Ajit Daware

About Ajit Daware

Roles : Engineering Manager, Technical/Solutions Architect, Dev Lead, Software Developer - Domains : Shipping & Logistics, Telecom, Application Lifecycle Management, Banking, Mapping - Technologies/Frameworks : Java 17, Spring Boot, Microservices, Microsoft Azure Cloud, DevOps (Azure & Other CI/CD), ELK, Kafka, REST APIs & SOAP Web Services, Angular, Backbone JS, Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), Oracle PL/SQL, PostgreSQL, Serenity, Selenium, BDD, Objective C, Oracle Reports and BIRT Reports • Experience of building and managing mid-to-large sized engineering teams • Expertise in solution designing, leadership & stakeholder communication • Cloud transformation - Experience of leading transformation of enterprise applications, completely modernizing the legacy systems on cloud based solutions • Hands-on full-stack development experience of software products and integration projects, along with Devops activities • Experience of working in a DevOps model taking responsibility from requirements gathering to post production support, including infrastructure & security aspects on cloud • In depth understanding of Design Patterns, OOPs and Database Designing. • Experience of driving projects in Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid

Experience

1. Engineering Manager

   A.P. Moller - Maersk

   Apr 2019 — Present

   Digital transformation of Master Data Management (MDM)*- Modernize the legacy MDM solutions that are based on proprietary product suites, consisting of multiple tiers built using licensed products/tools and partly open source.Re-architect & develop by using optimal cloud offerings, latest open source technologies, frameworks and tools- Improve data quality by onboarding right vendor validation services & refining internal validations. Ensure data consistency of downstream apps via robust data flow paths- Perform several major integrations of existing downstream applications, and also with M & As (mergers & acquisitions) applications to create centralized ecosystem that serves various business needs & decoupled applications* Roles & Responsibilities *Drive Modernization Programs.Project & People Responsibilities - Program management : Release MVPs in phases to achieve quarterly goals of transformation - Establish best practices of Agile based scrum team and ensure adherence to agile principles - Financial/budget forecasting and planning - Hiring and team building, conducting 1:1s (Team size of 20+)- Stakeholder communication, negotiations, handling production issues & escalations, establishing best practices & processes for integration project teamsTechnical Responsibilities - Re-build on-premise legacy application on cloud with latest technology stack - Solution designing of high level and low level components to replace licenced product features - Decide correct cloud offerings to ensure optimum technical architecture along with justified financial cost - R&D to introduce new tools and frameworks for transforming legacy systems - Hands-on software development using open source or proprietary technologies/frameworks/tools - Code reviews, establish development standards & best practices - SOA and API Governance, web-service contract developments via Open API Specifications (OAS)