Solutions Architect
Bank of New Zealand
Total years of experience :17 years, 2 Months
Provide data solutions and process and responsible for ensuring relevant enterprise data assets are designed consistent with existing strategy and direction.
Enabling data modelling, data design and data life cycle management.
Ensure that data solutions are aligned to Enterprise Data Framework and Enterprise Information Strategy.
Creation and maintenance of conceptual, logical and physical data models.
Create buy-in for the Enterprise Information Strategic vision both within technology and key business partners by being familiar with data systems and processes and communicating plans that enable enterprise understanding of the data assets.
Provide reporting on solutions designs along with relevant documentation.
Share expertise in best practice solution design and development (including relational & non-relational databases, data warehouses and data lakes).
Provide consulting and recommendations to projects to leverage /enhance key data concepts
Ensure changes to risk processes and policies are implemented and takes appropriate risk mitigation action where required.
Support data governance and compliance initiatives and projects across the Technology business unit.
Solutions architecture for various initiatives and programs for New Zealand Police across different technology and business domains.
Developing projects roadmaps and solutions to deliver business outcomes in a cost efficient and reasonable delivery time.
Participating in developing enterprise architecture standards, processes and developing reusable EA models.
Participating in developing an enterprise integration patterns for the organization which will help to respond faster to business needs and changes.
Participating in developing a containerization products and roadmaps using RedHat OpenShift Container Platform.
Participating in designing highly available infrastructure solutions for storage, virtualization on VMWare and networks.
Stakeholder management, business workshops, communicating technology solutions to non-technical executives and stakeholders.
Second engagement with the University of Waikato on a contract basis to work in different initiatives.
Solutions architecture and design to the University’s Learning Management System (LMS) solution using Moodle.
Solutions architecture and design to the University’s new Curriculum Management solution.
Solutions architecture and design for integration solution for HRMS & Identity management solution.
Providing technical consulting services to clients by contributing in the design and delivery of technical solutions including customizing package-based solutions for SAP Commerce, data design and conversion, technically-focused testing, and configuring technical infrastructure components.
Gathering technical requirements through a variety of techniques (e.g., facilitated workshops, work sessions and interviews), performing technical analysis and design to the sub-system level.
Documenting technical specifications and architectural artifacts for client’s solutions and requirements.
Defining technical and nonfunctional requirements to support client’s solutions for different aspects including (performance, operations, security and data cleansing needs, etc...)
Developing standards, templates, and procedures to aid in the development of the required work products.
Understanding clients’ needs and matches them to relevant services or products; manages client expectations (Leverage).
Understanding and communicating goals and critical success factors for the project, presales for ideas persuasively and paces the communications properly.
Solutions architecture and design for Enterprise Assets Management (EAM) solution using IBM Maximo, IBM Tririga & IBM Cognos.
Deep understanding of Enterprise Asset Management concepts, phases and lifecycle through analysis and delivering architecture artefacts (Business processes, HLD, Diagrams, etc...)
Deep understanding to the financial aspects of Enterprise Asset Management solution (finance system integration for all asset financial transactions.
Solutions architecture and design for Oracle E-Business Suite integration with IBM Maximo which includes Fixed Assets, GL, Purchasing, Accounts Payables & Suppliers modules.
Defining Master Data Management (MDM) capabilities, processes and how data will be shared with consumed systems and published in real-time using publishing/subscriber techniques.
Solutions architecture and designing integration solutions using MuleSoft and Apache ActiveMQ.
Working through all solution phases for project delivery (Conceptual, Logical & Physical).
Defining Baseline, Target and Transition Architectures across Business, Data & Application and Technology domains.
Enterprise architecture modeling solutions with UML & ArchiMate using Sparx Enterprise Architect.
Designing reusable ESB components, RESTful APIs and Microservices using MuleSoft.
Managing the delivery of internal IT teams and multiple vendors’ deliverables.
Helping project team (Key Stakeholders, Project Manager, Business Analysts) in defining project priorities and understanding business requirements by analyzing and reverse engineering existing applications and processes.
Solutions architecture and designing reusable and extendible eCommerce solutions for Spark online platform (Adobe Experience Manager & SAP Hybris commerce).
Working with digital teams to define the product backlog and the future roadmap for the online shop.
Lead & guide development team and performing code reviews.
Preparing high-level design and architecture documents for online solutions.
Assessing the online platform (Adobe AEM & SAP Hybris) capabilities and how it will be introduced to achieve the business needs.
Integrating the Online commerce platform with Siebel CRM & other legacy systems using IBM WebSphere MQ.
Managing and overseeing the technical dependencies between concurrent projects.
Perform code reviews, and being responsible for the overall delivery of online shop components.
Monitor & support junior and less experienced team members (up to 12 team members working in multiple projects)
Design reusable and extendable solutions to achieve the business needs using online shopping best practices.
Working closely with the enterprise architects to deliver best online shopping solutions.
Point of contact to assess any online shop changes in the digital domain by performing IAs and POCs.
Working with digital teams in identifying any new business requirements and find the best, simplest & quickest solution to achieve it in a timely manner.
Estimating projects timelines for delivery and work with PMs to put projects plan.
Troubleshooting complex production/performance issues.
Various projects and initiatives for Vodafone UK, engaged at the early stages of the proof of concepts (POCs) at the early start of the project.
Designing and building online commerce solution for Vodafone UK using Oracle ATG Commerce product suite.
Designing, documenting and building integration solution to integrate Vodafone UK online shop to different fulfillment stacks for different customers segments.
Estimating and preparing work effort and projects delivery estimates.
Managing the client’s needs by working directly with both business and technical stakeholders.
Documenting high-level design and architecture to meet the client’s needs for the delivery teams.
Communicating with other teams and business owners in order to gather the project requirements.
Handling communications between onshore and offshore teams in different geographic locations.
Leading delivery teams which consists of three scrums (each scrum consists of 5 developers).
Troubleshoot release issues as well as testing environments issues.
Different projects for Kuwait Council Of Ministers e-Portal & Kuwait Stock Exchange Information Center Portal
Requirements gathering from business owners.
Designing and developing the clients’ solutions.
Researching new technologies and solutions for clients’ needs.
Working as business consultant during the testing phase and performing clients training.
Refactoring existing codes and defects fixes.
Integrating the new portal with different backend and legacy systems.
Designing and building systems reports and statistics using DB warehouse tools.
This project involves working with ATG Portal, Gears and web programming, Content Administration.
Modifying software solutions for a point of sale system.
Defect fixes, release patches for the POS system.
Performing system testing and validation procedures.
Directing software programming and documentation development.
Consulting with customers on software releases status and proposals.
Working with customers on technical issues including software system design and maintenance.
Introduction to Programming using C.
Data structure & Algorithms.
RDBMS Concepts.
Software Engineering.
Object Oriented Concepts, OOP with C++ & Java.
DB2 Family Fundamentals.
SQL Fundamentals.
Introduction to developing OO applications with Java.
Developing & testing OO applications with Java.
Introduction to XML and related technologies.
Programming XML and related technologies for Java.
Servlet & JSP development using WebSphere studio.
EJB development using WebSphere studio.
Web services development using WebSphere studio.