Pradip Santhosh

Current Location – Tampa FL USA

Professional Summary:

·               Having 10 years of professional IT experience in Development, Implementation, Support and Maintenance for Web, Standalone, and Client-Server based Software Applications in domains primarily in Financial Services (Capital Market – Clearing & Settlement System, Equities Trade Processing, Anti Money Laundering, Risk Calculations, and Prepaid Card).

·               Excellent background in developing applications using Core Java, J2EE Technologies, Web Services, Spring, Hibernate on WebSphere, Tomcat, BEA WebLogic and JBOSS Application server.

·               Extensive experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) – Requirements Specification, Design documents and writing Test cases using various software engineering processes ranging from Waterfall to Agile methodology.

·               Exposure on implementing Site minder – IBM HTTP webserver (IHS) – WebSphere integration.

·               Some of the technologies extensively worked on during my tenure in Software Development are Spring, Web services, SOAP, XML, JNDI, Apache, JDBC and various Databases like Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and Postgress.

·               Work experience on the Front End UI development using JSF, Java servlet and JSP.

·               Strong experience on various development environments like Eclipse, MyEclipse.

·               Worked extensively on build and deployment tools like ANT, MAVEN and version control using CVS and Visual Source Safe.

·               Thorough understanding of Object Oriented Methodology, UML and Design Patterns.

·               Expertise in OOAD Technologies developing Use Cases, Activity diagrams, Sequence Diagrams and Class Diagrams using case tools like UML/Rational Rose 2000.

·               Extensive experience in JASPER Reporting, Apache Directory Server - LDAP.

·               Extensive R&D work in J-Integra – Java – COM communication.

·               Working experience in UNIX shell scripting.

·               Designed and developed Caching and Logging service using Singleton pattern, Log4j. 

·               Working exposure in web-based GUIs development using Applets, Swings, HTML, DHTML, and CSS.

·               Writing scripts for build tools like ANT to build and deploy JAR, WAR applications.

·               Good working knowledge of Version Control CVS, SVN.

·               Experience in Database design, Entity relationships, Database analysis, Programming SQL, Stored procedure’s PL/ SQL, Packages and Triggers in Oracle and SQL Server on Windows and UNIX.

·               Good knowledge and experience in writing queries for SQL, Oracle.

·               Good working knowledge on Info Sphere analytic, G2 Sense making Engine, Info sphere streams and Data Stage ETL, Big Data - Hive, Impala, Autosys, Active Batch, Gentran ETL, JMS.

·               Expert at bringing clarity and ease-of-use to complex systems and developing guidelines and frame works for system development.

·               Strong commitment developing well commented, easily maintainable programs.

·               Highly motivated team player with the ability to work independently and adapt quickly to new and emerging technologies as well as strong interpersonal and organizational skills.

·               Experience in Onsite and Offshore and Global delivery models.

·               Work under pressure, manage conflicts and challenges and meet strict deadlines.

·               Innovative thought process to help develop processes.

·               Manage high volumes of work with excellent accuracy and attention to detail.

·               Identify opportunities to improve maintainability of automation platform.

·               Understand and apply Test Driven Design (TDD) concepts to test and debug automated solutions and custom tools.

·               Collaborate with other technical resources to suggest improvements for processes, best practices, and standards.

·               Working in in a global support model across multiple time zones.

 

Technical Skills:

Languages	JAVA, SQL, PL/SQL .
Java/J2EE	Servlet, JSP, JDBC, RMI, Junit, Web Services, XML,XSLT, XSD, Web Services (SOAP, JAX RPC, WSDL)
Web Technologies	Html, DHTML, JavaScript, CSS, JSF, Spring
Databases	Oracle 11g/10g/9i/8i/7, MS-SQL Server, Postgress
Database Tools	TOAD, SQL Developer, Erwin
Web/Application Servers	WebSphere 8.5, IBM HTTP Webserver, TOMCAT 5.5, APACHE WEB SERVER 1.1, JBoss, WebLogic 8.0
Frameworks	MVC, JSF, Spring, Hibernate
Operating Systems	Windows NT/2000/XP/7, UNIX, Linux Sun Solaris.
IDEs / Versioning / Performance /Tools	Eclipse, Net Beans, JDeveloper, Edit Plus, SVN, CVS, Ant, Maven, Log4j, Rational Rose, SOAP UI, Quality Center.
Testing Tools	Junit, SOAPUI
Methodologies	Waterfall Model, Agile, OOAD, Test Driven Development (TDD).
Others	Info sphere, Data stage ETL, Autosys, Active batch, Gentran ETL, J-Integra, Hive, Site minder, Eclipse, MQ Server, Heap Analyzer, JConsole, UML, ERWin (For Database Design), Jasper Reporting

 

Educational Qualification:

·               Diploma in Advanced Computing - CDAC (India).

·               Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) from North Maharashtra University (India).

 

Achievements:

·               Have been awarded I-Appreciate award for end to end successful execution of challenging Script migration Citi project in Oracle Financial Services Software.

