BALASWAMY RUSUM
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SUMMARY
MuleSoft Certified Architect and Developer with 5+ years of hands-on experience building scalable, secure, and high- performance integrations across CRM, ERP, and HCM platforms. Proven expertise in designing API-led architectures, managing full lifecycle API development, and leading cloud migration initiatives. Passionate about automation, optimization, and delivering measurable impact across enterprise systems. EDUCATION
Indiana University-Purdue University – Indianapolis. January 2023 - December 2024 Masters, Computer and Information Science GPA: 3.64 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University June 2015 - May 2019 Bachelors, Electronics and Communication Engineering GPA: 8 WORK EXPERIENCE
TA Services Indianapolis, IN
Solutions Analyst May 2024 - Present
• Engineered integration solutions across Salesforce, Oracle ERP, and Workday, reducing manual sync errors by 85%.
• Designed and implemented reusable APIs following MuleSoft’s API-led connectivity model.
• Integrated CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions for automated deployments, improving release velocity by 40%.
• Strengthened API security with OAuth 2.0, JWT, and Mutual TLS, ensuring enterprise-grade compliance.
• Monitored and optimized API performance, reducing failure rates by 25%. Deloitte Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Senior MuleSoft Developer Aug 2021 - Dec2022
• Spearheaded cloud migration projects, saving clients over $250K/year in infrastructure costs.
• Automated Workday payroll processes using the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform by integrating AWS S3 document import workflows, allowing real-time data updates for payroll stakeholders.
• Designed robust validation and retry mechanisms within MuleSoft flows to ensure data integrity and system resilience during high-volume document imports.
• Designed and implemented reusable APIs following MuleSoft’s API-led connectivity model, improving scalability across business units.
• Reduced API latency by 30% through advanced performance tuning and load testing.
• Mentored 5+ junior developers; established best practices and code quality standards.
• Delivered end-to-end MuleSoft solutions with integrated logging, retry policies, and error handling.
• Automated deployments using Jenkins pipelines; minimized manual intervention and downtime. Tata Consultancy Services Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India MuleSoft Developer and Platform Admin June 2019 - July 2021
• Developed 20+ reusable API templates, increasing development efficiency by 80%.
• Integrated CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions for seamless deployments, boosting release velocity by 40%.
• Built a real-time resource utilization monitoring framework by integrating MuleSoft with AWS and Kafka, powering dynamic dashboards in Power BI for leadership teams.
• Automated data ingestion from Kafka queues using MuleSoft, feeding key metrics into Power BI to track project performance and resource usage at scale.
• Deployed custom policies in Anypoint API Manager, enhancing API governance and observability.
• Automated batch ETL processes for real-time event handling, improving SLA adherence by 35%.
• Led post-deployment support initiatives, saving $115K/year in operational expenses. SKILLS
• MuleSoft: Anypoint Studio, API Manager, Runtime Manager, Data Weave 2.0, RAML
• API Security: OAuth 2.0, JWT, X.509, Mutual TLS, LDAP
• Cloud Platforms: AWS (S3, EC2, Lambda), Microsoft Azure.
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Maven, Git
• Languages/Tools: Java, Python, SQL, Postman, REST/SOAP, SAS, Power BI.
• Other: ETL pipelines, Web Services, OAuth, Excel/Sheets, Salesforce, Oracle ERP, Workday