NICHOLAS  NADIRASHVILI

 

107 Van Sicklen street,                                                                                    phone: (646) 420-6867

 

 

OBJECTIVE

 

   Principle Engineer with experience in development & operations looking for a challenging opportunity.

   The ideal job would consist of a cross functional role where I can utilize multi discipline skillset

    to design & architect backend software (preferably in Java or C#) as well as participating in

    daily operations. Mentor junior staff of developers & system administrators. Participate in forming

   large scale infrastructures that require hands-on knowledge of programming, systems knowledge,

   administration, deployments, tools and integration, CI, automation, monitoring, troubleshooting,

   diagnosing software & systems performance. Looking forward for a challenging projects

    to expand on current capabilities by gaining new skills. No technical challenge is too big.

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

 

    * Fifteen years of experience working in diverse software development environments. Strong

     understanding of full development life cycle of object oriented programming in Java / C# / Perl.

      Participated on a daily bases in coding applications, architecture, design, code reviews.

    * Lead various trainings & troubleshooting sessions for development and operations teams.

    * Dealt with software vendors regarding product evaluations, licensing & negotiations.

    * Software product selection & cost analysis, POC, impact analysis, long term planning.

    * Over 8 years hands on experience with database servers like Oracle, MySQL and Ms SQL Server.

    * Installation, configuration, integration of monitoring, deployment and operational tools.

    * Good knowledge of web and corporate infrastructures. Experience with Linux, VMware & Cloud.

    * Three to five years of experience in Performance Diagnostics, JVN tuning, code & server optimization.

    * Recent experience in SOA service design, java security implementations, Elastic search & SOLR.

    * Recent experience in Big Data (Cloudera Hadoop), Talend & other cloud optimized distributed systems

    * Lead cross-departmental initiatives of Dev-Ops & QA automation projects including ticketing systems.

    * Strong analytical, communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to quickly grasp new concepts.

   

 

COMPUTER SKILLS

 

    Languages                Java /C#/C++, Perl, Ruby, PHP, JavaScript, Html, XML, Shell, SQL.

    Operating Systems    Unix ( Linux/Solaris ), Windows ( Enterprise ), VMware.

     Software Tools              Big Data (Hadoop), Talend, Dynatrace, Tibco Spotfire (SDK development),

     Serena business mashups (SBM), Jenkins, HPOO & HPSA, Puppet, AWS.

     Databases                                   Oracle, MS SQL server, MySQL, Sybase, Vertica.

    Application Servers   Web Logic, WebSphere, Tomcat, Jboss, IIS, Apache Web Server.

    Frameworks/APIs:     SOA, Jersey, Spring Framework, Hibernate, EhCache, Open Laszlo, Drupal,

                                               J2EE (JDBC, RMI, JNDI, JMS, EJB, Servlets/JSP/JSTL), LDAP, JNI, JAXP.

                  

 

 

 

SUMMARY OF WORK EXPERIENCE

 

    * 06/13~present:Emusic.com > Principal Engineer (Big Data /Talend /Java SOA)             – Consulting

    * 03/13~05/13: IS West          > Senior Software Engineer (CloudStack / Java)                 – Contract

    * 11/12~03/13: Omnigon       > Lead engineer / Architect (Zookeeper / Java / AWS)       – Consulting

    * 06/10~11/12: WebMD          > Site Reliability Engineering (Lead Production Engineer)    – Full-time

    * 09/08~05/10: New Age Entre. Concepts. > Programmer/ Architect/ Network Admin     – Consulting

    * 05/06~08/07: RichFx          > Programmer/ Architect (Spring, Hibernate, EJB)             – Full-time        

    * 04/05~05/06: GIC Inc.        > Computer Programmer (international charity organization) – Consulting        

    * 07/04~12/04: Data Interactive (S&P) > Programmer Consultant (Financial Sector)       – Consulting                 

    * 04/04~07/04: Antepo Inc. > Software Architect for IM development company               – Consulting        

    * 07/03~04/04: GIC Inc.          > Software Engineer/Administrator (charity organization)    – Consulting
    * 05/00~11/02: The Knot Inc. > Java/Perl Programmer for wedding resources Company   – Full-time     

    * 10/99~02/00: One Nest Inc. > Web developer for dot Com specialized in antique trading – Consulting          

 

 

EDUCATION

 

    Keller College (Devry University)                                                                                         New York, New York

