Anoop Kumar Shukla
Tennessee
Summary
Work Experience: 15 Plus years of IT industry experience in designing and implementation of Business Rule management System (BRMS), Rule Engine, Java, Microservices and Web-based applications, Google and AWS cloud. Expert and Hands-On Experience on IBM ODM 8.XX.X/Ilog Jule, Drool, Microservice’s-Java, BPM, SQL, Python, Spring Boot, Angular etc based applications. Expert in Requirement Gathering, Analysis, Design Development, Deployment, maintenance and support of BRMS, Java, Micro-Services and cloud-based Application. Hands-on experience in business process development & Integration using IBM ODM, BPM, Drool, SQL, JavaScript, Python and Spring Boot Micro Services. Good Experience on Google and AWS cloud. Experience on Support, contribute to, and/or facilitate the identification/prioritization of business/process solutions. Experience on Collaborating with stakeholders on project estimates. Good exposer and Hands-on experience Continuous integration (CI-CD) experience using Jenkins and GitHub Action. Hands-on experience Message Queues (Kafka) based applications. Having good analytical skills with deep understanding of all aspects of the SDLC from understanding client requirements through direct client interaction, translating them into technical specifications, and driving their execution. Exposed great strength in learning new technologies in a short span and putting them into practice. Good team players have excellent analytical, problem solving, communication and interpersonal skills, with ability to interact with individuals involved in the project.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
ODM Developer
Optum-Care (UGH)-Wipro
05.2025 - Current
- Requirement analysis, design discussion, design document (high level and low level).
- Involve in Technical Design Document Creation
- Business rules categorization and development (authoring of Business rules, integration) and development contribution.
- Spring Boot microservices for PA intake, eligibility, medical-necessity evaluation, policy compliance, and exception handling; integrated each service with IBM ODM decision services via REST for real-time rule execution.
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance applications using Java, RESTful APIs, and RDBMS solutions.
- Implement CI/CD pipelines with Maven, Jenkins, and Bitbucket (Git) to automate builds, testing, and deployments.
- Deploy, monitor, and manage microservices in containerized environments.
- Configure, optimize, and troubleshooting application servers for seamless application performance.
- Actively participate in Agile ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives), contributing technical insights and solutions.
- Collaborate using Jira and Confluence for task management, documentation, and progress tracking.
- Leverage Kubernetes to manage containerized workloads and ensure high availability and scalability of services.
- Apply strong knowledge of software development processes and Agile practices to align with business and team needs.
- Engage in code reviews, testing, and integration efforts to maintain high-quality standards.
- Drive innovation and continuous improvement by generating unique solutions and adopting new tools or methodologies.
- Communicate clearly and effectively with developers, testers, business analysts, and scrum master’s across distributed teams.
- Exhibit problem-solving and analytical skills to manage multiple priorities and deliver under strict timelines.
- Developed rule invocation adapters for IBM ODM (Decision Server/Decision Center) with request enrichment (member/provider eligibility, payer policies) and response normalization for downstream consumers.
- I analyzed medical necessity guidelines, coverage plans, and payer-specific approval criteria to identify decision points for ODM implementation.
- Authored Decision Tables to capture complex payer-specific authorization rules and clinical criteria.
- Created Action Rules (BRL) for procedural validations, denial reasons, and approval conditions.
- Developed Rule Flows to sequence eligibility checks, medical necessity validations, and exception handling.
- Managed Decision Center setup for multi-user authoring with version control, branching, and merging of rules.
- Enabled business teams to make minor rule changes without IT intervention via Decision Center interface.
- Wrote JUnit and integration test cases to validate rules against real-life PA scenarios.
Lead Developer
Essent Guaranty, Inc.-Royal Cyber
01.2022 - 04.2025
- Requirement analysis, design discussion, design document (high level and low level).
- Business rules categorization and development (authoring of Business rules, integration) and development contribution.
- Designed and implemented business rules in IBM ODM to automate credit risk assessment and policy compliance for mortgage insurance applications.
- Collaborated with underwriters, risk analysts, and business stakeholders to translate mortgage insurance policies and credit risk guidelines into executable business rules.
- Designed, developed, and deployed ODM Decision Services to automate: Loan-to-Value (LTV) calculations, Borrower eligibility checks, Coverage tier assignments, Premium rate determinations, Exceptions and manual review triggers.
- Led IBM ODM migration to version 8.12, ensuring compatibility of all rules, BOM/XOM models, and decision flows.
- Integrated ODM with Spring Boot microservices to deliver real-time risk assessments to lender portals and APIs.
- Maintained Decision Center repositories with version control, branching strategies, and governance workflows.
- Implemented data retrieval and persistence for rules using Oracle and DB2 databases.
- Created Decision Tables, Decision Trees, Rule Flows, Technical Rules, and Action Rules tailored to mortgage underwriting.
- Designed and developed responsive web applications using Angular.
- Built reusable components, modules, and services for UI consistency and efficiency.
