Engineer and Architect

Accomplished  Engineer  and Architect with 19 Years of experience in successfully completing highly complex enterprise-wide technical projects, developing and improving software development processes, reducing departmental costs, effectively managing project time-lines and resources, managing and mentoring solutions-oriented, multi-disciplined, multinational teams.

Technical Skills:

 

Enterprise Architecture & Management: 

TOGAF 9, ITIL v3, SOA, BPM, BPMN, BPEL, UML, Visio, Visual Paradigm, Rational System Architect (RSA),  Process Designer, Process Server(WPS), Business Monitor (BPM), Process Center, ILOG, JRules, Drools

 BI/DW/ETL:

Oracle Data Integrator(ODI), JasperSoft BI Server, Pentaho BI Server,  DataStage, Quality Stage, Information Analyzer, Fasttrack Server, IBM Information Server, Infosphere, Talend, Oracle Warehouse Builder(OWB),  OBIEE, Hyperion, Essbase, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS, MSBI

SOA & Middleware:

Apache, Websphere, WebLogic, Tomcat, IIS, JPROBE,  WebSphere MQ, Spring DM Server, Eclipse, WSAD, MS Visual Studio, Jbuilder,  Websphere Message Broker(WMB), WebSphere Process Server(WPS), Oracle Service Bus(OSB), BPEL, BPMN, WebSphere Service Registry, Rational Asset Manager, Tivoi Workload Manager, Tivoli Storage Manager, Tivoli Provisioning Manager, Tivoli Workload Scheduler

Cloud:

Amazon(AWS,EC2), Azure, Google App Engine & Compute Engine, iCloud

Security:

LDAP, NIS, Active Directory, HTTPS

Project Management  & CMS Tools:

MS Project, MS Share Point, NIKU, Elementool, BugZilla, Joomla, Hudson, Jenkins

Storage Systems:

IBM SAN DS3000, DS3500 Express, NetApp,  NAS, Oracle-HP Exadata, EMC, SUN

Hardware Platforms:
IBM iSeries, IBM pSeries, Fujitsu, Mobile Devices (iPhone, SAMSUNG,MOTOROLA, HTC)

Operating Systems:
Windows, MVS/TSO/CICS, AIX, BSD, Linux, iOS, WP7, Symbian, Blackberry, Android and Solaris.

Network Protocols:
TCP/IP, WAP, 802.11n, SMTP, FTP, HTTP and SNA.

DBMS:
Oracle 11g, UDB DB2, MS Access, MySQL, MongoDB, Sqlite, CouchDB, BigData, Hadoop, Hive, PIG, MapReduce,  and MS SQL Server, Cassandra, Dynamo, NOSQL, Neo4J

Development Technologies:
C, JAVA, FORTRAN, Visual Basic(VB .Net),  HTML5, DHTML, XML, XSLT, DHTML,PL/SQL, SQL, JavaScript, Java Servlets, JSP, MVC, JEE/J2EE, MQ, OLAP, ROLAP, MOLAP, JSF, Spring, Hibernate, Maven, Ant, Junit, RESTful, JSON, SOAP, WSDL, JMS, AJAX, GWT, OSGI, PHP, Perl, Python

Development Methodologies:

SDLC, Waterfall, RUP, XP, Agile, Scrum, Test Driven Development(TDD), Subversion, Hudson, Perforce, CVS, Rational ClearCase, ...etc

 

TESTING and QA:

STLC, TestDirector, QTP, LoadRunner, SilkTest, QualityCenter, Selenium, WhiteBox, BlackBox, TestComplete 8.*

Functional Skills:

 ERP Systems,  SAP(Pricing, OTC, MM, BW, CRM, HR, SD, BO, eCOMM), Siebel, Oracle EBS,  JDA, Oracle E-Business Suite,  eCommerce,  Magento, Oracle ATG, WebSphere Commerce Suite, Shopify,  Oracle ATG (ATG Dynamo)Merchandising, Supply Chain Management(SCM), Point of Sale(POS), HR Payroll,  Finance Systems, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable,   Commercial Insurance and Manufacturing, RFP Preparation, SOW Review, Vendor Evaluation and Project Planning

Professional Experience

Software Architect (2007- Present) at ePOSA, San Jose, CA

 

l         Prepared detailed Product requirements and  topology plan for  ETL/DW/BI/SOA Environment using IBM/ORACLE/OpenSource Strategies...

l         Handled Pilot Testing using POC , POV etc....

l         Developed Mobile Implementation Strategy

l         Trained the offshore developers

l         Prepared Standards and Guidelines for  Integratiomn, Reporting, Dash Boarding & DW

l         Installed, Configured and Maintained the EA/SOA/ETL/DW/BI Environment

l         Prepared plans for Enterprise Cloud and executed

l         Architected SOA based  eCommerce Solutions

l         Implemented TOGAF 9 based Service Model

 

Environment: Linux, Android, iOS,  Java,  Java EE,  XML, Jaspersoft, Talend, Pentaho,  MSBI, Tomcat, Spring Servers, Spring Frameworks, Mule ESB 3.*,  MQ, J2ME, WMB, OSB, OBIEE, JBOSS, Drools, TestComplete 8, Cognos 10.1, SVN(Subversion), Selenium, RESTful, JSON, SOAP, JMS, Magento, Shopify, TOGAF 9, NOSQL, gCloud, AWS, Azure, Hadoop, Hive, Hbase, PIG

 

Enterprise Solution Architect (2012 Feb – 2014 Nov  ) at NetApp, Sunnyvale,CA

 

l         Prepared detailed Project Plan for 20 member team

l         Prepared Capacity Planning and Storage Plan

l         Handled Proof of Concept Tests

l         Trained Developers and Analysts

l         Prepared Standards and Guidelines for ETL/DW/BI Environment

l         Installed, Configured and Maintained the ETL/DW/BI Environment

l         Implemented ITIL Best Practices for Strategy and Design

l         Developed a TOGAF 8.1.1 based Architecture for Development, Test and Production

