Freelancer roles in Software/Application Development, Java, J2EE, Spring, Python, Full Stack

Products and Solutions:

1. Support Lenovo Switches in Ansible, Puppet and Chef,
2. System Networking Switch Center, NMS, Java/J2EE product

Technologies:

Linux 10, Java 1.7, Python, Ruby, Eclipse, Angular JS, DWR, SNMP4J, Open JPA, ANT, Derby, IBM WebSphere Liberty, Git

Role:

• A hand on programmer who still spends 60% of his time in designing, coding and testing.
• Developing high level and low level designs, meeting the prescribed functional & non-functional requirements; ensuring the design is as per company standards and best practices
• Providing post-implementation, application maintenance and enhancement support to the client with regard to the product / software application and documenting white papers and articles
• Preparing proposals, business presentations to clients and handling resource planning, technical direction, effort estimation, tracking, risk management & mentoring
• Implemented and Delivered 3 solutions that facilitates the selling of Lenovo Switches and branding. (Refer to Projects below)
• Responsible for leading the team technically in the design, specification & integration of software products to meet deadlines.
• Leading complete portfolio of projects including planning and execution of programs in Agile using Jira.
• Defining and execution of quality standards and guidelines as per respective products best-practices for software delivery life cycle (SDLC) and documentation that serve as benchmarks for excellent service delivery

Highlights:

• Primary focal point in handling customer issues involving Ansible, Puppet and Chef.
• Good Expertise in Open source and collaborative software development like involving multiple stake holders.
• Consultant on Network Automation solutions for Customers involving Lenovo servers and Switches
• Instituted lab right from scratch and drove infrastructure operations to identify a solution 
• Quality and Security evangelist where in software products of Lenovo is involved.
• Appreciated by the management for resolving security issues in applications post running AppScan
• Facilitated quality improvements like static analysis using BEAM  
• Pivotal in delivering plugin development ideas that boosted sales of network elements
• Enhanced productivity of client by 60% by developing core applications like Network Automation using Ansible & Python 
• Steered efforts in implementing 11 major changes in NMS application named System Networking Switch Center / User Requirements by assessing & modifying existing codes and writing new codes as & when required

Products:

IBM System Networking Switch Centeris Java/J2EE product which is an SNMP Based NMS product and has the capabilities to seamlessly integrate to third party vendor solutions.IBM Net cool Configuration Manageris a Java/J2EE product which is CLI based NMS solution for multi-vendor enterprise network devices.

Technologies:

Linux 10, AIX 7.1, Windows 2008, Java 1.7, Eclipse, EXT JS, DWR, SNMP4J, Open JPA, ANT, Derby, DB2, XML, IBM Websphere, Wink, Radius, TACACS, LDAP

Role:

• Accountable for Road Map, System Designs and Implementation of SNSC
• Handled the challenge of deploying in 3 various Operating Systems (Windows, Linux and AIX)
• Enhanced the Product for new device support, IPV6 Support, REST, Persistence
• Realization of RESTful services for SNSC in conjunction with various Northbound applications
• Development of Drivers for ITNCM for Network Elements of BNT
• Handled Release Engineering and Licensing aspects of the product.
• Played the Scrum Master Role, managed Effort Estimations, Analysis and Design for Change Requests,
• Leading Integration, Build and Quality of features / components delivered in timely manner.
• Taking Bugs raised  by QA/System Testing and get it resolved
• Coding, Fixing and Reviewing of the Code / Bug Resolutions

Highlights:

• Appreciated by management on excellent quality & ensuring timeliness in delivery 
• Delivered excellence in developing mock-ups & POCs in fast turnaround time for verification with PLM
• Played a key role in decreasing Legacy Bug Count from 700 to 200 within 3 months

CISCO Prime Foundation, (IFM) is brand new venture of Network Management Solutions Group to converge both Wireless and Wired Devices of CISCO to be managed from a single platform. The CISCO Prime for Enterprise strategy is built on a service-centric foundation and a set of common operational attributes. It delivers an intuitive workflow-oriented user experience across CISCO® architectures, technologies, and networks. The CISCO Prime for Enterprise portfolio of products simplify network management, improve operations efficiency, reduce errors, and make the delivery of services on the network more predictable.

Key Deliverables:

• Accountable for System Designs of CISCO Prime Foundation Suite for Converged networks
• Projects handled XMP (Reusable NMS Components) for CISCO Prime
• Designed & Developed, User Mgmt, RBAC, Persistence and Logging XMP Components
• End to End realization of Admin functionality of IFM
• Handled 3 functional verticals in the project
• Managed Effort Estimations, Analysis and Design for Change Requests
• Scrum Master Role in facilitating Agile development process in the project
• Leading Integration, Build and Quality of features / components delivered
• Taking Bugs raised  by clients and get it resolved
• Reviewing and quality checks of the Code / Bug Resolutions
• Technical Mentoring and training for developers

Technologies:

Linux 10, Java 1.6, Eclipse, DOJO, spring, Struts, Hibernate, Maven, Oracle, XML, Tomcat, Tigerstripe

Attainments:

• Received high accolades from the Management on Quality& Timeliness in delivery.
• Developed Mock Ups and POCs in fast turnaround time, to for verification with PLM
• Reduced Bug Count (< 10) and closure across every iterations
• Ideas for product improvements are accepted in Product Road Map.