- Integrated Angular frontend with Spring Boot REST APIs for seamless data flow.
- Developed Spring Boot microservices to integrate decision services with lender systems via REST APIs.
- Updating integration points with WebSphere Application Server and REST endpoints.
- Enhanced Spring Boot-based microservices to integrate seamlessly with the upgraded ODM Decision Server, improving rule execution performance.
- Configured Decision Center for collaborative rule authoring, versioning, and governance across distributed teams.
- Developed RESTful APIs using Spring Boot for scalable, modular microservices.
- Implemented Spring Data JPA/Hibernate for database operations and optimized queries for better performance.
- Secured applications with Spring Security, and JWT-based authentication/authorization.
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab, Bamboo) for automated build, test, and deployment.
- Applied Docker & Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration of microservices.
- Wrote unit tests (JUnit, Mockito) and integration tests to ensure high-quality, bug-free releases.
- Participated in Agile Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Retrospectives).
- Writing and maintaining codes using technical specifications to update existing applications and/or to develop new applications.
Consultant
DaVita Kidney Care-TCS
09.2017 - 01.2022
- Requirement analysis, design discussion, design document (high level and low level).
- Involved in Technical Design Document Creation.
- Business rules categorization and development (authoring of Business rules, integration) and development contribution.
- Authored Decision Tables, Decision Trees, Rule Flows, Technical Rules, and Action Rules.
- RESTful APIs for various services, ensuring secure and efficient data exchange.
- Developed microservices architecture to enhance modularity and maintainability of applications.
- Designed and optimized database schemas, queries, and transactions for improved performance.
- Utilized Hibernate for ORM, ensuring seamless integration with relational databases.
- Designed and developed Spring Boot microservices for modular, scalable enterprise applications.
- Implemented RESTful APIs to enable secure and efficient communication between microservices and external systems.
- Built event-driven microservices are integrated with Kafka for real-time data streaming and asynchronous communication.
- Applied Cassandra as a distributed NoSQL database for high availability and fault-tolerant data storage.
- Utilized IBM Extreme Scale for distributed coaching and session management in microservices.
- Deployed and orchestrated containerized microservices using Docker & Kubernetes ensuring scalability and resilience.
- Optimized microservices performance by applying caching strategies, database indexing, and asynchronous processing.
- Developed CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitLab for automated build, testing, and deployment of microservices to Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
- Conducted unit, integration, and contract testing (JUnit, Mockito, Spring Test, Pact) for microservices.
- Built monitoring and logging solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK/EFK stack to monitor microservices health and troubleshoot issues.
- Collaborated with frontend teams to integrate ReactJS applications with backend REST APIs.
- Participated in Agile ceremonies (Scrum, Sprint Planning, Retrospective) and worked with stakeholders to deliver high-quality microservices solutions.
- Supported production deployments, troubleshooting, and performance tuning of microservices in live environments.
- Ensure adherence to coding standards and software development best practices.
- Design discussions with Client's business teams to provide better solutions for client requirements.
Consultant
MoneyGram Compliance and Payment Transfer-TCS
02.2015 - 09.2017
- Designed and developed Spring Boot microservices for modular, scalable enterprise applications.
- Implemented RESTful APIs to enable secure and efficient communication between microservices and external systems.
- Applied Spring Cloud components (Config Server, Eureka, API Gateway, Feign Clients) for service discovery, centralized configuration, and inter-service communication.
- Integrated Spring Security with JWT/OAuth2 to secure microservices and APIs.
- Built event-driven microservices are integrated with Kafka for real-time data streaming and asynchronous communication.
- Applied Cassandra as a distributed NoSQL database for high availability and fault-tolerant data storage.
- Utilized IBM Extreme Scale for distributed caching and session management in microservices.
- Deployed and orchestrated containerized microservices using Docker & Kubernetes ensuring scalability and resilience.
- Implemented circuit breakers, retries, and fault tolerance patterns using Resilience4j/Hystrix to ensure reliability of microservices.
- Optimized microservices performance by applying caching strategies, database indexing, and asynchronous processing.
- Developed CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitLab for automated build, testing, and deployment of microservices to Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
- Conducted unit, integration, and contract testing (JUnit, Mockito, Spring Test, Pact) for microservices.
- Built monitoring and logging solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK/EFK stack to monitor microservices health and troubleshoot issues.
- Collaborated with frontend teams to integrate ReactJS applications with backend REST APIs.
- Participated in Agile ceremonies (Scrum, Sprint Planning, Retrospective) and worked with stakeholders to deliver high-quality microservices solutions.
- Supported production deployments, troubleshooting, and performance tuning of microservices in live environments.
Sr. Software Engineer
Computer Science Corporation
05.2011 - 01.2015
- Involved in capturing, documenting and analyzing Rules and Responsible for Determine business requirements are identified, business rules are defined and documented and Design Business rules template’s on the wiki and develop the business rules and prepare for Test Scenario's with different modules (using DVS spreadsheets) and execute test using DVS.
