Umer Ahmed

Experience

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  Configuration Solutions

  Jan 2004 - Oct 2008

  Software Engineer

  • Maintain the 3-tier enterprise software developed in JAVA. Developed the client side using applets and JSP, middle tier using servlets-J2EE and server side using pure java.• Used IIS and Tomcat as Container for hosting servlets• Used JDBC to connect to databases SQL Server and ORACLE• Developed custom application server that supported a Bottoms Up Rule Based Configuration• Worked together in teams of 4 to 6 developers to meet project completion deadlines, supported multiple versions of the software• Used SAX – simple API for XML - for XML parsing on the server side while in the AJAX interface• Used Apache ANT to streamline project builds• Developed applet free front end powered by light weight JavaScript controls and extended those using prototypes. A cross browser compatible UI developed grounds up in JavaScript / HTML employing CSS. • Supported multiple versions of the software concurrently• Promoted from an intern, after 6 months due to exemplary project results, to a full–timeposition as a Software Engineer• All development was carried out in a WINDOWS XP environment Show less

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  Hewlett-Packard

  Dec 2008 - Jul 2014

  • Manage the overall health of a customer account by conducting meetings between customer and R&D, understanding business needs, overseeing patch delivery and recommending solutions proactively • Translate customer’s expectation to technical deliverables and act as a customer’s advocate with R&D• Help customers manage projects implementing HP’s Enterprise solutions and meet internal deadlines• Conduct onsite meetings with the customer for advanced troubleshooting and system health checks Show less

  • Technical Solutions Consultant III

    Apr 2013 - Jul 2014

  • Senior Support Engineer

    Feb 2012 - Mar 2013

  • Technical Account Manager

    Nov 2010 - Feb 2012

  • Technical Solutions Consultant II

    Dec 2008 - Oct 2010
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  Alachisoft

  Nov 2014 - Mar 2015

  Solutions Architect

  Business Evangelism involving architect level knowledge of NCache - Open source distributed cachePublishing technical documents, blogs and articles to evangelize the product. With additional responsibility of Managing Tech Support for AlachiSoft software products:NCache, TezGrid

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  Telenor GSS

  Apr 2015 - Jan 2018

  Functional Manager - DevOps delivery

  Contributing to the codebase of Telenor Digital Services mostly built around REST APIs. Using best practices in java programming and concurrency. Additional responsibility of ensuring smooth running of services using an operational model.

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  Sports Interactive (SI)

  Aug 2019 - now

  • Principal Cloud Engineer

    Oct 2024 - now

  • Staff Devops Engineer

    Apr 2022 - Oct 2024

  • DevOps Lead

    Aug 2019 - Apr 2022