Hardik_Thakkar_Resume

Hardik ThakkarB.E. Computer [email protected]

Professional Summary

More than 7 years of first class experience in JAVA/J2EE technologies Fine understanding of Object oriented design, Waterfall, TDD and Agile methodologies / frameworks

(Scrum) Significant experience in relational databases like SQL, Oracle, Sybase, MS SQL Server and PL/SQL Hands-on experience in Java, J2EE, Spring (DI/IoC/AOP/Batch), Hibernate, Struts MVC Framework

(Version 1.2 & 2.0.14), Grails framework, Groovy, Eclipse IDE, IBM RAD, Websphere/Tomcat/Apache, SQL/PLSQL, Object Oriented Design patterns, Ant, SVN/Clearcase and Linux/Windows.

Hands on experience in client side technologies like, JQuery, HTML, CSS, Javascripts and AJAX / Reverse AJAX

Good understanding and hands-on experience on Java concurrency framework and multi-threaded applications

Fair knowledge in analytical and problem solving. Proficient experience in third party products integration with heterogeneous system and architecture. Proficient experience in Investment Banking, e-Commerce and Legal. Experienced in handling development, maintenance and production environments. Good at interpersonal skills. Good team player with accountability.

Career Profile

Dates Organization Designation18th November 2013 – 27th February 2015

Royal Bank Of Scotland IDC Software designer

06th September 2010 – 12th November 2013

Sapient Consulting Pvt LtdSenior Associate Technology Level 1

9th March 2009 – 30th August 2010

HighQ Solutions Ltd Senior Software Engineer

20th July 2007 – 13th January 2009

I-Link Infosoft (Guj) Pvt Ltd Software Engineer

IT Skills & Exposure

Programming Languages Java, Groovy, XML, PL/SQL

Web Frameworks and Technologies

Struts 1.2, Struts 2.0.14, Spring Core/Batch/Security/MVC/DAO, GWT, Hibernate, Grails, Velocity, Freemarker, JSP, Servlets, Swing UI

Client Side Technologies JavaScript, HTML, JQuery, AJAX, DWR, CSSXML Technologies JAXB, DOM, SAX, XSLT, XSDRDMS ORACLE, Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, FAMERDMS Tools Aqua Data Studio, TOAD, SQL Developer, Rapid SQLThird party products integration

GBST Composer, Composer BO, CBIS

IDE IBM RAD, Eclipse, MyEclipse, Netbeans

Other ToolsSVN, Clearcase, VSS, HP Quality Centre, HP Service Centre, Edit Plus, Apache Axis, Ultra Edit

Web and Application Servers

Apache Web Server, IBM Websphere Application Server, Tomcat, JRun4

Operating Systems Unix, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP, Windows 7Business Domains Banking, Asset Management, e-commerce and Legal

Educational Qualification

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Degree Month – Year of passing

Institute & University / Board Specializations

Bachelor of Engineering

June – 2007 Government Engineering College, Modasa, Gujarat, India

Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University

Computer Science and Engineering

HSC April - 2003 Seth R. T. Senior Secondary School, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Gujarat Secondary And Higher Secondary Education Board, Gandhinagar

Maths and Science

SSC April - 2001 H.B. Mehta Vallabh nagar High School, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Gujarat Secondary And Higher Secondary Education Board, Gandhinagar

Maths and Science

Work Experience

Royal Bank of Scotland, Gurgaon, India (18th November 2013 - Present)

Software designer, Market Risk

Projects:

Market Data Applications

Market Data caters to the need of fetching, storing, cleansing, validating, correcting and demonstrating the time series data on a day-to-day basis to build an historical information-storehouse that gets fed into the Value at Risk (VaR) calculation model to compute the risk numbers. It captures and manages market numbers of a wide range of products that the bank sponsors. The resultant VaR number gets regularly monitored by Risk Managers and analysts to ascertain the positioning of the bank on a daily basis.