    >Masters in Business Administration (in Finance)                                   (May 2009 - June 2011)

    Pratt College                                                                                                                                      New York, New York

    >Flash CS4, ActionScript II & III                                                            (May 2009 - August 2009)

    New Age Training                                                                                                                    New York, New York

    > School certificate: Solaris, Linux, CP Firewall, Oracle 8i               (November 2003 - March 2004)

    EAI Training                                                                                                                                    New York, New York

    > School certificate: Unix Networking/Administration                     (January 2001 - October 2001)    

    David’s Consulting School                                                                                                                  Queens, New York

    > C++/ Advanced Java, Web Design                                                                          (March 2000 - September 2000)   

    Netcom Info                                                                                                                                              Queens, New York

    > Perl/CGI, Java, JavaScript, HTML                                                                                         (May 1999 - October 1999)  

    Globe Institute Of Technology                                                                                      New York, New York

    > Foundations Of Computer Systems, Accounting                                         (September 1998 - May 1999)

    University Of Georgia                                                                                                            Tbilisi, Georgia            

    > Bachelors Degree, Computer Science                                               (September 1994 - May 1998)

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

  E-music. (www.emusic.com)                                                                                 New York, New York     

Java SOA / Talend / Hadoop                                                                           (June 2013 – present)

* Troubleshooting & Performance rundowns to close memory leaks and thread concurrency issues.

* Design & Implementation of the content ingestion system using Hadoop & Talend in AWS.

* Implemented payment system service using Java/SOA/Jersey to process digital goods transactions.

* Implementation Ruby/Rails Active Merchant gateways for Paypal and Credit Card processors.

* Design & implementation of common security/authentication packages in Azure and Elastic Search.

 

IS West. (www.iswest.com client)                                                                  New York, New York     

CloudStack /Java/JavaScript Engineer                                          (March 2013 – May 2013)

* Designed and implemented Java CloudStack extension for advanced password management system.

* Added client / server validation framework to CloudStack 4.0. in JavaScript / JQuery.

* Prepared code and installation modules for submission to apache foundation.

* Reverse engineered Citrix CloudStack code and backported into apache CloudStack code.

 

 

  Omnigon. (www.omnigon.com)                                                                  New York, New York     

Zookeeper Libraries /Java backend Engineer                         (November 2012 – March 2013)

* Implemented part of the data engine in Java (Quartz, Zookeeper, Tuples, xml/xslt) for PGA tours.

* Worked on airport security PreCheck (Java / C#,  ActiveMQ, JMS, Google Protobuf, xsd design).

* Mentored support teams & junior stuff. Supported offshore Dev team & QA-Ops daily operations.

 

  WebMD. (www.webmd.com , www.medscape.com , www.medicinenet.com )        New York, New York     

Java/C#/Dynatrace, Tibco Spotfire, Lead Production Engineer (June 2010 – November 2012)

* Found and Resolved various database, web server, code, network, io, concurrency performance related

  problems in production environment using Dynatrace, Replay Solutions and other diagnostic tools.

* Led and participated in POC process for new technologies followed by Ops-wide training sessions. 

Technologies include Cloudstack, Dynatrace, Puppet, Urban Deploy, Tibco Spotfire, Cloud (EC2).

* Json & Xslt transformations using Oxigen and other java parsers. Data conversions from XML to Json

* Experience with JQuery / Ajax and JavaScript Libraries (debugging & optimization).

* Created operational workflows in HPOO (HPSA + middleware integration) for Systems administrators.

* Created various SBM workflows/tickets in orchestration including creation and customization of fields  * SBM API development to customize and integrate workflows with other systems in our infrastructure. * SMB workflow design & customization using mashup scripts (VB Script, HTML and Java Script).

* SBM server administration/management, setup, maintenance, upgrades, troubleshooting, migration.

* Designed operational and business dashboards in Tibco Spotfire Professional & Platform APIs (C#)

  Project included middleware integration and data retrieval from monitoring systems like Zenoss &

  Truesight, Omniture Suite and custom BI database derived from web traffic logs. All ETL processes

   were implemented in Java, Selenium, Maven, J2EE, Spring & Hibernate.

* Created Tibco Spotfire dashboard for BI team for business analysis and program impact.

* Operations dashboard in Tibco Spotfire with actionable items for operations team.

* Tibco Spotfire Information Designer and Server setup, maintenance, support and troubleshooting.

