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Gopal Ramasamy

The Woodlands,USA

Summary

Dynamic leader in integration services and application development with expertise in Java, MuleSoft, AWS, and Spring. Proven track record in API optimization, team leadership, and innovation. Skilled in mentoring, managing complex projects, and aligning technology with business goals. Passionate about emerging technologies, process improvement, and driving efficiency.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
5
5
Certification

Work History

Manager, Integration Services

Conn’s Home Plus
The Woodlands, Texas
01.2022 - Current
  • Company Overview: The Conns integration platform is a suite of applications, systems, and vendors that enables seamless information exchange via APIs and web services
  • It supports loosely coupled integrations, enhances legacy data accessibility, accelerates integration with pre-built third-party APIs, and ensures consistent data delivery even during system downtimes
  • The platform allows data rerouting, logging, and enrichment without application rewrites, providing an agile, lightweight solution for SMAC (social, mobile, analytics, and cloud) architecture
  • Led a large team overseeing integration services involving MuleSoft, AWS platforms, and Spring Boot applications
  • Fostered team collaboration through mentoring, knowledge-sharing, and promoting high-performance standards
  • Spearheaded the successful upgrade of the integration platform using MuleSoft and AWS, improving API performance and reducing costs
  • Architected AWS-based enterprise application integration, enabling scalable and agile solutions
  • Integrated major systems such as Supply Chain Management and Order Management with third-party systems like HighJump and KIBO Commerce
  • Developed critical system integrations for DocuSign and eCommerce platforms, enhancing business functionality
  • Designed and implemented system monitoring and alerting solutions with Splunk, AWS CloudWatch, and Opsgenie, reducing downtime by 75%
  • Led design and development activities, creating Mule flows, processors, and transformers while implementing exception strategies
  • Managed MuleSoft platform upgrades and developed high-performance APIs using AWS Lambda, NoSQL DB, and DAX
  • Implemented robust publish-subscribe models using AWS SNS and SQS
  • Designed enhanced security framework using AWS Cognito
  • Managed troubleshooting, defect analysis, and implemented fixes across various testing environments, ensuring timely resolution of issues
  • Provided ongoing production support, addressing system issues and ensuring high availability of critical
  • The Conns integration platform is a suite of applications, systems, and vendors that enables seamless information exchange via APIs and web services
  • It supports loosely coupled integrations, enhances legacy data accessibility, accelerates integration with pre-built third-party APIs, and ensures consistent data delivery even during system downtimes
  • The platform allows data rerouting, logging, and enrichment without application rewrites, providing an agile, lightweight solution for SMAC (social, mobile, analytics, and cloud) architecture

Team Lead, Integration Services

Conn’s Home Plus
The Woodlands, Texas
04.2015 - 01.2022
  • Led the integration platform development, managing team deliverables, and collaborating with business stakeholders
  • Designed MuleSoft EAI architecture and handled platform migrations to newer versions
  • Implemented API-led architecture using MuleSoft, leveraging Design Center, Exchange, and API Manager for efficient API design, development, and management
  • Evaluated business requirements and crafted both high-level and low-level designs, ensuring they met project objectives and technical standards
  • Developed REST APIs using APIKIT, RAML, and AWS API Gateway
  • Developed microservices using Spring Boot and integrated third-party systems such as Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion
  • Integrated AS400 using a custom connector and designed a request-response strategy for communication via Data Queues
  • Implemented JMS-based endpoints with transaction support and used Dataweave for message transformation
  • Enhanced system reliability by implementing error handling, backup mechanisms, and building utilities for process automation
  • Managed troubleshooting, defect analysis, and implemented fixes across various testing environments, ensuring timely resolution of issues

Sr. Java / Mule Developer

Wells Fargo
Charlotte, North Carolina
04.2014 - 03.2015
  • Company Overview: FXAIP is a suite of applications that allows Wells Fargo customers to execute and settle Foreign Exchange transactions
  • It integrates web services directly into the customer's system, enabling them to build and manage workflows and user interfaces for FX contracts
  • The application processes trade feeds from other systems, creating trades using XML messages
  • Analyzed business requirements and developed both high-level and low-level designs to ensure alignment with project goals and technical specifications
  • Developed Mule-based flows, creating robust SOAP-based web services
  • Migrated EJB-based applications to Mule, streamlining Trade Feeds processing and improving system performance
  • Implemented unit testing frameworks with JUnit, Spring Test, and Mockito to ensure code quality and reliability
  • Automated builds with Maven and provided trouble shooting, and support across test environments
  • FXAIP is a suite of applications that allows Wells Fargo customers to execute and settle Foreign Exchange transactions
  • It integrates web services directly into the customer's system, enabling them to build and manage workflows and user interfaces for FX contracts
  • The application processes trade feeds from other systems, creating trades using XML messages

