Software Engineering Manager, Cloud & AI Architect

VIJAYA S VEMU

Software Engineering Manager Software architecture DevOps Cloud migrations AI Enablement

Laurel, MD * *****.****@*****.*** * 240-***-**** * US Citizen * No Sponsorship

SUMMARY

Software Engineering Manager / Lead Engineer with 20+ years extensive experience in architecting, modernizing, and delivering enterprise applications. Skilled in software engineering strategy, legacy modernization, cloud migration, microservices, API-first and event-driven architecture, DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure-as-Code. Proven leader across architecture, development, delivery, QA, and the full SDLC, with hands-on expertise in AI/GenAI, RAG, agentic AI, enterprise data platforms, and cloud-native engineering—focused on turning emerging technologies into measurable business outcomes.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Requirements gathering

Process improvements

CI/CD, GitHub & DevOps (K8s)

Enterprise Software Engineering

and Architecture

Legacy Modernization & Cloud

Migration

Microservices, API-First &

Composable Architecture

AI / GenAI Enablement & Digital

Transformation

Stakeholder Communication & Executive Influence

Agile process and methodology

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Full-Stack Languages & Frameworks: .NET, C#, Java, Node.js, Spring Boot, React, TypeScript, Blazor,

JavaScript, Python, Go, REST APIs, WebSocket, GraphQL, SOAP, OOP, Design Patterns

Architecture & Integration: Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture (RabbitMQ), Alteryx, API-First & Composable Design,

API Gateway, Multi-Tenant High-Availability Platforms, Distributed Systems

Data & Analytics: Snowflake (SnowPro), Databricks, DBT, Airflow, ADF, Kafka, Collibra Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, Oracle, SQL Server

Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (EC2, Lambda, Fargate, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, SageMaker, ALB), Azure (ADF,

Azure DevOps, Azure AD, ARM), Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Serverless, Blue-Green / Canary

Deployments, Grafana, Prometheus

Enterprise Platforms: Salesforce, Okta, Azure AD, Apache Kafka

DevSecOps, Governance & Quality: CI/CD Pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), SonarQube, OWASP, HashiCorp Vault, GitHub, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, JIRA, Confluence, Scrum, ITIL, PCI / SOC2 / SOX Compliance

AI, ML & GenAI: LangChain, LangGraph, RAG, Agentic AI, LLM Ops, Prompt Engineering, OpenAI / Bedrock,

OpenSearch (Vector DB), ChromaDB, ML Ops (SageMaker, Azure ML), GitHub Copilot

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Education

Certifications

Master of Computer Applications

Bachelor of Science (BS) – Maths, Computer Science

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Assoc

Microsoft Azure AI Engineer Assoc

EXPERIENCE

TransformCo Holdings., Hoffman Estates, IL November 2022 – Current

Manager Software Engineering (Fullstack) / Architect

●Collaborated with different business units in the organization for better services and delivery.

●Designed, architected and led the seamless migrations of Sears franchise data-center from on-premises to AWS Cloud, improving efficiency and maximum profitability (cost reduction on Infrastructure by more than $3m) ensuring high availability, zero downtime.

●Actively worked on development and support of IT applications for field teams, including asset tracking, employee attendance, vacation planning, employee on-boarding/off-boarding application, service order tracking, service order payments, returns, and Repair & Replace of products.

●Architected, designed and developed applications using ASP .NET, C# on .NET Core 8.0.

●Architected and delivered an event-driven, API-first integration ecosystem using RabbitMQ, Micro Services, and .NET — integrating ERP, Accounting, external banks, and third-party providers through RESTful APIs engineered for high-availability, global-scale operations, generating $1.5M+ in annual savings through automation.

●Designed and developed application(s) front-end using ReactJS for responsive web design. Implemented Redux cache to maintain the global state of application for performance.

●Prepare technical and system architecture documentation, data diagrams, and API detailed documentation.

