Sep 2024 – Present
Director of Technology | Data and Application Engineering & Solution Architecture
Tekizma Inc.
Technology strategy and solution architecture across data platforms, cloud services, microservices, APIs, and AI/ML, with governance for scalability, security, data quality, observability, maintainability, and operational resilience.
- Define technology strategy, solution architecture, and technical roadmaps for enterprise data, cloud, and AI platforms, aligning architecture decisions with business outcomes and engineering priorities.
- Lead architecture and solution design across data platforms, cloud services, microservices, APIs, and AI/ML capabilities, ensuring scalable, secure, maintainable, and resilient solutions.
- Establish architecture governance, engineering standards, and design patterns covering scalability, security, data quality, observability, maintainability, and operational resilience.
- Architect Azure Databricks data platforms covering data ingestion, transformation, modeling, orchestration, validation, and reusable data products for analytics and downstream applications.
- Design and optimize data engineering pipelines using PySpark, SQL, dbt, and Databricks, with emphasis on data quality, performance, reliability, and reusable data assets.
- Design reconciliation architecture and data flows, defining source-to-target mappings, validation rules, data quality controls, exception handling, and scalable processing patterns.
- Design cloud architectures in AWS, covering compute, storage, networking, security, monitoring, availability, scalability, and cost optimization.
- Lead legacy application modernization and cloud migration, migrating a Spring/JSP-based enterprise application to a modern Spring Boot, Angular, REST API, Hibernate, and MySQL architecture on AWS.
- Drive decomposition of legacy application components into modern application and API layers, improving scalability, maintainability, deployment automation, and integration capabilities.
- Integrate AI/ML capabilities with enterprise data platforms for intelligent data processing, natural-language data interaction, automated documentation, and AI-assisted engineering workflows.
- Lead architecture reviews, technical decisions, dependency and risk management, and stakeholder communication from requirements and solution design through implementation and production release.
- Provide technical leadership and mentoring across data engineering, application development, QA, and cross-functional engineering teams, driving engineering excellence and Agile delivery.
Stated achievement
- Enhanced reconciliation accuracy by 50% through the design and deployment of automated validation and exception-handling frameworks.
- Reduced development effort by 40% through reusable dbt/Databricks frameworks and AI-assisted engineering.
Databricks · PySpark · dbt · SQL · AWS · Spring Boot · Angular · REST APIs · Hibernate · MySQL · Microservices · AI/ML · Data Engineering
Sep 2013 – Aug 2024
Solutions Architect / Application Designer
Advanced Software Design, Inc.
Application and integration architecture: service boundaries, API contracts, AWS application platforms, and incremental modernization of legacy components.
- Architected scalable multi-tier enterprise applications using Spring Boot, Angular, microservices, REST APIs, and AWS, applying cloud-native and distributed application patterns.
- Designed application and integration architectures for complex enterprise workflows, defining service boundaries, API contracts, integration patterns, and technology components.
- Designed secure, resilient, and high-performance REST APIs and microservices, addressing authentication, authorization, scalability, maintainability, and operational readiness.
- Designed AWS-based application solutions covering compute, storage, databases, security, deployment, and availability, aligning cloud services with application requirements.
- Led application modernization initiatives, evaluating legacy application components and defining target-state architectures and incremental modernization strategies.
- Established application design patterns and reusable technical components to improve consistency, maintainability, scalability, and development efficiency across enterprise applications.
- Translated complex business requirements into technical designs, architecture specifications, integration solutions, and implementation roadmaps.
- Collaborated with development, QA, business analysis, and delivery teams to resolve complex technical issues, architectural dependencies, and integration challenges throughout the application lifecycle.
- Contributed to technical estimation, solution planning, release readiness, and production issue resolution, ensuring successful delivery of enterprise applications.
Stated achievement
- Orchestrated the official Health Plan Marketplace for New York State of Health, processing 5 million enrollments for 2020.
Spring Boot · Angular · REST APIs · Microservices · AWS · Hibernate · Oracle · DB2 · DynamoDB · Docker · Kubernetes · Jenkins · Git
Sep 2010 – Sep 2013 · Piscataway, NJ
Technical Manager | Solutions Architecture & Mobile Platforms
Marlabs Software Pvt. Ltd.
Mobile solution architecture for iOS, Android, and PhoneGap, plus mobile-to-enterprise integration with ERP, punch-out, and payment gateways. Led the Mobile Center of Excellence.
- Defined cross-platform mobile solution architecture for iOS, Android, and PhoneGap applications, covering security, authentication, REST APIs, logging, and platform standards.
- Translated business and technical requirements into mobile solution architecture, application designs, wireframes, SDLC plans, and delivery roadmaps for client and internal products.
- Architected eFleetPro enterprise integration solutions connecting construction-equipment manufacturers, dealers, and rental fleets with ERP systems, punch-out integrations, and payment gateways.
- Designed mobile-to-enterprise integration patterns for secure communication between mobile applications, backend services, ERP platforms, and external systems.
- Led the Mobile Center of Excellence, defining reusable architecture patterns, platform standards, and technical practices for cross-platform application development.
- Managed solution design, development planning, team formation, hiring, and delivery across client and internal mobile initiatives.
- Presented cross-platform architecture capabilities and technology solutions to customers and leadership, supporting solution positioning, client engagement, and revenue growth.
iOS · Android · PhoneGap · REST APIs · Java · Mobile Architecture · Enterprise Integration · ERP Integration · Payment Gateway Integration · Security & Authentication
Sep 2009 – Aug 2010
Tech Lead
Mapview Geographical Solutions
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Nov 2007 – Jun 2009
Tech Lead / Senior J2EE
Star4ce Technologies, Inc.
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Apr 2007 – Oct 2007
Team Lead
Amtex Systems, Inc.
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Apr 2004 – Feb 2007
Team Lead
3i-Infotech
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May 2003 – Feb 2004
Java Developer
Asic Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
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