Professional Experience Engineer

J Kevin Kenefick

Allen Texas ***** 214-***-****

acz9ye@r.postjobfree.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-kenefick1

Solutions Architect and Developer

IT leader who excels at leading globally integrated teams to deliver mission-critical results that meet dynamic market needs and business goals.

Brings more than 25 year's leadership and development experience in a variety of industries including financial services, transportation and health care from initial business requirements through delivery of next-generation applications and customizable solutions with client focus.

Talented at consensus building, managing expectations, and leading teams to meet deadlines with exceptional quality.

Known for excellent troubleshooting skills - able to analyze code and engineer well-researched, cost-effective end-to-end solutions.

Detail oriented, passionate and fast learner demonstrating technical leadership and collaboration throughout career.

Technical Proficiencies & Credentials

Industries: Financial Services, Health Care, Transportation

Programming Languages: Java, C#, C++, C, VB, PL/SQL, T-SQL, Perl, Power Shell, Korn Shell

Operating Systems: Windows Server, Solaris, Linux, Azure Cloud, Mainframe MVS

Database Systems: Oracle, MySql, SQL Server, DB2, IMS

Application/Web Servers: Weblogic, Web Sphere, IIS, Apache Tomcat, Apache Web Server, Glassfish, CICS, ATG

Design Tools: UML, Smart Draw, Rational Rose, Visual Studio, Erwin, TOGAF

Web Technologies: HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, JQuery, Razor, JSON, REST, WCF, Windows Identity Foundation, .Net, Web Services

J2EE Technologies: JSP, Servlet, Ajax, Web Services, XML, Hibernate, Spring, Struts, SOA, Web Services, JAXB, JCA, JMS, MDB, EJB

Application IDE’s: Visual Studio, Eclipse, NetBeans, JBuilder, IntelliJ, SoapUI, Spring Tool Suite

Networking: TCP/IP, UDP, DHCP, NAT, ICMP, CDMA, GSM, ATM, Ethernet, UMTS, OSI, Service, IP Routing, IPSec

Design Patterns: MVC, Singleton, Front Controller, DAO, IoC, Pojo

Other: Algorithms, Data Structures, Clear Case, Ant, Maven, JUnit, SQL*PLUS, SQL*LOADER,Pro*C, CICS, SharePoint, CVS, PVCS, TFS, VI, eXceed X Windows, Putty, Oracle ADF, Visio, Wireshark, OWASP, Git, LDAP, Active Directory, Splunk

Methodologies: Agile, Continuous Integration, Test Driven Design, SDLC, JAD, UML, OO

Professional Experience

Fiserv Inc. 2003 - 2017

Principal Advisor 2010 - 2017

Lead architect for online banking and bill payment systems supporting over 1000 financial institutions. High volume multi-node transaction processing system processing millions of transactions daily and maintaining 99.99% availability. Products support responsive design providing convenient services from any internet enabled device as well as native Apple and Android Apps.

Lead team of 5-10 directs and as well as chain and matrixed resources.

Developed solution to re-platform front-end web components from C/C++ Unix to Microsoft .Net stack.

Fiserv Inc. (Continued)

Designed, developed and implemented Java J2EE services architecture.

Designed blue prints, strategy and technology roadmap for Home Banking products, Integration (Middleware) domain in an Agile environment.

Oversaw architectural standards, supporting documentation and review processes ensuring solutions met documented governance guidelines.

Strong advocate of service oriented architecture publishing services for consumption by multiple products.

Developed DevOps solutions that aid operations teams in dealing with system issues and proactive monitoring.

Consulting advisor in internet security protecting customer's data and fulfilling all compliance audit requirements including PCI as well as continuing to adopt stronger and layered security.

Excellent communication skills partnering with senior leadership, product management and pre-sales to design develop and deliver online banking products with responsive design.

Solutions Architect 2003 - 2010

Solutions architect/developer integrating and transforming financial services industry with suite of internet based products.

Lead team successfully migrating data centers from HP to Fiserv managed centers with no client impact.

Managed team integrating products into Fiserv's core account processing systems across multiple legacy environments and distributed networks.

Partnered with vendors and periodically conducted load testing for the applications and network infrastructure using web traffic generated from across the globe. Developed public agents deployed externally enabling clients to review and monitor website performance and availability ensuring SLAs are met.

Developed middle tier integration strategy connecting to over 100 external and 3rd party systems.

Coordinated across multiple internal and external teams around the globe to address client needs.

Hewlett-Packard (HP), formerly Electronic Data Systems (EDS) 1998 –2003

Senior Engineer

Lead developer of online banking and bill payment system network in partnership between EDS, French Telecom and US West Communications. Initial Model based on European bill payment system integrated into U.S. based POS/ATM networks. Developed biller to biller, B2B, solution presenting consumer bills for large telecommunications companies dramatically reducing costs.

Developed real-time funding portion of solution including settlement and balancing with financial institutions.

Published ISO specification for financial institutions to certify and participate in the network.

Migrated legacy communications protocols, X.25, SNA to TCP/IP.

Developed J2EE loan origination systems providing automated decision and booking into accounts processing system. Defined both applications’ architecture: JSP/Struts web UI, J2EE server side message driven beans with multiple connector modules to legacy systems. System integrated into core banking products increasing revenue.

Bill presentment application designed to support multiple billers and industries including payment and remittance.

Effective at building and managing relationships across all levels of an organization as well as with third-party vendors and clients.

Worked closely with operations to maintain system stability. Worked with interfacing applications teams ensuring ongoing integration compatibility.

Education

University of Notre Dame - BA

University of Wisconsin Madison - MBA

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