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Alagarsamy Krishnasamy

Frisco,TX

Summary

Senior Software Engineering Manager with over 20 years of extensive experience in software development, including requirement analysis, design, development, integration, testing, and documentation. Expertise in team leadership, project management, and stakeholder communication has consistently driven successful project outcomes while fostering collaborative team environments. Certified as an AWS Developer and AWS Architect Associate, proficient in developing and implementing comprehensive migration strategies for transitioning private cloud applications to AWS with minimal disruption and maximum efficiency. Skilled in leading cross-functional teams during AWS migration projects and designing application modernization initiatives, leveraging a deep understanding of EC2, EKS, ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, MSK, ASM services, and Terraform for Infrastructure as Code.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr Manager of Software Engineering

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Plano, TX
10.2017 - Current

Project: GEMS & Risk Monitoring

  • Managing 2 teams consisting of 11 developers for GEMS & Risk monitoring applications in CIB Payments.
  • Define and communicate the technical vision and roadmap for the development team, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
  • Guide the design and architecture of software solutions, ensuring scalability, reliability and maintainability.
  • Establish and enforce coding standards and best practices to maintain high quality code and reduce technical debt.
  • Allocate tasks and responsibilities among team members based on their strengths and project requirements.
  • Provide mentorship and support for team members professional growth, conducting regular one-on-one meeting.
  • Collaborate with product management, design and other stakeholders to ensure alignment on project goals.
  • Establish key performance indicators to measure team performance and project success, and report on these metrics to senior leadership.
  • Ensure the security best practices are integrated into the software development lifecycle to protect the sensitive data and maintain compliance with regulations.

Project: Helix Risk monitor

  • As a lead, Works with Scrum Master, BSA& PO to have healthy backlog for the team
  • Influenced the team by establishing a technical vision and works with the individual developers to achieve it .
  • Collaborating well with other tech leads, SRE, dev-ops and tech architects across CMS & Helix on design decisions and technical standards.
  • Setup the workspace & framework standards for Risk monitor app.
  • Helps in Prioritization of effort to deliver the functionalities as per business requirements.
  • Identifies and plans for dependencies and external critical paths to avoid any delays.

Project: Helix CIV

  • Setup the workspace & framework standards for CIV new app.
  • Helped in Prioritization of effort to deliver the functionalities as per business requirements.
  • As a lead, Worked with Scrum Master, BSA& PO to have healthy backlog for the team.
  • Identified and plans for dependencies and external critical paths to avoid any delays.
  • Assured code meets business requirement and technical standards.
  • Participated in the EPIC review discussions with BSA & Product Owners

Project: Dev Center

  • Key contributor in creating application architecture for Dev center CSS Uplift.
  • Solicited by manager to work on critical ODM Rule engine issue in production and fixed it ahead of orbital pilot.
  • Collaborated with external teams (OS, Clear trust) who are not co-located for initial setup & Infrastructure of new Dev center uplift.
  • Helped in Prioritization of effort to deliver the functionalities as per business requirements.
  • Lead the effort for POC on AEM for Dev center working with Adobe & Digital teams.

Sr Technology Lead

AT&T
Richardson, TX
05.2016 - 10.2017
  • Involved in the design and development of the applications as per the client requirements using Java, spring and Web Services.
  • Responsible for overall sprint or iteration deliverables.
  • Help the manager in prioritization of effort to resolve the most critical tickets as per business requirements.
  • Participate in activities related to estimation of work product to provide inputs for overall project estimation.
  • Conduct project risk identification and mitigation action planning with the PM at the project level.
  • Worked on ICD-t(Interface Certification and Design tool) for Data simulation during application development.
  • Maintenance of XSD schema/version & data reaction in ICD-t simulator.
  • Used WSE toolkit to access downstream API.
  • Report the status with alarms, explanations and solutions
  • Promptly escalate issues to the reporting manager
  • Track and resolve issues
  • Participate in creating application architecture document to provide deliverables in line with architectural requirements.
  • Lead validation activities for the assigned sub-modules for all types of testing e.g. Functional, Integration, System, User experience.
  • Support the creation of the Go Live plan and manage the assigned activities in the plan.
  • Client: AT&T
  • Technology: Java, J2EE, JDBC, Spring MVC, Web Services, XML, SVN, Eclipse, Putty, Shell script, GIT

Technology Lead

Sears Holding Corporation
Hoffman Estates, IL
05.2010 - 04.2016
  • Involved in the design and development of the applications as per the client requirements using Java, spring and Web Services
  • Designed and developed all the applications using Spring Batch Framework.
  • Developed objects persistence (ORM) layer using Hibernate 3.3.
  • Interacting with Business Users, Customers and identify key functional areas.
  • Daily and weekly status update with project stake holders.
  • Responsible for ensuring quality deliverables and maintain project metrics.
  • Perform root-cause analysis of any issues that arise post-implementation and work on solutions related to issue fixing.
  • Implementing notification functionality to provide order status updates replacing the email communication.
  • Contribute to the requirements elicitation process by creating assigned parts of the requirements documentation with guidance from supervisors.
  • Participate in creating application architecture document to provide deliverables in line with architectural requirements.
  • Deliver high quality code deliverables and supports peers in quality checks such that design requirements are met.
  • Create the user documentation for the assigned sub-modules.
  • Lead validation activities for the assigned sub-modules for all types of testing e.g. Functional, Integration, System, User experience.
  • Support the creation of the Go Live plan and manage the assigned activities in the plan.
  • Help the manager in prioritization of effort to resolve the most critical tickets as per business requirements.
  • Participate in activities related to estimation of work product to provide inputs for overall project estimation.
  • Support client interfacing activities and help create the relevant reports in a timely manner.
  • Client: Walgreens
  • Technology: Java, J2EE, JDBC, Spring, Web Services, Hibernate 3.3, Java Batch Framework, XML, MySQL, SVN, Eclipse, Putty, shell script