 

Environment: Solaris, AIX, Oracle, Java, WebSphere Information Integration Suite, WebSphere Application Server, DataStage, Information Analyzer, Meta Workbench, Message Brokers, Siebel Pack, Oracle Pack, WebSphere IBM PS(WPS),MQ, Cognos, Java EE, J2EE, EJB, XML, XSD, Web Services, SOA, Oracle Warehouse Builder(OWB), OBI EE, Hyperion Essbase, Oracle EBS, Oracle E-Business Suite, SAP(Pricing, OTC, MM, BW, CRM, HR, SD, BO, eCOMM), Siebel, WPS, WID

 

Senior Consultant - Solution Architecture (2007 Feb -2011 Dec) at Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, Novato, CA

 

 

l         Analyzed Web Based Commercial Insurance Systems

l         Developed  and Maintained  Enterprise applications and Web Services such as Dun & Bradstreet, Experience Rating, Enterprise Valuation Service, Forms View Facility, Motor Vehicle Reports, Policy View Online, Reports  Ordering Interface, VIN Validation(Rational Software Architect...RSA)

l         Architected the Web Service for Policy View

l         Created the solution with Self Serving Business Pattern, Direct Connection Application Pattern, Message Adapter Runtime Pattern

l         Developed DS Jobs, Administered DS

l         Created Project Plan for 15 member team in compliance with ITIL Guidelines

l         Developed Conceptual Design

l         Prepared the Detail Design

 

Environment: AIX, DB2, Java, WebSphere Studio Application Developer(WSAD), WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Message Broker (WMB),  Rational Clear Case, TestDirector, Eclipse, JUnit, XML, XSD, SOAP, BPM ,WSDL, UDDI, iText, JMS, MQ, Web Services, ESB,SOA, Java EE,EJB,J2EE,IBM Ascential DataStage, ETL ,OOAD, WBPM, WPS, BRMS, RSA, Load Runner

 

 

Enterprise Integration Architect (2004 Jan – 2007 Feb) at Target Corp & Mervyns, Hayward, CA

 

l         Evaluated ERP/DW/ETL/BI Vendors

·    Evaluated Application Suite and Features

·    Built Infrastructure for ETL/DW/BI and ERP Environments

·    Converted Merchandising, Finance, Supply Chain and Store POS Systems  and implemented JDA MMS, Retail Ideas(Business Intelligence), Lawson Financials, Manhattan Warehouse Management and NSB POS in compliance with ITIL Guidelines

·    Created Solution Architecture and Project Plan for 12 member team ($3.3 M)

·    Architected the ETL,DW  & BI solution

·    Led a team of Consultants  and Managed Remote  Resources

·    Involved in Capacity Planning and Performance Tuning

·    Managed cross company resources

·    Architected the archival, backup, security, retrieval and storage solution using TOGAF 8.1

·    Archived approximately 30TB of data in 400 IBM-3590 Tapes

·    Evaluation of SAP(Pricing, OTC, MM, BW, CRM, HR, SD, BO, eCOMM)

·    Evaluation of eCommerce WebSphere Commerce Suite, ATG

Technical Lead at Buxton Consulting (2000 Sep -2004 Jan )

Client Liaison at Target Corporation, Mervyns LLC, Williams-Sonoma, ISharp              

·    Developed web based email client application

·    Developed Kiosk Application for Retail Stores

·    Developed Multi-threaded monitors for Operating System, Web Servers, Application Servers and Database Servers

·    Designed and Developed Sales Audit and POS Interfaces

·    Implemented Message Log (MLOG) interfaces to Store Back Office Systems

·    Analyzed and identified the potential data integrity disconnects at system interfaces

·    Recommended and implemented design changes. Implemented  interface balancing

·    Implemented Unitech Audit and Control Reporting System(U/ACR) across POS and Sales Audit Systems

·    Developed interfaces for TLOG, Sales History, POS Transactions and Electronic Journal

·    Supported internal and External Audits of E & Y.

·    Supported the roll-out of Store Systems using ITIL Best Practices

·    Developed the interfaces for Cycle Inventory Accounting System for Store and Distribution System

 

Project Lead at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (1997 Mar -2000 Sep)

Client Liaison at Target Corporation and Mervyns California

 

l         Developed a Data Warehouse of 40TB for Vendor Performance Evaluation (Business Intelligence) by extracting data from Merchandising and Logistics Systems.

l         Work included client liaison, technical guidance for the off-shore/on-site team, monitoring and reporting, analysis and design of extracts, transmits and testing for quality assurance.

l         Implemented and Supported Merchandising, Finance, Pricing, Distribution (Supply Chain) and Store POS Systems using ITIL Best Practices.

l         Supported Y2K Conversions. Supported Global Merchandising System (GMS) Implementation.  Supported the roll-out of Platinum to Endeavor

 

Education:

Building Software Products & Project Management, Stanford University, CA

Internetworking, Distributed Objects & Mobile Software Engineering, San Jose State University, CA
Master of Science (MS) in Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai, INDIA

Certifications:

CIOS,  Certified in iOS

CSM, Certified Scrum Master
SCJP, Sun Certified Java Professional

ITIL, Certified in ITILv3

CIPM, Certified International Project Manager

BIG-DATA Certified in BigData

CEC,  Certified eCommerce Consultant

 

Affiliations:

SDFORUM, Software Development Forum
IOUG, Independent Oracle Users Group

BIWA, Business Intelligence and Warehouse Analytics

AAPM, American Academy of Project Management

IPMC, International Project Management Commission