Robert Wafle Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

• Built CI Pipelines in GitHub Actions using Terraform to deploy and test a distributed blockchain network onto AWS EC2 instances for my client, Provable.
• Wrote bash and Python scripts to test client’s blockchain APIs, validating JSON responses.
• Developed Custom Ansible actions as Python plugins.
• Used Ansible to configure deployed machines with blockchain software and dependencies.
• Enhanced build for React based application using CircleCI and Vercel CLI.
• Optimized deployment and startup time of applications using multi-stage docker containers.

Teaneck, New Jersey, US

Atlanta, Georgia, US

Teaneck, US

• Conducted POC to determine what service mesh met client’s needs.
• Automated deployment of Istio Service Mesh into Azure AKS using Azure DevOps o Automated Istio Install, Configure and Uninstall o Automated CSR request for Intermediate CA and complete using Azure DevOps and OpenSSL o.
• Wrote a Terraform Provider with two resources and two data sources for Tanzu Service Mesh in GoLang
• Wrote a Terraform Module with two resources that can deploy Tanzu Service Mesh
• Wrote a terraform root module to deploy AKS to Azure with Tanzu Service Mesh installed.
• Secured communication to AKS cluster using mTLS

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Worked as an Application Architect for one of 5 development teams on a multi-million dollar project.Duties Include:
• Investigating Current State of Web Application Configuration and Architecture
• Correcting Current State of Web Application Configuration and Architecture
• Documenting Existing State of Web Application Configuration and Architecture
• Proposing new State of Web Application Configuration and ArchitectureWork so far includes the above on:
• An Application that sends HL7 Messages and CCD Messages

Chicago, IL, US

• Worked remotely for multiple clients including 10th Magnitude and Bulkmatic.
• 10th Magnitude (Lead Full Stack Developer / DevOps)o Added multiple features to a microservice based web application on Kubernetes. The web application’s backend was written in C#.Net Core, SQL Server 2019 and.
• Bulkmatic (Lead Architect and Full Stack Developer / DevOps / Flutter developer)o Built a Flutter application that runs on both Android and iOS from scratch which allows workers washing trailers to relay in real time.

Chicago, IL, US

• Add features to an ASP.NET MVC / angular web app that is used to allow users to manage VMs and templates (vm metadata and vm image) across Azure and AWS.
• Added feature to use Azure RM deployment model instead of the Azure Classic deployment model. Second biggest feature was leveraging managed disks.
• Added feature to use Azure RM managed disks.
• Created automation to update SSL certificate across hundreds of azure vm instances and images.
• Supported dev teams using the portal, assisting when their needs exceeded what the portal could do.
• Worked on a team to use Chef to automate creation of a sandboxed sized version of a customer's azure deployment, consolidating 20 nodes into just two nodes allowing the customer to provide early access to partner.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Lead the City of Chicago team to improve their version control and build processes using git branching model, git extensions and team city build server.
• Trained team on use of rebase workflow for feature branches.
• Consolidated multiple visual studio solutions and git repositories into a single build and saved hundreds of developer hours.
• Built.NET solution to migrate millions of rows and years of historical data for the City of Chicago. Wrote complex PL/SQL to validate data migration was correct.
• Wrote unit tests and unit test framework to test multiple WCF Services leveraged by utilities such as ComEd and Peoples Gas.

Chicago, IL, US

Maintained the current version and built a new version of the RateIQ product, an engine to calculate shipping pricing across multiple carriers given very complex contracts.

Chicago, IL, US

• Oversee a 6-member agile team to design, and implement a wide array of technical solutions to address strategic business goals and objectives.
• Provide division-wide application support/troubleshooting, coordinate and conductextensive software testing, debug software products, and implement new product features and upgrades.
• Manage resource scheduling, review code created by development team, and train developers on a wide variety of existing software solutions and applications.Lead development of numerous customized applications designed.
• Built a new LTL rating engine from the ground up using ASP.NET MVC, WCF and the repository pattern in a service-oriented architecture. This system includes multiple tiers and subsystems with different users, both.
• Added new features to Echo’s Legacy LTL Rating System to increase pricing accuracy and profit on each load by adding new UI components and modifying existing business logic to calculate prices as desired by the business.
• Fixed numerous defects in Echo’s legacy LTL rating system, increasing accuracy of pricing and reliability of the system.

US

• Oversee a 6-member team to conceive, design, and implement a wide array of technical solutions to address strategic business goals and objectives.
• Provide division-wide application support/troubleshooting, coordinate and conduct extensive software testing, debug software products, and implement new product features and upgrades.
• Manage resource scheduling, review code created by development team, and train developers on a wide variety of existing software solutions and applications.
• Counsel operations, marketing, and other business units on strategic technical plans/resources as a key member of corporate steering committee.

• An application to distribute business listings to local search platforms, exporting listings into XML and using XSLT to transform them to the specific formats required by each local search platform.
• A system allowing the separate management of keyword and ad group data by vertical market as well as a backoffice application using the same data to create unique campaigns to be exported to Google Adwords or Yahoo.
• A Web application to guide users through setup of online marketing campaigns based on vertical market.
• A business profiles Web site built with.NET 2.0 and AJAX 1.0 and a rewrite of an existing business profiles Web site from.NET 1.1 to.NET 2.0, adding functionalities including SMS messaging and real-time conversion.

• Brought on 10 weeks prior to corporate launch to build, implement, and take live both the customer-facing Web application and the back-end Automated Clearing House (ACH) network processing system.
• Created multiple mission-critical.NET,.NET 1.1, and SQL Server 2000 applications.
• Led rewrite of an ASP-based Web application in.NET 2.0.
• Engineered a pay-per-click search engine tool for health savings accounts.

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Created and implemented strategic technical applications enabling soldiers and civilians to rapidly and efficiently deploy key systems. Documented procedures and trained teams on Cisco and Microsoft technologies.
• Upgraded 300 machines from Windows NT to Windows XP.
• Enabled teachers to restore computers to known valid configurations by creating a database of ghost images and a custom application to aide the deployment of these images from a network server.

US

• Built company’s Web application for corporate launch, integrating it into the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation. Recruited, hired, and led a team of 5 developers and 1 network administrator to expand and.
• Designed and guided the implementation of a functional, robust, secure Web application in 1st 6 weeks on the job.
• Architected a relational database optimized for storing institutional ownership data parsed from millions of flat files.
• Enabled management to prioritize clients by instituting a workflow system to anonymously process work requests.
• Established savings of thousands of dollars in labor by creating a back-office application to automate the generation of hundreds of custom market reports.

Developed project management and Web applications and the corresponding frameworks utilizing such tools as Cold-Fusion, ASP/SQL Server 2000, and Microsoft’s Web Application Stress Tool, and trained colleagues on application creation. Migrated applications and databases to server farm, administered Web, database, and Visual Source safe servers, setup and.

Boston, MA, US

Supervised and trained a 3-member help-desk support team, creating procedures, prioritizing projects, and instituting continuous productivity improvements. Oversaw development support, quality assurance, field installations, and technical support for servers, desktops, and telephones for entire division.