Mehran Zia

E-mail: ad0srw@r.postjobfree.com

Significant years of experience in designing and developing the applications for Life Insurance, Annuity, Investment Banking and Loan System domains.

Expertise in designing/developing RESTful Services in microservice architecture and strong knowledge in SOAP Web Services.

Working as a senior software engineer and technical lead for designing and implementing the Web and Enterprise Applications using technologies such as Java / Spring Boot/ Hibernate/ Microservices/ Angular 7.0/14.0.

Works with Principal Architects, Data Analysts and Senior BAs for Requirement Analysis, Software Design, Integration Solutions, Data Mining, Impact Analysis and Re-engineering.

Providing technical guidance/support to the project team and defining methodology to undertake the project with the available inputs.

Good understanding of AWS Cognito APIs, Token based OAuth, Payment Gateways (Cybersource - Visa), applications under AWS Cloud Architecture Account (VPC), AWS Lambda Function, Load Balancers, AWS S3, etc.

Extensive SDLC experience including Requirement Analysis, Expertise in Applications Integration, Preparations of Technical Specifications Document, Designing and Coding, Application Implementation, Unit testing and System Testing, Functional and Regression Testing and Production Support.

Implemented Unit Testing using JUnit and Integration testing during the projects.

Worked with the team on a POC in the developing and designing topics to publish and subscribe the messages using technologies like SCALA, AKKA, Kafka Producer/Consumer.

Applied Agile methodologies like SCRUM, Sprint using JIRA and leading the technical team as a ‘Subject Matter Expert’ in current project.

Multi-cultured Team player with complete flexibility to work independently as well as in a team and have quick grasping capabilities to work with the emerging technologies.

Master of Computer Application (MCA), Hamdard University, New Delhi

Technologies

Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, Web Service (RESTful and SOAP), AWS Cognito Authentication and Authorisation APIs

Hands-On

Angular7, Hibernate, Scala, Jenkin Pipeline

Understandings

AWS Lambda Function, EC2 Docker Container, AWS SES, S3 Bucket

Languages

Java, Angular 7/14 (TypeScript), SQL, Scala, JSON, XML

Database

Oracle and Postgres

Software

Eclipse, IBM RAD, VS Code, Putty, GIT Hub, SVN, JIRA, Postman, Angular CLI, Docker, Newman, Jenkins, Tomcat, IBM WAS, Bamboo, JFrog Repo

Sun Certified Java Programmer

SUN/ORACLE

Sun Certified Web Services Developer

SUN/ORACLE

WebSphere Application Server v6.1

IBM

Life, Health and Annuity Insurance Domain - LOMA

FLMI

Certified Software Quality Analyst

CSQA

Genpact. – Technical Lead and Senior Developer

Project – Jeffries LLC. - GCO-AML Integration and Prospect Conversion

Location – Jersey City, New Jersey Nov 2022 – till date

As a lead programmer and SME, works with Principal Architects, Data Analysts and Senior BAs to analyse the requirements and designed a solution for GCO-AML and Prospect Conversion projects.

Designed and implemented the security solution to front-end application and APIs using SSO, OAuth base technologies i.e. Auth Token from Identity Provider.

Prepare technical proposals and work on sizing and estimation. Designed and coded to integrate the Content Repository (Jefferies’).

Formulated and automate the build/deployment process using best industries practices like, Bitbucket, Bamboo, JFrog and Jenkins.

Responsibilities as lead programmer to design and develop a robust, secure and integrated front-end trad life insurance solution using Angular 7 for the end-users.

As a lead programmer, effort estimations, responsible for the project’s defect free deliveries and ensuring high quality. Prepare the design to improve the robustness, performance and maintainability of the integrated framework with back-end systems.

Design and develop ReST APIs supported by Spring Framework to drive the flow and business of user interface applications. Develop the ReST APIs using standard approach like Controller Interface, Service APIs (Business Logic) and Service DAO (for executing Business Rules and DB Operations).

Technologies and Tools: Angular14, Spring Boot, Spring Batch, AWS Cloud Architecture and implementation of VPC, AWS Kafka (Producer/Consumer), Bamboo, JFrog Repo, Docker Container, Postman, RabbitMQ, Eclipse, Tomcat, Java/JEE, Oracle, Type Script, JSON, VS Code, Chrome, Bitbucket, Windows Platform, Agile Methodologies (SCRUM, SPRINT), JIRA, OAuth (Auth Token), RESTful and SOAP WS.

