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Amazon Web Services AWS, Canada
Senior Cloud Infrastructure Architect (07/2020 to present)
Implement cloud solutions for our customer in the public sector. Participate to practice development in Quebec.
Tuango, Montreal, Canada
Achieve shared vision and objectives through management, strategy, and execution of Cloud Solutions at organization.
IT DIRECTOR and Senior CLOUD SOLUTIONS Architect (11/2017 to 07/2020)
Lead and control technical projects from concept to completion in order to gain desired outcomes. Accomplish bottom-line results by directing a competent team of Full Stack NodeJS developers. Steer delivery of Tuango new online e-commerce cloud-native platform based on multi-cloud solutions such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Salesforce marketing cloud, and Auth0. Hold full accountability for identifying new cost saving opportunities for his department. Develop financial budgets and presents proposals for capital projects to C-level executives. Coordinate efforts to improve IT processes as well as interface with external vendors and management.
· Credited for spearheading successful delivery of first card-linked offer implementation in Canada with Mastercard whilst achieving PCI certification.
· Drove cost evaluation for new projects.
· Led and controlled all phases of Tuango transition to the cloud.
· Lead and Mentor a team of Software developers
IBM, Canada
Headed a pool of 100+ developers both on- and off-shore in order to meet strategic business objectives.
DELIVERY PROJECT EXECUTIVE (08/2017 to 10/2017)
Accelerated Bombardier Aerospace account growth by conceptualizing operational budget, staffing strategy and identifying new business opportunities through coordination with IBM Account owner. Responsible for Bombardier C Series eServices portal on-going operations.
· Achieved SLAs by ensuring swift resolution of operational issues in a timely manner.
IBM, Canada
Delivered consulting services and expert advice on business development to different individuals and organizations.
SENIOR SOLUTION ARCHITECT (09/2012 to 08/2017)
Responded to client RFPs, working with IBM account owners to define technical solutions, build project and resource staffing plans. Effectively communicated with customers, presenting proposals. Acted as key technical advisor and technical lead in solution delivery.
Key Engagements:
Bombardier eServices Portal (IBM WebSphere Portail)
Job Title: Principal Solution Architect • Team Period: 07/2014 to 07/2017
· Successfully delivered Bombardier new Customer Service Portal for its C Series line of aircrafts.
· Served as a key player in responding to Bombardier RFPs (request for proposal) to migrate their legacy portals for Q Series and CRJ to the new unified portal.
· Transformed Bombardier Aerospace Commercial Airplane Legacy portal into new platform giving Bombardier a new image and new tools to support customers.
· Drove production release, supervised development team, and utilized WebSphere Portal/Portlet JSF.
· Set a benchmark of excellence by spearheading project within time and budget constraints.
· Steered end-to-end solutions engineering from cost evaluation to final.
· Lead and Mentor a team of Software developers
Aimia
Job Title: Senior Solution Architect • Time Period: 07/2014 to 10/2014
· Assured seamless migration AIMIA Marketing Solution into IBM cloud, virtual servers and Cloud DB, leveraged Softlayer, IBM Cloud, and WebSphere software.
· Transformed Aimia Marketing Solution from an on promised marketing solution into IBM cloud.
Telus Canada
Job Title: Senior Solution Architect • Time Period: 07/2013 to 07/2014
· Carried out custom integration and modifications to IBM Sterling Business Center by serving as a senior consultant.
· Used WebLogic, Oracle 11g XE, Sterling CPQ, Java, Rational Application Developer, and Sterling Business Center.
· Provided expert opinion on application development to staff members.
· Led integration of SFDC (salesforce.com) along with Sterling CPQ.
National Bank of Canada
Job Title: Senior Solution Architect • Time Period: 02/2013 to 06/2013
· Performed Risk Assessment of the application environment used in National Bank of Canada branches.
· Utilized IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator (TDI) for integrating a client Change Management System (HP Service Management) into internal Service Management System (IBM Maximo).
· Introduced proof of concept using solid experience of Web Services, Java, SOAP, JMS, and Queues.
· Estimated costs to execute solutions, determined required resource and skill-sets, evaluated and mitigated risks, directed technical team in solution delivery, and leveraged VMWare ESX, Midrange.
· Met operational concerns and IBM requirements by scrutinizing and validating client architecture document.
Attijariwafa Bank (Casablanca, Morocco)
Job Title: Principal IT Architect • Time Period: 11/2012 to 12/2012
· Directed a team to carry out technical discovery and assessment of online banking project implementation.
· Determined overall stability and best practice conformance of architecture and code by performing analysis and discovery of the e-Banking application and environments.
· Assessed current level of completion vs project plan and budget
Tuango, Montreal, Canada
Proposed and rolled-out IT roadmap through co-ordination with CTO aiming to meet business targets
IT DIRECTOR (05/2011 to 09/2012)
Steered outsourcing of home grown application to SAAS supplier as well as oversaw migration and integration of three newly acquired companies. Defined BI Infrastructure on VMWare ESX. Integrated with several data sources to formulate a scalable data processing and analytics solutions.
· Key decision maker in evaluating and selecting outsourcing partner
· Negotiated and concluded outsourcing contract.
· Defined migration plan to outsourcing partner.
AXA Insurance, Montreal, Canada
Delivered the online car insurance quoting platform
SENIOR SOLUTION ARCHITECT (05/2010 to 04/2011)
Implemented new platform and provided cost estimates on new business requirements to senior management. Responsible for the stability of the production environment. Held full accountability for delivering new functionality on time and on budget.
· Scheduled scrum meetings and led estimation of efforts for new business needs via planning poker session.
· Recognized as primary technical advisor to the customer.
IBM Canada – GTS Strategic Outsourcing
Offered end-to-end guidance on IT projects from preliminary project analysis to operational readiness.
IT Infrastructure ARCHITECT (05/2004 to 04/2010)
Oversaw all Strategic Outsourcing initiatives of the National Bank of Canada by collaborating with BNC’s corporate architecture team. Engineered several disaster recovery solutions, as well as server consolidation and virtualization. Fostered relationships with project management and client's architecture teams.
Key player in National Bank of Canada (BNC/NBC) IT Transformation. Responsible for Unix/Linux Midrange and Storage consolidation. Led execution of a complete storage solution involving a new SAN, cross-sites data replication, back-up infrastructure, and data life-cycle management.
· Delivered comprehensive architecture documents detailing solution and implementation for storage solution.
· Consolidated 13 datacenters to 2 datacenters with disaster recovery.
· Consolidated and migrated 1500+ physical servers and 2K images.
Additional Experience
JAVA JEE CONSULTANT § Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Quebec, Montreal, Canada
SOLUTION ARCHITECT § Microcell i5 Inc., Montreal, Canada
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER JAVA § Apricor Inc., San Jose, CA | WarSpeed Communications, Pleasonton, CA | Maxim Group, Colorado Springs, CO | IBM, USA
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER & LEVEL 3 SUPPORT § Eicon Technology Corporation, Montreal, Canada
Education & Credentials
University of Montreal, Canada
BACHELOR IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
Professional Development: Project Management Orientation, Project Management Fundamentals, Client Consulting, IBM Global Service Method
Technical Proficiencies: Amazon Web Services/AWS (Serverless Lamba, Dynamo DB/NOSQL, SQS, Cognito, Kinesis, Cloudfront, Cloudwatch, API Gateway), API Definitions, Various clouds Auth0, Algolia, Contentful, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Node.JS, Vue.JS, Java, JEE, JPA, EJB, Google Pay, Apple Pay, Moneris, JUnit, TDD, Maven, JPA, Continuous Integration, IBM WebSphere, WebLogic, Tomcat, Apache, Axis, Web Services, SOA, Power System, Virtualization, VMware ESX, DB2, Oracle, MySQL, Struts, Spring, Linux, Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, WBS, SDLC, DevOps, Micro-Services application, Git
Languages: French & English
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