·               Citi Client and Oracle senior management appreciated for successful implementation of challenging Java – Oracle – BigData integration Technology project.

·               Have been awarded Kudos award for providing solutions to performance improvements and tunings in Postgres Database in Sungard.

·               Have been awarded Kudos award for implementing Jasper Charting framework for CSA framework of Sungard.

·               Have been awarded Kudos award for implementing multi-language support with multi data base support in Sungard.

·               Have been awarded in National Stock Exchange for end to end development of Clearing and Settlement project from scratch.

 

Certifications:

·               NSE (National Stock Exchange) certification.

·               Java 1.5 Certification.

 

Professional Experience:

 

Client: Citi Bank, Tampa FL

Project Title: AML - Enterprise Case Management Solution, Insight Analytic

Role: Onsite Coordinator, Senior Developer

Duration: May 2013 to Mar 2016

 

Project Description:

Enterprise Case Management solution which allows for the ingestion of alerts from a variety of systems and creation of manual cases from referrals and other sources. The solution also provides a configurable workflow that allows for customizable escalation criteria and will assist in streamlining investigations by allowing business units to transfer cases among each other and allow users the ability to access data from a variety of internal and external sources. This system is primarily built using J2EE framework and has multiple integration points developed in various middleware technologies like Web Services, NDM, FTP and HTTP protocol communication to integrate with multiple other systems in and out of the firm firewall. The user interface for this system is developed using spring framework.

 

Responsibilities:

·               As a Technical Lead, I was actively involed in the technology analysis for both the systems along with the active coding for various modules.

·               Design the system using core framework - J2EE on WebSphere 8.5 and the services with the integration points.

·               Implementation of Site minder – HTTP webserver – WebSphere and deployment and configuration of application.

·               Implementation of G2 sense making engine, Info sphere and data stage ETL.

·               Integrated with different systems using NDM, Big Data and implemented G2 Sensemaking analytic tool.

·               Performance tunning in application and database part.

·               Designed the project using Service Locator and Business Delegate patterns.

·               Integrated the application with Spring Framework for implementing Dependency Injection and provide abstraction between presentation layer and persistence layer.

·               Involved in definining strategy for coding to implementation.

·               As a Onsite cordinator, I was working with OPS team to resolve requirment gaps and guiding offshore team on devlopment based on the requirement, closely monitoring offshore devlopment and involved in onsite deployment.

·               Configured and deployed the application on Websphere Application Server.

·               Infrstructure setup of complete end to end solution involving Big data, Infosphere streams, G2 sensemking engine and datastage ETL setup with web application.

·               Managed the team of 3 Senior Software Developers.

·               Involving into system/component design & implementation.

·               Work closely with functional / business analysts to ensure the design meets the requirements

·               Work closely with work stream component owner to provide quality deliverables that meet program benchmarks

·               Collaborate with other team members on design solutions and code reviews.

·               Act as central point of contact for all the process related issues / improvements etc.

 

Environment: Java 5, Big data – Hive, Impala, InfoSphere G2 Sensemaking engine, Spring 2.5, Data stage, Autosys, Web services SOAP, Apache POI API, JSP, Servlets, JDBC, Web Sphere 8.5, JSP, PL/SQL, Ant Script, Log4J, PVCS, TOAD, SOAP UI, ERWin, Tortoise SVN.

 

Client: Citi Bank, India

Project Title: Citi Prepaid Application

Role: Tech Lead

Duration: Aug 2010 to Apr 2013

 

Project Description:

Citi Prepaid provides the customized prepaid programs to corporations looking for more efficient and cost effective ways to deliver payments. There are various applications come under Citi Prepaid; one of those is scripting module. This scripting module contains various VB scripts, WSF script and Gentran Application (ETL) map files; some of these scripts get called manually and some of them are scheduled. At present, these scripts call com components which are written in J++. These com components are nothing but the ECount Service DLL created from J++ code.

 

The proposed changes in script migration project is about to modify existing scripts to call Java based com components instead of calling J++ based com components.This project involved two modules; one is to develop Java based com components and other is to modify existing VB scripts, WSF scripts and Gentran map files to call these newly developed Java based com components. The challenges were here to run the J-Integra service as a wrapper windows service and to make it robus and enable to be called by multiple scripts and that can be by multiple threads, I had achieved this with multithreading with greater concurrency flexibility.

 

Responsibilities:

·               I prepared the technology architecture and design flow for scripts migration.

·               I was involded design, resolving technical challenges and R&D, as this project required lot of R&D work which inloves interaction between J2EE, J++ and COM communications.

·               Desing and Coding the services with the integration points using J2EE, Spring 2.5, IBM MQ Series, Web Services (JAX RPC/JAX WS), J-Integra, LDAP

·               Prepared POC on Windows registry migration to LDAP Format.

·               Achieved concurrency with wrapping the Java-COM communication service with multithreading.

·               Performance tunning in application and database part.

·               Involved in definining strategy for coding to implementation.

