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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Working with multiple partners, including Portfolio Managers, Architecture, Technology Teams and Vendors as Subject Matter Expert for Trading Applications. Design and Build Cloud Solutions on AWS to build applications for data driven investment analysis.- Architected and developed the enterprise solution for a config driven application on AWS using combination of serverless and managed services, including MWAA, Lambda, Secrets, SQS, SNS- Steered and influenced variety design decisions on devops, applications, infrastructure and processes to ensure their initiatives are robust and scalable - Drive change within the organization for standardization of development and operational practices- Managed multiple projects simultaneously to ensure the quality and success of their delivery- Mentored and guided a broad spectrum of associates, including Senior Managers, Architects, Developers and Business Specialists to improve the overall performance of the department

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Currently managing several teams totalling 25 individuals with a mix of full time/onshore/offshore BAs, Devs, QAs, Architects and PMs to deliver critical aggregation application for Enterprise and Local Risk Managers to process both existing business and new FRTB risk measures. - Redesigned and stabilized large high profile Market Risk application into supportable model using swappable Plug and Play architecture with multipurpose micro services and reusable generic components- Worked with Audit and Business Partners to resolve outstanding issues with OSFI and FEDSModernized department’s technology stack with Restful Web Service, Swagger, JSON, Spring Boot, Java 8, Angular 5, Maven, GitHub, Jenkins and Urban Code Deploy- Reshaped Market Risk’s silo application teams to cross functional and collaborative teams using agile principles while still respecting bank’s policy of roles and responsibilities- Designed Spark application on Hadoop cluster to process over 500GB daily- Communicate business solutions and progress updates with product owners, stakeholders and executives in Operating Committees, status meetings and interactive demonstrations- Presented technology and architectural solutions to departmental staff in Town Halls and workshops- Trained and mentored direct reports and peers with new development strategies to encourage growth, independent thinking and collaboration to build stronger teams- Owner of 4 applications and 3 project initiatives with combined budget of $3 million- Designed and developed two technology components showcased and awarded for innovative thinking

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

As Lead Application Developer, I designed and developed frameworks for numerous initiatives to rebuild the in-house built Derivatives Trading System. Current modernization efforts includes building Web Serviced based micro services using cloud computing move us from OTC to electronic trading, Simulated Market Data Analysis, Real-Time Portfolio Risk Analysis and Simplified Trading Workflow.- Worked directly with Traders to develop entire full stack Market Risk solution to integrate Excel sheets using combination of C#,JSON, Jersey REST Java, SQL, Bash, Python, C++, R++, and RiskWatch- Resolved multiyear “unfixable” K2 problem by re-solutioning workflow that increases trader response time by 10x- Converted team’s Waterfall SDLC into Agile Continuous Delivery using Maven, GitHub, TeamCity, and Artifactory- Developed web-based Trade Entry System POC using AngularJS, JSON, Web Service and HazelCast- Modeled Time-Series Data using Cassandra to publish Historical Interest Rate Reset Fixings Service - Present customized PowerPoint stacks to developers, users, stakeholders, and executives, providing them specific information appropriate to their respective levels - Frequently evaluate, summarized and provide recommendation on Open Source and Vendor products, like Akka, Apache Spark, MongoDB, Apache Ignite, OpenGamma, ExcelDNA, DropWizard

Toronto, Canada Area

As the Lead Developer, I have managed several major initiatives to expand our business functionality for the in-house built derivatives system including OIS Discounting for linear and non-linear products, as well as the addition of end to end straight through processing for Zero Coupon Inflation Swaps booking and pricing.- Develop UNIX scripts to automated IST/UAT environment refresh and deployment of new code- Created SOA Market Data RESTful Web Service using JPA/Hibernate Entity mapping, binding C++ code via SWIG- Evaluate project scope and provide estimates for overall development- Optimized code to reduce redundant code in Financial Engineering Models for Quantitative Analytic calculations- Regularly train and mentor and evaluate direct reports’ deliverables by providing positive feedback and guidance - Consolidated SQL scripts and Stored Procs on Sybase DB for end of day extracts for support optimization

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

As Project Leader, I worked with Traders, Business Partners, Regulatory, and Vendors to build out and support multiple Fixed Income trading systems (DSTS Fixed Income Trading System, ION ANVIL Repo Trading system and In-house Developed Fixed Income Trading System) for different regions: Canada, Europe and US - Developed customized component on ION Bus to publish Scotia’s Real-time Fixed Income e-Trading business in European and US Markets on MMI ION and Broadridge GLOSS applications- Worked with Front, Middle and Back Office users to gathered requirements and built data extracts ION trading components for new regulatory reporting component for each European region - Integrated ION authentication and authorization components into Scotia’s Account Management Services- Contributed to Scientific Research and Experimental Development claims proposal for investigative work over the project’s SDLC- Designed full in-house Fixed Income Trading System architecture from scratch to handle real-time price feeds to multiple clients in live bond trading market

Toronto, Canada Area

- Planned and estimated project development for various large scaled Java projects- Front end Java Swing UI to backend C++ CORBA Analytic Service- Interact directly with client and stakeholders to gather requirements- Conducted training session and demonstration to end users

Toronto, Canada Area

- Java Web Service development to develop online Web account creation using XML SOAP messages and MQ to integrate with AS/400 backend- Built test framework libraries in QARun for QA Team to build their own multi-tiered systems black box regression test packages to ensure quality and stability of each release

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Taught 1st year student programming fundamentals using C, including good programming practices, conditional logic, and memory management- Taught 1st year students UNIX navigation, shell scripting, regular expressions and permissions