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GOKUL MEKA


Specialties: Experienced in Java, J2EE, Spring, JPA, Micro services, Restful/Web services, API design, Streams, Websockets, Swagger, Springdoc openapi, Springfox, Angular, Typescript, React, AWS Cloud, GCP cloud, HTML, JavaScript, maven, Harness, Jenkins, Bamboo, Oracle, mysql, PostgreSQL, DB2, DynamoDB, S3, Kinesis, X-Rays, PCF, ECS, Lambda, Python, Cloud Watch, Cloud Formation Templates, Terraform, Elastic search, desktop docker/rancher, local stack, handlebarjs, wkhtmltopdf, Splunk, AngularJS, JQuery, GWT, GXT, Weblogic, Websphere, Filenet, MQSeries, Centera, WSAD, Eclipse, STS, Intellij, Unix, UML, MS Visio, .Net, C#, WCF, SQLServer, SSIS, SSRS, Biztalk, Blaze, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, DevOps, Github, Bitbucket, Confluence, Jira, CI/CD tools, TDD, BDD.


Responsibilities as Hiring manager, on boarding new team members, Technical training, mentoring, leading team of 30 resources FTE's and including Vendor teams, team goals/performance reviews, development actions, technical architecture design, conducting poc's, resolution of complex issues, development, design/code reviews, knowledge base, releases, operations planning and support.


Below are the some of other key responsibilities performed as a design lead/technical lead.

Experienced in Auto scaling using Horizontal/Vertical scaling in AWS cloud.

Building Splunk/Cloud Watch alerts and Splunk Dashboard reports for notifying high usage and/or failures of the system adhering to meet SLA’s and SLO’s of business.

Improving Performance Optimization, High Availability and System Resilience of high end solutions to end customer.

Design of Data/Services/Apps migration from On-Prem to Cloud, Modernization of Restful services to Micro services and monolith applications to micro front end applications.

Analyzing and providing resolutions on security vulnerabilities of dependent libraries.

Planning for disaster recovery and procedures for e2e application components.

Meeting business goals on data archival processes and encryption/decryption strategies using key management services during PI data storage and retrieval.

Leading Platform upgrades like Java, Spring and Spring Boot.

Migration of Databases from Oracle to PostgreSQL

Modernization/Digitization of legacy applications and improving user experience.

  • Role

    Director of Engineering

  • Years of Experience

    24 years

Skillsets

  • Code Review
  • Unit Testing
  • Technical Architecture
  • System Design
  • Process Automation
  • Problem Solving
  • PostgreSQL
  • Performance Optimization
  • MongoDB
  • Microservices
  • Mentoring
  • Integration Testing
  • Elastic Search
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Data Modeling
  • Data Analytics
  • Docker - 5 Years
  • UML
  • Terraform
  • Spring
  • Scrum
  • react
  • JavaScript
  • HTML
  • GCP
  • DevOps
  • AWS Cloud
  • API Design
  • Angular
  • Agile
  • Java - 20 Years