DXC Technology – Technical Lead and Subject Matter Expert

Project – AXA Equitable – Secure Income (Annuity)

Location – Plano, Texas June 2021 – Oct 2022

Design and Develop software solutions using Java technologies such as J2EE, Spring Boot, Microservices, Algorithms, Data Structures, Web Services, REST, SOAP, JSON, XML, Oracle.

Identify any security vulnerabilities within application and implement secure coding techniques to solve these vulnerabilities.

Interacts with client, project manager, architects, and senior developers for designing the solution. Carry out detailed analysis to understand the requirement and build solution as per requirements.

As a technical lead and subject matter expert, effort estimations, responsible for the project’s defect free deliveries and ensuring high quality. Prepare the design to improve the robustness, performance, and maintainability of the integrated framework with back-end systems.

Payment gateway integration (Cybersource - VISA), AWS Cognito Integration & implementation. Design and Coding to integrate Document Creation System and DocuSign.

Work on Performance Tuning of legacy application (Core java) by migrating them to Spring core, Spring Batch, Hibernate.

Drive designing, implementing, developing, and maintaining of AWS services-based solutions in emerging technology. Drive technical discussions and explain best approaches to solutions and product options to meet customer needs and explain it to the non-technical department handling the issues.

Post-production release monitor application behaviour using AppDynamics for response times. Provide patch updates/notifications setup if necessary.

Technologies and Tools: Angular7, Spring Boot, Spring Batch, AWS Cloud Architecture and implementation of VPC, CyberSource VISA Payment Integration, DocuSign, Jenkin Pipeline, Docker Container, Postman, Lambda Function Postman, Newman, RabbitMQ, Eclipse, Tomcat, Java/JEE, Postgres DB, Drools KIE, Type Script, JSON, VS Code, Chrome, GIT, Windows Platform, Agile Methodologies (SCRUM, SPRINT), JIRA and Jenkins, S3 Bucket, RESTful.

DXC Technology – Technical Lead and Subject Matter Expert

Project – Progressive Insurance – PoC

Location – Plano, Texas May 2021- June 2021

Design and Develop software solutions using Java technologies such as J2EE, Spring Boot, Microservices, Hibernate, Algorithms, Data Structures, Web Services, REST, SOAP, JSON, XML, Oracle.

Working with project architects and business analysts on a POC to Convert a heavy Monolith Application into microservices.

Developing an Akka POC and creating a fully functional RESTful API for telecom data using Akka / Scala to compare the performance and reaction time of the services.

Interacts with client, Project Manager, Subject Matter Experts and developers for designing the solution. Carry out detailed analysis to understand the requirement and build solution as per requirements. Creating documents in Confluence tool to be shared to stake holders.

Technologies and Tools: Java 8, Spring Boot, Spring Batch, REST Services, Scala, Akka, Postgres, Microservices, Machine learning algorithms, Maven, Jenkins, Postman.

DXC Technology – Technical Lead and Subject Matter Expert

Project – Western & Southern – Income Replacement and Whole Life

Location – Plano, Texas April 2020 – May 2021

Module lead for Payment Processing System of the application, integration with CyberSource (VISA) for processing real time payment, batch payment reversals, payment token, billing control and batch payment report.

As a lead programmer and SME, works with Solution Architects and BAs to analyse the requirements and designed a solution for Western’ and Southern.

Drive designing, implementing, developing and maintaining of AWS services-based solutions in emerging technology. Drive technical discussions and explain best approaches to solutions and product options to meet customer needs and explain it to the non-technical department handling the issues.

Payment gateway integration (Cybersource - VISA), AWS Cognito Integration & implementation. Design and Coding to integrate Document Creation System and DocuSign.

Responsibilities as lead programmer to design and develop a robust, secure and integrated front-end trad life insurance solution using Angular 7 for the end-users.

Design and develop New Business and Self-Service user interface using Angular 7 (in JSON and HTML for custom components) driven by ReST APIs (as JSON’s resource) at the service layer.

As a lead programmer, effort estimations, responsible for the project’s defect free deliveries and ensuring high quality. Prepare the design to improve the robustness, performance and maintainability of the integrated framework with back-end systems.

