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Saravanan Vijaya Sakthi

Mississauga,Canada

Summary

  • A highly self-motivated, results-oriented, quick-learning, and ambitious Senior Software Engineer and Technical Scrum Master with approximately 14 years of exceptional success across various phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
  • Expertise includes requirements gathering, analysis, design, development, test planning/execution, and deployment, with a strong emphasis on customer-centric methodologies derived from SCRUM agile practices.
  • Industry experience in Healthcare (Clinical – Medical Management) and Retail domains.
  • Certified MuleSoft Developer Level 1 and Azure Developer (AZ-204, AZ-900) with demonstrated leadership qualities, strong critical thinking, and decision-making skills.
  • Successfully led multiple teams ranging from 4 to 7 members as a technical lead.
  • Extensive experience as a Technical Scrum Master utilizing Agile Scrum methodology.
  • Focused on design, development, and maintenance of integration applications using Microsoft BizTalk Server, MuleSoft, Azure Logic Apps, .NET (C#), SQL Server, and WCF/REST services in Microservice architecture.
  • Proficient in developing, implementing, and testing BizTalk artifacts such as schemas, maps, orchestrations, pipelines, and pipeline components, BRE, and BAM using various messaging standards including Native (delimited), CSV, XML, EDI, EDIFACT, and JSON.
  • Skilled in developing and managing flows using Anypoint Studio, ESB, JMS, ActiveMQ, Kafka, and experience with third-party MuleSoft connectors.
  • Extensive knowledge in developing integration applications using REST/SOAP protocols and FILE, SQL, SOAP, HTTP, WCF, SMTP, MQ Series, POP3, Web-Http adapters in BizTalk.
  • Experienced in XSLT scripting, BizTalk performance improvement analysis and implementation, Azure Service Bus, Azure Virtual Machines, and Logic Apps.
  • Proficient in using GIT and VSTS for source control, reporting, and tracking, as well as managing and administering BizTalk applications using Backup and Restore, and handling deployments with the BTDF framework.
  • Adept at creating and maintaining technical documentation and application handbooks on project design and implementation.
  • Trained and successfully integrated over 10 team members in MS BizTalk Server.
  • Eager to engage in projects that offer opportunities to work with diverse technologies and strategic assignments that benefit the organization.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Associate

Cognizant Technology Solutions
Mississauga, Canada
07.2021 - Current
  • Designed, developed, and implemented integration frameworks and APIs across the enterprise or its units/departments using Azure, .NET, Microsoft BizTalk Server, MuleSoft, Web API, and other platforms, following Agile methodology
  • Coordinated and led a team of integration developers in designing, implementing, and maintaining integration solutions
  • Acted as Technical Scrum Master during the migration of applications from legacy systems to new platforms
  • Collaborated closely with business analysts, dependent teams, and clients to enhance existing applications according to client requirements and improve performance
  • Integrated diverse systems and servers to achieve overall objectives, optimizing maintenance and deployments to ensure seamless operation
  • Identified root causes of technical issues in production and updated source code to resolve them promptly
  • Conducted testing and debugging of developed products in controlled, real-world situations
  • Performed code reviews and provided support to testing/dependent teams during SIT/QA testing, ensuring smooth delivery to production
  • Quickly troubleshot and resolved defects identified during SIT/QA testing
  • Documented the current integration environment after each release.

Senior Developer

Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corporation
College Station, United States
01.2015 - 07.2021
  • Developed and implemented solutions to integrate applications across the enterprise or its departmental units using .NET, Microsoft BizTalk Server, and other platforms
  • Integrated diverse systems and servers to achieve overall objectives, optimizing maintenance and deployments for seamless operation, while modifying software to fix errors and adapt to new business needs
  • Enhanced system performance and upgraded interfaces, conducted root cause analysis of system issues, and coordinated with international contacts on technical specifications and the completion of assigned deliverables
  • Compile timely, comprehensive and accurate documentation and or reports as requested, Train Junior Engineers on middleware standards and new updates
  • Develop and implement standard processes for installation, maintenance and enhancement of applications developed.