Sr. Java / Mule Developer / Lead Consultant

British Telecom
01.2013 - 06.2010
  • Company Overview: White Label Managed Service (WLMS) is an enterprise application that enables businesses to resell white-label voice and data services
  • Middleware functions as an ESB, connecting business logic
  • It tracks network incidents like outages and engineering works
  • Designed and developed Mule-based flows for processing and fulfillment in the White Label Managed Service (WLMS) application
  • Managed integration with BPMS and Drools Rules Engine for business logic orchestration
  • Created Mule services for process orchestration and RESTful services with Spring
  • Implemented audit logging and automated build processes using Maven and Jenkins
  • White Label Managed Service (WLMS) is an enterprise application that enables businesses to resell white-label voice and data services
  • Middleware functions as an ESB, connecting business logic
  • It tracks network incidents like outages and engineering works

Java/J2EE Developer

1-800-Flowers.com
New York, NY
09.2007 - 04.2010
  • SalesProcessor and Shipping Services connect multi-platform order capture systems with various order fulfillment, creates and tracks tracking numbers for carriers like FedEx and UPS, facilitating order shipments
  • Developed web services and integrating order capture systems with backend fulfillment
  • Automated critical backend processes using OpenAdaptor and applied XSLT for efficient data transformation

Java/J2EE Developer

John Crane
Bangalore, India
10.2005 - 04.2007
  • Company Overview: HEADSTART is a web-native HR management solution that streamlines HR programs and enhances workforce development through self-service functions
  • It automates administrative tasks, reduces paperwork, and lowers HR process costs
  • Developed Java-based solutions, streamlining workforce development through self-service functions
  • Implemented Struts framework, JSP, and customized Java-based routing engines
  • HEADSTART is a web-native HR management solution that streamlines HR programs and enhances workforce development through self-service functions
  • It automates administrative tasks, reduces paperwork, and lowers HR process costs

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) - Electrical & Electronics Engineering

University of Madras

Skills

  • Java 8, 11, 17
  • MuleSoft 4x
  • Dataweave
  • CloudHub
  • MuleSoft API Management
  • APIKIT
  • RAML
  • AWS Lambda
  • API Gateway
  • SNS
  • SQS
  • AWS Fargate
  • AWS S3
  • DynamoDB
  • AWS Cognito
  • Spring Boot
  • Spring 5x
  • JPA
  • Hibernate
  • JMS
  • Apache Camel
  • Shell
  • Perl
  • JavaScript
  • REST
  • SOAP
  • OAuth2
  • JWT
  • AWS RDS
  • MySQL
  • Oracle
  • PL/SQL
  • AS400
  • Splunk
  • AWS CloudWatch
  • AWS Pipeline
  • Jenkins
  • Maven
  • Git
  • SVN
  • AWS Code Commit
  • Anypoint Studio
  • Spring Tool Suite
  • Eclipse
  • IntelliJ
  • JIRA
  • Confluence

Certification

  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, 06/01/24
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, 01/01/25
  • Salesforce Certified MuleSoft Developer I, 10/01/24, https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/credentials/mulesoftdeveloperii
  • Salesforce Certified MuleSoft Developer II, 11/01/24, https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/credentials/mulesoftdeveloperii
  • Salesforce Certified MuleSoft Integration Architect I, 12/01/24, https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/credentials/mulesoftintegrationarchitecti

Timeline

Manager, Integration Services

Conn’s Home Plus
01.2022 - Current

Team Lead, Integration Services

Conn’s Home Plus
04.2015 - 01.2022

Sr. Java / Mule Developer

Wells Fargo
04.2014 - 03.2015

Sr. Java / Mule Developer / Lead Consultant

British Telecom
01.2013 - 06.2010

Java/J2EE Developer

1-800-Flowers.com
09.2007 - 04.2010

Java/J2EE Developer

John Crane
10.2005 - 04.2007

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) - Electrical & Electronics Engineering

University of Madras

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