Balaji Vembu
Technical Advisor
Estancia, Chennai
Summary
Accomplished Technical Advisor offering 16 years' 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 stakeholders' technical needs. Seasoned team leader possessing the technical and interpersonal skills to provide exceptional project deliverables.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certificates
Work History
Technical Advisor
Transunion
Chennai
06.2018 - Current
- Collaborated with stakeholders to determine project specifications and scope.
- Defined cloud architecture for both hybrid and non-hybrid cloud solutions.
- Provided technical leadership to team members during system design.
- Helped teams build robust RESTfull applications with Spring Boot & Hibernates and sleek & innovative UI application with Angular framework.
- Helped teams develop and maintained microservices architectures using Docker, Kubernetes and AWS as a cloud provider.
- Performed quality code review and removed technical debt and security vulnerabilities.
- Provided current best practices and third-party solution alternatives when necessary for functional design documentation.
- Researched and understood emerging technologies and end-user needs.
- Monitored and tested application performance to identify potential bottlenecks, develop solutions and collaborate with developers on solution implementation.
- Reviewed all test cases and test scripts for quality and identified additional areas to review.
- Advised project managers on simultaneous technical workstreams, aiding in alignment of broader business goals.
- Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
- Reviewed technical guidelines to verify compliance with information security standards and best practices.(Tools like Checkmarx, blackduck, AppScan and Penetration testing were used)
- Conducted periodic Operational Readiness Tests (ORT) to validate proper Operation Readiness, for both the deployed application and Infrastructure.
Senior Consultant
Capgemini
Chennai
03.2014 - 06.2018
- Interfaced with front-end and back-end development teams to develop unified product, smoothing out coding conflicts before problems arose.
- Designed full-stack Spring with Angular applications.
- Was responsible for Low level Diagrams like, Class diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, Entity Relationship diagram.
- Managed a team of 12 junior engineers.
- Designed reusable and reliable code for use within distributed cloud and On-Prem environments.
- Reviewed code and debugged errors to improve performance.
- Collaborated in team-based, Agile environment to accomplish objectives by deadlines.
- Triaged defects and acted as a bridge between the testing and development teams.
Team Lead
Mindtree
Chennai
07.2007 - 03.2014
- Reviewed code and debugged errors to improve performance.
- Developed robust Java code for Spring & Hibernates applications.
- Managed development milestones from initial steps through final delivery's.
- Developed functional databases, applications and servers to support websites on back-end.
- Created powerful Content Management Systems(Magnolia CMS) to serve as interface for client.
- Planned and engineered RESTful web services to manipulate dynamic datasets.
- Developed user-friendly web forms with validation and error handling.
- Crafted SEO strategy and intuitive interface for site to achieve prominent rankings across top browser platforms.
- Collaborated with in-house web designers to create sleek and innovative UI design.
Education
B. TECH - Computer Engineering
SRM Institute of Science And Technology
Chennai 06.2003 - 04.2007
Skills
Spring and Hibernates with Java
Angular framework
Cloud computing (AWS)
Agile Framework
DevOps (K8S, Jenkins pipelines)
Testing Automation(Selenium, API testing)
Big Data(Spark/Hadoop)
Cybersecurity
Certification
AWS Solutions Architect Associate
Timeline
Technical Advisor
Transunion
06.2018 - Current
Senior Consultant
Capgemini
03.2014 - 06.2018
Team Lead
Mindtree
07.2007 - 03.2014
B. TECH - Computer Engineering
SRM Institute of Science And Technology
06.2003 - 04.2007