Contribution

Interacting with Business analysts and Risk Managers in UK / Singapore to gather requirements

Working on Scrum Agile methodology Understanding FC Requirements and specifications Reducing Technical debt Provide L3 support for any production environment issues Performance improvements

Technologies

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Core Java, Swing, Multi threading, Spring Batch, Spring MVC, Spring Security, Hibernate, Sybase, FAME Time series

Awards and recognitions

Awarded as “Star beginner”

Sapient Consulting Pvt Ltd., Gurgaon, Delhi NCR, India (06th September 2010 - 12th November 2013)

Senior Associate Technology Level 1

Projects:

Wellington Management LLP, Senior Java Developer (July 2013 – November 2013)

Contribution

Interacting with the Business stakeholders. Understanding FC specifications and requirements. Development and maintenance of Vehicle Master Application. Working in Agile methodology

Technologies

Java, Groovy, Grails framework, Oracle

Fidelity Worldwide Investment, Senior Java Developer (October 2010 – June 2013)

Contribution

Worked in Scrum based agile methodology and TDD Interacting with the Business stakeholders. Understanding FC specifications and requirements. Development of Retail pension platform for Fidelity UK Integration of third party systems like, Composer (Well-known product for Retail pension assets)

and Imago (Well-known Illustration engine for Retail pension assets) with existing system architecture (currently ongoing for Retail pension project)

Enhancement of Retail web platform for Direct / Advised and Institutional clients Development of Junior ISA platform and Portfolio performance tool Development of Retirement planning tool Performance improvements Reducing Technical Debt

Technologies

Java, J2EE, JSP, Servlets, XML, Struts 1.2, Spring, Hibernate, Sybase, Oracle


Awarded as “Great client delivery and focus” and “Core value Award”HighQ Solutions Ltd. (Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India) (9th March 2009 – 30th August 2010)

Senior Software Engineer

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Projects:

Online Services portal

The Online Services Portal (OSP™), developed in conjunction with Clifford Chance, is a publishing and content management system developed specifically for the professional services industry.

Increasingly law firms and professional services firms are being asked to provide know-how to their clients - this often being a major requirement for panel choice selection. Historically, these firms have developed in house solutions to cater for this requirement, or alternatively, have opted for multiple third party solutions, each catering for different aspects of the content delivery solution.

Contribution

Interacting with clients and gathering product specification and requirements. Customisation and Maintenance of product for various Fortune 500 clients. Development of JUNIT Test Cases, Class Integration Test Case Reports and System Test Case

Reports. Interacted with client for issue handling / fixing and understanding.

Technologies

JSP, Servlets, XML, Velocity, Freemarker, JSTL, Struts 2.0, SQL Server 2003, SVN, Junit, JMock


Awarded as “Fast runner award” and “Star of the quarter” (2 times)

I-Link Infosoft (Guj) Pvt Ltd (Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India) (20th July 2007 – 13th January 2009)

Software Engineer

Projects:

Videlio

Videlio (SAT) is a powerful tool that will be the first choice for any private users or enterprises’ requirements when looking for worldwide communication of any means. The Super Admin Module is needed to manage / configure the Videlio application and its modules

Objective of this project is to provide user a complete package which comprise of vChannel, vCommunity, vConference, vPhone, vExchange and vEdit, so user(s) do not require visiting different websites or downloading software for different services.

Contribution

Analyzing the requirements. Development of Videlio super admin tool Development of Videlio web Preparation of Detail Design Documents and Test cases. Coding and Unit Testing for the requirements.

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Technologies

Core Java, JSP, Servlets, XML, Struts 1.2, MySQL

Dynamic Booklet Generation Tool

Objective of this project is to provide user a complete package to generate electronic booklet in different formats like PDF, RTF and HTML. It’s also a project tracking system to keep tracking about deadlines, scheduling and management of projects.

Contribution

Analyzing the requirements. Development of Dynamic booklet generation tool Documentation. Preparation of High Level Design Documents. Preparation of Detailed Design Documents and System Test cases. Coding and Unit Testing for the requirements.

Technologies

JSP, Servlets, XML, Struts, MySQL, iText, XSD, JAXB

Trouble Ticket System

Trouble Ticket System is Software for H&G (German) Client which handles the Customer's day to day problem. In this Software for every new problem Ticket is being created. Assigned to Queue and proper feedback is given back to customer.

Contribution

Analyzing the requirements. Development of Trouble ticket system Integration with Navision ERP system Preparation of High Level Design Documents. Preparation of Detail Design Documents and System Test cases. Writing Test Cases. Coding and Unit Testing for the requirements.

Technologies

Core Java, Web services, Navision DB

Tax Exact

Sales tax software for US state Kentucky it generates PDF for sales tax and use tax as per form indicated by US government and facilitate for e-filing and printing.

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Tax Exact Online is web product for eFiling of Sales and Use tax online.

Contribution

Analyzing the requirements. Development of Sales tax exact product Development of Tax Exact online Preparation of High Level Design Documents. Preparation of Detail Design Documents and System Test cases. Writing Test Cases. Coding and Unit Testing for the requirements.

Technologies

Swing, JSP, Servlets, XML, MS Access, JRun 4, SQL Server

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