Professional Summary

24Years
  • Apr, 2021 - Aug, 20243 yr 4 months

    Director of Engineering

    Dun & Bradstreet India
  • Jul, 2015 - Mar, 20215 yr 8 months

    Sr. Consultant

    BioInfo Systems
  • Jan, 2015 - Jun, 2015 5 months

    Sr. Technical Lead

    iSpace Global Solutions Private Limited
  • Nov, 2007 - Jun, 20113 yr 7 months

    Applications Engineer

    Humana Inc
  • Jul, 2011 - May, 2012 10 months

    Senior Software Engineer

    Mastech Inc
  • Jun, 2012 - Dec, 20142 yr 6 months

    Technical Lead

    iSpace Global Solutions Private Limited
  • Mar, 2006 - Oct, 20071 yr 7 months

    Sr. Java Developer

    Malvi Systems LLC
  • Nov, 2005 - Mar, 2006 4 months

    Systems Analyst

    Convergys
  • Apr, 2004 - Nov, 20051 yr 7 months

    Information Analyst

    EDS
  • Jun, 2000 - Apr, 2001 10 months

    Software Trainee

    V.R.G Net Technologies
  • May, 2001 - Jun, 20032 yr 1 month

    Software Engineer

    Pinnacle Info Solutions Pvt Ltd
  • Jul, 2003 - Apr, 2004 9 months

    Technical Analyst

    Polaris Software Pvt Ltd

Applications & Tools Known

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    Angular

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    Angular JS

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    Ant

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    Ansible

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    AWS SDK

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    AWS

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    Bamboo

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    Bitbucket

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    Cloud Watch

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    Confluence

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    Cucumber

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    CVS

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    Docker

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    Dynamo DB

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    Eclipse

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    Elastic Search

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    GitHub

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    Grunt

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    GWT

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    Harness

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    IIS

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    JBPM

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    Jira

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    JUnit

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    Kafka

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    Lambda

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    MongoDB

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    MySQL

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    Nginx

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    NPM

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    Oracle

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    PostgreSQL

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    Protractor

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    Python

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    Rancher

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    React

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    S3

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    SAS

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    Selenium

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    Splunk

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    SQL Server

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    Swagger

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    SVN

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    Terraform

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    TFS

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    Tomcat

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    UML

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    Unix

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    Visual Studio

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    VS Code

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    Weblogic

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    Websphere

Work History

24Years

Director of Engineering

Dun & Bradstreet India
Apr, 2021 - Aug, 20243 yr 4 months
    Risk Analytics and Compliance Intelligence: Mainly working as technical design lead, e2e design, reviews and support. Conducting POCs, estimations, planning, design, development, reviews, resolving complex issues, test and production support activities.

Sr. Consultant

BioInfo Systems
Jul, 2015 - Mar, 20215 yr 8 months
    Mainly involved in building new, enhancements to existing and support for Personal Advisory Services for Brokerage accounts, Employer plans. Responsibilities included gathering, analyzing, documenting requirements; designing architecture, mentoring team, development, and support.

Sr. Technical Lead

iSpace Global Solutions Private Limited
Jan, 2015 - Jun, 2015 5 months
    Designed architecture of applications, provided design solutions for enhancements, mentoring the team, code and design reviews, issue resolution, and development of new features for various projects including IPDE, PPP, and PPB.

Technical Lead

iSpace Global Solutions Private Limited
Jun, 2012 - Dec, 20142 yr 6 months
    Worked on IPDE, PPP, PPB projects where responsibilities included providing designs, mentoring team members, and developing enhancements for payment policy management and claims-related projects.

Senior Software Engineer

Mastech Inc
Jul, 2011 - May, 2012 10 months
    Worked on CCE, Filenet P8, and JDS projects. Responsibilities included developing Call Center Express desktop applications, content management solutions in Filenet, and implementing JAX-WS web services for enterprise solutions.

Applications Engineer

Humana Inc
Nov, 2007 - Jun, 20113 yr 7 months
    Worked on IDCards, Numan, and HFPP projects. Responsibilities included integrating applications with mainframe systems and developing desktop applications using UIP framework and web service components.

Sr. Java Developer

Malvi Systems LLC
Mar, 2006 - Oct, 20071 yr 7 months
    Contributed to projects like CAS, BRMS, and NTRemedi by developing integration processes, web services, and enterprise solutions.

Systems Analyst

Convergys
Nov, 2005 - Mar, 2006 4 months
    Involved in developing telecom applications and integration solutions for Infinys and other systems for client-side functionalities.

Information Analyst

EDS
Apr, 2004 - Nov, 20051 yr 7 months
    Provided technical specifications, developed prototypes and applications for Sprint IRES, and integrated key processes for telecom deregulation systems.

Technical Analyst

Polaris Software Pvt Ltd
Jul, 2003 - Apr, 2004 9 months
    Worked on enhancing performance of OrbiTrade and related systems with database and application optimizations to improve throughput.

