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Solution Architect for SME and Micro SME Loan Referral Solution The referral solution provides services to small medium enterprises (SME) and micro small medium enterprises (MSME) whose operations are between 6 months to 3 years and who cannot secure loans from any financer. This referral application allows customers to register themselves, select products from the financers (bank and others), and proceed with the loan application. In the onboarding process, at the back end, the application will check on the customer's credit, anti-money laundering and other reports via API integrations with the respective service providers. Products are matched to the customer's eligibility based on configurable eligibility criteria. Once the customer applies, the financers are notified. The referral application also provides services for the financers to update and monitor the application's status and for business personnel at CGC to manage the whole process.My responsibilities include: • Architected the entire new solution• Decided technology stack for portal, mobile and integrations• Decided on code branching strategy used • Lead front and backend application design process with senior developers• Guide database design and data migration tasks• Design and implement internal and external integrations• Involve in code reviews• Does server capacity planning for the web servers and Redhat nodes • Worked with the release manager for CICD pipeline for SIT, UAT and production deployment.• Involved in user story creation and sprint planning and execution, • Guided quality assurance team in performance testing• Meeting with stakeholders and communicating the project progress• Writing papers to present to the steering committee to request a budget for project-related needs

Government Online System Gateway (GOSG) – www.malaysia.gov.my Solutions Architect, Government Online Service Gateway, Dec 2017-PresentThe consolidation of government online services in Portal MyGovernment is an initiative of MAMPU under the Eleventh Malaysia Plan (RMK11) which cost RM 25 million. The main objective of this project is to create a government-owned online gateway that will provide a web portal for citizens and non-citizens to obtain government ministries and agencies information and access their services through a single gateway. It involve implementing Single Sign On for ministries and agencies applications (single id for citizens and non-citizens to access applications), Digital and mobile ID for users, back end integration via SOA for exchange of data between these applications, content management modules, admin modules for MAMPU to manage various ministries and agencies services and integration. This solution is developed using Angular, Java, Objective C and Postgres technologies.Technical Responsibilities :• Architected entire solution• Decided technology stack for portal, mobile and integrations• Lead front and back end application design process with senior developers• Guide database design• Lead implementation on integrations with other government agencies systems• Lead development team to fix issues from security and performance testing• Code review• Lead support team for warranty period.Management Responsibilities:• Involved in project scheduling and resource planning• Manage development and deployment team• Meetings with client for pre-sales engagement, communicating on architecture and design, system development progress, issues, UAT, PAT and FAT.Also worked with similar responsibilities for Ministry of Human Resource (MOHR) Portal for their entire operation. Technologies used including AngularJS 1.4, PHP, Java, EDB Postgres 9.6, Tomcat 7.0, Apache HTTPD 9.0, NodeJS 0.10 The system is planned to be released by Feb 2018.

Enterprise Knowledge Management System (EKMS)MIMOS is an ICT R&D agency for the government. Innovative software platforms are part of MIMOS inventions to boast local software economy. Headed two software platforms called Enterprise Knowledge Management System (EKMS) and Mi-Helio Helivex. EKMS is a platform that enables knowledge mash-up from plurality of information sources that exist in an enterprise. It behaves as a single interaction point or unified gateway to various systems in an enterprise through easily configurable widgets. The widgets can be easily developed through our SDK. It is based on rich client technology on SOA architecture and developed using C# and WPF. Solutions based on EKMS have been implemented in MOSTI, MOHR and SOCSO.Mi-Helio HelivexMi-Helio Helivex is a platform to implement enterprise level app store. It allows enterprise implement their own app store which distributes corporate approved apps to employees and related entities. The apps are based on web technology that runs identically on cross devices. This enables write once and run everywhere (smartphone, tablets and notebooks) apps which can be developed using our SDK. The platform is developed using web technology mainly using NodeJS, HTML5, JavaScript and open source components such bootstrap, knockout, JQuery and others.My role in these platform developments includes from ideation, architecture and design, technology selection, managing development team and their deliverables, code inspection, verify PRs and CRs from testing team, bugs fixing to release of the platform according to MIMOS process.

I have also headed SharePoint team that does Administration, Maintenance and continues development of MIMOS intranet on SharePoint 2007.

Played development team lead role on a government linked project. The project is on developing fund disbursement system for Ministry of Science and Technology using Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). The system builds on WCF, WFF technology using C#. Involved in system architecture and design phase, code review and inspection and unit testing. Primary role to make sure planned activities meet dateline with expected result and quality and of course according to the process the set by the company (CMMI level 5).

Business Office Support SystemAs a team lead in the project team which develops portal system that produces various reports such as summary of employee projects according to department, projects order book, secured and potential project reports, debtor analysis and others. The system was implemented using ASP.NET, VB.Net and MSSQLDigital Trust House System (Prototype)As a researcher in a research team which was assigned to develop a prototype portal system that will become center for secure document storage. The system adopted Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) technology that ensures confidentiality, authentication, data integrity and non-repudiation.SIRIM IRPA Project Management PortalAs lead of a team which developed portal system that captures data of IRPA projects awarded to SIRIM. The portal also acts as a platform for the collaborators in the IRPA projects to communicate and share project information. The portal system was implemented using JSP, Java and MS SQL.Project Monitoring Management SystemAs an analyst programmer in a project team which developed portal to manage projects data. This portal captures project registration, scheduling, member activities and time hour spent, project financials and produces various reports to management. The system is developed using OPEN PLAN Software, ASP and MS SQL.Leave Management SystemAs an analyst programmer in the project team which developed portal system that manages employees leave application, approval, tracking and reporting. The system was developed using ASP and MS SQL.Personalized Information Dashboard PortalAs an analyst programmer in the project team which developed portal system for SIRIM employees. The portal which acts as a message centre for employee information was developed using ASP and MS SQL.TNB Nationwide Time Management SystemAs a Programmer in the project team which developed software that manages attendance and daily activities data of TNB Klang staff.

Traffic light simulation system Programmer (2000). Developed a simple traffic light control simulation system using Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 and PLC development kit.

As a programmer worked in a team to develop attendance and leave management system meant for small companies using Visual Basic 6.0 and Microsoft access