* Implemented Deployment Automation and Log Publisher projects (J2EE+Spring+Hibernate+Seam).

* Reviewed code for new releases to identify bad design, architectural problems, concurrency issues.

 

    New Age Entrepreneurial Concepts. (www.newagepreneur.com)      New York, New York     

Java/Perl/PHP Programmer Architect (Sep 2008 – May 2010)J2ee,Spring,Catalyst,Flash,Linux

* Implemented trading systems for clients using Smart Quant and Right Edge Solutions (C#).

* Constructed social networking website in Flash, Perl/Catalyst and with some J2ee back-end.

* Created a website related to healthcare articles and resources in Drupal, PHP and Javascript.

* Designed and implemented custom discovery processing tool for attorneys in Perl/Catalyst..

* Re-designed sections of a website for a healthcare attorney and optimized it for search engines.

   SEO included submission on Google, Adwards, Ask, Bing and other search engines.

* Installation & configuration of Linux & Windows servers on development and live environments.

* Configured Cisco routers and installed various network related software including samba.

* Installation and configuration of Apache, mod_perl, Jboss, CentOS, SVN and more…

 

    RichFx Inc. (www.richfx.com )                                                                                New York, New York     

Java/Perl Programmer Architect (May 2006 – August 2007)       J2ee,Spring,Hibernate,Catalyst

* Designed and implemented RichImage tool in SpringFramework/Hibernate. RichImage enabled

   online shoppers to dynamically select the color swatches & views(back and frontal) of the product.

* Worked on Java/JMS/XML Message Queue transferring data from different application systems.

* Created WebSphere portlet factory projects and deployed them to the portal.

* Converted Richfx Imaging system (bulk image manipulation) from Perl into a Java/J2ee platform.

* Implemented a Spring/J2ee platform capable of internationalization & hot-pluggable translation.

* Constructed applications utilizing web services & SOA through XML.

* Wrote several Perl programs that utilized Image Magic Libraries.

* Worked on RichCataog tool that enabled online shoppers to rotate web products 360 degree.

* Scripted various AJAX scripts to dynamically manipulate product content & views on the web-page.

* Wrote various data processing and administrative Perl/Shell scripts.

 

    GIC Inc. (Gantiade International Charity, Inc.)                                                          New York, New York     

Java/Perl Programmer (April 2005 – May 2006)              Java/J2ee,WebSphere, Perl, Unix, Oracle

* Led team of Java and Perl developers, supervising technical tasks and ensuring a

      common, coherent architecture. Analyzed and made recommendations for improvement

   of troubled intranet business solution for the company.

* Converted a consumer management system (C++  stand alone applications) to Java utilizing EJBs

   and JSPs, which increased scalability and performance by 60%.

* Built various PL/SQL stored procedures for Java/J2ee access using JDBC driver.

* Programmed several Java applications to assemble statistics gathered from different sources

   and to report using various data visualization tools.

* Responsible for writing, Java program and the Batch scripts to automate file transfer process to

      different entities like schools, sponsors and event organizers.              

   

    Standard & Poor’s Comstock (www.interactivedata-rts.com)                            Harrison, New York     

    Java/Perl Programmer/shell (July 2004 – Dec 2004)          Java, Perl, Shell, RPM, Linux, Lotus                         

    * Built various shell scripts to startup, maintain and configure financial applications.

    * Engineered perl applications to track status, performance and data availability across the systems.   

    * Designed and implemented java/shell project to calculate historical volatility of different types

      of financial instruments for brokerage firms and private subscribers. Shell part of the

      application collects raw financial data. Java application processes the data, calculates statistics

      using probability theorem and sends calculations(graph data) to client applications.

    * Engineered standalone java application for collecting financial news from several exchanges

      The project involved java/SAX api’s and S&P Legacy applications.

    * Assembled java enhancement patch for End-of-day-data program to insure smooth data delivery.

    * Constructed ftp file management system to collect real-time financial data from various exchanges.

    * Compiled RPMs, wrote clear and informative specs in lotus notes on every project completion.

 

    Antepo Inc. (www.antepo.com)                                                                                    New York, New York     

    Java  Programmer (April 2004 – July 2004)                   Java/JNDI, Jsp, Servlets, Html, iPlanet                                 

    * Developed part of the java server-side application to log and monitor real-time messages

       exchanged between IM users on the network.

