PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• 8+ years of experience in the field of Information Technology including Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Support and Testing of Web Applications and Enterprise Applications usingJava, J2EE, SOA, ATG and Oracle Technology.
• Expert level J2EE , XML, Struts, SOA, Good Mentor (Windows and Unix/AIX/Sun Solaris Platforms) developing E-commerce web sites, Intranets and Web applications and Enterprise Applications. Has the ability to translate the business needs to technical requirements.
• Strong experience in design and development of complex web applications using Java, J2EE, JSP, Servlets, Jakarta Struts, SOA, Web Services, Tiles, Springs, Hibernate, JavaBeans, JDBC, JNDI, EJB, JMS, ATG Dynamo, JUnit, Log4J, XML, HTML, JavaScript, AJAX, Oracle, DB2 as back ends and also Shell scripting for ETL and batch jobs
• Very strong in RDBMS concepts and rich experience in DB2, Oracle and MYSQL. Good Knowledge in database tuning to the level of DBA like granting and revoking access permissions, creating / altering tables space, etc . Experienced in data migration between heterogeneous databases using ETL concepts.
• Strong experience in Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD)
• Instrumental in different project life cycle phases like Proof of concept, Architecture, Requirements and Use cases, Design, Development/Coding, Integration and Deployment, Testing, Performance tuning, Optimization, Tool evaluation and Training.
• Good experience in the field of Technical Support and Production Support.
• Involved in Project Planning & Estimation, Resource Management, Issue escalation and resolution. Posses’ strong analytical, technical, excellent problem-solving and good communicational skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages/Software

Java, J2EE, VB, Shell Scripting

Java

JDBC, RMI, JavaBeans

J2EE

Jsp, EJB, XML, JMS

RDBMS/DBMS

Oracle, DB2, MySql, (DML, DDL, PL SQL, Stored Procedures)

Design Patterns

Core Java Patterns, J2EE patterns

Operating Systems

UNIX (HP UX, Sun Solaris), WIN 95 - XP

Web Server / App Server

WebSphere WAS, JBoss, ATG DAS, Tomcat

Development Tools

Eclipse, WSAD, RAD, Textpad, Edit Plus

Version Control

PVCS, WinCVS, Perforce

Framework

Struts, ATG Dynamo, Spring

Reporting tools / API

Apache POI, iText, Crystal reports

ORM

ATG repositories, Hibernate

Others

TOAD, XML, XSL, Ajax, JPA, Html, Css, JavaScript, SOA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Client: Confidential, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Project: Jewel Oracle Retail Migration Oct 07, 2009 – present

Confidential has various legacy applications under different banner of stores. The scope of this project is to migrate Jewel legacy application into a single Oracle suite of applications. The Jewel stores operate on two applications. Jewel Merch and Jewel Osco. As part of release 1 activities, the foundation data is being pulled from current systems into the Retail Merchandising System (RMS). The foundation data include Item, Locations, Supplier and Cost.

Technologies used: J2EE, IBM mainframe IMS db and Oracle 9i DB, WebSphere RAD, UNIX, PVCS, HPOV, SQL Developer and TOAD

Roles, Responsibilities and Details – System Analyst

• Creation of Data Mapping tool document.
• DSD and DC mapping document
• Requirements derived from SME’s and Business
• Involved in project estimation, project plan
• Development with J2ee and IBM mainframe IMS DB
• Coordination between the SME, RMS expert and development team
• Complete delivery from onshore.
• Involved in review process.
• Team size of 5
• Ownership for the Item Master and PM i.e. pricing related functionality and its tables..

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN, USA 

Project: Digital SKU Apr 13, 2009 – Oct 02, 2009

In this project, Confidential is enhancing the ability to sell its products from physical to digital as well. i.e. All products that can be downloaded via net / email is possible to sell in Confidential site. First the project is integrated with the single vendor i.e. Napster site. In near future it can be scaled to sell from others vendors like iTunes, Netflix etc. For this holiday period this project is very crucial and essential in terms of revenue in selling digital projects.

