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Education
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Austin Noronha

Technical Architect
Mumbai,Maharashtra

Summary

Accomplished Technical Architect offering 17 year's experience in comprehensive design and development of infrastructure and architecture for software projects. Attentive collaborator and communicator from project conception to completion. Creative in devising solutions to improve business operations and meet client's technical needs. Seasoned team leader possessing the technical and interpersonal skills to provide exceptional project deliverables. Detail-oriented in coding and testing the functionality of deliverables.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Technical Architect

Accrete
Mumbai
10.2021 - Current
  • Developed network and system architecture according to business needs.
  • Collaborated with clients to determine project specifications and scope.
  • Provided technical leadership to team members during system design and UI/UX design.
  • Provided current best practices and third-party solution alternatives when necessary for functional design documentation.
  • Designed the end to end solution, database schema, built backend RESTFUL APIs.
  • Performed quality code review and removed technical debt and security vulnerabilities.
  • Defined enterprise processes and best practices and tailored enterprise processes for applications.
  • Delivering code that meets security and performance requirements.
  • Designed and implemented system security and data assurance.
  • Worked with product owners to establish product direction and technology solutions.
  • Estimate software development requirements and effort, propose alternatives and prioritize development tasks for a given area.
  • Address technical concerns, ideas and suggestions.
  • Experience in project management and service-oriented architecture (SOA).
  • Knowledge of selected coding languages (e.g JavaScript, Java, Python, PHP)
  • Familiarity with various operating systems (e.g Windows, UNIX) and databases (e.g MySQL, MongoDB)
  • Experience in cloud technologies like AWS and GCP
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • User Interface (UI) Development expertise.

Senior Software Engineer

Rediff.com
Mumbai
04.2012 - 10.2021
  • Worked on the free and paid mail platform to: develop, maintain and enhance backend and frontend experience
  • Worked closely with other business analysts, development teams and infrastructure specialists to deliver high availability solutions for mission-critical applications.
  • Created procedures for system monitoring, recovery, backup and optimization.
  • Discussed project progress with customers, collected feedback on different stages and directly addressed concerns.
  • Captured specifications, testing methods and other information for business email project into technical manuals.
  • Build rich, dynamic client-side interfaces and applications using JavaScript, Bootstrap, Angular, ReactJS etc
  • Customized NodeJS and Sockets to develop an enterprise chat application for email clients.
  • Cooperate diligently with other IT team members to plan, design, and develop smart solutions
  • Part of the Business Development Team to generate leads and drive more traffic to our online portal businessemail.rediff.com
  • Self-Motivator, a performance-driven individual with an analytical mindset.
  • Onboarded new tools and technologies during development to elevate project quality and shorten timeframes.
  • Planned and developed interfaces that simplified overall management and offered ease of use.
  • Introduced agile methodologies and development best practices to division to enhance product development.
  • Trained and mentored junior developers and engineers, teaching skills in Javascript, UI/UX, Mobile Development, PHP, Python etc and working to improve overall team performance.

Deputy Team Leader/Client Manager

Exa India Pvt Ltd
Mumbai
01.2008 - 03.2012
  • Software/Website design, prototyping and web development
  • Consulted with Project Manager offering technical and resource planning
  • Scheduled development timeframes, providing realistic and actionable frameworks for consistent development progress performance.
  • Drafted progress reports for senior leadership, outlining important performance metrics and outstanding individual contributors.
  • Incorporated cybersecurity priorities into development projects to reduce potential liability and increase customer security.
  • Held cross-disciplinary brainstorming sessions with technical leads from Design, PHP, Javascript, Python teams.
  • Supervised work of programmers, designers and technicians, assigned tasks and monitored performance against targets.
  • Created proofs of concept for innovative new solutions.

Software Developer

Magnet Technologies Pvt Ltd
Mumbai
08.2006 - 07.2007
  • Built a Process to convert PSD to UI/UX models
  • Served as a single point of contact for supporting customers, third parties, stakeholders and handling key issues in development.
  • Collaborated effectively with members of software development team and personnel in other departments.
  • Wrote clean, clear and well-tested code for various projects.
  • Collaborated with other developers to identify and alleviate number of bugs and errors in software.
  • Documented technical workflows and knowledge in private wiki for education of newly hired employees.

Education

Master of Computer Applications - Computer Application - Programming & Management

Mumbai University
Mumbai, India
06.2007 - 06.2011

Bachelor of Commerce (BCOM) - Commerce And Accounting

Mumbai University
Mumbai, India
06.2003 - 03.2006

Diploma - Computer Software And Business Development

NIIT Ltd
Mumbai, India
11.2003 - 02.2006

Skills

    Communicating with clients

Technical Architecture Design

UI Development

Proficient in PHP, python, angular, reactjs

Conceptualizing development projects

Scripting skills

Technical Analysis

Cloud services

RDBMS and NoSQL databases

Project planning and development

Software Development Lifecycle

Functional & Business Requirements

Technical Support

Disaster Recovery Methodologies

Performance Evaluations

Testing and Conversion Plans

Additional Information

  • Accomplishments Built an enterprise chat application using NodeJS, Sockets, Video Conference and RabbitMQ.
  • Created an online storage drive to store/manage files on the cloud, share files securely with OTP validation and sync across devices.
  • Standardized the use of Client and Server-side automation testing suite in Postman, JUnit, Karma, Protractor and Other tools like OWASP ZAP, Acunetix.
  • Expanding the product reach by digital and marketing efforts.
  • Maintaining strong, trusting relationships with clients and vendors; managing multiple tasks and prioritizing work so that day-to-day client needs are met.

Accomplishments

  • Achieved Automation Testing through effectively helping with QA team and training.
  • Implemented OWASP ZAP tool for Vulnerability checks.
  • Resolved product issue through consumer testing.

Software

PHP

Javascript

Angular, ReactJS

MySQL, MongoDB

Project Management

Agile Scrum Methodology

Interests

Project Management and Planning

Software Quality Assurance

Cybersecurity and blockchain

Timeline

Technical Architect

Accrete
10.2021 - Current

Senior Software Engineer

Rediff.com
04.2012 - 10.2021

Deputy Team Leader/Client Manager

Exa India Pvt Ltd
01.2008 - 03.2012

Master of Computer Applications - Computer Application - Programming & Management

Mumbai University
06.2007 - 06.2011

Software Developer

Magnet Technologies Pvt Ltd
08.2006 - 07.2007

Diploma - Computer Software And Business Development

NIIT Ltd
11.2003 - 02.2006

Bachelor of Commerce (BCOM) - Commerce And Accounting

Mumbai University
06.2003 - 03.2006
Austin NoronhaTechnical Architect