SIDDIQ K

802-***-**** / acwatu@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

J2EE developer with over nine years (9) of experience in analysis, design, development, deployment, testing and support of client server systems and Web applications

Expertise in Java and J2EE technologies such as Servlet, JSP, Struts, EJB, JMS, JDBC, Spring, and Hibernate and also Web Technologies like SOAP

Proficient in designing J2EE applications using MVC pattern and Struts framework

Experience in web design using HTML, XML, CSS, AJAX and JavaScript

Proficient in development of enterprise business solutions using Apache Tomcat, BEA WebLogic and IBM WebSphere

Good exposure to overall software development life cycle with strong knowledge of processes like version control and bug tracking

Experience in building scripts like Maven, ANT and build automation, and JUnit for unit testing

Certified Websphere Studio Associate Developer with IBM

Strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to work in a team as well as independently with minimal supervision

Sound experience in system analysis, design and development using UML methodology

Good understanding of design patterns

Worked on project development with major banking firms: strong knowledge of banking/insurance business practices and regulation

EDUCATION

Master of Computer Application, Anna University, Tamil Nadu, India

SKILLS

Development

Technologies

C, C++, Core Java

J2EE, EJB, JSP, Servlet, JMS, DOM, JNDI, Struts, Ant, UML, JDBC, XML Schema, XML, Spring, Hibernate

Web/Application Servers

WebLogic 7.0/8.1, Tomcat 4.x, WebSphere

Web Presentation

JSP, Servlet, JavaScript, HTML, DHTML, CSS, XML, XSLT, AJAX

Operating Systems

Windows 98/XP, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Linux

Databases

Oracle 11g, SQL Server and MySQL.

Tools

Eclipse, IBM RAD, Document Generation System (DGS) JUnit, Ant, Maven, E-Manager, Star Team, HP Quality Center, Toad, Oracle Load testing suite, Service Now and PmSmart.

Workflow Applications

FileNet PE, Automated workflow distributor(AWD)

Configuration Tools

Visual Source Safe, SVN and CVS

Web Services

XML, SOAP, WSDL, SOA, JAX-WS, DOM, SAX, XPATH, UDDI and JAX-RPC

Documentation Tools

MS Office 2003/2007/2010, Visio, MS Project

EXPERIENCE

Jul ‘14 – Present J2EE Senior Developer, American General (AIG), Houston, TX

Automated Workflow Distributor

The current applications require a stand-alone process to load insurance documents and data received from external vendors and internal web applications like e-Service, e-Station, e-Signature, CCIV, e-Delivery, client builder apps to Automated Workflow Distributor (AWD) and also a pull back from AWD to send to other interfaces. Extracted documents will be transmitted via FTP. To accomplish this internal and external apps were developed using Java batch jobs and Web services were scheduled to run with the prescribed times.

Conducted domain analysis and design, coding and design reviews, framework evaluation and best practices enforcement. Followed the SDLC and promoted best practices for development such as continuous integration and compliant change management

Developed the application to call the NetServer methods for creating case/transaction in AWD

Co-ordinated with the FTP teams to setup accounts for file transmission

Developed a process to generate an automated report for the file counts from different vendors for monitoring

Developed the process to generate a file for reconciling the list of files received from customer

Developed process to reconcile the files sent to customer

Used CVS for version control across common source code used by developers

Worked on migrating AWD from 3.5 to AWD 10 version

Developed desktop custom coded for AWD and supported installing it to each desktop

Used JDBC for invoking Stored Procedures and database connectivity to ORACLE DB

Responsible for analyzing business requirements: attended the specification meetings/QA meetings and release meetings

Maintained multiple projects simultaneously and ensured that all were in control

Worked with the offshore teams to deliver the project on-time

Supported production movement activities

Responsible for post-production support

Environment: Java, J2EE, JDBC, Oracle 11g, XML, DOM, IBM RAD (Rational Application Developer), Net Server, RIP Server, Automated Workflow Distributor, IBM Web Sphere Application Server and CVS

Nov ‘12 – Jun ’14 J2EE Senior Developer, FROST BANK, ACE, San Antonio, TX

Frost Bank’s Automatic Commercial Environment (ACE) system is a Web based application for automating the entire loan and credit processing workflow. It covers the lifecycle of a loan application, from the point of application creation through credit evaluation, approval and commitment letter generation. Upon approval, the legal documentation aspects and post-closing activities interface with legacy systems for account creation and collateral creation. Online integration is provided for calculating debt summary, monitored credit controls, fetching application information, conducting collateral appraisal, collateral creation and account creation. This system is designed primarily to meet the origination requirements of applications for loans that are classified to be commercial loans as per the existing bank policies.

Designed and developed front end using HTML and JSP

Implemented client side validation using JavaScript

Developed the application using Struts Framework to implement an MVC design approach

Used Hibernate in persistence layer of the application

Used ANT scripts to build the application and deployed on WebLogic Application Server

Performed unit testing of core functionalities through Junit

Used Log4J for logging and tracing the messages

Analyzed the production defects and provided quick solutions

Provided maintenance and support of document generation systems to generate reports and upload the reports to FileNet Content Engine

Provided maintenance and support of standalone background batch applications to generate multiple reports and printing the same

Monitored the daily night batches and addressed the issues when failed

Conducted unit test cases preparation and unit testing

Fixed bugs raised during user acceptance testing

Estimated change requests and prepared the resolution document

Provided support of system integration testing and user acceptance testing environments

Resolved the critical production issues

Supported the production movement activities

Responsible for post-production support

Coordinated with other interfaces like ODS, FNC, LAMS, Equifax, DocXpress and Kofax to resolve production issues

Coordinated with offshore teams to manage the assigned tasks

Involved in the quality activities for tracking the defects, allocating the tasks, planned for each release using the PmSmart tool

Environment: Java, J2EE, JSP, Servlets, JAPP Framework, Document Generation System (DGS), Struts, Hibernate, FileNet PE/CE, Ajax, EJB, HTML, XML, XSLT, LDAP, WebLogic Application Server, JDBC, JavaScript and SQL Server

Apr ’11 - Nov ’12 J2EE Developer, FROST BANK, San Antonio, TX

Frost Bank’s BBC system is a web-based application for automating the bank to business loan and credit processing workflow. It covers the lifecycle of a loan application, from the point of application creation through credit evaluation, approval and commitment letter generation. Online integration is provided for calculating debt summary, monitored credit controls, fetching application information, conducted collateral appraisal, collateral creation and account creation. This system is designed primarily to meet the origination requirements of applications for loans that are classified to be commercial loans as per the existing bank policies.

Designed and developed front end using HTML and JSP

Implemented client side validation using JavaScript

Developed the application using Struts Framework to implement a MVC design approach

Used Hibernate in persistence layers of the application

Used ANT scripts to build the application and deployed on WebLogic application server

Conducted system study, requirement analysis and documented requirement specifications

Conducted unit test cases preparation and unit testing

Developed the interface to push the generated reports to KOFAX interface

Involved in the development of interface used to pull the credit scores from Equifax interface

Developed the night batch to generate the reports in excel and pull the data from ODS

Fixed bugs raised during the user acceptance testing

Supported the System Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing environments

Supported the production movement activities

Provided post-production support

Environment: Java, J2EE, JSP, Servlets, JAPP Framework, Document Generation System (DGS), Struts, Hibernate, FileNet PE/CE, Ajax, EJB, HTML, XML, XSLT, LDAP, WebLogic Application Server, JDBC, JavaScript and SQL Server

Jun ’10 - Mar ’11 J2EE Developer, FROST BANK, San Antonio, TX

Frost Bank’s, ACE Phase II is an enhancement of the existing system. It’s a Web based application for automating the entire loan and credit processing workflow. It covers the lifecycle of a loan application, from the point of application creation through credit evaluation, approval, and commitment letter generation. Upon approval, the legal documentation aspects, post-closing activities and interface with legacy systems for account creation and collateral creation. Online integration is provided for calculating debt summary, monitored credit controls, fetching application information, conducted collateral appraisal, collateral creation and account creation.

Environment: Java, J2EE, JSP, Servlets, JAPP Framework, Document Generation System (DGS), Struts, Hibernate, FileNet PE/CE, Ajax, EJB, HTML, XML, XSLT, LDAP, WebLogic Application Server, JDBC, JavaScript and SQL Server

Jul ‘08 – May ’10 J2EE Developer, FROST BANK, San Antonio, TX

Frost Bank’s, ACE (Automated Commercial Environment) is a web based application for automating the entire loan and credit processing workflow. It covers the lifecycle of a loan application, from the point of application creation through credit evaluation, approval and commitment letter generation. Upon approval, the legal documentation aspects, post-closing activities and interface with legacy systems for account creation and collateral creation. Online integration is provided for calculating debt summary, monitoring credit controls, Fetched application information, conducted collateral appraisals, collateral creation and account creation. This system is designed primarily to meet the origination requirements of applications for loans that are classified to be commercial loans as per the existing bank policies.

Environment: Java, J2EE, JSP, Servlets, JAPP Framework, Document generation system (DGS), Struts, Hibernate, FileNet PE/CE, Ajax, EJB, HTML, XML, XSLT, LDAP, WebLogic Application Server, JDBC, JavaScript and SQL Server

Jul ‘07 – Jun ’08 Java Developer, USAA, San Antonio, TX

The scope of the project involved stabilizing and maintaining the existing speech recognition application in USAA Property and Casualty Systems (PNC), Investment Management Company (IMCO) and BANK services for customers for applications like deposit, credit cards, home equity loans, consumer loans, mortgage loans, trading, etc. The PNC code is generated by the TUVOX producer tool which in turn depends on the TellMe Networks, which unite the internet and telephone network underneath an elegant speech user interface to provide the world’s largest voice application network.

Applications hosted on this network use the existing web sites to power popular phone numbers. Every day, many members will use this application over the phone, to obtain customer service and information related to their property and casualty insurance with USAA. Voice XML is designed for creating audio dialogs that feature synthesized speech, digitized audio, recognition of spoken and DTMF key input, recording of spoken input, telephony and mixed interactive conversations. The authentication mechanism is a two-tier architecture and involves lots of understanding over the business knowledge.

Environment: Windows XP, Java Script, Voice XML, Star Team and Grammar Specific Language (GSL)

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