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Vijay Patel

Vijay Patel

Frisco,TX

Summary

Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. Accomplished engineer proffering extensive monitoring, deployment and troubleshooting skills. Defined, built and maintained infrastructure using vendor-neutral and platform-specific tools. Organized and focused person with extraordinary leadership acumen.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr Infrastucure Advider

CIGNA
07.2009 - Current
  • Monitored and tested application performance to identify potential bottlenecks, develop solutions and collaborate with developers on solution implementation.
  • Provided 2nd and 3rd level technical support and troubleshooting to internal and external clients.
  • Managed installation, upgrade and deployment projects and provided on-site direction for network engineers.
  • Managed and monitored installed systems for highest level of availability.
  • Defined enterprise processes and best practices and tailored enterprise processes for applications.
  • Participated in system development life cycle from requirements analysis through system implementation.
  • Wrote and maintained custom scripts to increase system efficiency and performance time.
  • Exercised leadership capabilities by successfully motivating and inspiring others.
  • Acted as team leader in group projects, delegating tasks and providing feedback.
  • Worked well in team setting, providing support and guidance.
  • Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
  • Gained strong leadership skills by managing projects from start to finish.
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
  • Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
  • Developed strong communication and organizational skills through working on group projects
  • Adaptable and proficient in learning new concepts quickly and efficiently
  • Proven ability to develop and implement creative solutions to complex problems
  • Demonstrated creativity and resourcefulness through the development of innovative solutions

Consultant

Hewitt Associates
01.2003 - 07.2009
  • Investigated new and emerging software applications to select and implement administrative information systems.
  • Developed next generation integration platform for internal applications.
  • Contributed ideas and suggestions in team meetings and delivered updates on deadlines, designs, and enhancements.
  • Created proofs of concept for innovative new solutions.
  • Developed conversion and system implementation plans.
  • Tuned systems to boost performance.
  • Designed and developed forward-thinking systems that meet user needs and improve productivity.
  • Supervised work of programmers, designers and technicians, assigned tasks and monitored performance against targets.
  • Tested and deployed scalable and highly available software products - IBM COGNOS in LINUX ,Windows.
  • Coordinated deployments of new software, feature updates and fixes.

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL
05.2000

Bachelor of Science - Meachanical Engineering

Sardar Patel University
Gujarat, India
06.1994

Skills

  • Project Management
  • Solution Implementation
  • Infrastructure Management
  • Service Level Agreements
  • Corrective Actions
  • Project Specifications
  • Process Improvement Initiatives
  • Disaster Recovery Operations
  • Incident Management
  • System Performance Tracking
  • Change Management Process
  • System Architecture Design
  • Technology Best Practices
  • Configure Servers
  • Build Solutions
  • Technology Migrations
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Identify Requirements
  • Technical Support and Assistance
  • Application Administration
  • Requirements Analysis
  • Infrastructure Components
  • Issue Resolution
  • Pega 55 /6/7/8 , Tomcat7/9, IBM Web sphere 6,7,8
  • Oracle , PostgreSQL
  • REHL 7,8 ,AIX, ZVM-Linux
  • Automation with Ansible Tower,GIT HUB

Certification

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Timeline

Sr Infrastucure Advider

CIGNA
07.2009 - Current

Consultant

Hewitt Associates
01.2003 - 07.2009

Master of Science - Computer Science

Illinois Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science - Meachanical Engineering

Sardar Patel University

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