●Designed and developed RESTful APIs and Microservices using C#

●Developed applications and APIs security using OAuth and JWT authentications.

●Microservices Development: Hands-on experience with domain-driven-design software development.

●Implemented GitHub Actions for CI/CD pipeline to streamline project delivery.

●Defined and implemented the engineering operating model — establishing cross-functional POD delivery

structures, team governance, achieved 35% cost savings while maintaining delivery excellence.

●Integrated AI-assisted coding tools and autonomous agents into the SDLC, increasing engineering productivity by 40%.

●improved SLA compliance and reduced incident volume by 50% — Operational excellence through enterprise observability (AWS Cloud Watch, Grafana, Prometheus), Blue-Green and Canary deployments strategy.

●Implemented data migrations and integrations from Snowflake to SQL Server 2019 (using SSIS packages), MySQL databases, ensuring data integrity and optimization.

●Configured and Implemented AWS EC2 Services, serverless (Lambda) functions, AWS Cloudwatch, S3 Service, AWS SNS, SQS Services, AWS Kafka, RDS Services, ALB, AWS EventHub, Secrets Manager, VPC, Subnets, Security Groups, API GateWay and Transit gateways (Managed 12 servers in production).

●Addressed system performance issues and promoted code reviews to maintain high-quality product development within the team.

●Actively worked on troubleshooting production issues and implemented solutions to resolve. Maintained balance on new development and production tickets.

●Agile Practices: Prepared project/task/backlog list in JIRA for sprint processes and delivery.

●Designed, developed and implemented solutions for local parts available and the unpaid parts not returned by the customers, which helped to save more than $10m annually.

●COTS Integration: Integrated third-party COTS applications for workflows, vacation planning, and service order payments.

●Designed and developed a RAG application to search the company sales warranty policy documents from the internal document storage (on Azure blob storage), which helps customers and vendors.

●Developed an AI agent for employee leave application submission and approval process using AI agentic tool Mindstudio AI

NeighborWorks America, Washington, DC Feb 2015 – July 2022

Lead Software Engineer / Application Architect

National Industry Standards (NIS)

This application provides a set of guidelines for quality homeownership and counseling services. Industry professionals who adopt these standards can be trusted to provide consistent, high-quality advice.

Training Events and Management System

Training Events and Activities Management is a corporate application that supports the Training Division’s line of business. NeighborWorks® America’s Training Division is dedicated to providing the highest-quality training to network organizations, the corporation's staff, and the staffs and boards of other organizations committed to improving the affordability of neighborhood housing, the vitality of neighborhood economies, and the quality of community life.

Training Events Online Management System

This is a corporate application that allows users to register for training events conducted by the NeighborWorks America Training Division throughout the year.

Enterprise Integrations: Integrates multiple systems across the corporation.

●Led the development and production support teams and assigned priorities.

●Actively worked on troubleshooting and resolving production issues, and also maintained a balance between new development and production tasks.

●Prepared the planning for resources and the level of estimates.

●Requirements Gathering & Design Sessions: Actively participated in requirements gathering and prepared POCs, collaborating with stakeholders to define and refine business rules and system requirements.

●Used ReactJS, Bootstrap, and CSS3.0 for responsive front-end (UI) development.

●Application Design & Development: Designed and developed various applications, ensuring seamless integration with multiple external systems (NW grants system, NetSuite, NW enterprise data warehouse, and Salesforce). Migrate Salesforce data into a SQL Server database using Alteryx.

●Worked with vendors to manage the product upgrades and RFPs

●Review and score the RFPs from vendors and third party product development companies

●Designed, developed, and implemented application security for authentication using OAuth2 and JWT.

●Object-Oriented Development: Designed and implemented interfaces and loosely coupled objects, applying Object-Oriented methodologies and best practices.

●System Integrations: Led the integration of applications with third-party Learning Management Systems (LMS) like Moodle and Collaboration.

●Custom API Development: Designed and developed REST APIs for PayPal payment integration, enhancing payment capabilities within the platform.

