Karan Mehra
Enterprise Architecture, Sr. Technology Director, Software Development, Architecture, Project Mgmt, Data, Agile, DevSecOps CI/CD, Leading Dev/Test/Arch/QA Teams
- Role
- Enterprise Architecture, Software Applications Development at Velera
- Location
- Tampa, FL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Karan Mehra
Senior Technology Director with extensive hands-on IT experience leading multiple Software Applications Development Projects and Dev/Test/QA/Arch teams. Excellent Presentation, Communication, Analytical, Innovation, Problem-Solving, Business and Leadership skills. Proficient in:• Software Design, Architecture, Development/Code, QA/Test and Delivery• FinTech, Digital Payments, Digital Banking, Fraud, Analytics, Telecom, Networking, Software Development, Software Services• DEVOPS, DEVSEC, CI/CD, SDLC, Microservices• Enterprise Architecture, Solutions Architecture, Security Architecture• Active-Active, Auto Scaling, Highly Available, Distributed Applications and Data Architecture, Load Balancers• Agile/Scrum, KanBan, Waterfall based Software Development• Building and Managing Software Projects Teams• AWS, Azure Cloud Computing, Cloud Migration• VMWare VM\'s, Red Hat KVM\'s, Containers• Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Unix, Solaris.NET• Big Data, Blockchain, Cyber Security• IaaS, PaaS, SaaS• REST API, UI/UX• AMQP, Active MQ, Kafka, Hadoop HDFS• Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery• Data Lakes, Data Marts, Data Warehouse• Machine Learning, Data Science• Couchbase distributed NoSQL Database and Caching• JIRA, UML, Bamboo, Artifactory• Automated Build, Tests, Security Scans and Deployment• Test and Behavior Driven Development• Real Time and Web Apps• C++, C, C#, JAVA, JAVA Script, Python, PERL, VB, VC++Lead development of many Software Projects using Agile, Kanban, DEVOPS, DEVSEC, CI/CD, Iterative and Waterfall software development methodologies. Jenkins and Bamboo used for CI/CD automated builds, test and delivery.Applications developed and running on Public and Private Cloud, Linux Virtual Machines, Containers, Solaris, Windows, Oracle RAC DB and HP Unix, NonStop Servers.Created and Grown Software Applications generating over $100 million/year in revenueDesigned, Architected and Created SS7 SCCP GATEWAY Application. Provides Global Mobile Roaming between USA and Rest of the World. Global Roaming between countries in Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia.• Allows mobile phone users from USA to make and receive Calls, SMS and Data from all Countries• Allows mobile phone users from all Countries to make and receive Calls, SMS and Data in USA• Provides International Roaming for Verizon, AT & T, T-Mobile, Sprint• 4 Billion TX/Day Inventions/Patents• Patent: Global Mobile Roaming• Patent: Global Mobile Location• Patent: SS7 Firewall, Security and Fraud Protection• Patent: GTP Firewall, Security and Fraud Protection
Experience
Enterprise Architecture, Software Applications Development
Feb 2020 — Present · St Petersburg, FL, US
Leading and guiding Software Development Projects and Teams• Thought Leader with a Vision• Enterprise Architecture governance in alignment with IT and Business Strategy• Projects and resource budgets, CAPEX/OPEX allocation, planning, execution• Developing Architecture Standards• Software Applications Development• Software Apps and Tools compliance with Enterprise Arch Standards• Architecting and leading Apps development. Migrating software to private, public, hybrid cloud• Multiple FinTech Software: Payments, Risk Management, Fraud, Data, Analytics, Reports, Digital Banking, API’so Developing Key Reference Architectureo Software Requirements, Design, Code, Tests, Review, Delivery and Guidanceo Agile, Kanban and Waterfall based Software Development and Deliveryo CI/CD Pipeline, Automated Builds, Testing, Security Scans and Deploymento Applications Architecture (Active/Active, Distributed, Redundant, Auto Scaling)o Containers and Microservices based Architecture, REST API\'s, Serverlesso Security Architecture (IAM, SSO, SAML, IDP, PKI, Certificates, Data Security, Data Encryption and Masking)o Application, Network, Cyber Security, TLS, SSL, HTTPS, SFTPo Process Improvement and Automationo Budget Forecast and Planningo Roadmap Planning and Executiono Project Cost and Labor Estimateso Projects Architecture Directiono Proof of Concept (POC), Prototypeo LOE (Level of Effort)/ROMo Business Proposals, Business Cases o TCO (Total Cost of Ownership)o ROI (Return on Investment)o Vendor Managemento Customer Relationshipo Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Complianceo Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN)o Enterprise Architecture Repositoryo Architecture and Solution Building Blockso Rationalization of IT Software Applications and Assetso New and Emerging Technologies, Standards, Third Party Software Applicationso Cloud Native Application Development, Deployment and Maintenanceo FinTech Financial Services Industry
Education
University of South Florida
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science
1991 — 1993
Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science
1985 — 1989
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