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CORE COMPETENCIES
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SHIVA ADHIKARI

Schaumburg,USA

Summary

Results-driven Application Architect with 8+ years of experience designing scalable, cloud-native platforms for Fortune 500 companies and industry leaders including Panasonic and U.S. Venture. Specialized in modernizing legacy systems, building high-performance architectures on Azure, and leading cross-functional teams across global delivery models. Proven success leading cross-functional teams in designing rules-based decision engines, integrating with ERP and payment systems, and delivering resilient solutions with 99.99% uptime, enhanced security, and measurable business impact.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Application Architect | Technical Manager

Americaneagle.com
Chicago, IL
10.2022 - Current
  • Owned end-to-end architecture strategy for modernizing monolithic eCommerce and legacy underwriting systems to Azure-native platforms, achieving 99.99% SLA and improving system resilience.
  • Led the design and implementation of event-driven microservices for real-time promotions, eligibility workflows, and customer segmentation enabling rapid feature rollout across global markets.
  • Introduced Redis-based distributed caching and async processing to optimize performance by 50%, reduce DB load by 30%, and handle 10K+ concurrent users without degradation.
  • Architected secure identity & access models using OAuth 2.0, Azure AD, and Key Vault supporting multi-region compliance and zero-trust design principles.
  • Established a security-by-design approach across all services, integrating encrypted data pipelines, secure APIs, and policy-based access controls.
  • Directed cross-geo engineering teams (U.S. & India) through Agile ceremonies and architecture reviews improving delivery consistency by 20% and accelerating velocity.
  • Collaborated with enterprise stakeholders to translate high-level business objectives into scalable cloud-native architectures with measurable KPIs.

Senior Software Developer | Scrum Master

Americaneagle.com
Chicago, IL
08.2019 - 10.2022
  • Led the modernization of legacy eCommerce platforms by refactoring monolithic systems into distributed microservices.
  • Designed and delivered scalable REST APIs for product search, checkout, and customer data, achieving a 98% availability SLA.
  • Engineered CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, enabling zero-downtime deployments across staging and production environments.
  • Mentored and developed a team of five engineers, and created onboarding playbooks that accelerated ramp-up by 25%.
  • Facilitated Agile ceremonies and introduced process improvements that increased sprint throughput by 30%.

Software Developer

Americaneagle.com
Chicago, IL
08.2017 - 08.2019
  • Developed scalable eCommerce solutions handling 10K+ concurrent users
  • Built APIs for catalog search, inventory, and customer profiles
  • Integrated real-time data flows between frontend, ERP, and third-party APIs

Associate Software Developer

Aureus Tech Systems
Centennial, CO
01.2017 - 07.2017
  • Built Azure-based data pipelines processing over 500GB of legal and insurance data.
  • Improved ETL transformation speed by 35%.

Education

Master of Science - Computer and Information Sciences

University of Central Missouri
12.2016

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Visvesvaraya Technological University
06.2014

CORE COMPETENCIES

Underwriting & Legacy Modernization
• Rules Engines • Eligibility Engines • Tiered Pricing & Discounts • Legacy to Cloud Migration
• Workflow Automation • Risk Scoring • Exception Handling Frameworks

Azure Architecture
• Event-Driven & Domain-Driven Design • Azure Functions • App Services • API Management
• Event Grid • Cosmos DB • Logic Apps • Azure Storage

Security & Compliance
• OAuth 2.0 • Azure AD • RBAC • Key Vault • Data Encryption • Secure API Gateways

Data Engineering & Observability
• Azure Data Factory • ETL Pipelines • Application Insights • KQL • Azure Monitor

DevOps & Infrastructure-as-Code
• Terraform • CI/CD Pipelines • Azure DevOps • Blue/Green Deployments

Architecture Patterns
• Microservices • CQRS • Strategy • Mediator • Factory

Team Leadership & Delivery
• Agile/Scrum • Global Team Coordination • Architecture Reviews • Stakeholder Alignment

RELEVANT ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Led modernization of business-critical rule engines, replacing legacy logic with configurable workflows for underwriting use cases such as lead scoring (35% boost in conversion), dynamic pricing (40% faster execution), and exception handling (25% reduction)
  • Architected cloud-native rebuild of a global product and pricing platform with 99.99% uptime and 40% latency reduction across regions
  • Tripled user traffic in the North Pacific region by delivering a scalable marketing eligibility engine, supporting dynamic pricing and promotional rules
  • Directed multiple legacy-to-cloud modernization projects, reducing infrastructure costs by 25%, enforcing observability, and aligning with enterprise security/compliance standards
  • Built ERP and third-party connectors, automating data syncs for catalog, inventory, and order flows—cutting manual reconciliation by 40%

Certifications And Interests

Certified Scrum Master, System Thinking, Digital Business Model, Geo-Politics, Human Psychology, Leadership

Timeline

Application Architect | Technical Manager

Americaneagle.com
10.2022 - Current

Senior Software Developer | Scrum Master

Americaneagle.com
08.2019 - 10.2022

Software Developer

Americaneagle.com
08.2017 - 08.2019

Associate Software Developer

Aureus Tech Systems
01.2017 - 07.2017

Master of Science - Computer and Information Sciences

University of Central Missouri

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Visvesvaraya Technological University

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