Gafoor Shaik
Bengalore
Summary
Senior Staff Solutions Architect with 26 years of software engineering experience and deep specialisation in healthcare product development, enterprise application architecture, cloud technologies, performance engineering, and production troubleshooting. Experienced across Java/J2EE, C#/ .NET, Azure, relational databases, APIs, integration technologies, and distributed systems. Recent focus includes architecture-led performance and stability improvements for HCA client applications, spanning application, database, infrastructure, and operational layers.
Overview
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Certification
2027
2027
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Staff Solutions Architect / Architect
symplr
Bengaluru
- Current
- HCA Client - Performance & Stability Architecture | Recent 1.5 years
- Leading architecture-level performance and stability improvements for HCA healthcare applications.
- Driving investigations across application, IIS, database, infrastructure, and service layers, including memory utilization, thread behavior, database pressure, connection pooling, service performance, and scalability.
- Supporting load and endurance testing to identify bottlenecks and validate improvements under production-like workloads.
- Using Datadog, PerfMon, IIS diagnostics, SQL Server Query Store, memory dumps, and thread dumps to support root-cause analysis.
- Working across Engineering, QA, Product, CloudOps, and customer-facing teams to define remediation and production-readiness improvements.
Provider / App Manager
symplr
- Contributed to healthcare product architecture and engineering across application, service, database, and integration layers.
- Provided architectural guidance for product enhancements, production issues, and modernization initiatives.
- App Manager consists of 12 deployed components supported by 6 databases.
- Technologies: .NET Framework 4.8, Angular 20, SQL Server, Web API / REST.
Atlas - Product Analysis & Improvements
symplr
- Performed product analysis for Atlas and contributed to identifying and driving product improvements.
Provider Portal
symplr
- Worked on Provider Portal healthcare product capabilities and solution design.
- Contributed to application architecture, integrations, APIs, product evolution, and resolution of complex technical issues.
- Technologies: .NET Core, AWS Lambda, Apache Kafka, CDC connection.
Workforce Management
WFM
- Responsible for deliverables across three Scrum teams in a scaled Agile model.
- Worked on design and implementation for healthcare workforce-management capabilities.
- Owned a hybrid architecture pattern integrating cloud workflows with on-premises workflows.
- Technologies: C#, Angular 7, Azure, Azure Storage, Azure SQL, Service Bus, Redis, Visual Studio.
Clinical Decision Support
Northstar
- Provided the design and implementation roadmap for a Clinical Decision Support System.
- Designed integration with a third-party rule-authoring system.
- Architected batch and real-time recommendation engines and hybrid cloud/on-premises workflow integration.
- Technologies: C#, Java, Drools, Azure Service Fabric, Angular 7, Azure Storage, Azure SQL, Service Bus, Redis.
Centricity Practice Solution (CPS)
01.2012 - 01.2015
- Designed and implemented REST services using Java.
- Worked on routing-engine capabilities and clinical interoperability.
- Technologies: Java, Spring, Hibernate, Apache Camel, JBoss, ActiveMQ, HAPI HL7.
Senior System Specialist
GE Healthcare
Hyderabad
01.2010 - 01.2012
Staff Software Engineer
GE Healthcare
Bengaluru / Hyderabad
01.2010 - 01.2010
- Transition to symplr
Technical Lead
MedPlexus
Hyderabad
01.2007 - 01.2010
- Worked on the MedPlexus Electronic Health Record platform supporting physician and clinical workflows.
- Contributed to healthcare product delivery and customer-facing enhancements.
Technical Lead / Senior Software Engineer
Indus Business Systems
Hyderabad
01.2004 - 01.2007
- Worked on the MedPlexus EHR product using Java, Swing, JDBC, Servlets, JSP, and RMI.
- Gathered requirements from the US team, allocated work to team members, and delivered product enhancements on a recurring release cycle.
- Developed Lab Results, FDB Medications, and e-Prescription modules.
- Contributed to CCHIT and Surescripts certification activities and HL7-based laboratory integrations.
Software Engineer
Strabus Software Solutions
Hyderabad
01.2000 - 01.2004
- Worked on JADU, a Java/Swing/XML/HTML development utility for generating web applications through a visual interface.
- Contributed to module integration, test-case development, and a Servlet-based reporting component.
- Worked on the SRMT materials and marketing management solution using Java, Applets, Servlets, Oracle, and Java Web Server.
Education
Master of Computer Applications (MCA) -
Sri Venkateshwara University
Tirupati, Andhra PradeshBachelor of Science - Computer Science
Sri Venkateshwara University
Tirupati, Andhra PradeshSkills
- Architecture: Solution Architecture Application Architecture Integration Architecture API Architecture Distributed Systems
- Performance & Reliability: Performance Engineering Load & Endurance Testing Memory & Thread Analysis Database Performance Connection Pooling Capacity Planning
- Platforms: AWS IIS Redis
- Application Technologies: Java/J2EE Spring Hibernate C#/ NET REST/SOAP Angular
- Data & Integration: SQL Server PostgreSQL Oracle MySQL HL7 FHIR CCDA Apache Camel ActiveMQ
- Diagnostics: Datadog PerfMon SQL Server Query Store Memory Dumps Thread Dumps IIS Diagnostics
Certification
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
- Certified Scrum Master
- Certified Product Owner
- Sun Certified Java Professional 1.5
HEALTHCARE & TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHTS
- Healthcare product development experience including EMR / clinical workflows and interoperability.
- Experience with HL7, FHIR, and CCDA interoperability standards.
- Experience improving performance and resolving production issues in enterprise applications.
- Strong architecture and object-oriented design skills with end-to-end system exposure.
Timeline
Centricity Practice Solution (CPS)
01.2012 - 01.2015
Senior System Specialist
GE Healthcare
01.2010 - 01.2012
Staff Software Engineer
GE Healthcare
01.2010 - 01.2010
Technical Lead
MedPlexus
01.2007 - 01.2010
Technical Lead / Senior Software Engineer
Indus Business Systems
01.2004 - 01.2007
Software Engineer
Strabus Software Solutions
01.2000 - 01.2004
Senior Staff Solutions Architect / Architect
symplr
- Current
Provider / App Manager
symplr
Atlas - Product Analysis & Improvements
symplr
Provider Portal
symplr
Workforce Management
WFM
Clinical Decision Support
Northstar
Master of Computer Applications (MCA) -
Sri Venkateshwara University
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Sri Venkateshwara University