Samir Prakash Email & Phone Number

United States

Plano, Texas, United States

● Building a strong engineering culture at Connected Technologies● Design and Architect state of the art mobile and head unit applications● Design and Architect globally distributed backend applications● Design and Architect cloud infrastructure on AWS and Azure● Promote and enhance automation initiatives for to deliver better software faster● Provide technical leadership to build high-quality scalable and performance solutions● Manage engineering and architecture teams to drive new initiatives● Manage internal and external dependencies● Collaborate with stakeholders, business partners and execu?ve leadership● Deliver Toyota’s business objectives● Manage strategic rela?onships with strategic partners● Maintain and improve existing DevOps processes and Developer experiences for engineering teams● Collaborate, review, design and vet architecture, solution design and system design ● Solve complex engineering problems for Connected Technologies● Identify, compare and encourage adoption of new technologies, tools and processes● Attract, hire and retain top engineering talents

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

● Design and develop cloud native distributed microservices● Implementation of software defined networking for Apple retail stores across the globe● Requirement analysis for network automation by collaborating with network engineers● Defining common goals across teams to follow a well-defined development path● Coordination and collaboration with software engineers across diversified teams● Design and development of software and tools required by the network engineers● Defining and implementing processes for increased productivity● Creating and maintaining CI/CD pipeline for development teams● Leveraging cloud based environment with Docker and Kubernetes● Create and maintain multiple development and deployment environments● Testing, finalizing and promoting builds over multiple environments as per pre-defined strategies● Enabling development teams to implement best practices for software development● Enabling teams to understand and implement JavaScript/HTML5/Node based applications● Enforcing application, container and orchestration level security for frontend and backend services● Enabling teams to implement GIT workflow● Enabling teams to understand and implement DevOps as a day to day activity● Implemen?ng best practices for creating/tagging/maintaining Docker images● Working on developing optimized CI/CD workflows using latest trends in current technologies

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

● Enabling development teams to deliver faster and better by implementing DevOps practices ● Creating and maintaining CI/CD pipeline for development teams using Jenkins/Semaphore/CircleCI/VSTS ● Infrastructure as a Code using Terraform and Ansible● Create and maintain multiple development and deployment environments● Testing, finalizing & promoting builds over multiple environments based on pre-defined SRE strategies and policies● Containerizing Spring Boot micro services and JavaScript based SPA with Docker and Kubernetes● Enabling development teams to implement best practices for Java micro services ● Enabling teams to understand and implement JavaScript/HTML5/Node based applications● Enforcing application, container and orchestration level security for frontend and backend micro services● Enabling teams to implement GIT workflow using feature based development● Enabling teams to understand and implement DevOps● Configuring private registries on Microsoft Azure for Docker images● Implementing best practices for creating/tagging/maintaining Docker images● Implementing code coverage guidelines using SonarQube and JaCoCo for Java and JavaScript based applications● Implementing cloud based artifactory solution using JFrog● Implementing profile based configuration for Java micro services for multiple deployments on Kubernetes● Implementing externalized configuration server for Java micro services for Kubernetes deployment management● Configuring Microsoft Azure as a cloud service provider for project requirements● Container orchestration using Kubernetes 1.8+ and Microsoft Azure● Managing Pods, Deployments, Services on Kubernetes● Creating and maintaining deployment scripts for Windows and Linux environments for Kubernetes deployments● Working on developing optimized CI/CD workflows using latest trends in current technologies● Evaluating PaaS, SaaS and IaaS providers to provide the most cost effective solutions● Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

Brussels Area, Belgium

● Worked with UX agencies for Pan-European SPA design● Developed and delivered robust web apps for Toyota and Lexus● Hands-on Development of Mobile first responsive SPA● Implemented product i18n for 28 countries and around 46 languages across Europe● Leveraged latest open source technology stack – Backbone/Marionette/React/Node/Express/Mongo DB/Redis● Frontend JavaScript framework implementation with HTML5 and CSS3● Enabling SAAS based bootstrap implementation for UX enhancement ● Implemented GIT based workflow for team development● Implemented and leveraged AGILE using JIRA● Management of cloud based deployment infrastructure with AWS and Heroku● Implemented continuous integration, testing and deployment process with Bamboo and Stash● Created and refined local development environment using Grunt and Gulp build pipelines● Implemented frontend testing frameworks with mocha and chai libraries● Integration with In-Car head units for leveraging Telematics services for end users● Developed and integrated connected car app store for Toyota and Lexus● Worked on integration and delivery of connected car app store for in-car devices● Managed a development team of 8-10 developers in onshore/offshore development model● Worked on requirement elicitation and analysis● Worked on design documents and artifact creation for frontend SPA● Worked on development and product testing● Finalized delivery processes and implemented production support post go-live● Project coordination with Toyota and other suppliers/vendors● Face to face client handling by generating and presenting project status and projections● Worked with dealers in various countries within Europe for understanding requirements● Implemented best practices for enhanced development and testing across teams● Integrated with server side telematics services using Spring REST-full

Brussels Area, Belgium

● Developed Java Spring based REST API for providing Telematics services to Toyota and Lexus end users● Individually developed JavaScript/HTML5/CSS3 client side application for the backend services● Leveraged Backbone JavaScript library for front end development● Leveraged Bootstrap and CSS3 frameworks like LESS and SASS for UX implementation● Worked on implementing build and deployment pipelines for frontend applications● Integrated development to provide In-Car services on infotainment head units for Toyota and Lexus vehicles● Collaborated with in-car device manufactures (Harman/AW) for integration with in-car infotainment systems● Collaborated with service providers (Google/Yandex/TomTom) to provide real time data feed on route mapping and navigation● SSO implementation for providing a smooth UX for vehicle owners● Integrated with Bluetooth services and mobile service provider● Implemented OTA real time solutions for purchase, download and usage of in-car apps on head units● Implemented real time monitoring for fleet of vehicles to provide real time vehicle tracking● Created infrastructure to update a centralized Pan-European vehicle database for Toyota and Lexus● Implemented distributed application architecture to support in-house and cloud based services● Helped the team move from SVN to GIT workflow● Helped the team to learn and understand AGILE processes

Greater Boston Area

● Worked on development of IAM site-minder admin portal● Worked on fine-tuning IAM based framework for CA Inc.● Worked as an Individual contributor to core development

Chandigarh, India

● Worked on development of insurance based product● Worked on Java EE architecture based development● Worked on creating unit tests for core logic● Worked as an Individual contributor for core product development

New Delhi Area, India

● Worked on in-house support product development● Worked on JSP and servlet technologies● Worked on JavaScript and HTML

Bachelor Of Technology (Btech), Computer Engineering

Aissce, Science