·               Managed the team of 2 Senior Software Developers.

·               Preparing the Proof of Concept and the Presentations to demostrate the solution to the business users.

·               As a Team Lead, I was responsible for Effort estimation & project planning activities using Function Point analysis.

 

Environment: Java 5, Spring 2.5, Web services using JAX RPC/JAX WS, Apache Commons API, JDBC, JMS, J-Integra, Gentran, PL/SQL, DB Objects like Stored Procedures, Triggers, Views, Functions etc, Ant Script, Log4J, TOAD, SOAP UI, Tortoise SVN.

 

Employer: Sungard, India

Project Title: Anti-Money Laundering

Role: Senior Software Engineer

Duration: Dec 2009 to Jul 2010

 

Project Description:

This product provides comprehensive money laundering compliance solution. It provides transaction monitoring, alerts/cases management, watch list checking and compliance reporting features to help banks and other financial institution to manage the risk imposed by money laundering and other suspicious financial activities.

 

Responsibilities:

·               Design and coding the services with the integration points using J2EE, Spring 2.5, IBM MQ Series, Web Services (JAX RPC/JAX WS), J-Integra.

·               Performance tunning in application and database part.

·               Involved in definining strategy for coding to implementation.

·               Design and Coding of User Interfaces using JSP, AJAX and Servlet.

·               Design and Coding of various Java Webservices using Apache AXIS.

·               Coding the business tier which includes the business objecs and delegates using JDK 1.4.

·               Coding the persistence module using JDBC, SQL/PLSQL.

·               Design and development of Jasper Reports.

 

Environment: Java 5, Spring 2.5, JBoss, Web services using JAX RPC/JAX WS, JDBC, JMS, Jasper Reports, PL/SQL, DB Objects like Stored Procedures, Triggers, Views, Functions etc, Ant Script, Log4J, TOAD, SOAP UI, Tortoise SVN.

 

Employer: Sungard, India

Project Title: Risk Management Solution for Banks

Role: Senior Software Engineer

Duration: 2007 to Jul 2010

 

Project Description:

This product delivers an efficient and cost effective solution that utilizes the same risk and capital management framework employed by many of the sophisticated banks. In particular, the application calculates risk based economical capital requirements and Risk-Adjusted Return n Capital (RAROC), and ROE-type measure that allows for apples-to-apples comparison amongst business units. It provides a solution that is tailored to a client’s portfolios, accounts for all risk types, and is flexible to allow for seamless modeling of new portfolios or business units.

 

Responsibilities:

·               Involved in definining strategy for coding to implementation.

·               Design and Coding of User Interfaces using JSP, JSF and Servlet.

·               Design and Coding of various Java Webservices using Apache AXIS.

·               Coding the business tier which includes the business objecs and delegates using JDK 1.4.

·               Coding the persistence module using JDBC, SQL/PLSQL.

 

Environment: Java 5, Spring 2.5, JBoss, Web services using JAX RPC/JAX WS, JSF, JDBC, JMS, PL/SQL, DB Objects like Stored Procedures, Triggers, Views, Functions etc, Ant Script, Log4J, TOAD, SOAP UI, Tortoise SVN.

 

Employer: National Stock Exchange Tech, India

Project Title: NSE’s Clearing & Settlement System (NCSS)

Role: Senior Associate System Analyst

Duration: Aug 2005 to Sep 2007

 

Project Description:

NCSS is clearing and settlement system for capital markets segment on National Stock Exchange of India. NCSS application computes the margin and settlement information for the trading members. This is done after trade modification and custodian trade confirmations are received from the trading members through the extranet file interface. The security settlement involves allocation and generation of deliveries, with security pay-in/pay-out from the depositories through Extranet. The fund settlement is done through the clearing banks designated by the Clearing Corporation. This project includes 3 different applications based on the types of users. NCIS application is for clearing bank and custodian to perform provisional and final obligation and trades confirmation. NCSS is the internal application used by NSE operations users to run daily post trading activities. Connect2NSE is the application used by Trading members to confirm trades and OTR confirmation.

 

Responsibilities:

·               Providing support, maintennace & enhancements to existing system.

·               Involved in definining strategy for coding to implementation.

·               Design and Coding of User Interfaces using JSP, and Servlet.

·               Design and Coding of backend jobs using shell scripts, Java, Proc to capture trades.

·               Coding the business tier which includes the business objecs and delegates using JDK 1.4.

·               Coding the persistence module using JDBC, SQL/PLSQL.

·               Providing the UAT support to the client.

·               Ensuring on timely delivery & with quality standards

·               Presentations to clients for next phase of development and Interacting with technical users for support issues.

·               Writing and reviewing build and deployment scripts in Ant.

·               Installed, configured and deployed the application on the Weblogic Application server 8.1.

 

Environment: Java 5, Spring 2.5, Weblogic, JDBC, PL/SQL, DB Objects like Stored Procedures, Triggers, Views, Functions etc, Ant Script, Log4J, TOAD, SOAP UI, Tortoise SVN.