KARTHIK

Austin, TX

Email: karthikmsmba@yahoo.com

 

WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR

Deliver value to stakeholders & customers and create wealth for shareholders in a career role where there is room for creativity. I am looking to play a role where “If” and “But” would be replaced by “Yes” and “We will” and “Why?” would be replaced by “Why not?”. I am searching for an organization which challenges the status quo and is driven by a lot of energy, enthusiasm, agility, adaptability, team work, customer focus and “We can do it” attitude and NOT by politics, favoritism and blame game.

 

MY BACKGROUND: THE 30,000 FEET VIEW

Senior Software Architect & Problem Solver with 14+ years of experience delivering value for stakeholders and building wealth for shareholders. Have worked for Telecom providers, Cloud Brokerage firm and Higher Education Institution. Experienced with Cloud Computing (AWS and other major cloud providers), developing and integrating Service Oriented frameworks, Business process re-engineering and product development. Possess rich Software Architectural experience and hands-on development & scripting experience in Java, Perl, Python, Shell Script and Awk. Possess M.S. and M.B.A. degrees. Strongly believe in using the human brain for intelligent value adding tasks and leaving the mundane, boring and repeatable tasks to software/computers through automation. I love the Linux OS, the vi editor, scripting and working from the command line, though I am equally comfortable working using an IDE.

 

MY BACKGROUND: THE 5,000 FEET VIEW                                         

·              14+ years of experience working with Software projects in the areas of Web application development, Cloud Computing Architectures, Grid Computing, Web Services, Telecom and Databases, using software engineering best-practices.

·              Experience with major Cloud Computing providers (AWS, Rackspace, Terremark, Azure), specifically in leveraging IaaS, Storage and networking and doing API integration (REST) to consume the cloud services.

·              Extensive experience working in an agile Software development environment and doing Object-oriented software design and development.

·              Experience with the complete Software Development Life Cycle and creating applications with large scale, complex and scalable multi-tier client server architecture involving the presentation, business and persistence layers.

·              Worked on a multitude of software systems and languages including Java, PHP, Python, Perl, J2EE, Servlets, JSP, Hibernate, Spring, MySQL, PostgreSQL and Linux.

·              Solid experience in working closely with stakeholders, end users, system administrators and management to provide practical software solutions to meet strategic organizational goals.

·              Strong understanding of the business side of an organization, business processes, work flows, process improvements, quality control, changing customer requirement and translating them to a technical implementation.

·              Fast learner with solid team skills, excellent communication & interpersonal skills, planning, problem solving, organizational & analytical skills.

·              Strong academic background with a M.S. in Computer Science and an M.B.A.

 

IT KNOWLEDGE

Given the IT world is evolving rapidly, I am trying my best to keep up with the changes. My list of IT skill sets

Include (but is not limited to) the following:

 

Languages/Software:  AJAX, Awk, Ant, Bootstrap, C, C++, Chef, CSS, Django, Eclipse IDE, HTML,

   Hibernate, IPSec, JDBC, J2EE (Servlets, JSP), Java, JavaScript, JSON, PHP, Perl,

   Python, REST, RSS, Spring, Shell Script, Tomcat, vi editor, XML

RDBMS:  MySQL, PostgreSQL

Operating Systems:  Linux, Unix, Windows

Other:  Algorithms, Apache, AWS (EC2, S3, VPC), Azure, Design Patterns, GIT, Grid & Cloud

   Computing, HighCharts, Linux cluster management, MVC, OOP, OpenStack, RMI,

   SOA, SSL, SVN, TCP/IP, UML, VMware, Web development, Web services,

   Xpath

Management: IT management, Software Project management, Production Operations Management

 

 

 

MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

·              Chief Software Architect of the Patent Pending “Service Integration Framework (SIF)”, a SOA, which is the integration and processing engine for consuming a multitude of internal and external cloud based services, integrated into the organization’s service portfolio, exposed as SaaS through the https://mydoublehorn.com portal.