- Involved in business vocabulary, authoring of business rules, deployment and testing of rule projects Awareness of quality processes, project management, liaising with clients for capturing user requirements.
- Understand the Business Process involved in different modules (decision points) like Capping Factor and Work cover Premium and Premium Payable and Determine Exemption Processing and deployed into RES.
- The execution unit (XU), which executes the rules and is part of the ILOG container; and creates the Hosted Transparent Decision Service (HTDS), which exposes the rules as HTTP and Rules for each Pricing Period, will be deployed onto the BRMS.
- Prepared the different test scenarios for the users to test using DVS.
- Responsible for overseeing the Quality procedures related to the project. Unit/Integration Testing and Defect Fixing. Responding promptly and professionally to bug reports.
- Developed an executable Business process model that communicates with application for standard defining process.
- Developed applications according to Company’s Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology.
- Ensured that builds are properly deployed in development, system, acceptance and production environments.
- Reviewed codes to identify any basic errors.
Sr. Software Engineer
Dell Services
05.2010 - 04.2011
- Requirement analysis and high level design.
- Automation of build and deployment scripts.
- Written and maintain codes using technical specifications to update existing application and/or to develop new application.
- Involved in Business rules development (authoring of Business rules, integration) and integration with Other Components.
- Analyzed for Development and QA environment.
- Worked for Production environment setup: Installed of Rule execution (RES 7.1) server.
- Prepared production installation documents.
- Overall existing system study.
- Understand Existing Framework.
- Requirement Analysis and Development.
- Provided KT to the new Team Members.
- Developed applications according to Company’s Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology.
- Ensured that builds are properly deployed in development, system, acceptance and production environments.
- Reviewed codes to identify any basic errors.
Education
M.Sc. - Computer Science-Software
Allahabad University
Master of Computer Applications - undefined
Lovely Professional University
Certification
- Google Associate Cloud Engineer
- ILOG JRule 7.0 trained and certified
- Sun Certified Java Programmer
- Sun Certified Web Component Developer 5 (SCWCD 5)
- Oracle Certified Professional, Java EE 5 Web Services Developer
- Certificate in Basics of Banking (IIBF)
Timeline
ODM Developer
Optum-Care (UGH)-Wipro
05.2025 - Current
Lead Developer
Essent Guaranty, Inc.-Royal Cyber
01.2022 - 04.2025
Consultant
DaVita Kidney Care-TCS
09.2017 - 01.2022
Consultant
MoneyGram Compliance and Payment Transfer-TCS
02.2015 - 09.2017
Sr. Software Engineer
Computer Science Corporation
05.2011 - 01.2015
Sr. Software Engineer
Dell Services
05.2010 - 04.2011
Master of Computer Applications - undefined
Lovely Professional University
M.Sc. - Computer Science-Software
Allahabad University
Technology Competencies
WebSphere ILog JRule 7.x, IBM WODM 7.5 / 8.0 / 8.10, Business Console, Drool, Java 8/11/17, Microservices, Spring Boot, Hibernate, JPA, Spring Data, JDBC, SQL, Agile Scrum, SDLC, WebSphere, WebLogic, Tomcat, Eclipse, Rule Designer / Studio, STS, IntelliJ, DB2, Google Spanner, MySQL, Git, Maven, Gradle, Docker, Kubernetes, Google Cloud, AWS, Postman, SOAPUI, JMeter, IBM BPM, Kafka, Angular, React
Key Engagements
- Optum-Care-UHG-WIPRO, 2025-05-01 to Present, ODM Developer, IBM ODM 8.10.5/8.11.5, Java 8/11, Spring Boot, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Oracle, SQL, IBM ODM Decision Center/Business Console, Modernize and automate the prior authorization process within Optum Care’s healthcare network.
- Essent Guaranty-MI Insurance, 2022-01-01 to 2025-04-30, Lead Developer, WebSphere operational decision management (WODM 8.9.2/8.10.5/8.11.5), FICO Blaze Java 8, Spring Boot, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, Oracle, SQL, IBM ODM Decision Center/Business Console, Python, JavaScript, Angular, Automate credit risk assessment and policy compliance for mortgage insurance applications.
- DaVita Kidney Care-TCS, 2017-09-01 to 2022-01-31, Consultant, WebSphere operational decision management (WODM 8.9.2/8.10.5), Java 8, Spring Boot, Google Cloud, Google Spanner, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, Cassandra, IBM Extreme Scale, ReactJS, Modernize legacy applications in the Clinical domain.
- MoneyGram Compliance and Payment Transfer-TCS, 2015-02-01 to 2017-09-30, Consultant, WebSphere operational decision management (WODM 8.5), Decision validation services (Web Services), Java/J2EE, Web Service, IBM Application server, Spring Boot, REST Services, Core Java, Manage the Risk and enhance the compliance capabilities of application using a BRMS system.
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