Resume of RAJEEV RAJAPPAN NAIR

RAJEEV RAJAPPAN NAIR

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

  • Seeking a challenging job, that provides me the opportunity to explore my skills and to be a credit for the concern.
  • 10 years of experience in application and Web development and design using Java /J2EE Technology, Object Oriented Programming and Content Management Systems.
  • Proficient in developing Web applications and server side development using HTML,Java Script, JSTL, JSP, Servlets, Struts, JDBC, Hibernate, EJB, XML, Log4j and JUnit.
  • Experienced in Content Management systems using SDL Tridion.
  • Experienced in application design using Unified Modeling Language (UML), Sequence diagrams, Case diagrams, Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERD), Data Flow Diagrams (DFD).
  • Experienced in design, development, Unit testing ,integration, debugging and implementation and production support, client interaction and understanding business application, business data flow and data relations from them.
  • Experienced in developing application and Web application using MVC architecture and framework.
  • Experienced in creating Web services using WSDL, Restful Web services and SOAP protocol.
  • Experienced with software development methodologies like Agile and Waterfall methodology.
  • Experienced in using various Web/application servers like JBOSS, IBMWeb Sphere 6.x, Oracle Web Logic Server and Apache Tomcat 6.x.
  • Good understanding and experience with Software Development methodologies.
  • Excellent communication, analytical skills and flexible to learn new technologies in the IT industry towards company’s success.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Language:Java, J2EE, UML.

Web Technologies:HTML5, JQuery,Javascript,CSS,JSP,JSTL, Servlets.

Architectures:MVC.

Framework:EJB, Hibernate, Struts, JDBC.

Web/Application Servers:Apache Tomcat, Web logic and Web Sphere.

RDBMS:Oracle 9i, DB2, MySQL.

IDE:Eclipse(Helios version), RAD.

Tools:EditPlus, Bugzilla,Notepad ++.

Source Control:SVN,CVS, Visual Source Safe, Clear case.

Operating System:Windows xp, 7,8.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

First Data, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Aug13 - Present

Crimson project is mainly focused on adding merchant registrations to First Data account, and to manage their contracts in a efficient manner using docusign as the standard process for document signing. This is mainly a tablet oriented application and the merchant has to download an app and login to apply for a gift card from First Data.SDL Tridion was used as the content management system for the portal.

Responsibilities:

  • Involved in the UI design and development as well as in the testing of the application.
  • Worked on a onsite, offshore model and coordinated the application development.
  • Worked on consuming Web services for the dousing implementation.
  • Implemented the portal using SDL Tridion as the content management system.

Environment:Core Java, jsp, servlet, Eclipse,HTML5,CSS3,jquery,Javascript and SDL Tridion.

Fidelity Investments, Durham, North Carolina, USA Jan13 - Aug 13

Resources portal: This resource center implementation is mainly focused on providing knowledge to the fidelity members in the form of articles, videos, Webinars, podcasts etc. This media acts as financial advisories to its members, who seek various plans based on their financial goals and retirement plans. This resource center features are also planned to be implemented in mobile environment as well.

Responsibilities:

  • Involved in the requirement analysis, design, and development as well as in the testing of the Application.
  • Implemented the content management system using SDL Tridion.
  • Implemented the Blue Print Architecture in SDL Tridion for mobile as well as Web applications.
  • Written the test scenarios for the managed content and the resources portal.

Environment:HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver and Razor Templating Language, JavaScript.

Fidelity Investments, Durham, North Carolina, USA Feb 12 - Jan 13

Solutions Project: The system migrates content from Documentum Web Publisher to SDL Tridion.SDL Tridion is a next generation Web Content Management System and hence many business initiatives are targeted towards this solution.

Responsibilities:

  • Involved in the requirement analysis, design, and development and testing the application.
  • Designed the Rich Internet Applications using HTML, CSS and Javascript.
  • Involved in developing and applying the styles for the Application.
  • Written the scripting for the controls and the components in the Application using Javascript.
  • Developed the database components for Oracle using Java.
  • Used JDBC to connect to database
  • Developed database schema and written complex queries to save and extract data.
  • Used JUnit and Debugger for testing the services and application modules.
  • Involved in problem analysis and resolution, documentation, troubleshooting, performance tuning and code fixes of various applications running in development environment.

Environment:Java,Servlets,jsp,JDBC,dom,Javascript, CSS, XML, HTML, Eclipse, JUnit, Oracle, PL/SQL, Apache Tomcat v6.0, Windows XP, Log4J.

Cardinal HeathCare Jan 11 - Feb 12

Digital Marketing: Create a business enhancement strategy (Digital Marketing) by improving search functionality of Google, Yahoo and Bing for 'Cardinal' Health Care Equipment’s.

Responsibilities:

  • Involved in the requirement analysis, design, development and testing the application.
  • Developed class diagrams and sequence diagrams as part of application design using UML.
  • Developed the application using Agile Methodology.
  • Used Web services to access the IBM commerce database
  • Developing reusable application components for use across the series of applications. These components include standard presentation tier handling, standard validation routines, etc.

Environment:core Java, JAXB1.0, Web services, IBM commerce server (WEBLOGIC), Rational IDE for Java.

LEGO, Turbo Tax, Stony Field& Harvard Dec 08 - Jan 11

Session Design Tool: This session design tool is the development tool developed as a tomcat service for developing surveys. The basic functionality is to develop an xml for each survey, which has nodes referring to jsp pages. The generic functionalities of the survey being a display page , for displaying text , a survey page , for displaying questions and given choices and a email sending functionality after the survey.

Responsibilities:

  • Gathering the requirements from the business and performing the requirement analysis.
  • Developing Rich user Interface applications using using jsp,jstl,Javascript and css.
  • Designed and developed controller classes to implement all the business logic throughXML Configuration file.
  • Worked on ANT for compiling, building and deploying the application.
  • Developed test cases as well as performed unit testing for every module using Junit.

Environment:jsp, jstl , struts ,Web services ,Core Java, Java Beans, XML, Ant ,JUnit Eclipse IDE.

SriLankan Airways, British Airways May07 - Aug 09

I Loyal: This Loyalty Management System functions as a customer relationship management system for the airlines industry. The key feature is a customizable rule engine that specifies the rules and regulations for each transaction that takes place for each process like Accrual of points, Redemption of points, etc.

Responsibilities:

  • Involved in the Analysis and Design of the entire system
  • Designed and developed using JSP,JSF,HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Hibernate and EJB..
  • Developed classes to process each logical request and forwarded through appropriate request response mapping.
  • Involved in designing and implementing Data Access object to connect the database through Hibernate Framework and then configured the Hibernate Persistence DAO object in the Spring Framework.
  • Developed Web Service calls to make communication with external systems.
  • Developed test cases as well as performed unit testing for every module using Junit.
  • Involved in review meetings with project managers for project status and Bug fixing analysis.

Environment:J2EE, JavaScript, Servlet, JSP, JSF, JDBC, XML, Eclipse, HTML, UML, CSS, SQL, Hibernate, JUnit, JSTL, Log4j, EJB, and Waterfall Methodology.

UK Govt managed schools Jan 06 - Mar 07

JANUS School Management System: This School Management System supports a database independent, browser independent, out of the box J2EE package .The project has a centralized Database server, that stores all the schools information.20% of the UK Government schools vote for this software, and the statistics is boundto increase.

Responsibilities:

  • Involved in the Analysis and Design of the entire system
  • Designed and developed all the portal pages using JSP, HTML, CSSand validating the client data using Java script.
  • Developed servlet classes as well as Dispatch Action classes to process the each logical request and forwarded through appropriate Action Mapping.
  • Involved in designing and implementing Data Access object to connect the database through Hibernate Framework and then configured the Hibernate Persistence DAO object in the Spring Framework.
  • Developed Web Service calls to make communication with external systems.
  • Implemented navigation of the jsp pages using the struts framework.
  • Developed test cases as well as performed unit testing for every module using Junit.
  • Involved in review meetings with project managers for project status and Bug fixing analysis.

Environment:Java, Struts, Servlet, JSP, JavaScript, JDBC, XML, Eclipse, HTML, UML, CSS, JUnit, JSTL, Log4J, Waterfall Methodology.

UK Govt managed schools Jan 05 - Jan 06

Key Stage 3 ICT: The Project simulates the Microsoft Office Package and is used for testing the skills of primary and secondary level students in UK.Effective ICT skills are now vital to students, ensuring that these are delivered at KS3 is a fundamental requirement in all schools in UK.The trial is being run in more than 500 schools by the exams and curriculum watchdog, the QCA. The Key Stage 3 ICT package has been designed in order to create a teachers’ guide to delivering ICT to the National Curriculum. It is by no means a teacher replacement. The teachers and students will benefit from working through projects with supporting tutorials that have been specifically designed to encourage students to aim for higher levels in the ICTNational Curriculum. For Details

Responsibilities:

  • Involved in the Analysis and Design of the entire system
  • Designed and developed the standalone application using Java,Swing,Junit,CVS(Concurrent Version System).
  • Implemented and worked on the MVC Architecture updations
  • Implemented the build for the system using ANT.
  • Developed test cases as well as performed unit testing for every module using Junit.
  • Involved in review meetings with project managers for project status and Bug fixing analysis.

Environment:Java, GUI Development using Java Swings, XML, CVS,OOPS in Eclipse IDE, Ant,Junit Testing.

Commerzbank, Germany Jul04 - Dec 04

Complete e – banking solution: Complete solutions for the commerzbank, Germany has been implemented by J2EE.The latest technologies like Hibernate and w4t has been used for the implementation. The database used is HSQL.

Responsibilities:

  • Involved in the Analysis and Design of the entire system
  • Involved in designing and implementing Data Access object to connect the database through Hibernate Framework and then configured the Hibernate Persistence DAO object in the Spring Framework.
  • Worked on CSS and w4t for the rich UI interface.
  • Developed test cases as well as performed unit testing for every module using Junit.
  • Involved in review meetings with project managers for project status and Bug fixing analysis.

Environment:Java, J2EE, Hibernate, w4t, HSQL, OOPS.

Datec Corp Jan 04 - May 04

Icons, The Complete e-Solution for Consultant Management: Datec Corp. is an IT consulting company based in Fremont, CA. The company has most of its client in US. In the beginning, all the billing, consultant management, timesheets, invoicing, H1 processing etc. are being tracked and managed by spreadsheet based systems. This has resulted in lot of redundancy and duplication of data. Further Datec Corp. has expanded its operations by opening their offshore development centre in India & Indonesia. This has warranted a change in the way they currently manage and track the different aspects of their consulting business.Datec Systems has conducted a gap analysis with the current functionalities and additional requirements for the development of this Consulting Company by Management software, called as “Icons”.

Responsibilities:

  • Involved in the Analysis and Design of the entire system
  • Involved in design, development and maintenance of the system
  • Worked on JSP,Swings and MS SQL Server.
  • Developed test cases as well as performed unit testing for every module using Junit.
  • Involved in review meetings with project managers for project status and Bug fixing analysis.

Environment:HTML, Java, Swings, JSP, Servlet, MSSQLServer.

EDUCATION

Bachelors of Engineering, in Electrical and Electronics, Calicut University, Kerala, India.

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