●Implemented CI/CD pipeline using JIRA as a project status tracking tool in Azure to streamline the project delivery.

●Database Development & Management:

Wrote stored procedures and developed complex database views using T-SQL to meet business requirements.

Participated in database design, creating new database objects, and maintaining the overall integrity of the database structure.

Led and implemented database migration: Upgraded and migrated the databases from SQL Server 2012 to SQL Server 2019, ensuring smooth transitions and compatibility.

Performed data cleansing from legacy production systems to facilitate the seamless roll-out to new systems.

●Application architecture changes and scaling up infrastructure helped the availability of applications, which increased the number of registrations and participants attending the virtual classes.

●Implemented GitHub actions for CI/CD pipeline.

●Web Development:

Designed and developed responsive web pages, ensuring compatibility across various devices and browsers.

Leveraged Rad (Telerik) tools for advanced UI development, ensuring a smooth user experience.

●Code Quality & Performance: Actively participated in code reviews, focusing on application scaling and performance optimization, ensuring that code met both functional and non-functional requirements.

●Collaboration with Security Teams: Worked closely with the enterprise security team to identify, address, and resolve vulnerabilities, ensuring compliance with security best practices.

Environment: Visual Studio 2019, .NET 5.0/6.0, C#, MVC4.0/5.0, Rad Tools (Telerik controls), MS SQL Server 2016/2019, SSRS, JQuery, ReactJS, Test-Driven Development, Azure Cloud, GitHub, RESTful services, Web API, Micro Services, Alteryx, PayPal Payment API, Agile Methodology.

LAUREATE EDUCATION INC., Baltimore, MD May 2012 – February 2015

Sr. Software Engineer

Faculty Expertise Directory (FED – Walden University)

FED is the application that helps faculty enter their expertise, certifications, and the courses they teach.

Online Application (OLA – Walden University/Campuses/University of Liverpool)

An online student registration and enrollment system, which is also integrated with Blackboard, Campus Cruiser, and payment systems.

Laureate Customer Portal

●Performs time estimates or level of effort and regularly reviews the status of projects and issues.

●Provides status reports and problem summaries to the management.

●Defined solutions to interact with the external system.

●Interacting with stakeholders, application users, database administrators, and project teams.

●Database model and design.

●Responsible for application design/architecting solutions, development, and documentation.

●Provides technical leadership on complex projects and defines system scope and objectives.

●Involved in the complete SDLC process.

●Reviewing/developing/modifying application code to address user needs and resolve problems.

●Prioritize the tasks and prepare the task list with status for review by the higher management.

●Interacting with stakeholders, application users, database administrators, and other project teams (Ex, BI team).

●Working independently in designing and developing the integration software with Salesforce CRM/Marketing products.

●Designed and developed RESTful APIs and Services for data integration.

●Addressed and resolved issues by modifying and consuming the existing Web Services in the application.

Environment: C#, Visual Studio .NET 2008/2010, ASP .NET 3.0/3.5, ADO .NET, MVC, Telerik Controls, AJAX, SSIS, SQL Server 2008/2012, T-SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle 11g, SSCM/GitHub, and XML/XSLT

Employer DELL Services Federal Government Dec ‘08 – May 2012

Client National Institute of Health (NIH) - NIAID, Bethesda, MD

Title Sr. Software Engineer

Project Name: Research Initiative Management System (RIMS)

Project Name: Financial Data Integration (FDI)

Responsibilities

●Interacting with users, understanding the user requirements, and implementing the business logic.

●Provides technical leadership on complex projects and defines system scope and objectives

●Reviewing/developing/modifying application code to address user needs or resolve user problems.

●Developed assemblies in.NET2.0

●Involved in the complete SDLC process.

●Designed and developed the RIMS Web application using C# and ASP .NET

●Telerik Web Controls and AJAX were used to design and develop the user interface for the application.