Technologies used: J2EE, Java 5, JPA, Java Script, CSS, JSP, EJB, Web Services, XML, SOA, MQ Series ATG Dynamo, Eclipse, XML, HTML, Oracle, sequel PL/SQL, JDBC, Unix, HPOV, PVCS, Quality center

Roles, Responsibilities and Details – Sr Developer

• Working closely with senior Architects for all decision making and reporting.
• Creation of Technical Design Document i.e. TDD.
• Requirements gathering from the business team
• Involved in analysis, design, implementation and testing of application
• Actively involved in the decision making for external modules like PCMS (product Catalog Management Systems), Yantra (OMS – order management systems), Bop – business owned process etc where this modules interact with our dot come modules.
• One point contact for the entire project at onshore
• Project estimation, Resource allocation, Project plan
• Mentoring the development team at offshore.
• Worked for setting up of new SKU’s with RETEK team.
• Impact analysis with CSEE team (content provider team) due to changes in our project
• Design of the repositories change with the large volume of transactions for Digital products
• Prepared configuration/deployment requirements for the application.
• Also involved in the deployment action, plan and tuning of infrastructure based on the high transactions anticipated from requirements
• Worked with a team of 8, 6 at offshore and 2 at onshore
• Responsible for Build and Release, UAT support, bug fix and delivery of modules.
• Production Support during the period of warranty period.

Confidential, Seattle, WA, USA

Project: Global Navigation Refresh / Site updates 3 – Target.com Sep 2, 2008 – Mar 20, 2009

The Confidential site is completely hosted on the infrastructure provided by the amazon.com enterprise that is at Amazon’s location. This project is mainly for the holiday period site updation with several releases. I was one of the team member where we have represented Target side for the first time to amazon.com and successfully released our project with the guidance of amazon.com architects and support.

Technologies used: Java, J2EE, JSP, JavaScript, Perforce, Oracle, CSS, HTML, Spring, Hibernate, XML, Unix, JavaScript, AJAX, JIRA, Tomcat

Roles, Responsibilities and Details – Sr Developer

• Developed Business requirements documents, Application Design Document i.e. Low level design doc.
• Development of modules for global navigation in target.com site mainly for header menu
• Modified the architecture diagram for our application.
• Worked under scrum methodology. Also acted as scrum master in turn.
• Coding in J2ee using spring and hibernate
• Perforce for version control system.
• Active user of Wiki within Amazon enterprise
• Actively taken part in Build / Release, UAT support, bug fix and resolution
• Troubleshooting application / environment related issues and performance tuning assistance.
• Project is implemented using Agile Methodology.
• Involved in code reviewing for the team.
• Jira for issue tracking system

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Project: Job Application System – JAS Aug 27, 2007 – Aug 29, 2008

HR and application module for enhancing the recruitment process completely in IT. Kiosks at stores enable applicant to apply job at target while Intranet enabled application in HR side for complete recruitment process till hiring the applicant.

Technologies used: Java JDK1.5, J2EE JSP, Web Service, ATG dynamo, JDBC, XML, JavaScript, HTML, ANT, IBM RAD, DB2, Mercury Quality Control, Test Director, WebSphere application server, SOA, Spring, Hibernate, DOM xml parser

Roles and Responsibilities – Technical Lead

• Creation of System Architecture Design
• Collaborating with DBA team for DB design and modeling.
• Requirements gathering from the Business team
• Project Estimation, Resource allocation & Customer Interaction.
• HR modules and CA modules interface design
• Admin module involvement partially.
• Complete ownership of security module where we introduced authorization process based on permissions
• Developed the application using J2EE and ATG dynamo technology.
• Deployed the Web Application in WebSphere application server.
• Integration with the site minder module for logging screen i.e. Authentication process.
• Technical Support / Production support for the 90 day warranty period.
• 2nd level of code review process.
• Creating / parsing XML using DOM parser
• Design in the consumption of web service that is exposed in Target profile
• Coding using ATG API’s. Write JUNIT test cases for large modules and systems.
• Create functional specification, use cases, test cases, test harness, business design and technical design documents. Build automation and release management

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Project: Reward zone Redemption Apr 12, 2007 – Jul 13, 2007

Confidential , enabling the site to redeem the rewards points earned during any purchase to directly applying through online site.

Technologies Used: Java, J2EE, JPA, Java Script, CSS, Servlets / JSP, WebSphere , EJB, Web Services, XML, SOA, ATG Dynamo, Eclipse, XML, HTML, JavaScript, Oracle, PL/SQL, JDBC, UML, Unix, JIRA

Roles and Responsibilities – Senior Developer

• Design and development of J2EE applications.
• OO Design of Presentation layer component and checkout processes. Prototyping of the functional model.
• Requirement gathering from Business team
• Involved in all discussion with external teams like MABL, CSEE, and PCMS.
• Coding using J2ee and ATG Dynamo. Write JUNIT test cases for modules and systems.
• Designed application according to customer requirements.
• Integration and enhancement of online checkout process using ATG.
• Responsible for maintaining and supporting the application.
• Deployed the Web Application in WebSphere 5.1.
• Generating reports using XML.
• Involved in code reviewing for the team.
• Generating and Merging PDF files using I Text.
• Responsible for Build and Release, UAT support, bug fix and delivery of modules.

