IT Manager IT Director Tech Architect Tech Delivery Manager

YUVRAJ HANDE

San Antonio, TX 210-***-**** ***********@*****.*** https://linkedin.com/in/yuvrajhande https://www.credly.com/users/yuvraj-hande

IT MANAGER TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECT TECHNOLOGY DELIVERY MANAGER AI ENTHUSIAST Dynamic and results-driven technology leader and architect with extensive experience driving enterprise-scale projects in application development, modernization, cloud migration, API Gateways, integration technologies, and infrastructure management. Proven expertise in building and leading cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration, and driving innovation.

Adept at leveraging Agile practices, aligning technical solutions with business needs, and managing global projects with critical deadlines. Strong client relationship builder, creating value-driven partnerships with stakeholders at all levels. Experienced in collaborating with leading vendors such as Microsoft, Amazon and IBM to foster innovation, implement effective solutions, and ensure early resolution of technical challenges. I am passionate about continuous learning, including advancements in AI and Google technologies. Application Development/Modernization Enterprise Architecture Project Management Vendor Collaboration

API Management Agile Methodologies Team Leadership Client Relationship Management Strategic Planning

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Accenture, San Antonio, TX August 2015 – January 2025 Technology Delivery and Architecture Manager

In roles of Technology Delivery Manager, and Technical Architecture Manager successfully led multiskilled global teams and delivered multiple projects and initiatives.

• Team Leadership Expertise: Managed global technology infrastructure teams, overseeing 30 members specializing in middleware and web services. Provided strategic guidance, prioritized tasks, and mentored team members through constructive feedback.

• Agile Development Leadership: Oversaw $5m effort to deliver 100+ services and led a 15-member dev team using Agile methodology, collaborating with stakeholders to define strategies for APIs, API Management, and Application Integration. Oversaw planning and execution to align business needs with technical solutions and deliver results efficiently.

• Escalation Resolution Skills: Proficient in handling escalations, developing actionable plans, and coordinating with cross-functional teams to drive resolutions.

• Meeting Cadence Creation: Created a structured cadence of meetings to align teams on weekly goals, progress tracking, issue resolution, fostering a high-performance and collaborative culture.

• Cloud Migration Leadership: Led a large-scale AWS cloud migration project, transitioning 100+ servers in a year. Collaborated with network, firewall, and security teams to ensure secure and efficient migration.

• Architectural Evaluations Expertise: Conducted architectural evaluations of enterprise applications, addressing strategy, security, vulnerabilities, and roadmaps for upgrades. Delivered actionable insights to enhance system reliability and future-proof infrastructure.

• Security Hardening Initiatives: Collaborated with vendors and security SMEs to address critical vulnerabilities. Directed teams to implement security hardening by executing product-specific best practices as a priority.

• Process Enhancement Initiatives: Led initiatives to enhance processes, introducing best practices for release management, coding standards, and comprehensive API mgmt documentation.

• API Infrastructure Implementation: Implemented IBM API Connect infrastructure, planning hardware, networking, and environments. Developed onboarding processes for API consumers and provided training, ensuring adoption and improved API mgmt.

• Client Leadership Engagement: Engaged with client leadership to provide status updates, share plans, review requirements, and influence strategic decisions, ensuring alignment across teams.

• Onboarding and Team Development: Provided onboarding guidance through personalized training plans and 1-1 meetings. Developed technical leaders to execute complex projects and fostered collaboration.

• Product Lifecycle Management: Managed the lifecycle of products MOVEit Automation, Microsoft System Center Orchestrator, WSFTP, JBoss, Tomcat, MQ, DataPower, and WAS. Led architectural and security assessments of these products.

• Zero-Day Vulnerability Response: Led a rapid response to a critical zero-day vulnerability, ensuring swift application of patches and resolving 15+ security findings to protect business-critical operations. Engaged closely with client security experts and vendors to harden security measures across the product stack.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborated with stakeholders and business analysts to understand requirements, prioritize work, and align solutions with business goals.

• Application Architecture Review: Conducted regular reviews with client application architects and infrastructure leads to address concerns, plan solutions, and ensure successful implementation.

• Child Support Division Project: Delivered state-of-the-art technology for the Child Support Division, leading app development, infrastructure, capacity planning, and performance management efforts. Perficient, San Antonio, TX Aug 2012 - July 2015

Lead Technology Consultant and Architect

As a Lead Technology Consultant and Integration Architect, successfully led and delivered multiple projects while managing multiskilled global teams. Designed, implemented, and provided solutions using IBM Integration Technologies (DataPower, WMB) for clients across the Financial, Healthcare, Insurance, Utility, and Automotive industries.

• Global Collaboration Management: Streamlined communication and collaboration across global teams by addressing issues, sharing progress, and driving improvements to ensure project success.

• Integration Solutions Design: Designed and implemented solutions using IBM Integration Technologies, including ESB, DataPower, WMB, and MQ.

• Release Management Oversight: Managed release activities for agile development teams, ensuring continuous integration and seamless project coordination.

• Healthcare Integration Leadership: Led an enterprise integration project for a healthcare client using SOA architecture, combining IBM DataPower, WebSphere, and WTX to expose CICS-based services securely.

• Financial Transactions System: Delivered a high-volume transaction processing system for a major financial client, utilizing IBM DataPower and WebSphere Message Broker (WMB) to handle critical and high-value transactions.

• Architectural Best Practices: Provided architectural direction, consultation, and best practices for IBM integration technologies focusing on deployment standards and service configuration.

• Secure API Enablement: Enabled REST API interfaces using DataPower Gateway to provide secure access with mutual SSL and IP validation, ensuring compliance and security for internal services. USAA, San Antonio, TX May 2005 - July 2012

Software Systems Engineer

As a Systems Engineer, ensured high availability of systems and infrastructure for enterprise applications. Partnered with application teams to streamline administrative configurations, manage releases, and resolve problems effectively.

• Deployment management lead: As part of WebSphere Technical Services team, performed the responsibilities of deploying code and configuration changes across multiple environments, coordinating with application and release management team.

• Infrastructure lead: Provided operational support for configuration, fine-tuning, deployments, and production management of WebSphere Application Server, along with production support for MQ and WebSphere Message Broker.

• SOA Gateway Expertise: Extensively worked with SOA Gateway Appliances from Cisco and Layer7 technologies, supporting and configuring web services. Implemented security features, including HTTP/WSS Authentication, SSL certificates, Client Authentication, XML signing, payload encryption/decryption, XSLT, and XPath.

• Risk Mitigation efforts: Reduced environmental risks by implementing audit controls, resolving configuration inconsistencies, and reviewing security alerts provided by vendors.

• API migration effort: Led the migration of web services from Cisco ACE to Layer7 SSG Gateway, ensuring zero outages through risk analysis and a strong back-out strategy. Established configuration standards and provided training for seamless service setup. ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Harland Clarke, San Antonio TX - WebSphere Administrator IBM, Irving TX - Technical Consultant

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Electrical and Electronics Engineering Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil College of Engineering and Polytechnic, India Certifications and Skill badges

• IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances Firmware V5.0 Solution Implementation

• Google: Deploy and Manage Apigee X Skill Badge

• Google: Develop and Secure APIs with Apigee X Skill Badge

• Google: Inspect Rich Documents with Gemini Multimodality and Multimodal RAG Skill Badge

• Google: Integrate Vertex AI Search and Conversation into Voice and Chat Apps Skill Badge

• Google: Text Prompt Engineering Techniques Skill Badge

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