Accomplished, results-oriented professional with exceptional technical acumen and proven success architecting and delivering cloud and big data solutions for multinational corporations.

·         Broad experience spanning technical and project leadership with success ensuring seamless alignment of all deliverables with business goals, deadlines, and regulatory requirements.

·         Proven ability to ensure seamless integration of new solutions with existing systems, applications, and infrastructure.

·         High-level proficiency in Agile/Scrum methodology; demonstrated success driving rapid design and development to keep pace with evolving requirements.

·         Dedicated and motivational leader; talent for cultivating and utilizing team expertise to maximize efficiency, quality, and client satisfaction.

·         Significant experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and with the configuration of various Amazon products (Amazon EC2, Elastic Load Balancing, Auto Scaling, Amazon S3, Amazon VPC, Amazon Route 53, Amazon SES, Amazon SNS, Amazon IAM, Amazon Cloud Watch, Amazon Elastic Beanstalk, Amazon Cloud Formation, Amazon Ops Works and Amazon RDS).

·         Experience in developing Cloud Formation Scripts for AWS Orchestration, Chef and/or Puppet

·         Familiarity Cloud Computing: AWS APIs, AWS Networking and MS Azure SDK and tools:   hands-on with experience with EC2, ELB, VPC, AWS Orchestration.

 

Certification-

Project Management Professional (PMP) ~ in preparation

Amazon Solution Architect Solution ~ in preparation

Certified Scrum Master

TOGAF (Enterprise Architect) Certified

 

Technical Proficiencies

Web Application Servers:	WebSphere, JBoss, Tomcat, WebLogic,
Operating Systems:	Windows, Windows Server, Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Android
RDBMS:	Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, DB2
NoSQL:	DynamoDB, MongoDB
Frameworks:	Spring, Struts, SEAM
Big Data:	Hadoop, Hive, Pig
Cloud:	Amazon Web Services
Enterprise. Integration:	Enterprise Service Bus (Tibco, Webmethods), Message Queue (JMS, IBM MQ, JBoss), SOAP/RESTful Web Services
IDEs:	Rational Software Architect, Sparx EA, SQL Server Management Studio, Eclipse
Languages/ Technologies:	Java/J2EE, JSR, JSP, JFS, BPMN 2, Archimate, CA Erwin, Oracle SQL Developer, M1, FSDM, Hibernate 3 JPA, JSP, JMS (Amazon SQS), SMS (Amazon SNS), JDBC, Jasper, Ajax, jQuery, bootstrap, Amazon EC2 (Cloud), Elastic Map Reduce (Hadoop), MongoDB NOSQL, Adobe Flex, Apache Axis 2, Drools, JSON, Junit, SVN, Ant, Hudson, Maven, Memcached
Methodologies:	SDLC, Agile/Scrum, Rational Unified Process, Object Oriented Design (OOD), UML
Expertise:	Amazon Cloud Technologies & Products; Enterprise Architecture Development; Team Leadership & Technical Guidance; Vendor & Partner Management; Data Warehouse & Data Mart Design; Business Intelligence (BI) Solutions; Project Management & Delivery; System & Application Integration

 

Client- Crowdera, CA05/2015- Present

Big Data / Cloud Architect

Environment: Windows, Amazon Cloud, Hadoop, ERWin, Eclipse, Oracle Developer, Toad, SQL Management Studio, Java/J2EE, SQL, PLSQL

Description: I work here on the DART product which is Data Analytics and Reporting Tool as a Senior Hadoop Architect. I work on technologies like Sqoop, Hive, Hadoop Map Reduce, RESTful WebService services, Flume, Unix scripting, Hadoop cluster administration, Amazon Cloud Administration, github, real time hadoop infrastructure etc. This product gives visibility to the entire crowdera business activities collecting data from multiple source systems through flume emitters and direct sqooping from source systems.