Associate Developer

Cognizant Technology Solutions India Pte. Ltd
Chennai, India
12.2012 - 01.2015
  • Develop and improve both new and existing integration B2B messaging applications
  • Collaborate with fellow programmers to design and implement features, offering support and maintenance for both existing and newly developed applications, while facilitating root cause analysis of system issues
  • Create thorough and timely documentation of applications for future reference
  • Develop automation scripts to streamline the deployment of messaging applications across various environments
  • Gather and analyze user requirements, then proceed to develop and configure new integration B2B messaging applications
  • Manage system upgrades, migrations, and resolve complex technical design issues, while also developing technical specifications and plans
  • Coordinate and liaise with international counterparts on technical specifications and the timely completion of assigned deliverables
  • Provide training to junior engineers on middleware products and messaging standards.

Senior Software Engineer

NTT Data Global Delivery Services Limited
Chennai, India
11.2009 - 12.2012
  • Create and deploy integration solutions within Microsoft BizTalk Server,
    leveraging XML, CSV, EDI, EDIFACT, and Rosetta Net messaging
    standards to establish seamless connections between diverse
    applications and systems.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Anna University
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
04-2008

Skills

  • MS BizTalk Server
  • Mulesoft
  • Kafka stream se
  • MS SQL Server
  • MySQL
  • ASPNET
  • XSLT
  • Data Weave
  • Azure

Recent Projects

  • Humana Inc, Technical Lead, Clinical Guidance Exchange, Missisauga, ON, Louisville, KY, 07/2021, Present
  • Humana Inc, Senior Developer, Clinical Guidance Exchange, Chennai, India, 12/2012, 01/2015
  • ModusLink, Developer, Messaging COE, Chennai, India, 11/2009, 02/2012

Accomplishments

  • Optimized the medical authorization process, reducing processing time from 6 seconds to 2 seconds, ensuring compliance with SLA and significantly saving time for nurses and patients during calls.
  • Developed an automated nightly migration process using MS BizTalk, .NET, and SQL with caching and parallel processing mechanisms. This process efficiently migrated thousands of medical authorization records from the legacy system to the new system, ensuring data availability for business use by the next morning without interruptions.
  • Created a generic process in MS BizTalk Server to unify existing standalone processes, capable of handling requests from various sources efficiently.
  • Developed multiple custom pipeline components, including Archive, Trim Payload, Email Notification, and Validation, to enhance process efficiency and performance.
  • Successfully migrated the entire medical authorization process from MS BizTalk to MuleSoft.
  • Trained and coached a dozen fresh graduates in MS BizTalk Server, successfully integrating them into projects.
  • Served as Team Lead and Technical Scrum Master during migration projects.

Category

Experienced in Agile techniques, events/ceremonies such as Sprint/Iteration planning, Program Increment planning, Product Backlog management, Agile estimation, daily Scrum, metrics such as Burn-down & Velocity charts, Sprint summary report, Sprint/Iteration review, Sprint/Iteration retro meetings., Mulesoft Developer Level 1, AZ204 – Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure, AZ900 – Azure Fundamentals, Bachelor of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Roles

  • Senior Integration Developer
  • Technical Scrum Master

Certification

  • Mulesoft Developer Level 1
  • AZ204 – Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure
  • AZ900 – Azure Fundamentals

Languages

English
Professional
Tamil
Native/ Bilingual

Timeline

Senior Associate

Cognizant Technology Solutions
07.2021 - Current

Senior Developer

Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corporation
01.2015 - 07.2021

Associate Developer

Cognizant Technology Solutions India Pte. Ltd
12.2012 - 01.2015

Senior Software Engineer

NTT Data Global Delivery Services Limited
11.2009 - 12.2012

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Anna University
Saravanan Vijaya Sakthi