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SIJOY THOMAS's skills align with Programmers (Information and Communication Technology). SIJOY also has skills associated with Consultants and Specialists (Information and Communication Technology). SIJOY THOMAS has 13 years of work experience, with 4 years of management experience, including a low-level position.

Work Experience

Integration Lead

Dell

January 2013 - December 2016

Guided 4 onsite and 2 offshore personnel in a high-velocity environment at this global tech company. Steered the design and development a product prototype that won patent #10491481 for the organization; partnered with a Lead Architect. * Saved 30% of technology licensing costs by driving the enterprise-wide migration of messaging middleware infrastructure from a scattered point-to-point topology to a consolidated cluster topology. * Eliminated significant licensing costs by researching and recommending the RabbitMQ technology for enterprise-wide tech-stack modernization effort; paved the way for microservices architecture adoption. * Automated and streamlined server monitoring and batch job processing by developing Crontab scripts. * Received an award for performance excellence in the first year, demonstrating the ability to hit the ground running. * Led technical recruitment on an interim basis following the departure of a senior leader. Hired 8 employees, including architects and software engineering professionals; recruited an expert who devised a patented system. * Established critical support capabilities for the Dell mainframe product by introducing a mentorship program; trained new hires on the product; secured leadership buy-in. * Automated and streamlined server monitoring and batch job processing by proactively developing Crontab scripts.

Integration Architect

Capgemini Consulting

January 2011 - December 2012

Directed and mentored the 12-member offshore team at this global consulting firm; managed budgets and allocated resources. Liaised with the production support team to troubleshoot production issues. Adhered to the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). * Delivered a project 3 months ahead of the deadline; met all SLAs while managing complex system installation, upgrade, and deployment projects; conducted] requirements analysis. * Laid the groundwork for continuous software product improvement by defining processes for proactive product upgrade and optimization; minimized reactive patching; set protocols for testing.

Architect and DevOps Administrator

Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC)

January 2017 - Present

Designed middleware infrastructure while administering IT software with 3K users and introduced critical Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) capabilities at this state agency. Adopted the latest Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices. Collaborated with software development, database, networking, and security teams in an Agile environment. * Enhanced system latency and availability by redesigning messaging infrastructure for the transition from Solaris to RedHat Linux, a cloud-friendly environment for 20M+ users. * Saved 8+ labor hours for each 40-hour work week by developing a Python-based automated archival solution; utilized REST API for IBM IAM integration; the solution is still stable with 0 issues in the last 4+ years. * Cut estimated downtime during IT disasters by 30% by developing a robust disaster recovery plan for the TIERS department; defined SOPs for data backup and recovery, system restoration, and business continuity. * Achieved the highest rating of "Exceeded Expectation" in virtually all annual performance reviews. Formally recognized by the Director for performance excellence every year. * Built support capabilities for the automated archival tool by coaching a 6-member support team on Python scripting. Developed training handbooks. * Played a key role in the enterprise-wide AWS cloud migration initiative; migrated select applications into the AWS cloud infrastructure; mastered Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes technologies to support the migration. * Met all system performance expectations after designing a robust architecture for the IBM Cognos analytics product; migrated the Windows system to Linux RedHat.

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