Praveenkumar Poongavanam
Newark,DE
Summary
Around 12 years of experience in object-oriented analysis, design, and development of web, enterprise, and client/server applications.
Experience in data structures, algorithms, and software design.
5+ Architect and manage scalable, highly available, and secure cloud infrastructure on AWS.
7+ years’ experience in working in large-scale Hadoop implementation.
Strong in designing and developing solutions for Big Data use cases using the Hadoop stack/ecosystem and cloud technologies (Spark, HBase, MapReduce, Yarn, Kafka, Hive, Impala, AWS)
Worked on systems utilizing the Akka framework. Transitioned triggered email system to multi-datacenter architecture and Used Docker and Kubernetes to containerize production applications.
3+ years’ Experience working with analytics systems using the NoSQL database Apache Cassandra.
Experience in Apache Spark integration (Spark SQL, Spark Streaming).
Strong knowledge of Collection framework and multi-threading
Have a good exposure to SDLC (Agile and Waterfall Model)
Good experience working with teams in big implementations. 6 years of working experience in onshore/Offshore models.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Direct Connect
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Arlington, VA
01.2023 - Current
- Led the design and development of large-scale monitoring solutions for AWS Direct Connect, enhancing customer connections from on-premises data centers to AWS across global regions
- Spearheaded region automation for Direct Connect, reducing deployment time for new regions from over 40 days to under 10 days.
- Environment: Java, AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, EMR, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, SQS, VPC, Route53, ELB, ASG)
Notification Content and Delivery Platform
Wayfair
Boston, USA
01.2021 - 01.2023
- Led the migration of a legacy Storm-based email service to a new Akka-based system
- Transitioned the triggered email system to a multi-datacenter architecture, increasing scalability and reliability
- Utilized Docker, Helm, and Kubernetes for production containerization
- Applied Apache Kafka for data streaming and messaging across applications
- Environment: Java, Kubernetes, Kafka, Apache Spark, Akka, PowerMTA, Docker, Google Big query, MS-SQL, Aerospike, Datadog
Risk Finance Integration System – JP Morgan Chase
Mphasis
Newark, DE
01.2018 - 01.2021
- Designed and implemented a data migration strategy from Teradata and RDBMS to Big Data environments, calculating customer scores based on their purchase behavior in near real-time
- Developed a Spark-based streaming solution to batch data input for processing in a Hadoop ecosystem
- Led the end-to-end design and development of a robust data quality tool aimed at ensuring high-quality data ingestion, leveraging microservices architecture for scalability and flexibility
- Led the design and development of an ingestion framework to provision real-time data for risk and fraud detection machine learning models, utilizing advanced technologies such as Apache Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, Cassandra, TigerGraph DB, and various other open-source tools
- Environment: Spark 2.1, Yarn (Hadoop-2.6), Hbase-1.2, Hive-0.13, Cassandra, Impala, Kafka, Java1.8, Eclipse, TigerGraph DB, Putty, Spring, Microservices, Avro 1.8
Project: Erica – Bank of America
Tata Consultancy Services Limited
Newark, DE
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Developed a virtual assistant (Erica) for Bank of America’s mobile banking platform, enabling real-time customer interaction and alerts
- Implemented Spark Job with Power Curve Decision Agent to determine the customer’s eligibility
- Created tables in Hive and wrote Hive queries using Spark HiveContext
Project: DB2 to Cassandra Migration – Bank of America
Tata Consultancy Services Limited
Newark, DE
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Migrated data from DB2 to Apache Cassandra, updating existing APIs and retiring DB2 components to enhance performance and scalability
- Involved in Cassandra implementation POC
