Vijayagopalan Raveendran

• Java/Cloud Solution Architect • +1 470 651 7372 • rvijayagopalan@hotmail.com

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/rvijayagopalan
• https://www.github.com/rvijayagopalan

Summary
• Proven 18+ Years of Enterprise Software Engineering & Delivery;10 Years US Experience. 9+
Years of Hands-on Cloud Solution Architect; BFSI, Healthcare, Digital Transformation.

• Thought Leadership on Green Field Projects; Emerging Technologies; Enterprise Solutions

using Java 8, Python, Microservices, Cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure), Data Science (ML) and IIoT.

• Work with Cross-Functional Teams: Sales, Product Management, Development, Operations;

Identify Objectives, Gaps, Scope; Define Roadmaps and Target State; Design Cloud Native
Solutions; Drive Innovation and Integration of New Technologies & Methodologies;
Recruit Right Talent for the Right Job; Lead, Mentor, Motivate, Drive and Empower
Talent.

Solution Stack
• Industry/Domain: Financial Services, Banking, Insurance, Healthcare, Industrial Engineering
• Methodologies: Extreme Programming, Agile, Scrum, Kanban
• Languages/ OS: Java 8, Python, Scala, Windows, Linux
• Cloud/Containers: AWS, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform
• Frameworks: JEE, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Webservices, RESTful, Microservices, Kafka
• RDBMS/ NoSQL: Oracle, MySQL, PostgresSQL, MongoDB, Redis
• Tools: Maven, Gradle, Git, Jenkins, Eclipse, IntelliJ, SonarQube, Fortify, Veracode
• Data Science/ ML: AWS ML, SageMaker, Keras, Tensor Flow, pandas, Seaborn, Matplotlib,
Scikit-learn, NLTK, Forecasting / Predictive Analytics, Time-
series  Security: SAML, OAuth2, Kerberos, Pen Testing

Education
• Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics & Communication 2003 GCE Salem, India

Courses & Certifications

• Google Professional Cloud Architect; AWS Solution Architect - Associate
• Certified SAFe® 5 Product Owner/ Product Manager
• Passed CFA Level I
• Digital Transformation; Design Thinking for Innovation  Inspiring Leadership through
Emotional Intelligence

Membership and Activities

• Member of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) – Senior Member Since 2018 
Mentor and Jury for Smart India Hackathon 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
Delta Dental MI/JMI Solution Architect 12/2019 - Present
Lansing, MI, USA

Roosevelt Modernization – Currently Migrating On-Prem Applications to Google Cloud.

Roosevelt is an Exciting New Program which is focused on refactoring and rebuilding critical
applications of a legacy system using a Cloud Native Stack with a prime focus on Cloud
Modernization, API Monetization and Cost Effective.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Define Target State Business Architecture using Business Models that capture Business
Capabilities & Value Streams to understand Current State & Gaps using TOGAF Framework.
• Engage with Enterprise Architects and participate in the Solution Design and Capability
Modelling for Defining and Implementing Tactical and Strategic Decisions using SAFe 5.0.
• Cloud Migration of Servers, Apps and Applications from On-Premise to have Hybrid Cloud.
• Cost Benefit Analysis between the Commercial Products and Custom Development and
advising Senior Leadership on Cost Savings, Enterprise Risks with relevant metrics and gaps.
• Review and Enhance the Solution and Application Architecture provided by the Feature
Teams for Cloud Native Applications using AWS and GCP Ecosystem.
• Work with Vendors to assess the Request for Proposals and understand their Capabilities and
examine and evaluate the Solutions Provided.
• Provided Solutions for the Cloud based Applications for Claims Processing and User
Management using IAM Solutions like SecureAuth, Okta, AWS, GCP IAM and Azure AD.
• Supported specific projects to supply additional management, coding and engineering
capacity, automation using Terraform as needed to make projects successful.
• Designed and Implemented User Data Authorization Framework using Spring/ OAuth2.
• Implemented Dentalytics for Predictive Scoring of Claims Image using Machine Learning for
the Validation of Claims Processing Engine using AWS SageMaker and Keras.
• Ensured Code Quality by enforcing Clean Code and Industry Best Practices, Code View and
Architect Council.
• Managed and Lead Two Feature Team Pods for Development and Delivery using SAFe 5.0

Solution Stack: Java 11, Python 3.7, AWS, Azure, GCP and Spring Ecosystem, OAuth2.0, ELK,
Kafka, Maven, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Version One, Dynatrace.
Synechron Technology Specialist 10/2018 – 09/2019 New York,
NY, USA

• FA Comp – Revamping of the Existing FA Compensation Calculation in Legacy System in

Microservices based Event Driven Architecture in AWS Cloud.

