Suresh Kumar A S

Served as a Solutions Architect for a team of 52 members for an enterprise Eclipse RCP, Spring, Hibernate, Angular and React application for ACM in Mercedes Benz. The particulars of work is as follows :

• Conceptualized, designed and led development initiatives for Kafka platform integrating Change Data Capture module, supporting around 250M of unique data points with traffic of 0.1M per day.
• Rationalized existing database schematic structure eliminating redundant storage schemas by 30%, improving efficiency of transactions by 100%
• Conceptualized, designed and led initiatives for complete overhaul of migration activities, ensuring cloud compatibility and in adherence to DevSecOps principles.
• Guided and influenced existing stakeholders on architectural changes and enhancements to application suite. Proposed architectural overhaul of application by decoupling tightly integrated components into standalone services so as to work in cloud native setup.
• Built team of 30 members with varied specializations, trained them in relevant technical stack while leading handover process of product from vendor during transition process.
• Increased security measures by implementing robust authentication and encryption protocols, protecting sensitive data from potential breaches.
• Conceptualized, designed and led initiatives for various migration activities like Openliberty and PostgreSQL.

Involved in the development of SiTi (Service Integrator Transaction Injector), an internal tool aimed at improving efficiency of the Software Development Life-cycle by means of providing automated software validation mechanisms. The particulars of work is as follows :

• Led development initiative as Subject Matter Expert and primary point-of-contact for SiTi for project management team.
• Conceptualized, designed and served as lead developer for full-stack applications based on Angular, Spring and Flask frameworks for SiTi, along with messaging queues via Twisted Python implementation. Also developed persistent data storage system with MongoDB for reliable transaction management.
• Actively involved in stakeholder management and served as informal Product Owner for SiTi, driving product's vision and constantly reworking application to keep with evolving customer needs.
• Automated complex workflows to improve operational efficiency 50x and helped reduce manual effort utilization, by means of complex array of Ansible scripts and automated jobs.
• Exhibited exemplary skills by providing architectural guidance and technical expertise, resulting in optimized performance of team, continuous improvement recommendations and product innovation for SiTi.
• Mentored new Software Engineers and helped them ramp up quickly with regards to technologies and domain knowledge, and constantly helped in enhancing their skills by providing peer reviews and technical consultancy.

Worked on the Akuacom Demand Response Automation Server (DRAS), a project that enables program operators to directly manage peak energy consumption via smart monitoring of broadcasting price and reliability signals. The premise of the project was to have optimal utilization of energy based on shed (signal) strategies in lieu with real-time demand. The particulars of work is as follows :

• Led development on numerous features on DRAS project as lead developer, overseeing team of 4, providing knowledge and sharing expertise as required.
• Leveraged expertise on sever and application management to implement Service Oriented Architecture, and also set up dual JBoss configuration for same.
• Successfully reworked application components and implemented various design changes based on design patterns, and also guided team to achieve highest coding standards via competent peer reviews and technical consultancy.
• Collaborated with cross-functional development team members to analyze potential system solutions based on evolving client requirements, and also involved in driving DRAS projects vision via efficient stakeholder management.
• Recognized several issues in software processes and applied automation techniques to mitigate them, bolstering efficiency by 125%.

Worked on a plethora of projects for Insurance Claims processes and Software Management for NASCO, a US based client. These projects required working on a diverse technological stack and also strong domain knowledge so as to integrate and enhance complex software workflows. My work primarily revolved around Blue Exchange System and Blue2, the products used by NASCO for processing insurance claims and BX Orchestration for Software Management. The particulars of work is as follows :

• Led development for various features and workflows for all projects and exhibited strong leadership skills, having led over 12 developers during my tenure. Led teams to develop modular and extensible Java code and Database Management.
• Implemented numerous solutions to improve operational efficiency and provided robust application to end users. Implemented caching solution to improve BXWS transaction flow, which saved time and asset usage by 60%, and supported systems 24/6.
• Aided in architectural design and prepared technical documents for projects. Analyzed and derived requirements, both functional and non-functional to drive enhancements on products and improve Quality of Service.
• Monitored and tested application performance to identify potential bottlenecks, develop solutions, and collaborated with developers on solution implementation. Implemented robust and comprehensive automation solution to maintain and manage infrastructure via Perl and Shell scripting.
• Designed and implemented integration and system testing mechanisms by setting up SOAP UI and JUnit test cases to ensure near-perfect software was delivered to stakeholders.
• Acquired sound knowledge around various servers and tools used as part of infrastructure and implemented SOA model for products developed.

Worked on numerous projects ranging for clients of the Energy and Power Industries to the Entertainment Industry. The projects include Nodal GAPS and Nodal, for Luminant, a US based client which focused on conforming to the Nodal Pricing System for businesses to offer bids for sale and purchase of Capacity and Energy. Also worked on MarkeTrak for Energy Future Holdings, which aimed at providing user management and reporting mechanisms for the client's internal applications. Was also involved in the development of AIRS application for Warner Bros, an internal tool that managed all release information about the movies and shows produced and distributed by the production house. The particulars of work is as follows :

• Involved in designing and gathering requirements for projects and concur specifications for same.
• Developed robust and comprehensive GUI based Java applications and managing various databases for persistent storage and data reliability.
• Researched, designed and implemented scalable applications for information identification, extraction, analysis, retrieval and indexing for AIRS tool, to manage complex streams of movie / series data.
• Exhibited strong technical aptitude and application expertise resulting in optimized performance, continuous improvement recommendations and product innovation.
• Implemented robust test cases for integration and system testing by writing JUnit cases and other integration tests to have 95% code coverage.
• Developed various Proof of Concepts (PoCs) to confirm and prove hypotheses for improving operational efficiency and reduce asset utilization, to boost productivity and compliance.