Software Engineer

Pinnacle Info Solutions Pvt Ltd
May, 2001 - Jun, 20032 yr 1 month
    Contributed to projects in Firm Risk Analysis and other internal applications, handling development, optimization, and database enhancements.

Software Trainee

V.R.G Net Technologies
Jun, 2000 - Apr, 2001 10 months
    Designed and developed components for project management portals with features such as Polls, Surveys, and Resource Management tools for internal usage.

Achievements

  • Star Team Award given by the Hartford client
  • Star Team Award given by TCS at Vanguard client

Major Projects

8Projects

Risk Analytics and Compliance Intelligence

Apr, 2021 - Aug, 20243 yr 4 months
    Technical design lead, e2e design, reviews and support. Conducting POCs, estimations, planning, design, development, reviews, resolving complex issues, test and production support activities using Java, Microservices, JPA, Springboot, Spring, Liquibase Angular, AWS, SQS/SNS, S3, Lambda, Elastic Search, Kibana, Kafka, GCP, Oracle, Terraform, Localstack, Docker, Swagger, API design, Springdoc open api, Springfox, Handlebars, wkhtmltopdf, junit, mockito and jasmine. Migration of legacy applications from On-Prem to AWS and AWS to GCP. Migration of Oracle to Postgresql, impact assessment, planning and issue resolution.

Personal Advisory Services and Tradeworksheet

Jul, 2015 - Mar, 20215 yr 8 months
    Building new, enhancing existing, and supporting personal advisory services for brokerage accounts and employer plans (401k). Development for investment portfolios, appointment scheduling with advisors, service cases for onboarding, trading automation, and CRM systems. Automated trades creation and submission of investment accounts while improving system processes and services. In-depth involvement in AWS-based applications, Microservices, API design, and building enhancements.

Payment Policy Publisher (PPP) and Payment Policy Builder (PPB)

Jun, 2012 - Jun, 20153 yr
    Developed integrated systems replacing legacy rule maintenance interfaces. Designed and implemented workflows, rules maintenance, decision proposals, QA, and tests adhering to industry updates. Enhanced pipelines for proposal generation and presented tailored solutions for CMS and AMA updates using Java, J2EE, Spring MVC, GWT, JBPM, and Oracle DB.

Call Center Express (CCE), Filenet P8, and JDS

Jul, 2011 - May, 2012 10 months
    Developed desktop applications for call center agents and automated document management systems using IBM Filenet P8. Enabled document storage, retrieval, annotations, and batch processing. Implemented JAX-WS-based services for document management and audit, with a fully interactive UI using YUI and JSON objects.

IDCards, Numan, and HFPP

Nov, 2007 - Jun, 20113 yr 7 months
    Managed card request processes, health spending debit cards, and automated outbound communication monitoring for health insurance systems. Implemented database transaction handlers and automated services for card approvals, number generation, interactions with vendors, and compliance reporting.

BRMS (Business Rules Management System)

Jun, 2006 - Dec, 20071 yr 6 months
    Developed reusable and integrated rules frameworks using Blaze Rule Engine to validate and process business decisions for policy approvals and event categorization. Provided a unified solution for rule application across Java and .Net platforms leveraging Java Web Services.

Integrated Request Entry System (IRES)

Apr, 2004 - Nov, 20051 yr 7 months
    Developed telecom solutions enabling Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLEC) to manage order tracking, service provisioning, and request validation within integrated Java-based server systems. Provided robust multithreading and mainframe interfacing using socket connections.

Firm Risk Analysis

May, 2001 - Jun, 20032 yr 1 month
    Developed analytics frameworks to assess financial risk for fixed-income products by aggregating daily trading desk data. Enhanced system performance, enabled live graph rendering, and provided visualization tools for income portfolio management.

Education

  • Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science Engineering

    (2000)

Certifications

  • Wcf professional training certification

  • Trained in biztalk 2009