Rajashekar Narsina
pmp, csm, aws saa, aws dva
Tustin, CA
949-***-**** ********@*****.***
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rnarsina/
Senior Application Architect
A Senior Application Architect, possessing strong technical knowledge with the ability to drive complex projects and product life cycles. Successful leadership experience building teams from the ground up specifically excelling at leading others to achieve their potential. With a deep understanding of business needs and translating them to deliverable objects, I am enthusiastic about focusing on new products; learning or teaching new technologies; creating strategies and discovering new opportunities.
People Management, Team Leadership, Project/Program Management, Technology Leadership, Mentoring, Virtual Teams
Software Development, Software Architecture, Cloud Infrastructure, Agile Methodologies, Enterprise Software, Solution Architecture, Application Security
Java, J2EE, XML, C, R, SOAP, REST, AJAX, JSON, JavaScript, Puppet, Jenkins, Spring Boot, Python, Perl, Chef
PeopleSoft, Workday, DevOps, Liferay, JIRA, AWS, Linux, PCF
Highlights
Designed DevOps architecture/framework for Scalable UPoint Application using CI/CD model, Chef (Infrastructure as Code), Git, Jenkins, and AWS
Architected microservices transformation using Spring Boot, PCF and did PoC for the UPoint application.
Spearheaded the move of 300+ UPoint complex developer community to BitBucket to support Continuous development branching model. Rolled out 50+ automated servers to support feature level testing.
Moved UPoint production workloads to AWS Linux based infrastructure. Developed KPIs using AWS Cloud Trail and AWS Cloud Watch.
Designed to use CloudFormation, AWS OpsWoks with Chef for moving infrastructure as the code.
Implemented Security for UPoint Product utilizing Spring Security to enable authentication and role based authorizations.
Designed security architecture, using SSO authentication and role based authorization. Partnered with Application Security Audit/Penetration Testing team to meet industry security standards. Used techniques for anti-SQL injection, Cross Site Scripting(XSS). Also implemented right security roles within Organization to define right level of access.
Transformed myHR from traditional J2EE architecture to Liferay Portal Technology for a Fortune 500 Company.
Introduced Agile methodology and rolled out successfully across multiple product lines.
Integrated Hewitt & Exult application technologies after the merge.
Masters in Computer Science from India’s one of the most Prestigious Universities.
Experience
Aon Hewitt 2000 - 2017
Sr. Application Architect, DevOps, AWS • Newport Beach, CA 2011 – 2017
Managed/architected DevOps Program to deliver Automated and Continuous releases for UPoint Product line, this program involves multiple functional teams – DevOps Tools Delivery, Infrastructure Delivery, Infrastructure Support, UPoint Product Delivery, UPoint Product Support and Client Delivery. Managed software development and architecture teams for product development and client implementations. During this period involved in many complex and Transformation projects which are knowable accomplishments in my career. Managed application development for multiple product lines (UPoint, myHR, and BOUI)
Spearheaded the move of 300+ UPoint complex developer community to BitBucket to support continuous development branching model. Rolled out 50+ automated servers to support feature level testing.
Designed DevOps architecture/framework for Scalable UPoint Application using CI/CD model, Chef (Infrastructure as Code), Git, Jenkins, and Cloud Architecture
Architected microservices transformation using Spring Boot, PCF and did PoC for the UPoint application.
Moved UPoint production workloads to AWS Linux based infrastructure. Developed KPIs using AWS Cloud Trail and AWS Cloud Watch.
Designed to use CloudFormation, AWS OpsWoks with Chef for moving infrastructure as the code.
Processed to move UPoint from quarterly releases to monthly releases and removed ad-hoc patch releases and introduced hotfix release.
Designed Security for UPoint Product utilizing Spring Security to enable authentication and role based authorizations.
Designed security architecture, using SSO authentication and role based authorization. Partnered with Application Security Audit/Penetration Testing team to meet industry security standards. Used techniques for anti-SQL injection, Cross Site Scripting(XSS). Also implemented right security roles within Organization to define right level of access.
Accomplished Automated Regression Testing to meet monthly release needs by rolling out Service Virtualization to support Stress Testing during monthly releases and Definition of Done and Automated Mobile Testing to support more frequent releases.
Implemented UPoint for 6 HR Services clients in 9 months span. Implemented myHR and BOUI for four Fortune 500 Companies in 3 years span.
Streamlined Client migrations for UPoint.
Increased performance and availability of UPoint by introducing REST Services.
Introduced Agile methodology and rolled out successfully across multiple product lines.
Transformed myHR from traditional J2EE architecture to Liferay Portal Technology for a Fortune 50 Company.
Application Architect • Newport Beach, CA 2004 –2010
As a Lead Architect participated and led many architectural needs for myHR and BOUI Product lines, there were multiple myHR, and BOUI transformations took place and were a technical leader for those initiatives.
Architected workflow engine/Transaction/Distributed System in J2EE infrastructure to support configurable near real-time transactions, which used for HR Process Flows.
Designed Reports Architecture for creating web based and scheduled reports.
Transformed myHR Product to JBoss Enterprise Application Server from proprietary Sun Microsystems Server.
Transformed logging framework for myHR and BOUI.
Integrated Hewitt & Exult technologies after the merge.
Migrated myHR® Product to the J2EE standard framework and initiated MVC model for myHR® Page Navigation.
Created messaging system using JMS for sending updates from myHR® to HRMS/Other Systems.
Education
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Masters in Engineering Computer Science, and Automation
Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
Bachelors in Engineering Electronics, and Communications