    * Designed and coded a complex network authentication system using Java/JNDI to log in the

       users on the network and grant permissions according to their status in the organization.

    * Constructed set of Jsp pages to search and organize logged messages. Supervisors could

       reconstruct IM conversations occurred within the department to monitor employees.

    * Wrote various java packages for enabling and monitoring group sessions in the chat rooms.

       Used Xml dom/sax packages as a message templates.

 

    GIC Inc. (Gantiade International Charity, Inc.)                                                          New York, New York     

Java/Perl Programmer (July 2003 – April 2004)              Java/J2ee,WebSphere, Perl, Unix, Oracle

   * Discovered and provided solutions for several subtle but major programming errors those were

      drastically reducing system performance and availability. Provided business owners with a menu of

      improvements to fit a wide range of  possible budgets.

* Developed and radically improved the GUI interfaces for a variety of systems for both novice and

   expert users: work scheduling, donee administration, configuring and viewing remote devices

   over the web, etc. Heavy use of Java, Swing and, earlier  AWT.

* Scripted couple of Perl/shell programs for synchronization of data sources on different networks.

* Provided code and database maintenance, monitoring and support services for intranet applications

* Responsible for building a network of four Red Hat Linux 8.0 servers: providing database services,

      data collection and reporting for nationwide network of international partners and associates. 

      Provide senior-level troubleshooting and resolution of network issues.  Involved in redesign of internal

      network using Cisco routers. Implemented NFS and Samba for cross-integration with Windows

      domain and Amanda for critical systems backups. Installed and configured Check Point Firewall.

      Installed Oracle 8i database server.

 

    Theknot (www.theknot.com)                                                                                                    New York, New York     

    Java/Perl Programmer (March 2000 – November 2002) Java/J2ee, Perl, Weblogic, Sql Server                                 

    * Led the technical design and implementation of the company's web site, complex projects completed

      under intense time pressure and coordinated with a separate team from our partner’s side.

    * Designed and implemented most core Java functionality, including the basic database access layer,

      generic form handling routines, XML infrastructure, EJB’s and most JSPs.

    * Modified Java multi-threaded/multi-purpose application server with Swing interface supporting

      various functionalities like web site searching and data cashing which dramatically improved web site    

      and database performance. Used various techniques like thread pooling and binary data search to

      obtain information from database for the requesting stand alone client applications, EJBs and JSPs.

    * Designed and coded “live” data exchange system for product purchasing and registry exchange

      for our new partnerships with Fortunoff and Linens and Things. This project increased sales by 8  

      percent and generated hundreds of thousand new registrants. Project was written in Java/JNI, Perl

      with extensive use of  Message Queuing.

    * Coded Perl/CGI scripts for form handling, member services, articles and other web-site activities.

    * Java Installation and maintenance: Installed and maintained Java/J2ee engines like weblogic and

      tomcat, configure path and classpath environment variables for each server to work in it’s own

      environment for various purposes. Clustered, debugged and ran performance monitoring software for

      application servers. Installed various security policies/rules and Java standard and commercial

      packages. Worked with engineers on how to configure Java IDEs/Servers for multi-environmental use.

 

    One Nest (www.onenest.com)                                                                                                      New York, New York     

    Java/Perl Programmer (October 1999 – February 2000)    Java, Perl, Linux, DHtml, Oracle

    * As a Lead Java Developer demonstrated the ability to suggest implementation approaches

      and re-factorings to junior programmers.    

    * Improved performance of billing system by approximately 200% by tuning code and SQL.

    * Wrote various Perl/CGI/HTML applications, shopping carts, surveys and search tools.

    * Constructed order / inventory system (OSS) for employees and customers. Worked closely with sales,

       marketing, operations and customers to develop and enhance the OSS and billing system.

  

 

 

Personal Hobbies

 

    On a personal note, I’d like to think of myself as jack of all trades and master of some. I constantly

    invest time to learn different things to gain different perspectives in order to see life from different

    angles. when I have free time I love reading materials that relate to mechanical & electrical

   engineering (motors, generators, energy), AutoCAD & 3D printing, physics, astro-physics, quantum

    physics, Astronomy, bio-technology, esoteric sciences, occult & new age, psychotronics. I also used to

    liked financial engineering (Quant Programming, financial securities analysis). Love futuristic movies,

   electronic music. Eat good food with occasional cold beer, and spend good time with my kids & family.