●Responsible for developing and maintaining different modules in the application.

●Implemented the security module for the application to allow privileged users.

●Database design, Stored Procedures, and functions in SQL Server 2008

●Developed the high-level design of the system and the system flow

●Design and develop the SharePoint form templates using the InfoPath 2007 designer tool.

●Implementing and consuming a Web service to automate the InfoPath template.

●Developed and implemented the concept for Graphic visual charts using Telerik Chart controls.

Environment: C#, Visual Studio 2010, ASP .NET 3.5, ADO.NET, jQuery, MVC 3.0, AJAX, Telerik Web/Chart Controls, AJAX, Web Services, SQL Server 2005/2008, Microsoft InfoPath 2007, MS SharePoint 2007, and XML/XSLT

Constellation New Energy (CNE), Baltimore, MD, Sep ‘06 – Sep ‘08

Project Name ECIMS – Retail Energy Billing Application

Project Name: EDI Transactions

Title Contractor

Responsibilities:

●Interacting with users from different regions, understanding user requirements, and implementing the business logic.

●Responsible for critical business functions through the development, implementation, and maintenance of critical Billing application(s) system(s).

●Designed and developed the ECIMS Web application using VB .NET, C#, and ASP .NET

●Developed the business logic in C#, VB .NET

●Implemented the cost-effective business process for different regions.

●Involved in the complete SDLC process.

●Responsible for development and maintenance of Enrollments, Contracts, Offers, Reports, and Admin Modules. Initiated and implemented the changes that are more cost-effective and scalable for better performance.

●Designed and developed an XML structure to communicate with the report engine for the ECIMS application.

●Implemented the cost-effective 867 billing usage reports (like quarter hour, half hour, hourly, monthly, and usage summary) for various regions.

●Implemented a Web Service that can get the usage information for service accounts scattered across different billing systems (Using the SOA model).

●Implemented an automated process for transferring various transaction (EDI) files through the secured SFTP network

●Implemented the ETL process for loading tables for the reporting database (daily/weekly refresh of tables)

●Developed a Visio diagram for the high-level design of the system and the system flow

●It is the responsibility of other processes that utilize these transactions to make sure that the data being sent or received passes internal business rules validation. For example, Enrollment (e.g., EDI 814), Billing Usage (e.g., EDI 867 HU, 867 MU, and 867 IN), and Invoices / Payments (e.g., EDI 810/820) transaction processes deliver usage data to the Billing process. It will be up to the Billing process to validate that usage.

●Implemented and configured Gestalt’s DTM (EDI File Data Transfer Mechanism)

●Monitoring the flow of files (through the Gestalt Interface) between the trading partner and the client

Environment: C#, Visual Studio 2010, ASP .NET 3.5, ADO .NET, jQuery, MVC 3.0, AJAX, Telerik Web/Chart Controls, AJAX, Web Services, SQL Server 2005/2008, Microsoft InfoPath 2007, MS SharePoint 2007, and XML/XSLT

Constellation Energy Group, Ft. Smallwood, MD

Project Name E-Log July ‘05 – June ‘06

Description: Web-based Plant logbooks have been implemented at several Constellation Power Source Generation facilities. These applications generally share common purposes, a common database, and a similar look and feel. These purposes include:

●Log entries of significant occurrences in the daily operation and maintenance of the plants.

●Status changes and event codes that impact the generating capacity and availability of the units.

●Daily readings of fuel consumption and related information.

●Hourly recording of gross generation (MW), megavars, and plant usage meters.

●Record of plant personnel assignments.

●Various plant-specific data recording functions, including chemistry lab readings, water meter readings, and others.

●Reporting of all recorded data in a variety of user-specified formats.

Environment:

C#, ASP .NET, ADO.NET, Classic ASP, ADO, Visual Studio .NET 2.0, IIS 6.0, MS-Access, SQL Server 2000, Windows XP, Visual Source Safe 6.0, and XML / XSLT, JavaScript.

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