with TFS 2012 builds. On codeplex, by that time it was written only for TFS 2010.

Confidential

TFS Task Master

Responsibilities:

• Customized TFS 2010 Work Item Templates and Workflow of the Work Items.
• Provided 'Manual', 'Continuous Integration', 'Gated Check-in' and 'Schedule' builds along with the option to force builds on that schedule even if no changes occurred since the last build .
• Created Builds and deployed builds to different environments based on requests.
• Incorporated automated testing feature within TFS 2010 builds scripts.
• Provided Build Scripts for Database Projects to Deploy DB and populate Test data in DB for various environments.
• Performed and deployed Builds for various Environments like QA, Integration, UAT and Productions Environments.
• Trained developers to get familiar on TFS 2010 Work Items, Queue New Builds, and Work Spaces with Visual Studio 2010.
• Assisted Developers during coding, debugging and Build issues.
• Created Logon Page for eFiling Project using ASP.NET.
• Developed different view models and designed views in Silverlight application
• Designed the whole application with the help of Expression Blend which involved using brushed, check-boxes to different properties and collections in the view model
• Performed validations on various Silverlight controls using IDataError interface
• Performed custom validations on datagrid template columns using the IValue converter interface
• Implemented MVVM Design patter for the whole applications
• Worked with observable collection and binded it to the datagrid, which helped notifying the UI dynamically in adding and deleting rows
• Worked with various Telerik controls for Silverlight Like RadWindow, RadComboBox, Grid
• Replaced default Silverlight splash screen with Maricopy county logo
• Worked with Resource file for the eFiling application.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Created strategy for migrating .NET and JAVA projects to TFS.
• Migrated Visual Studio 2005 projects into Visual Studio 2008.
• Migrated Java projects from Subversion to TFS 2008.
• Installed MSBuild and configured to TFS Server.
• Installed TeamPrise on build server to build Java projects using Ant scripts.
• Installed TFS Power tools, MSBuild sidekicks, TFS Web Access etc.
• Administer CM Version management tools Team Foundation Server and Subversion.
• Managing Builds, Deployments, Packaging for WINTEL applications.
• Managed all Team Build and Cruise Control build servers.
• Creates Enterprise Reports to be used by Management to take accurate decisions.
• Created database projects in TFS and started migrating SQL Server 2005 databases to TFS 2008.
• Ran webtests using build script and sent out results to users by converting it to HTML results file.
• Created Enterprise reports in TFS using Multi-Dimensional Query MDX and SQL.
• Installed MSBuild extension pack to send build completion alert emails using MSBuild.ExtensionPack.Communication.Email Task .
• Installed MSBuild community tasks to stop / start application pools remotely through build scripts using AppPoolController task.
• Implementing Testing in TeamBuild 2008.
• Participates in Release meetings with other application tem leads to finalize application Production release dates.
• Automated the build and Release process by using Perl and Shell Scripts.
• Responsible for the Change Management and Release Management work flow.
• Managing the disaster recovery for all Build and software version management tool.
• Accountable for all Enterprise Deployments, Documentation, and leads small Projects.
• Provides weekend support for all CM issues.
• Make decisions as needed according to TMHP standards.
• Configuration and Administration of Subversion and LifeCycleManagaer.

Confidential

Developer

Responsibilities:

• Redesign, implement and migrate the existing ASP based intranet site to ASP.NET C while supporting existing ASP based applications.
• Redesign, implement and migrate the existing VB based programs to C .NET. Used multithreading in designing these time efficient processes.
• Extensively used OO Design and UML while redesigning.
• Extensively used .NET features like ASP.NET, ADO.NET, web forms controls, assemblies etc during migration.
• Developed assemblies that involve in COM transactions. Also used normal COM components from .NET environment.
• Involved in the migration of existing databases
• Analyze, Design and develop n-tier eCommerce application.
• Analyze, Design and develop classifieds posting section of the site i.e. job boards and equipment classifieds
• Analyze, Design and develop book store for the site.
• Developed intranet web site using various web and database technologies including ASP, Microsoft SQL Server, ADO, COM, and VB.
• Designed Microsoft SQL database schema and stored procedures.
• Troubleshoot and fix ongoing Production issues
• Gathered requirements, designed and implemented user interface, business logic and database tables and stored procedures.
• Used existing custom server controls and user controls to share common components across web pages. Designed and implemented new custom controls.
• Implemented business logic and data access components using C .NET.
• Used Microsoft SQL Server and ADO.NET classes, SQLConnection, SQLDataReader, SqlDataAdapter, SQLParameter and SQLCommand classes for data access.
• Implemented windows authentication for the site.
• Customized DataGrid and DataList controls to present information.
• E-mail alerts for status change.

Confidential

Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Developed ASP pages in HTML, CSS, PL/SQL, VBScript, and JavaScript using techniques such as session, cookie, transaction control, and OLEDB.
• Developed common APIs of back-end scripts in VBScript and front-end scripts in JavaScript.
• Developed test documentations and performed unit tests and integrated tests.
• Wrote SQL scripts for transforming data from legacy database into Oracle 8i database using ODBC and cursor techniques.