• Interbank Information Network – Near Realtime Information & Data sharing platform for the
participating Banks using Quorum Blockchain

Roles & Responsibilities

• Provided technical architecture designs and implementations for information technology

solutions hosted in AWS and on premises. This includes new solutions and environments,
enhancements to existing, as well as complete re-architecture of existing
solutions/environments.
• Collected and analyzed business and technical requirements for the purpose of translating
them into information technology solutions. Detail and document the logical and physical
designs as per the methodologies, policies, standards, and patterns.
Conduct design walk-throughs for review and sign-off.
• Lead and participated in defining the Technology Roadmap, assisted in definition and
management of standards, guidelines, and processes for infrastructure technology and
software development.
• Collaborated with stake-holders to conduct and demonstrate proof-of-concepts for new
products and architectures.
• Perform capacity planning analysis, define requirements, and engineer cost-effective best
of breed technology solutions.
• Engaged in the implementation of AI assisted NLP based Bankbots using Rasa
Framework, Python 3.7 and Scala.
• Lead and assisted in developing cloud strategies including governance, technology
roadmap, architecture, and migrations plans.
• Architect, Design implemented all foundational services needed to run production ready
Azure PaaS environments using Blob Storage, Data Lake Services.
• Extensive experience with AWS technologies such as CloudFormation, RDS, EC2
Systems Manager, ELB, Auto scaling, Lambda, CloudFront, CloudWatch, and
CloudTrail.

Solution Stack: Java 8, Scala, Python 3.7, AWS, Spring Ecosystem, Okta, OAuth2, Kafka,
Quorum (Blockchain), APIGEE, AWS Lambdas, maven, git, Jenkins, kubernetes, Rasa (ML
Chatbots) General Electric Staff Software Architect 09/2017 –
09/2018 Chennai, India
 • RevX – Revenue Multiplier Business Analytics Engine – Digital Thread Implementation
for Brilliant Manufacturing
• One Wind - Digital Thread Implementation of Portfolio of projects under GE Renewables
Wind Energy

Roles & Responsibilities

• Preparation of SOW involving Senior Management and Purchase Order cut with Vendors.
 Manage & Deliver Portfolio of Projects under One Wind and Smart Factories Program.
• Cloud Implementation of external dependencies such as databases, messaging systems,
files systems and so as Services using the PCF PaaS.
• Roadmap/ Vision for One Wind Program using ML, Big Data and IoT.
• Recruit Right Talent for the Right Job and Mentor them for Excellence.
• Stream Data processing using Amazon Kinesis, SQS and Lambda Serverless Architecture.
• Cloud Deployment of Microservices Apps using Java 8, Scala, Spring Boot, Rest APIs,
Postgres, Kafka, Spark, OAuth2, Git, Jenkins, Linux, Azure, PCF, Docker, Kubernetes.
• Work with Commercials Team for Discovery, Pre-Sales activities and Customer
Engagement.

Adobe Systems Senior Technical Consultant 12/2015 – 09/2017

Bangalore, India

• Redesign & Migration of Australian University RMIT Website to AEM 6.1 Platform
• Reusable Site Development of the Volkswagen International Launch Site
• Launch of Microsite Platform for German Savings Bank through Sparkassenverlag

Roles & Responsibilities

• Implementation and Delivery of AEM Sites, Target and Campaign for RMIT, VW and
DSV.
• Involved in the Analytics Analysis for Migration to Microservices Architecture.
• Implementation for IoT Reference Architecture for Smart Cities and Governance.
• DevOps setup using Jenkins, Git, Jira, Sonar, Junit and Selenium.
• Implementation of RESTful Webservices using APIGEE and API Gateways.
• Containerization using Docker for CI/ CD and Dev and Test Envs.

Stack: Java 1.8, J2EE 5, AEM 6, Micro Services, Eclipse, JSP, Servlets, JSON, RESTEasy,
Spring, Maven, Web-Services, HTML, Oracle, OOAD, Sonar, Static and Dynamic Scans, Spark,
Scala.
J P Morgan Chase Associate 02/2013 – 07/2014
Chicago, USA

 ANG (Access-Next Generation) is a mission critical, large scale, web & mobile based,
cash management application directly tied to the strategic growth of Treasury Services.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Revamping Corporate Banking – Accounts Payable Module with Modern Tech Stack.
• Enforced Continuous Integration and tools for Application Monitoring.
• Enabled One-Way SSL between IM and Actuate BIRT using sTunnel.
• Initiative for Data Intelligence Platform using Scala, Spark SQL & ML in AWS EC2.
• Performed Application Environment setup for DEV and QA Regions, Production
Readiness and Release Management Activities and Production Support Activities
• Worked with Architects to Design and Development new IM Reports using Java, J2EE
and Web Service.

