UPEN MANICKAM

Seattle, WA 98012 | C: (415) 359-4667 | H: (415) 349-7559 | umesh.ma@outlook.com

Summary

Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years in the IT industry: Project management, application planning, design, development, testing, and optimization.

Excels at J2EE based project development, including: coordinating, ground-up planning, programming, and implementation of core modules.

Highly dependable and dedicated team player with strong work ethic, team management, and interpersonal skills.

Dedicated to improving processes and efficiently resolving project issues.

Focused and meticulous Software Engineer offering exceptional troubleshooting skills and a talent for developing innovative solutions for unusual and difficult problems.

Experienced in multiple software development methodologies including but not limited to: Waterfall, XP, Agile (scrum-based), Iterative and Test-driven methodologies.

Exceptional project and team management experience and directing teams of 15+ members.

 

Highlights

·   Java ·   J2EE ·   Adobe AEM (CQ 5.6.1) ·   Unix, Linux ·   XML, XSLT ·   Amazon Web Services (AWS)

·   Vignette/OpenText ·   Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB ·   Weblogic, JBoss, Apache ·   Unix Shell scripting, Maven, Ant ·   Webservices (SOAP, REST), SOA ·   Spring, Hibernate

Accomplishments

·   Developed numerous tools to automate mundane/time consuming tasks that were quickly adopted and used by other developers.

·   Lead and developed POCs using leading technologies.

·   Single handedly took care of cutting over to reserved prod instance of the entire application from production during the Sandy storm in NY in short time and earned accolades.

·   Promoted from technical support engineer role to Sr. Developer role within 3 years of experience, due to the skills and performance portrayed.

·   Received accolades and assigned as XML technologies COE group lead within 1 year of IT experience.

·   Won competitions using C++ graphics.

·   Awarded best project work in final year college project work.

·   Oracle (Sun) Certified Java and Web Component Developer.

 

Experience

Senior Software Engineer                                                                                                             01/2014 to Current

Artyllect Inc. - AT&T              Seattle, WA

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Revamped the existing CQ personalization model by simplifying it to be configuration driven.

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Redesigned the existing multi-page model of device pages to single-page model for any given device using

shared JCR content, Java, J2EE, jQuery, AJAX, CQ OSGi bundles, leading to improved search engine optimization.

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Designed and implemented the personalization of existing customer facing website for closed user groups.

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Technical adviser and solution provider to improve the existing CQ5 application's performance.

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Guided developers and reviewed the deliverables.

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Analyzed complex project issues, identified solutions and provided recommendations.

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Designed and developed APIs, services in Java and CQ APIs which are used by backend ATG Server and front end via AJAX.

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Technology evaluations, roll outs, and monthly production releases.

 

Associate Architect                                                                                                                      02/2013 to 12/2013

HCL Technologies – CommonWealth Bank of Australia                                          Chennai, India & Sydney, AU

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Architect for Web Content Management solutions for a handful of microsites using as-is and redesign strategies.

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Developed system level designs and detailed technical architecture documents post requirement analysis.

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Designed and developed templates and complex components in Adobe CQ5, Java, and J2EE.

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Designed and developed OSGi bundles, configurations and services using Java, JCR, and Sling APIs.

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Defined ACLs and developed custom workflows and workflow processes.

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Developed custom activation processes from site and DAM admin consoles.

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Integrated search technologies, web analytics with CQ5.

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Automated content migration using Java, JCR APIs

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Set up development environment using maven, eclipse, VaultClipse, FileVault, TFS, and Teamcity for continuous integration.

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Managed development efforts and provided technical help as needed to the offshore development team of 15 members.

 

Senior Projects Associate                                                                                                             09/2009 – 01/2013

Cognizant Technology Solutions – Standard & Poor’s                                        New York, NY & Chennai, India

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Involved in requirement analysis, design, coding, debugging and testing of the intranet website Ratings Gateway following SCRUM methodology.

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Worked as an onshore lead for an offshore team of 7. Moved to offshore and worked as offshore development lead for the same project from Chennai, India

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Designed and developed JSR168 portlets for the application portal using Java, J2EE, Spring MVC, Oracle and Hibernate.

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Designed and developed web services supporting the SOA architecture.

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Mentored the development team technically and reviewed their deliverables.

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Designed database tables and developed procedures using Oracle.

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Involved in deploying the application, bug fixes and tracking them to closure and documentation.

·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Adobe CQ WCM to assess migration of the current project from Vignette/OpenText.

 

Senior Programmer Analyst                                                                                                           06/2009 – 09/2009

Transcend Global Inc. – BT Diamond                                                                                             Philadelphia, PA

•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Involved in analysis of business requirements, design, coding, debugging and testing of the IP Control application.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Developed the workflow module of the DNS Resource records and IP addresses.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Developed Java classes as POJOs, Spring beans, Struts controllers, view and models.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Developed JSP, Velocity pages for the front end views.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Involved in database design and development using Oracle and MySQL.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Configured Hibernate configurations and mappings from database entities to Java POJOs.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Wrote unit test cases and suites using JUnit.

 

Technical Consultant                                                                                                                     12/2007 – 12/2008

Transcend Global Inc. – ICMA RC                                                                                                   Washington, DC

•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Designed database tables and views based on the requirement analysis and design.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Wrote complex database queries in Oracle SQL
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Developed Java beans with XML delivery methods for the views required based on the page/screen views
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Developed XSL Stylesheets to transform the XMLs returned by the Java beans
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Designed and developed a workflow model of the investment funds approval process.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Trained and mentored power builder developers to migrate to Java/J2EE development.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Configured data sources in Weblogic application server.

 

Programmer Analyst                                                                                                                      11/2003 to 12/2007

TATA Consultancy Services – Qwest Telecom                                                       Chennai, India& Arlington, VA

•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Started as lead offshore developer of e-billing module of the internet site of Qwest Control application.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Developed XSL Stylesheets for the various e-bills in XML data containing users' usage and invoices data.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Analyzed changes in schemas and implemented the changes in XSL stylesheets.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Developed Unix shell scripts for development server related activities.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Promoted to an onsite role as 24/7 technical support engineer of the Internet site of Qwest Control.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Facilitated production deployments using both manual and automated Unix shell scripts.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Provided 2nd level technical support for the helpdesk tickets received from customers.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Analyzed the code to understand the architecture and flow of the application to help the helpdesk team better.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Managed offshore team of 6+ people which included knowledge transfer, mentoring, reviewing deliverables etc.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Promoted to development team as a lead developer for the service delivery platform module of the Qwest Control website.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Involved in requirement analysis, design and development using Java, J2EE, Vignette Portal, Unix Shell scripts,

Weblogic, Webservices, JSP, Javascript, JSR 168, Struts and Oracle.

•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Configured data sources, JMS queues in Weblogic server.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Developed Portlets using Java, JSR 168 & Vignette Portal APIs.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Designed and developed database tables, views, triggers and stored procedures using Oracle SQL.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Optimized multiple complex Oracle queries.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Automated the build process using Ant, Perl and Unix Shell scripts.

 

Software Engineer                                                                                                                          04/2003 – 11/2003

Newgen Software Technologies                                                                                                         Chennai, India

•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Developed XML, DTD & XSL editors using Core Java and Java Swing APIs.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Developed parsing XML formatted technical manuals in to HTML format using the selected XSL.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Migration of developed application to Linux and handing of the compatibility issues.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     User management design and development involving the underlying database design and development using MySQL.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Developed Java based installation pack to install the application for the clients.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Trained team members on Java Swing.
•                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Developed web version of the same application using JSP, Servlets and JBoss

 

Education

Bachelor of Engineering : Computer Science and Engineering 1998 – 2002

Dr. Sivanthi Aditanar College of Engineering, Tiruchendur, Tamilnadu, India

Graduated Top of the Class with distinction