Solutions Architect Core Banking

Resume - Jwalant Natvarlal Soneji

IT Solutions Architect in Ontario, Canada

Mobile: +1-647-***-**** Website: https://JwalantSoneji.com

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SUMMARY:

Solutions Architect based in Brampton (ON), with experience of 17+ years in software architecture, solution design & programming; Blockchain enthusiast.

Expertise in architecting solutions using modern frameworks like Microservices / MVC / Component Based / Hybrid for cloud-enabled applications, APA, APM, APR (Application Portfolio Assessment, Management & Rationalization), Enterprise Service Integration (using WSO2 / Azure API Management), RPA (Robotic Process Automation), Documents automation.

Provided solutions for Reporting, Insurance, Core Banking, Payment Processing and Health Care domains, in Scrum Agile and Waterfall SDLCs

SUMMARY OF PROJECTS IN ARCHITECT’S ROLE:

Domain

Role

Project

From

To

Insurance - Advisory Services

Solutions Architect

Meeting Room booking service;

MFDs access for external users;

Self-serve Password Management;

Modernization of legacy URLs

May-2023

Sep-2023

Core Banking

Senior Solution Designer

Referral offers automation & modernization.

Batch to real-time transaction transition

Apr-2022

May-2023

Title Insurance

Solutions Architect

Modernisation of legacy mortgage processing system using Business Process Management tool IBM BAW

Architecting Documents Automation using Kofax TotalAgility & generation using Xpertdoc.

Design and development of RPA (Robotic Process Automation) using Automation Anywhere

Products assessments and evaluations for IFRS reporting, financial modeling & forecasting

Sep-2019

Apr-2022

Investments

Enterprise Architect

Application Portfolio Management + Implementing IAM automation

Feb-2018

Jun-2019

Loyalty Program

Solutions Architect

Design and development of loyalty program web based on MEAN + Ethereum blockchain

Sep-2018

Jan-2019

Health Care

Solutions Architect

Architecting a venture product for matching clinical trials

Sep-2017

Jan-2018

Claims

Application Architect

Modernisation of desktop apps with monolithic services into web with Microservices

Dec-2015

Aug-2017

Wealth Management

Enterprise Architect

Application Portfolio Rationalisation: preparing application inventory, detailing applications’ functional and technical capabilities, detailing interaction flows, identifying overlaps, technology currency roadmap

Sep-2015

Nov-2015

EDUCATIONAL DETAILS:

Degree

Specialization

University

Result

Year

Bachelor of Engineering

Information Technology

Bhavnagar University, Gujarat, India

First Class

2005

WORK EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

From

To

Title

Company

Domain

May-2023

Sep-2023

Solutions Architect (Contract)

Canada Life

Individual Customer - Advisory Network

Apr-2022

May-2023

Senior Solution Designer (Contract)

CIBC

Capital Markets

Sep-2019

Apr-2022

Solutions Architect

First Canadian Title Insurance (FCT)

Title Insurance

Oct-2017

Sep-2019

Technology Architect

Infosys Limited

(Mississauga, ON, Canada)

(Toronto, ON, Canada)

(Waterloo, ON, Canada)

(Pune, Maharashtra, India)

Insurance,

Wealth Management,

Payment Processing,

Healthcare

Oct-2011

Sep-2017

Technology Lead

Oct-2009

Sep-2011

Technology Analyst

Jan-2008

Sep-2009

Software Engineer

Nov-2005

Jan-2008

Software Engineer

Health Prime Services (India) Pvt. Ltd.

(Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)

Healthcare –

Electronic Medical Records

Jan-2005

Apr-2005

Vocational Trainee

Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer Company

(Bharuch, Gujarat, India)

Digital Security

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Architectural Concepts

Application Portfolio Analysis & Management (APA & APM), TOGAF, 4+1

Programming Languages / Technologies

Angular, .NET, WCF. MVC, Entity Framework, LINQ, SSIS, SSRS, VB, FormWare, VBScript, HTML, Drupal, WordPress, XML, JSON; Microsoft Power Platform

IDE / Tools

Automation Anywhere, Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, Informatica Power Centre, Microsoft Visual Studio 6, NextGen EMR 3.x & 5.x, BancTec PayCourier