UHG/ Randstad IT Architecture Consultant 03/2012 – 02/2013

Minneapolis, USA

• UHG Optum Insight developed the Optum Care Suite for patients, physicians, and other
health professionals to access essential health intelligence and collaborate to make
medical care decisions and improve health outcomes.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Responsible for collaboration with architects/ business groups to arrive at sustainable

SOA technical architecture for Care Coordination, Population Pillars.
• Conducted Technical Feasibility Studies through High Level Application Architecture and
Implementation using SOAP and RESTful API Gateway/Web Services and involved in
the Performance Tuning and Optimization of the System using Jersey, Apache CXF.
• Demonstrated Technical Leadership and Performance Optimizations over LogiXML
Quality and Population Modules.
• Worked closely with other teams in the organization, responsible for refining the
architecture to optimize server infrastructure, security, scalability and performance.
• Wrote complex SQL queries to fetch the Data, Aggregate Data.
• Implemented TDD methodology using JUnit testing utilizing JUnit APIs.

Stack: WAS 6, RAD 6, Java 5 JDK 1.5, Servlets, JSF, JSP, JMS, Oracle 9i, Hibernate, Spring,
Tibco, Ant, Subversion, TDD, Maven
DELTA Airlines/ Datum Software Software Consultant 07/2011 – 02/2012
Minneapolis, USA

• Unify integrate the currently used WebCare, CERTS and WebEOC into single view site to
assist with the management of aircraft incidents.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Analysis of existing PIC System and System Interfaces using UML/RSA.

• Created prototype for PIC Application, through brain-storming sessions.
• Architect, Design and Develop PIC System using Java, JMS, Hibernate, DB2. 
Involved in the development of user interface using Struts, JSF in RAD 7.5.
• Designed and Developed Passenger Manifest Verification using JSP and JSF.
• Designed and Developed Inquiry Print Application using Java, JSF, JDBC.
• Developed custom Java helper classes to interact with Hibernate and GUI.

Bank of America Senior Analyst 09/2009 – 06/2011

Chennai, INDIA

• TNT & GC – Reference Data Platform The objective of this project is to provide robust
platform to receive, process and provide normalized golden copy data of various asset
classes to down-stream systems and maintain a live Reference Data Repository.
• For Equity and Derivatives Trading Platform.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Played a key role in the Architecture, design, development and implementation.

• Creation of UML Diagrams for the existing and new business objects.
• Implement OCC Options Processing for Golden Copy Reference Data.
• Design and Development of business processing modules for transformation and
normalization using Java, JMS, Hibernate, Spring, Tibco, Oracle and Maven.
• Developed Web User Interface using JSP, Servlets, JSF, Jasper Reports and Velocity.
Code was written using a Test-Driven Development (TDD) approach.
• Responsible for developing batch process using Java Threads and Shell Script.
• Mentored and modeled the team on Enterprise Architecture and boosted to achieve SCEA
Certification.

Stack: WAS 6, RAD 6, Java 5 JDK 1.5, Servlets, JSF, JSP, JMS, Oracle 9i, Hibernate, Spring,
Tibco, Ant, Subversion, TDD, Maven
EDS/ Mphasis System Analyst 01/2006 – 05/2009 Buffalo, NY

• The objective of this project is to separate out TOPS entity from Ahold, the parent holding
company, and migrate the TOPS system and applications to a new environment, to
operate as a separate entity, without impacting the TOPS business.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Involved extensively in requirements gathering, study and estimation plans.

• Analysis of existing System and identification of System Interfaces using UML.
• Creation of Class Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, Activity Diagrams for existing and new
business objects.
• Design and Development of Enterprise modules using Java, EJB, Session Beans, JMS,
Hibernate, Spring, Web Services, Oracle in WSAD 5.1/JBoss and RAD.
• Developed Web User Interface using JSP, Servelts, JSF, Struts, DAO.
• Designed & Implemented DTM Web Service using JAX WS, SOAP, WSDL.
• SOA based implementation using WID, WMB, Business Modeler & Monitor.

POLARIS Project Engineer 11/2003 – 12/2005

Chennai, INDIA

• The purpose of this project is to provide complete lead management solution to the
business. The needs of the customer have been broken into seven categories, which
include: Lead loading and Lead routing, Campaign management, Contact management,
Dialer management and Reporting

Roles & Responsibilities

• Worked on Core Banking, Payments, Corporate Banking.

• Create UML class, sequence, activity diagrams using Rational Rose.
• Construction of the Modules in Java, JSP, Servlets, JMS, Struts, EJB, JSTL.
• Developed 1003 Loan Application module using XBRL/XML and JAX-WS.
• Added features to send e-mail using Java Mail API and reporting using Jasper.
• Prepared Unit Test Plans and performed unit testing using JUnit.

Stack: Weblogic, Java, EJB, Servlets, JSP, JSTL, Struts, Oracle 9i, XML, JMS, JDBC,
MultiThreading, Design Patterns, OOAD, Ant, Toad, Jasper Reports