 

Responsibilities:

·               Senior Big Data Architect

·               Cloud Architect

·               Focus on Big Data/Hadoop Related Technologies

·               Mentors team members

·               Hive/Java Map Reduce/Hadoop

·               Hadoop Setup and Administration

·               Amazon AWS Setup and Administration

·               Design of Amazon AWS IaaS, PaaS, SaaS

·               Design and Coding on Hadoop

 

 

 

Client- General Electric Capital, Australia    04/2014- 04/2015

Cloud Architect

Environment: Windows, Amazon Cloud, Hadoop, ERWin, Eclipse, Oracle Developer, Toad, SQL Management Studio, Java/J2EE, SQL, PLSQL

Across multiple engagements, steer architecture development for multiple data warehousing and business intelligence projects for this leading provider of financial services and commercial lending & leasing. Hold responsibility for managing stakeholder relationships, including coordinating across multiple business units to address/resolve concerns. Guide and mentor junior developers and architects.

Project Highlights:

§  Aurora– ERWin Modelling and Architecture Blueprint of Aurora project an FSDM Dataware house Implementation for Bynx Fleet Management Platform.

§  Aurora RDM– Directed ten-member team developing data transformation services/ETL solution. Oversee project planning and estimation; prepare architecture documentation. Design and develop code for Aurora RDM. Implementation planning, oversee system integration testing. Leading the Agile Scrum process with daily standup meetings, sprint planning. Responsible for Final Code review. Responsible for integration of application with downstream applications. Leverage a global delivery model with onshore/offshore team.

§  Finance Data Mart and Risk Data Mart – Wrote architecture documentation, performed data mapping, and developed data transformation services/ETL solution. Led implementation planning/execution, test planning, and system integration testing.

§  The Whole Life Cost Tool – Defined and documented data architecture and performed data mapping for car comparison tool used by Australia & New Zealand GE businesses. IBM FSDM based Logical and Physical Data Design, CA Erwin, Oracle SQL Developer, M1, FSDM.

§  AIMSCOM Data Warehouse – Directed a 3 member team in building a data warehouse enabling FSDM views of Fleet Management Platform. Mapped data from source system to target platforms. Created logical and physical model for operational data store for two systems and logical and physical FSDM views over ODS. Responsible for Code Reviews. Responsible for integration with downstream applications.

§  Configured AWS products accordingly (Amazon VPC, Amazon ELB, Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon VPC, Amazon IAM, Amazon Cloud Watch).

§  Leveraged the use of AWS products (Amazon EC2, Elastic Load Balancing, Auto Scaling, Amazon S3, Amazon VPC, Amazon Route 53, Amazon SES, Amazon SNS, Amazon IAM, Amazon Cloud Watch, Amazon Elastic Beanstalk, Amazon Cloud Formation, Amazon OpsWorks and Amazon RDS) for the implementation.

 

 

Client- Allion Technologies, Australia 08/2012- 04/2014

Enterprise / Big Data Architect

Environment: Windows, Amazon Cloud, Hadoop, DynamoDB, MongoDB, Amazon RDS, Sparx Enterprise Architect, Java/J2EE

Brought on board to provide technology leadership within a global operation model as well as define and oversee architecture for an eLearning platform. Analyze requirements and prepared project plans. Reported directly to C-Level executives and update stakeholders on project status and emerging issues. Provided on-going support and knowledge sharing.

Project Highlights:

§  TOGAF and Archimate based Architecture documentation.

§  Oversaw analysis, design, development, data modeling, and conceptual, logical, and physical design.

§  Managed end-to-end Agile/Scrum software life cycle to ensure on-time and on-target completion of project deliverables. Leveraged a global delivery model with onshore/offshore staff.

§  Responsible for Coding Standards, Final Code review.