Design and develop ReST APIs supported by Spring Framework to drive the flow and business of user interface applications. Develop the ReST APIs using standard approach like Controller Interface, Service APIs (Business Logic) and Service DAO (for executing Business Rules and DB Operations).

Perform Unit testing of ReST APIs using Eclipse, Postman and Newman. Writing and executing Junit test cases to test the Service APIs.

Technologies and Tools: Angular7, Spring Boot, Spring Batch, AWS Cloud Architecture and implementation of VPC, CyberSource VISA Payment Integration, DocuSign, Jenkin Pipeline, Docker Container, Postman, Lambda Function Postman, Newman, RabbitMQ, Eclipse, Tomcat, Java/JEE, Postgres DB, Drools KIE, Type Script, JSON, VS Code, Chrome, GIT, Windows Platform, Agile Methodologies (SCRUM, SPRINT), JIRA and Jenkins, S3 Bucket, RESTful.

DXC Technology – Programmer Analyst: Application Designer

Project – New Business and Self Service (UI Apps)

Location – Plano, Texas Feb 2019 - March 2020

As a lead programmer and SME, works with Solution Architects and BAs to analyse the requirements and design a solution for a market competent product to the clients.

Responsibilities as lead programmer to design and develop a robust, secure and integrated front-end trad life insurance solution using Angular 7 for the end-users.

Design and develop New Business and Self-Service user interface using Angular 7 (in JSON and HTML for custom components) driven by ReST APIs (as JSON’s resource) at the service layer.

Design and develop ReST APIs supported by Spring Framework to drive the flow and business of user interface applications. The ReST methods used in the development of the driver APIs are PUT, DELETE, OPTION and UPDATE.

Develop the ReST APIs using standard approach like Controller Interface, Service APIs (Business Logic) and Service DAO (for executing Business Rules and DB Operations).

Perform Unit testing of the Angular applications using Chrome developer environment and VS Code IDE.

Perform Unit testing of ReST APIs using Eclipse, Postman and Newman.

Writing and executing Junit test cases to test the Service APIs.

As a lead programmer, effort estimations, responsible for the project’s defect free deliveries and ensuring high quality. Prepare the design to improve the robustness, performance and maintainability of the integrated framework with back-end systems.

Coordination with QA Team and BAs personnel to ensure product compliance with new, ongoing changes in functional requirements.

Technologies and Tools: Angular7, Spring Boot, Postman, Newman, RabbitMQ, Eclipse, Tomcat, Java/JEE, Postgres DB, Drools KIE, FakeSMTP, AWS Cognito APIs and Integration, Type Script, JSON, VS Code, Chrome, GIT, Windows Platform, Agile Methodologies (SCRUM, SPRINT), JIRA and Jenkins, AWS Application Framework and Architecture, ReSTFul APIs, etc.

DXC Technology – Programmer Analyst: Application Designer

Project – Federal and TIAA

Location – Plano, Texas Nov 2018 - Jan 2019

Responsibilities as lead programmer to analyse, design and integrate the Amazon Cognito APIs for authentication and authorization services with application portal developed in Angular

Formulate the applications for impact analysis and any security related concerns while replacing the IBMs Forgerock services.

As a lead programmer, effort estimations, responsible for the project’s defect free deliveries and ensuring high quality. Prepare the design to improve the robustness, performance and maintainability of the integrated framework with back-end systems.

Coordination with QA Team and BAs personnel to ensure product compliance with new, ongoing changes in functional requirements.

Technologies and Tools: Angular7, Spring Boot, Postman, Newman, RabbitMQ, Eclipse, Tomcat, Java/JEE, Postgres DB, Drools KIE, FakeSMTP, AWS Cognito APIs and Integration, Type Script, JSON, VS Code, Chrome, GIT, Windows Platform, Agile Methodologies (SCRUM, SPRINT), JIRA and Jenkins, AWS Application Framework and Architecture, ReSTFul APIs, etc.

DXC Technology – Programmer Analyst: Application Designer

Project – California Republic Bank – Retail & Collection Business Solution

Location – Plano, Texas April 2016 - Oct 2018

DXC Technology – Programmer Analyst: Application Designer

Project – Toronto Dominion Bank – Life Health Platform

Location – Offshore, Noida Dec 2013 - April 2016

DXC Technology – Software Engineer

Project – Scotia Life Insurance – Electronic Application (eApp)

Location – Offshore, Noida Sep 2010 - Nov 2013

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