- Gathered requirements from onshore
- Migrated all the existing webservices to support Cassandra database
Project: WCC – Bank of America
Tata Consultancy Services Limited
Newark, DE
01.2012 - 01.2014
- Developed RESTful web services for managing customer accounts, loan applications, and performance optimization
- Gathered requirements from onshore
- Implemented RESTful web service from scratch
- Used Dozer framework to map values between POJOs
- Created test scripts using JMeter for performance testing
- Experience: Java, J2EE, Spring 3.x, Soap Webservices, RESTful Webservices, Apache CXF, Datastax Cassandra DevCenter, Opscenter, DataStage, IBM WAS 7, Eclipse, DB2, Scala 2.11, Java 8, Cloudera Hadoop Distribution (CDH5.6)
Education
Master of Science (MS) - Software Systems
BITS
Pilani, IndiaBachelor of Engineering - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Arunai Engineering College
Tamilnadu, IndiaSkills
- Java
- J2EE
- Python
- AWS
- Hadoop
- Hive
- HDFS
- Sqoop
- Spark Streaming
- Kafka
- Apache Cassandra
- Docker
- Kubernetes
Keyassignments
- Amazon Web Services (AWS), Arlington, VA, Hybrid, Direct Connect, 01/01/23, Present, Led the design and development of large-scale monitoring solutions for AWS Direct Connect., Enhanced system reliability and performance by introducing AZ-level fidelity., Automated AWS region builds., Java, AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, EMR, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, SQS, VPC, Route53, ELB, ASG)
- Wayfair, Boston, MA, Remote, Notification Content and Delivery Platform, 01/01/21, 12/31/23, Led the migration of a legacy Storm-based email service to a new Akka-based system., Transitioned the triggered email system to a multi-datacenter architecture., Utilized Docker, Helm, and Kubernetes for production containerization., Java, Kubernetes, Kafka, Apache Spark, Akka, PowerMTA, Docker, Google Big query, MS-SQL, Aerospike, Datadog
- Mphasis, Newark, DE, Risk Finance Integration System – JP Morgan Chase, 01/01/18, 12/31/21, Designed and implemented a data migration strategy from Teradata and RDBMS to Big Data environments., Developed a Spark-based streaming solution., Led the design and development of a robust data quality tool., Spark 2.1, Yarn (Hadoop-2.6), Hbase-1.2, Hive-0.13, Cassandra, Impala, Kafka, Java1.8, Eclipse, TigerGraph DB, Putty, Spring, Microservices, Avro 1.8
- Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Newark, DE, Erica – Bank of America, 01/01/16, 12/31/17, Developed a virtual assistant for Bank of America’s mobile banking platform., Implemented Spark Job with Power Curve Decision Agent., DB2 to Cassandra Migration – Bank of America, 01/01/14, 12/31/16, Migrated data from DB2 to Apache Cassandra., Involved in Cassandra implementation POC., WCC – Bank of America, 01/01/12, 12/31/14, Developed RESTful web services for managing customer accounts., Implemented RESTful web service from scratch., Java, J2EE, Spring 3.x, Soap Webservices, RESTful Webservices, Apache CXF, Datastax Cassandra DevCenter, Opscenter, DataStage, IBM WAS 7, Eclipse, DB2, Scala 2.11, Java 8, Cloudera Hadoop Distribution (CDH5.6)
Coreskillsandcompetencies
Java, J2EE, Python, AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, EMR, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, SQS, VPC, Route53, ELB, ASG), Hadoop, Hive, HDFS, Sqoop, Spark Streaming, Kafka, Apache Cassandra, Docker, Kubernetes
Timeline
Direct Connect
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
01.2023 - Current
Notification Content and Delivery Platform
Wayfair
01.2021 - 01.2023
Risk Finance Integration System – JP Morgan Chase
Mphasis
01.2018 - 01.2021
Project: Erica – Bank of America
Tata Consultancy Services Limited
01.2016 - 01.2017
Project: DB2 to Cassandra Migration – Bank of America
Tata Consultancy Services Limited
01.2014 - 01.2016
Project: WCC – Bank of America
Tata Consultancy Services Limited
01.2012 - 01.2014
Master of Science (MS) - Software Systems
BITS
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Arunai Engineering College
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