 

Australian Media and Communication Authority 03/2012- 08/2012

enterprise Architect

Environment: Linux, Windows, Sparx Enterprise Architect, Java/J2EE

Designed and implemented TOGAF enterprise architecture related to massive-scale URL classification system project as well as related regulatory changes to AIMS system. Coordinated with multiple business units, building relationships with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels within an Agile/Scrum environment; developed reports for C-Level decision makers.

Project Highlights:

§  Wrote architecture documentation of legacy application, created conceptual and logical design, implemented feature requests, wrote queries, and integrated/configured HW/SW.

§  Architecture Blueprint and Design of URL classification system.

§  Managed end-to-end solution delivery; led scrum meetings, sprint planning, and sprint retrospection.

 

 

Australian Bureau of Statistics 01/2011 – 03/2012

Cloud Architect

Environment: Windows, JBoss Dev Studio (Eclipse based), Sparx EA, ERWin, Toad, Hadoop, Amazon Cloud, Java/J2E, Hudson, SubVersion

Architected, designed, and developed solution; defined data strategy, diagrammed entity relationships, performed data modeling and business process modeling, developed Oracle database, created single sign-on through Active Directory, and handled enterprise application integration. Served as Scrum Master; led sprint planning/retrospective and Scrum meetings; prepared WBS and project estimation. Interfaced with vendor and coordinated program test strategy with testing partner.

Project Highlights:

§  Oversaw SPARC solution delivery to transition statistical survey data collection from paper to electronic process.

§  TOGAF and Archimate based Architecture Documentation, Design (Framework/Core Classes/Service/Business/Domain/Object Relational Mapping), Development

§  Coding Standards and Guidelines Documentation.

§  Introduced standard practices to ABS such as WCAG 2.0 Web Standards, Agile Project Management.

§  Detailed analysis and clarification on User Stories and recommended BPMN Models to be built.

§  Led the scrum process in daily scrum meetings, sprint planning, sprint retrospection.

§  Introduced CI (Continuous Integration) with Build Automation weekly release cycle.

§  Introduced the TDD (Test Driven Development) practice in ABS.

§  Contributed to overall product quality by leading knowledge sharing, facilitating support, and gathering end-user/usability feedback.

§  Responsible for Code Reviews

§  Responsible platform integration with several applications including Lotus Notes based CPI (Consumer Price Index) application, Oracle Financials (Oracle eBusiness Suite)

§  Responsible for security compliance. Secure handling of highly sensitive data including the personal information database of all Australians.

Department of Immigration and Citizenshi, Australia 04/2010 – 06/2011

Lead Consultant

Environment: Windows, Rational Software Architect (Eclipse based), Java/J2EE, Cobertura

Implemented mandated changes to Humanitarian Entrant Management System. Reviewed, analyzed, and refined requirements, performed conceptual, logical, and physical design, implemented business rules, coordinated data migration, and managed integration with multiple systems. Led technical teams and compiled reports for senior management and project stakeholders.

§  Solution Design Documentation using UML

§  Led a 2 member team in developing the code and delivering the solution.

§  Responsible for Code Reviews

§  Ensure Unit Test Coverage using Cobetura.

 

Department of Human Services, AUSTRALIA09/2009 – 04/2010

Lead Consultant

Environment: Windows, Mainframe (ZOS), Eclipse, Java/J2EE, SQL, PLSQL

Gathered and analyzed requirements and presented solution to secure stakeholder approval. Managed project team, delivery, quality, and feasibility; overcame obstacles to meet deadline. Coordinated Scrum meetings, sprint planning, sprint retrospection, test planning, test case development/execution, product backlogs, and issue logs.

Project Highlights:

§  Direct 4 member team in development, implementation, and delivery of Medicare Provider Directory System changes to meet regulatory requirements.

§  Architecture and Design Documentation, Updating Data Dictionary.

§  Led Daily Scrum Meetings, Sprint Planning, Sprint retrospection.

§  Designed, built, and implemented Midwives Professional Indemnity Insurer Scheme (MPIS) program, GPRIP, and RPGP on existing Provider Directory System.

 

National Australia Bank09/2005 – 09/2009

Senior Consultant

Environment: Solaris, Windows, IBM WebContent Management System, WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Portal Server, Vignette, Ration Application Developer (Eclipse based), Toad, Harvest (Build Automation), Java/J2EE, Perl, XML, UML

Acted as point of contact for key stakeholders, assessing needs, presenting system concepts, and securing approval. Analyzed systems and composed design documentation. Developed system components within Object Oriented Design framework and Agile/Scrum methodology. Created entity relationship diagrams; designed databases. Coordinated application integration with existing systems. Provided ongoing system support and oversaw bug fixes and troubleshooting. Trained end users.

Project Highlights:

§  Vignette V6 to IBM WCM Migration – Coordinated migration of Vignette V6 to IBM WCM. Modeled data. Created work breakdown structure, estimation, and migration process planning. Led Daily Scrum Meetings, Sprint Planning. Used UML to design RSS feed generator application.

§  Branch Locator – Selected to lead full project life cycle spanning planning, estimation, analysis, solution design, development, testing, documentation of system analysis and design. Oversaw application integration with SENSIS geolocation platform.

§  OLCC Credit Card – Completed solution design and development for credit card application. Held responsibility for analysis, documentation, and solution provisioning.

 

Bank of New York Mellon, USA03/2003 – 06/2004

Lead Consultant

Environment: Windows Server, Red Hat Linux, Windows Server, WebSphere Application Server 5, BEA WebLogic Application Server 7, Tomcat Application Server 4, Oracle8i, Java/J2EE, C/C++

Led architecture design and development for multibillion-dollar Advisor Central Mutual Fund Management platform. Held accountability for coordinating with stakeholders and tier-1 financial institutions. Provided support for design, implementation, and documentation with ITIL standards. Resolved bugs; monitored IMPRESSNet. Trained and mentored new team members. Led support team. Created application knowledge base.

 

Virtusa, USA 04/2002 – 03/2003

J2EE Architect

Environment: Windows, Linux, WebSphere Application Server, BEA Weblogic Application Server, Oracle, SQL Server, Active Directory, Rational Rose, SharePoint Portal, Vignette, Java/J2EE, C/C++, XML

Engaged through leading established tech firm to develop solution architecture for multiple clients. Built and maintained rapport with project stakeholders to gather requirements, secure buy-in, and resolve issues. Compiled reports for C-Level leaders, Managing Director, and Chief Architect. Contributed to solution architecture, design, and development. Mentored junior team members and contributed to knowledge management strategy.

Project Highlights:

§  QWEST Telecommunication Bill Dispute Resolution System – Leading a team in architecting a Java/J2EE platform solution for online bill dispute resolution together with chat functionality increasing the ROI of QWEST through replacing the client’s Call Centre.

§  Siemens Space 2000 Application Performance Enhancements – The Siemens SPACE 2000 application was an application used by SIEMENS distributors for buying. The application had very poor performance. The system was re-architected to use a SQL Server database and migrated from Sybase. Memory handling was measured and streamlined using Rational Purify.

§  Research and Development Lead for Reusable Frameworks – Leading a 3 member team in coming up with a SharePoint portal based knowledge management platform Proof Of Concept. The system acted as a repository for reusable components and encourage component sharing. I architected, designed and delivered also formulated Strategy and execution for content gathering, dissemination.

 

 

Union Bank, Sri Lanka, 11/1999 – 04/2002

Consultant

Environment: Windows, OS400, WebSphere Application Server, DB2, Java/J2EE, XML, XSL

Played key role in application architecture design and development for first online banking platform in Sri Lanka as well as first mobile banking application in the world. Led 17-member team in development of Internet Banking Platform. Compiled strategic plans and work estimates. Wrote reports for management.

Master of Engineering (MEng) in Information Technology, 2005

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

Master of Science (MSc) in Information Technology, 2001

Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom