Sowmya Srikumar Tel: 848-***-****
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Edison, NJ-08820
QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY
Over 10 years of experience in diverse facets of .NET projects, encompassing analysis, design, development, and implementation of business applications.
Experienced in building sophisticated distributed systems using Web Services
Applying Multithreading techniques for creating high performance applications applications.
Created responsive web tools for blackberries.
Ability to develop innovative applications by following both Agile and Waterfall methodology as well as debug and refactor existing code.
Exposure to source control tool like TFS (Team foundation Suit) and VSS (Visual Source safe).
Capable of independently analyzing and resolving high impact production problems, assessing alternatives as appropriate, and implementing long-term solutions.
Experienced in writing Unit Testing scripts and Build Verification Tests.
Good understanding of all phases of software development life cycle (SDLC) including requirement gathering by discussions with clients, designing Client/Server architectures, development, implementation, integration, documentation, testing, builds, and configuration.
Possess good communication skills.
Flexible and versatile to adapt to new environment and work on any project.
Implementing the n-tier application with UI, Business layer and Database.
SQL Development, ability to write and troubleshoot SQL Code and design (stored procedures, functions, tables, views, indexes, constraints).
Coordinate meetings and interactions with the business users to define requirements and participate in the analysis.
Understanding and analysing business processes, applications and systems.
Excellent communication and good interpersonal skills.
Microsoft Certified Professional ID: 3103043
Exam ID
Description
Date Completed
300
Analyzing Requirements and Defining Microsoft .NET Solution Architectures
Jan 21, 2005
306
Developing and Implementing Windows®-based Applications with Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET and Microsoft® Visual Studio® .NET
Feb 02, 2004
310
Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET and the Microsoft® .NET Framework
Dec 19, 2003
305
Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET and Microsoft® Visual Studio® .NET
Sep 11, 2003
229
Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000 Enterprise Edition
Apr 23, 2003
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Databases : MS SQL Server 2005/2008 /2012, MS-ACCESS, DB2
Management tools: Team Foundation Suit (TFS), VSS (Visual Source Safe)
Technology : .NET 2.0/3.5/ 4.0/ 4.5, ADO.NET 4.0/ 4.5, Web Forms, Web Services, XML, ADO.Net, AJAX, HTML, DHTML,VB6.0, CSS, Java Script, VBScript, Internet Information server (IIS),SSIS, Log4Net, Service Now
Reporting Tools : Crystal Reports, Excel
Operating Systems : Windows 2010
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Health First. (April 2009 – Feb 2017)
Programmer Analyst with the IS Software Development Client/Server Group responsible for designing and developing high performance data integration solutions.
Responsibilities:
Develop ASP.Net and Desktop applications that provide sensitive medical information. Provide business with the ability for editing and reporting for various groups like Enrollment and Clinical. Development using Visual Studio 2010, 2008 with SQL Server 2008/ 2012 databases.
Enhance, expand and upgrade current production applications to meet new business rules or to improve performance.
Analyze code and fix defects in production applications as they are detected.
Coordinate meetings and interactions with the business users to define requirements and participate in the analysis,
Gathered business requirements, designed solution and created release documents
Used custom service bindings to enable automatic IIS authentication of the incoming signed message.
Worked closely with the server group to create a load balanced failover webserver and configured this website on it.
Environment: VB .NET, ASP .NET, SQL Server 2005 /2008 / 2012,
Visual Studio 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010 and 2013.
Linens N Things. (Jan 2006 – March 2009)
Worked as a Programmer at Linens N Things (Home furnishings superstore), in the CSA group. I was involved in design, development, implementation of diverse retail sales and rebate applications.
Responsibilities:
Written and Developed CSS files, Themes and Skins to maintain same look and feel of Web Pages
Created and Implemented Relational Database Systems in SQL SERVER
Utilized Microsoft Visual Source-Safe for File-Sharing and Version Control
Designed and Developed Several Advanced Search pages for various applications
Analyzed and migrated VB .NET 1.1 application to VB .NET 3.5
Deployed and installed Applications to target and client computer(s)
Environment: VB .NET, ASP .NET, SQL Server, Visual Studio 2003 & 2008.
Xoriant Corporation. (Feb 2005 – June 2005)
Worked as a Programmer at Citi Group Inc., in the MDTS (Mortgage Development Trading System) group. This is a trading system for Mortgages. I was involved in design, development, implementation of the ‘TBA’s processes (To Be Allocated trades). I was involved in design, development and implementation of GUI interfaces for the trading system.
Responsibilities:
Studied and prepared flowcharts for the updates of Trader’s Trade flow and Sales Trade flow, under Solaris5 environment.
Enhanced stored procedures from Solaris5.0 to Solaris8.0 environment
Written shell scripts and ISQL to load data into the Solaris8 environment.
Written ISQL queries and tested the updates.
Environment: Solaris, Sybase 12.5, shell scripts
Performance Computing (June 2004 – December 2004)
Developed web based application for inventory inquiry. This system was accessing information from a warehouse management system running on AS/400.
Responsibilities:
Participated in the Design.
Developed web screens using ASP .NET which was accessing AS/400 server
Interacted with the client extensively during design, implementation and user acceptance
Environment: SQL server, HIT ODBC/DB2, VB scripts, ASP .NET
Goteti Inc. (May 2003 – Nov 2003)
Worked as a Programmer in the Job Applicant tracking project. This system was developed to keep track of job requirements and the applications received for the jobs. It provides facility for applicants to register through telephone. The applicants for the jobs were tracked and extensive reporting and querying features were also provided.
Responsibilities:
Developed stored procedures in SQL server.
Developed screens using VB 6.0
Assisted the project lead in the implementation solutions at the client site.
Prepared test cases and test data for all the modules developed.
Environment: SQL server, VB 6.0, ASP
Knowledge Resource Planner
This is a tool for IT consulting companies. It keeps track of consultant skills. It helps the organization in analyzing the impact of a new project on the on going projects in terms schedule.
Responsibilities:
Developed stored procedures in SQL server.
Developed screens using VB 6.0
Developed reports using Crystal reports
Prepared test cases and test data for all the modules developed.
Environment: SQL server, VB 6.0, ASP
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
Course Work
Relation database management systems
Development using C&UNIX
Data structures and algorithms
Introduction to Object-oriented programming
Operating systems
Software engineering
Education
MS Economics, Madras University, India (1993)
BS Economics, Madras University, India (1991)
Associate in Computer Applications, NIIT, India
Non-Matriculated Diploma in Computer software, University of N.Florida
Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer