 Software Professional with 5 years of experience in all aspects of Design and Development of Java, J2EE based systems. Strong experience in software development with a focus on Web Applications. Good working knowledge in Core Java with good understanding of Collections, Multithreading, Event handling, Exception handling and Generics. Expert level skills in developing applications using Core Java, JSP, JSTL, JDBC, Hibernate, Web Services(SOAP and REST), JMS, HTML, XML, CSS, Java Script, SQL. Experience with Java 8 features such as Lambda Expressions, Streams and Functional programming. Working knowledge in several Java and J2EE design patterns such as Singleton, MVC Pattern, Factory Pattern and Data Access Object. Experience in using Spring modules like Spring Core, Dependency Injection, Spring IOC, Spring AOP, Spring DAO, Spring MVC, Spring JDBC, Spring JPA, Spring Security, Spring Data, Spring Profiles and ORM framework (Hibernate). Experience with client-side web technologies/frameworks such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap and JQuery.  Knowledge in creating both RESTful and SOAP Webservices using open source frameworks like JAX-RS, JAX-WS. Working knowledge of persistence frameworks – JPA (Hibernate as the implementation) to map POJO’s to a relational database object. Analyzed story points and had experience in creating UML diagrams for stories and converted the same into code Experience with various Relational Databases like Oracle, MySQL. Hands on experience in configuration and deployment of multi-tier applications using servers like Apache Tomcat.  Good exposure in Java Messaging Service (JMS) for reliable information exchange across Java applications.  Hands on Experience in Unit Testing and Debugging using JUNIT, Postman. Involved in documenting WebServices using Swagger (REST), WSDL (SOAP). Expertise in implanting Kafka for Event Streaming and handling the data using the different connectors that can add to efficiency. Experience in handling messaging services using Apache Kafka. Experience with tools like with Docker Images/containers Experience with Java compliant IDE’s like Eclipse. Experience with various development methodologies such as Test-driven development (TDD) and Agile (SCRUM).