·              Saved 8 man hours per week through software automation for accounting and operations through intelligent data analysis, summarization, reporting and synchronization of data using Shell Scripting, Perl and REST API through curl.

·              Re-engineered the data approval process and work flow for the Project Management Institute (PMI) using thorough requirement analysis, business process simplification, implementation of technical architecture and process automation using multi-tier web based software solution, thereby saving 8 man-hours per day, improving turnaround time by 50% and cutting processing and overhead cost by 25%.

·              Led the design and development of Gravitant CloudMatrix cloud service broker solution for automated deployment and configuration of open source VPN and monitoring solutions in the cloud and for automated provisioning using REST based API integration across multiple IaaS cloud providers.

·              Led the design, development, testing and deployment of software for Grid Accounting system based on a client server application architecture and multi-tier application development process using Design Patterns, Java, J2EE (JSP & Servlets), JMS, RMI, Hibernate, Spring, Web Services, XML and MySQL.

 

WORK EXPERIENCE (The 1,000 feet view):

Senior Software Architect, Doublehorn Communications Inc., Austin, TX, U.S.A. - 01/2012 to 04/2013 & 02/2014 to

Present:

·              Created the software architecture for and implemented the “Service Integration Framework (SIF)” a SOA based integration and processing engine for providing and consuming a multitude of internal and external cloud based services integrated into the organization’s service portfolio, exposed as SaaS through the https://mydoublehorn.com portal. Used Java, Design patterns, REST Web Services, php, perl, python, Hibernate, Spring, JDBC, Shell Script, JSON, MySQL and Linux (CentOS).

·  Integrated services into the iAPP (Integrated Application Process & Platform) including (but not limited to) Fax  & DID services, Monitoring  and Charting services, SIP trunking services, Billing services and Support Desk services.

·  Implemented the complete SIF process workflow that would push the SIF orders through the processing engine and fulfill the orders either automatically or manually (depending on the type of service).

·  Implemented a generic REST interface that could securely expose any product/service as a REST API to be consumed by an external vendor or Third-party service.

·  Implemented the Service Integration Framework using technologies including (but not limited to) Java, JDBC, JMS, Hibernate, REST APIs, XML, JSON, MySQL, Linux, ActiveMQ, php, Shell Scripting, GIT & Eclipse.

·  Documented the SIF technical architecture, Java Interface Docs and REST APIs.

·              Saved 8 man hours per week through software automation for accounting and operations through intelligent data analysis, summarization, reporting and synchronization of data using Shell Scripting, Perl and REST API through curl.

·              Managed configurations, cloud based backups and software deployments for the iAPP (Integrated Application Process & Platform).

 

Senior Software Engineer, Gravitant, Inc., Austin, TX, U.S.A., 06/2011 – 12/2011 & 05/2013 to 01/2014:

·              Led the design and implementation of Adapter plugins for OpenStack Essex and Windows Azure integration into the CloudMatrix platform. Managed and coordinated the project with an offshore team.

·              Automated Cloud Computing Services.  Services to be provided include: Chef and Unix shell scripting for automation of cloud installations, cloud monitoring, security of networks and computer systems.

·              Automated the deployment and configuration of OpenVPN (SSL-based client-to-site VPN), Openswan (IPSEC-based site-to-site VPN), and Xymon system monitoring (client and server) deployment in various clouds including Savvis, Terremark, VMWare, etc. Designed and tested configuration for IOS-based Cisco routers with site to site VPN.

·              Enabled automated provisioning through a 3-tier secure-protocol, message-driven architecture that used jClouds API in Java and JMS technologies.

·              Design, development, testing and deployment of software for Gravitant cloudMatrix software, the industry’s first cloud brokering platform and solution – a multi-tier web application architecture using Design Patterns, Java, J2EE (JSP & Servlets), JMS, EJB, RMI, Hibernate, REST Services, XML and MySQL.

·              Created easy to use documentation using Google Apps to help and guide users in installing and managing the software. Worked with users to troubleshoot and resolve software issues in a reliable and timely manner. Used Trac for ticket management, SVN for source control, and Eclipse for Java development.