Databases

SQL Server (all versions), Oracle 8i, Microsoft Access

Visualisation

Graphing libraries Plot.ly, D3

Enthusiastic About

Node.js, MongoDB, Blockchain

Authentication Tools

Okta, Azure AD

TRAININGS:

CERTIFICATIONS:

Azure Developer Training

WSO2 API Management, WSO2 Enterprise Integration

Development using AWS

IBM Bluemix Developer Training

Blockchain Developer Training

Migration of database from and to MS SQL Server

Blockchain Professional Certification (Internal)

Global Agile Developer Certification (Internal)

Microsoft Certified Professional

WORK EXPERIENCE DETAILS:

As a Solutions Architect (Contract) with Canada Life:

Duration: From May-2023 to Sep-2023

Projects:

Optimization of legacy URLs using F5 BIG-IP and IBM WebSEAL

Solutioning for enabling SSPR (Self-serve Password Reset) using Azure AD

Solutioning for enabling external users’ access MFDs

Solutioning for meeting room booking service using Microsoft Bookings and Microsoft Power Platform

Toos Used: Azure AD, Azure SSPR, F5 BIG-IP, IBM WebSEAL, Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft Bookings

As a Senior Solution Designer (Contract) with CIBC:

Duration: From Apr-2022 to May-2023

Projects:

Referral offers automation & modernization.

Batch to real-time transaction transition

Tools Used: Microsoft SQL Server, Mainframe, Confluence, Java Spring Boot, Hive SQL,

As a Solutions Architect with FCT:

Duration: From Sep-2019 to Apr-2022

Projects:

Designed and implemented RPA from scratch.

Designed data sourcing solution for IFRS17 implementation, for data retention and data truncation.

Consultant architect for workflow management solution

Assessment and evaluation of products for various Business needs

Helped .NET project teams adhere to development standards.

Helped Business tune needs to match Enterprise technological standard.

Tools Used: Veracode Vulnerability Analysis, Azure DevOps, Kofax TotalAgility, Xpertdoc, KPMG IFRS 17 Express - powered by SAS, RabbitMQ, ASP.NET Core, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM BPM

As a Technology Architect with Infosys Limited:

Client: A well-known Insurance company based in the USA – role of Enterprise Architect

Duration: From Feb-2018 to Jun-2019

Role:

Reporting to Direct of IT Strategy and Planning of Investments LOB

Architecting solution and documenting it using interface pattern for accessing IAM (Identify Access Management) APIs integration with enterprise applications

Application Portfolio Assessment & Maintenance for the complete LOB

Document solutions and proposed System Architectures

Generation of reports and visualisations for showcasing benefits to Business

Tools Used: Alfabet from Software AG, MS Visio, Plot.ly, D3

Client: An in-house Product for customer loyalty program

Duration: From Sep-2018 to Jan-2019

Role:

Part of innovators team identifying use cases and architecting for Blockchain

Architected solution for developing a SaaS multi-tenant, cloud-agnostic application

Designing the application to be modern UI being a mobile-responsive, cloud-enabled application using MEAN stack + Ethereum Blockchain

Securing application using SSL and token-based authentication

Tools Used: MEAN (Mongo, Express.js, Angular, Node.js), Ethereum Blockchain

Client: A well-known Insurance company based in Canada

Duration: From May 2018 to Sep-2018

Role:

Guiding a team of 6 developers in achieving optimal architecture

Architecting solution for migration of on premise, Windows-based .NET thick application with monolithic services to responsive web + microservices based, open-source stack technologies while creating custom interfacing layer to existing Enterprise services

Utilizing Angular’s Component Based pattern to effectively segregating modules representing each one business functionalities

Tools Used: Angular 6, .NET Core 2.0

Client: A joint venture with a HealthCare Client to design a product for matching clinical trials

Duration: From Sep-2017 to Jan-2018

Role:

Architect-cum-Contributor

Solutioning a mobile-responsive, modern, cloud-enabled, SaaS, multi-tenant web-application based on modern technology stack

Identification of technology stack JavaScript MEAN

Architecting API interfacing layer with public APIs

Utilising modern JavaScript libraries for building feature rich, efficient and beautiful UI

Tools Used: MEAN (Mongo, Express.js, Angular, Node.js), PrimeNG, Bootstrap

As an Application Architect with Infosys Limited:

Client: A well-known Insurance company based in the USA

Duration: From Dec-2015 to Aug-2017

Role:

Guiding 2 Agile teams of 7 developers each in adhering to Architectural standards

Identifying opportunities for automation of Bond Claim processing and architecting solutions for those

Devised Web-based application using .NET Framework utilising WCF for Webservice layer, LINQ to SQL to connect to SQL Server database

Performance tuning of UI, Webservice and DB modules

Implementing best practices in coding, unit testing, code & release management

Helping team in building competency on .NET, SQL Server and SSIS technologies

Code review and changes suggestions for performance optimization of code, better maintainability, and scalability

Reviewing data model, code, unit test outcomes

Participate in business and system requirements sessions

Requirements elicitation and translation to technical specifications

Interacting with client teams to understand functional and non-functional requirements

Tools Used: Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 (.NET 4.5.2) (MVC, Windows), Microsoft SQL Server 2012, SSIS, CA Workload Automation, CA Rally

Client: A well-known Insurance and Wealth Management Provider in Canada

Duration: From 01-Sep-2015 to 30-Nov-2015

Role:

Analysis of existing applications for its business logic, inbound and outbound data flows, technologies in use and business and technical needs

Categorizing of applications in accordance with business need, interfacing systems

Identifying applications with need of functionality or technology upgrade/enhancements

Performing feasibility check of technology upgrade

Documentation and presentation of findings

Interfacing with client teams for business understanding and discussions of analysis outcomes

Guiding offshore team in analyzing complex technical scenarios

Tools Used: MS Visio

Client: A well-known Insurance and Wealth Management Provider in Canada

Duration: From 23-May-2011 to 31-Aug-2014

Role:

Leading a team of 8 developers located at multiple locations at onshore and offshore

Automation of key business data artefacts; Providing automation service across client LOBs

Improvement in batch cycle SLA and making it robust

Complete SDLC Waterfall model work from Requirement Gathering to Release

Production Support of batch systems

Tools Used: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (.NET 2.0 & 3.5), Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Informatica Power Centre, BMC Control-M, CA Workload Automation

Client: A well-known Insurance and Wealth Management Provider in Canada

Duration: From 16-Oct-2010 to 19-May-2011

Role:

Leading a team of 3 developers

Interacting with client teams for translating business requirements in technical terms

Identifying gaps in requirements and collaborating with client teams on filling those

Creating high-level design of solution

Offshore team coordination

Tools Used: Microsoft BizTalk Server, Microsoft .NET 3.5

As a Module Lead with Infosys Limited:

Client: Leading payment processing firm in Canada

Duration: From Mar-2008 to Sep-2010

Role:

Leading development and enhancement of entire suite of reporting applications

Accurate automation of processing of payment instruments

A/R file and report generation automation

Automation of client billing

Interacting with client teams for translating business requirements in technical terms

Production support for batch systems

Tools Used: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Visual Studio 6, Oracle 8i, BancTec PayCourier, EMC Captiva FormWare

As a Software Engineer with Health Prime Services (India) Private Limited

Client: Hospital chains in the USA

Duration: From Nov-2005 to Jan-2008

Role:

Leading team of 3 developers in developing applications as well as maintaining those in Production environment

Automation of patience records, medical transcription

Devising software using NextGen EMR

Maintaining enterprise applications and databases

Tools Used: .NET 2.0, SQL Server 2000, 2005, NextGen EMR 3.5

ACHIEVEMENTS:

Won various excellence awards

Actively participated in various employee care and employee engagement activities

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in subject code 315: Programming with ASP .NET (Link, Transcript ID: 764737, Access Code: jwalant18mcp)

Actively participated in NSS activities (Link)

I was a Working Committee Member in ABVP (Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarthi Parishad) (Link)

CDT rank in Annual Training Camp, NCC-Army Wing (Link)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION:

An active member of GITPRO (Global Indian Technology Professionals Association) Pune Chapter (Link)

Served as an expert in MS SQL Server in AllExperts.com (Link)

Active participation in MSDN Forums (Link), Code Project (Link), SQL Server Central (Link)

Profiles: IT Toolbox (Link), LinkedIn (Link)

Actively taking part in various activities work premises

PERSONAL DETAILS:

Address: Brampton, ON, L7A0P2

Interests: Internet Surfing and Reading

Work Permits: a) Canadian PR, b) Valid B1/B2 Visa for USA

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