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Praveen Kumar Itla

Senior Technical Architect
Bengaluru

Summary

Extensively worked on design & development of APIs on Apigee platform. Working knowledge of latest security standards like OAuth, OpenID Connect and JSON Web Tokens (JWT). Working knowledge of Google cloud platform. Experience of deploying APIs in Kubernetes instance running in GCP. Worked on all instances of Apigee (On-prem, SAAS & Hybrid) Worked on Devops tools like GIT, Jenkins and Ansible. Automating the deployment process using CICD pipelines Experience in design and development of web application using Java & J2EE technologies. Managed cross functional teams across geographical locations Stakeholder Management (Clients & Internal). Experienced Agile practitioner (Scrum). Worked as a Scrum Master. Worked with clients to understand their Requirements. Managed projects on application development, application support and application migration. Experience of working on RFP/RFIs on API Management engagements. Cross domain experience including Telecom, Banking, Manufacturing, Media, Healthcare & Utilities.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Technical Architect

Mindtree
Bengaluru
05.2022 - Current
  • Working as Apigee consultant for migration project for UK based retail client.
  • Collaborated with clients to determine project specifications and scope
  • Managed team of 10 members across geographical locations.
  • Understanding AS-IS architecture.
  • Performed Gap analysis in understanding existing architecture.
  • Created high-level design for API proxies to be migrated to Mulesoft.
  • Worked with development team (MuleSoft developers) to make them understand functionality of existing API proxies.
  • Working with testing team to come up with various test cases and testing scenarios.

Technical Manager

Tech Mahindra
Bengaluru
04.2016 - 05.2022
  • Worked on hybrid instance of Apigee on GCP.
  • Design & development the Apigee proxies using various out of the box features.
  • Test proxies by deploying into Kubernetes engine running on Google cloud platform.
  • Deploy API proxies into higher environments using CI/CD pipeline created using Jenkins.
  • Kibana is used as monitoring tool to check overall health of application.
  • Unit testing of API proxies using POSTMAN.
  • Integration testing of APIs with requests coming from Google Dialog flow and response going back to it.
  • Working on building backend API development using Spring boot.
  • Using Camunda as modeler to deploy ava APIs
  • Interacting with customers to understand requirements.
  • Coordinating with client and project team to resolve any issues.
  • Conducting daily Scrum calls
  • Working with product owner to come with product backlog and prioritizing tasks.
  • Creating epics/user stories in JIRA.
  • Working with leads to create sub tasks to user stories and coming up with estimate for each task.
  • Monitoring progress on user stories.
  • Resolving any blockages, team faces.
  • Sending weekly status reports to client and higher management.
  • Supporting existing application for any production/nonproduction issues.
  • Tracking progress on each support issue so that SLA is not breached.

Technical Architect

Syntel
Pune
11.2014 - 04.2016
  • Worked on Best practice encompassing all phases of API development.
  • Worked on the API Governance Framework &Implementation Strategy.
  • Gave demos on API Platform to various prospective clients
  • Worked on estimation template which would help with effort estimate while working on RFP
  • Implemented various POCs in Apigee which covers all out of box functionalities in API gateway
  • Conducted various internal training on Apigee.
  • Conducting interviews and building competency pool.

Team Lead

Accenture
Bengaluru
08.2010 - 11.2014
  • Worked on migration of project running on Apigee 3.8 to Apigee Edge.
  • Worked on the high level design spec for the project as well as low level design for each module
  • Implemented various policies for each API.
  • Worked on developing various backend services in both Restful and SOAP services for the team to work on various Apigee use cases provided by the vendor.
  • Did a POC of checking whether web services developed on c# which will be deployed on AWS cloud be consumed by Apigee.
  • Did work on estimations for some of the RFPs for the pre sales team.

Project Lead

Wipro Technologies
Bengaluru
04.2007 - 08.2010
  • Instrumental in bringing some design changes into the application to make the application more stable
  • Worked on improving the performance of the application
  • Developed a client to the web service exposed by the third party system (Remedy).
  • Leading the development team which was working on various change requests.
  • Involved in all the discussions with the management to understand the features that the team will work on
  • Provided the status of the work performed by the team on a regular basis.

IT Consultant

Logica
Bengaluru
12.2005 - 03.2007
  • Involved in writing Technical Specification & Unit as well as System Test cases for some of the change requests.
  • Involved in coding, unit testing & fixing bugs.

Information Analyst

Electronic Data Systems
Chennai, India
02.2005 - 11.2005
  • Responsible in converting the class files in ATG to Java files & ATG tags are converted into equivalent JSP or JSTL tags.
  • Worked on struts framework to develop the client side
  • Involved in developing the server side DAO’s.

Project Engineer

Wipro Technologies
Chennai
12.2003 - 01.2005
  • Involved in fixing the production issues.
  • Worked on change requests.
  • Worked extensively on EJBs

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Karnataka University
Dharwad, KA

Skills

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Timeline

Senior Technical Architect

Mindtree
05.2022 - Current

Technical Manager

Tech Mahindra
04.2016 - 05.2022

Technical Architect

Syntel
11.2014 - 04.2016

Team Lead

Accenture
08.2010 - 11.2014

Project Lead

Wipro Technologies
04.2007 - 08.2010

IT Consultant

Logica
12.2005 - 03.2007

Information Analyst

Electronic Data Systems
02.2005 - 11.2005

Project Engineer

Wipro Technologies
12.2003 - 01.2005

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Karnataka University

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