Architect (Programme Architecture)
Nationwide
Total des années d'expérience :32 years, 11 Mois
I have joined the Programme Architecture team to define and shape the SOA roadmap and create the associated Enterprise Patterns for Integration.
Evaluating and recommending Integration products and help define the Governance Process, Principles, Integration Patterns and roadmap.
I head the Integration CoE and I am responsible for all the programmes that use the Integration ESB.
I am responsible for defining the road map for establishing a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) practice. I am also responsible for creating and running the Design Authority to govern the Integration with internal and external application (including B2B).
I also provide vital inputs when selecting Product / Vendor or evaluating them.
I have been involved in the creation of Integration CoE and I am directly responsible for the designs produced by the lead designers and technical designers. I am actively involved in project kick offs and steering group meetings. I am responsible for identifying opportunities and recommending solutions that decouples applications (legacy and future \[e.g. mobile\]) using the strategic Enterprise Service Bus.
At RAC we have on-shore / off-shore model and I have experience handling suppliers that provide such services.
I have performed the role of a Lead Designer for high profile programs within the Group (Core Interlock Program and PCI DSS) . The program had its own Business and Technical challenges not to mention the time pressures. I played a lead role and I was responsible for influencing key project stakeholders (Program Director, Program Manager, Platform Head and ADM Chief SME's) . Certain Strategic Tools and infrastructure were being rejected by the Platforms due to platforms not being familiar with the new infrastructure or not wanting to embrace change. I lead the debate and arrived at consensus after listening and understanding EAD/ADM and Business concerns. I also convinced the Program Director, Chief SME and other senior stakeholders to de-scope certain aspects of the program as it carried high risk, cost with no tangible business benefit.
I have always stepped in and performed various roles (PM, Solution Architect, Service Architect, Lead Designer) . I understand technology (Large and Small) and have a very good people and time management skills. These are reflected within the annual feedback and can be provided if required.
I have played a key role as one of the members of the Service Planning and Design team (within HBOS) that was created to draw up the Governance and Operating model for SOA within HBOS. I have a very good understanding of the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and the associated Governance, Risk and associated costs.
I have been very influential in SC&IT adopting Sparx Enterprise Architect as the preferred design tool for UML modelling.
I have been thanked at various occasions for making a complex task simple. To this I adopt TOGAF Views and View Points within my design and simplify a complex design.
My role also involves enabling the various platforms to come up with high level and detail estimates for the proposed design.
As above, my role also involves enabling the various platforms to come up with high level and detail estimates for the proposed design.
Decommissioning:
This project will be responsible for decommissioning applications (along with the associated infrastructure if not being shared) that are no longer being used or the ones that have replacement planned in 2011.
My responsibilities includes understanding the current status and recommending archiving solution for each of the applications that are to be decommissioned.
I have also worked on Master Data Management (MDM) project. My responsibilities included architecting a SOA based solution using IBM's MDM solution.
I have been involved in various proof of concepts/pathfinders to understand and defining a "Design process" for "Services" within the integrated company.
I have been responsible for Creating the "Technical Design Overview" and "Outline Solution Document" for "Services" and interfacing/integrating them using IBM Websphere middleware (Datapower and Message Broker) and securing the communication using Kerberos and X509. I am responsible for organising walkthroughs and workshops to get the proposed architecture signed off by the Group Technology and Strategy. The proposed architecture usually involves various technologies (.Net, Java etc.) to create the ESB services and "Underlying" services. The proposal also defines the infrastructure requirements for developing, testing and deploying and also load balancing and securing using HTTP/s, Kerberos, X509.
I have created the Design, Governance and Methodology (Operating Model) document and was actively involved in the Service Planning and Design team. The responsibility also involved raising awareness about SOA within the organisation.
17 Apr 06 - May 08
Capita life and Pensions Ltd.
Solution Analyst
Role: Understanding and Analysing Requirements and generating Business/Systems Specification using UML.
I am also involved in specifying and designing the interfaces.
Summary of the role:
• Generating Business/Systems Specification
• Coordinating with overseas Architect and UK Business Analyst team
• Gap Analysis
• Knowledge transfer
• Understand and challenge proposed technologies
• Requirement and Use Case Specification using Enterprise Architect (UML/BPN)
• Deploying EA using SQL Server and VSS for source control
• Planning
• Analysing and Architecting Solutions
• Interfacing Services to external systems
Skills: EA, SOA, Microsoft project
Apr 01 - Apr 06
Vertex Financial Services (Formally Marlborough Stirling Group)
Systems Analyst
Role:
• Understanding the Business Specification and generating the Systems Specification based on the Business Specification.
• Getting sign off from the Business and the Technical team
• Generating Test Scripts and performing the Unit Test.
• Defect Analysis
• Impact analysis for Change Request
I was also involved with the Bid team where I had to give demos /presentations and field questions from the potential client.
Summary of the role;
• Attend client requirements workshops and document workshop outputs
• Conduct detailed analysis of Client requirements and provide proactive solutions
• Work with a team of developers and Business Analysts to provide detailed estimates
• Organise and participate in specification walk through and reviews with other team members and clients as required
• Construct Business Specification / Systems Specifications and get Client approvals
• Finalise Database designs with DBA's
• Attend Client Review workshops and obtain sign off in accordance with project time scales
• Analyse and provide solutions during System Test and UAT phase (this involved reading code to analyze problems and provide solutions)
• Review and Approve unit and System test scripts
• Deliver Solution in consultation with Business and Technical Team
Skills: .VB, SQL Server, Crystal Reports, Power Point
May 99 - Apr 01
Unitel Software Ltd. (formally Kaizen Consultants Ltd.)
Project leader/ Project Manager
Role:
• Coordinate with Sales team and help sell web based solutions
• Conduct detailed analysis of Client requirements and document them
• Responsible for a team of 20 WEB developers and Testers
• Coordinate with Client and develop Implementation strategies
• Attend Post Implementation reviews
Summary of the role: • I was a key player in WEB Enabling Clients
• Helped client finalise launch strategies. Involved in developing Implementation strategies
• Responsible for a team of developers and testers
• Creation of Weekly and monthly progress report
Nov 97 - May 99
Mastek (UK) Ltd.
Programmer Analyst
Role: Was seconded to Marlborough Stirling (now Vertex Financial Services) through Mastek to work on Lamda
My role involved: • Defect Analysis
• Coordinating and finalizing technical Specification template
• Writing Technical Specifications for product reengineering
• Coordinating with Business Analyst and converting Business Specification to Systems Specification
• Coordinating with the Development team and Test team
Jun 91 - Nov 97
Kaizen Consultants Ltd.
Started as Developer and raised to the level of Project Manager handling a team of 25
Role: • Development in Foxpro, Cobol, VFP, VB and Informix for IT solutions for manufacturing industry
• Involved in requirement gathering
• Responsible for organizing meeting with Clients and Sign offs of all specification
• Project planning and approval (Internal and Client)
• Manage change control
• Schedule delivery
• Organising workshops and walkthroughs
• Estimation and Budgeting
• Providing training requirements and planning training
• Recruitments and Appraisal
• Coordination between Clients in Dubai and Development team in Bombay
• Undertook study and implementation in Dubai
• Contract negotiations and finalizing deadlines
• Team motivation
• Resource management
* University of Bombay B.Sc (Physics) Bachelor of Science (1987 - 1990)