Technology Analyst

Walgreens
Wheeling, IL
03.2008 - 04.2010
  • Analysis of the Functional Specifications provided by the client.
  • Interacting with Customer and understand the requirements.
  • Used CVS for version control system.
  • Coding using HTML , JSP , Servlets and xml .
  • Planning, Scheduling, Tracking and Delivery of the application to Customer.
  • Design Review of the system.
  • Worked with IDE technologies like Eclipse , Putty , Shell Script , WSAD and RAD .
  • Review of Application code using Security Code Review Checklist.
  • Production support for the application.
  • Monitoring the load testing of the application.
  • Worked with product managers to understand the requirement to implement the projects in Agile mode.
  • Provided status update on daily basis to the business users in scrum meetings.
  • Bug fixes during QA support.
  • Responsible for production support of WCard application at onsite.
  • Reviewed team member's deliverables on daily basis.
  • Unit & integration testing during QA.
  • Optimized system performance through regular maintenance and updates, resulting in increased efficiency.
  • Supported technology design, testing and execution by providing research-based product and process knowledge.
  • Enhanced user experience by designing intuitive UI/UX elements for web and mobile applications.
  • Improved software quality by conducting thorough code reviews and implementing best practices.
  • Identified areas for improvement in existing systems, proposing cost-effective solutions that improved overall functionality.

Software Engineer

Toys “R” Us
Wayne, NJ
10.2006 - 02.2008
  • Analysis of the Functional Specifications provided by the client.
  • Interacting with Customer and understand the requirements.
  • Designed and developed user interfaces using JSP, HTML and CSS.
  • Used CVS for version control system.
  • Coding using HTML, JSP, Servlets and xml.
  • Planning, Scheduling, Tracking and Delivery of the application to Customer.
  • Design Review of the system.
  • Worked with IDE technologies like Eclipse, Putty, Shell Script, WSAD.
  • Review of Application code using Security Code Review Checklist.
  • Production support for the application.
  • Provided status update on daily basis to the business users in scrum meetings.
  • Responsible for production deployment of Baby registry phase 3 project at onsite.
  • Production support for the application after the deployment.
  • Environment: Java, J2EE, XML, JavaScript, Servlets, HTML, CSS, JSP, CVS, DB2, Putty, Shell Scripts, WSAD

Software Engineer

Target
Chennai, India
05.2006 - 10.2006
  • Develop web application using Struts Framework.
  • Worked with IDE technologies like Eclipse, Putty, Shell Script, and WSAD.
  • Production support for the application.
  • Provided status update on daily basis to the business users in scrum meetings.
  • Implemented various J2EE components like Servlets, JSP by using RAD.
  • Detailed & high level design document preparation.
  • Unit & Integration test case preparation.
  • Reviewed team member's code as part of peer review.
  • Responsible for defect prevention in the team.
  • Technology: Java, J2EE, XML, JavaScript, Struts, Servlets, IDE, HTML, CSS, JSP,Oracle, DB2, Eclipse, Putty, Shell Scripts, WSAD.

Software Engineer

Walgreens
Chennai, India
12.2005 - 05.2006
  • Coding using HTML, JSP, Servlets and xml.
  • Planning, Scheduling, Tracking and Delivery of the application to Customer.
  • Worked with IDE technologies like WSAD.
  • Implemented various J2EE components like Servlets, JSP by using RAD.
  • Learnt SDF framework of Walgreens.
  • Prepared Unit & integration test case documents.
  • Performed regular code reviews to ensure adherence to coding standards and optimize performance.**
  • Documented technical specifications and user guides for software applications to facilitate knowledge transfer.**
  • Analyzed proposed technical solutions based on customer requirements.
  • Developed scalable and maintainable code, ensuring long-term stability of the software.

Technology: Java, J2EE, JavaScript, Servlets, IDE, HTML, CSS, JSP, Oracle, VSS, Eclipse, WSAD.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

College of Engineering, Guindy
Chennai, India
05-2005

Skills

  • Java application design
  • J2EE framework expertise
  • Experienced with GitHub Copilot
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Spring Boot framework expertise
  • Cloud provisioning - Terraform

Certification

AWS Developer - Associate

AWS Solution Architect - Associate

Timeline

Sr Manager of Software Engineering

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
10.2017 - Current

Sr Technology Lead

AT&T
05.2016 - 10.2017

Technology Lead

Sears Holding Corporation
05.2010 - 04.2016

Technology Analyst

Walgreens
03.2008 - 04.2010

Software Engineer

Toys “R” Us
10.2006 - 02.2008

Software Engineer

Target
05.2006 - 10.2006

Software Engineer

Walgreens
12.2005 - 05.2006

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

College of Engineering, Guindy