 

IT Analyst, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, U.S.A., 08/2002 – 06/2011.

·              Re-engineered the data approval process and work flow for the Project Management Institute using thorough requirement analysis, business process simplification, implementation of technical architecture and process automation using multi-tier web based software solution, thereby saving 8 man-hours per day, improving turnaround time by 50% and cutting processing and overhead cost by 25%.

·              Worked with users from cross-disciplinary teams and successfully engaged them in understanding the Software project requirements for PMI, secured resources from the upper management, managed risks, scheduled, implemented and tracked projects toward successful completion and deployment.

·              Managed and implemented Software Projects as a team lead for Project Management Institute (PMI) involving online data reporting, identity, data approval, provider registration, transcript updates and quality control using HTML, JavaScript, Java, JSP, Servlets, Tomcat, XML and PostgreSQL.

·              Led the Cloud computing initiative for the open science community with the goal of achieving on-demand scientific computing based on IaaS, using open source software and virtualization technologies.

·              Led the design, development, testing and deployment of software for Grid Accounting system based on a client server application architecture and multi-tier application development process using Design Patterns, Java, J2EE (JSP & Servlets), JMS, RMI, Hibernate, Spring, Web Services, XML and MySQL.

·              Led the design, development and management of the Executor using Java, Python, XML, Oracle 10g, Oracle developer, Condor and Web Services under a Linux environment, for the distributed Grid Computing project.

·              Provided network and system administration for large scale Linux production cluster including software installations, automated alerting mechanism, remote cluster management and monitoring.

·              Developed the automated data transmission package for PMI using Perl, Web Services and XML.

·              Automated the data synchronization between Oracle and Peopleware databases using Perl, saving  8 man hours per week spent in manual data entry.

 

Software Consultant, Cimtech Inc., Iselin, NJ, U.S.A., 08/2001 to 07/2002.

·              Developed the network configuration pricing package for network integration using Java.

·              Developed and maintained internal web pages using PHP and HTML.

·              Interacted with clients to gather requirements and write implementation proposals.

 

Software Engineer, Ericsson Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A., 02/1999 – 07/2001.

·              Designed and implemented as a team, the ATM Adaptation Layer 1 transport services for narrowband SS7 support in the Ericsson ATM switching platform for 3G systems (Cello).

·              Developed the simulator code for the AAL1 Resource Interface (AAL1RI) and AAL1Node Connection  interface (AAL1NCI) using C++ and the OSE Delta RTOS.

·              Designed as a team, the Presentation layer’s Java Layout Manager & other components based on the Managed Object Model to be used for the EMAS, using Java AWTs.

·              Led, managed and Coordinated System Integration Testing for Ericsson GSM wireless network involving MSC, BSC, HLR/VLR, Authentication center,  Operations Support System, Billing Gateway and mobile phones.

·              Automated rigorous system testing of the AXE system involving negative tests, break and destroy tests and overload tests using Perl scripts and assembly patches.

 

Student Programmer Analyst (Part-time), Oklahoma Climate Survey, Norman, OK, U.S.A., 08/1997 – 12/1998.

·              Constructed and tested weather data tools using C++  for generation of weather summary files and daily files.

·              Designed, developed and tested a web based graphical, dynamic data-monitoring tool using C++/PERL/CGI/GD/HTML.

·              Saved 1 man-hour/day through quick and effective data monitoring, instead of manual data verification.

 

Student Software Consultant (Part-time), National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK, U.S.A., 11/1996 –

07/1997.

·              Automated error detection and correction of daily software builds using shell script and awk.

·              Saved 2 man-hours/day and provided a 20% increase in project output through software automation.

·              Installed/upgraded software packages and operating systems for HP-UX systems.

 

EDUCATION

M.B.A.  (MIS & Finance, GPA 3.75), December 2005, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, U.S.A.

Master of Science, Computer Science (GPA 3.85), December 1998 , University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, U.S.A.

 

CERTIFICATION

SCJA, SCJP, SCWCD