Client: Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Project: Item Management – IMN Oct 15, 2006 – Mar 29, 2007

Centralized application that manages the life cycle of an item / product to support planning, acquiring, producing and sale of merchandise. It is replacement to the legacy system which is very limited in administering item life cycle.

Technologies used : Java, J2EE JDK, JSP, Web Service, ATG dynamo, JDBC, XML, Javascript, HTML, ANT, IBM RAD, DB2, SOA, Mercury Quality Control, Test Director, Websphere application server

Roles and Responsibilities – Senior Developer

• Designed and developed the application using Java, JSP, Struts
• Implemented authentication using SiteMinder and validated users with LDAP using Target LDAP component.
• Designed and created database tables. Wrote PL/SQL stored procedures and SQL statements.
• Deployed the Web Application in WebSphere 5.1
• Successfully implemented Use Cases and business requirements in Java using Struts frame work and tested the system.
• Coordinated application deployments with infrastructure team using Change Controls and Resolved issues using Trouble Tickets.
• Project was implemented using waterfall model.
• Responsible for testing, performance tuning and optimization of the application.

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Project: Customer ordered products – COP Apr 06, 2005 – Oct 10, 2006

Application to automate the inventory and logistics of the products that are ordered by the business customer.

Technologies Used: Oracle 9i, TOAD, Crystal Reports, Java, JDBC, JSP, Java Beans, 
EJB, PL/SQL, HTML, XML, WSAD, JUnit, OOAD, PVCS

Roles and Responsibilities – Senior Developer

• Application Migration from ATG to J2EE with Struts.
• Design and development of J2EE applications using ATG, JDBC, JSP, Servlets, Struts, EJB. Creation of custom tag libraries for Struts.
• Coding JUNIT and STRUTS test cases for large modules and systems. Clear communication in verbal and written forms to Project Managers on status reporting.
• Monitoring production applications during critical monthly processing during the processing window. Operational maintenance of enterprise wide J2EE applications.
• Documenting performance benchmarks of products using proprietary tools.
• Managing deployed applications and performing operational activities. Troubleshooting environment and application issues using standard support patterns as the standard methodology and provide root cause summary to application stakeholders.
• Performing product builds as needed to incorporate changes from the project team and enforce software change/version control and assist other CM Analysts with technically complex/critical efforts.
• Fine-tuning the development environment for extensibility. Assisted in preparing the Developers Manual strictly following the Product Guidelines. Designed the architecture diagram for the system.
• Designed and developed the application using Java, JSP, Struts, and AJAX.

Confidential, CA, USA Jun 07, 2004 – Mar 06, 2005

Project: SunONE server technical support

Technologies: SunONE technologies, eclipse, TOAD, Sun Solaris, Java 1.4

Roles and Responsibilities – Tech Support Engineer

• Installation, configuring and maintenance of large scale SunOne server.
• Meeting SLA with high priority
• Developing customer specific applications and portlets using Portal Server API\'s.
• Administering SunONE Portal Server, Web Server, Directory Server, and iPlanet LDAP Server. . Troubleshooting Portal server and Web server issues. Bug identification and reporting to engineering team. Crash recovery, Upgradation, Installation of Service pack/Hotpatch fixes, Log file analysis and Performance tuning for SunONE suite of web technology products.
• Designing and developing SunONE Portal server architecture per client requirements.

Confidential

Project: VESTA Banking Software – VBS Oct 10, 2001 – Apr 23, 2004

Its medium scale banking software developed mainly for cooperatives banks in India.

Technologies Used: Java, Visual Basic, Oracle 8.x, ODBC, PL/SQL, SQL*Plus, JSP, Java Beans, HTML, JavaScript, OOAD

Roles and Responsibilities – Software Engineer

• Design of Application interfaces
• Data Interfaces, Data modeling and Database Design.
• Development and integration of large scale transaction modules.
• Developing applications using Java, JFC Swing, JDBC, Websphere, Servlets, VB and Oracle. Creating and review of functional specifications using proposal and requirement documentation as input.
• Migration of application development from VB to Java and SQL Server to Oracle.
• Creating and review of Test cases. Clear communication in verbal and written forms to Project Managers on status reporting.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) Confidential University