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Hire DeepakDeepak Nagaraj
Verified Expert in Engineering
Integration Architect and MuleSoft Developer
Location
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Toptal Member Since
December 14, 2022
Deepak is an accomplished enterprise integration consultant with 18+ years of experience as a product owner, solutions architect, technical presales consultant, and software test engineer. As an integration consultant, he is certified and specializes in MuleSoft, Boomi, TIBCO, and WSO2 API Manager. His enterprise experience includes Cognizant, Devoteam, HCL Technologies, and Heineken. Deepak leads companies and teams through digital transformation journeys with expertise and enthusiasm.
Portfolio
Self-employed
MuleSoft, GitLab, Splunk, SonarQube
Heineken
Dell Boomi, Azure DevOps, SonarQube, Splunk, SAP, Salesforce API
Devoteam
TIBCO, Dell Boomi, MuleSoft, WSO2 API Manager, OpenShift
Experience
Availability
Full-time
Preferred Environment
MuleSoft, TIBCO, Dell Boomi, WSO2 API Manager, API Management, Scrum Product Owner
The most amazing...
...accomplishment was delivering iPaaS integration and API solutions to Heineken customers globally while leading a team of 20+ developers as a feature lead
Work Experience
Mulesoft DevOps Engineer
2022 - PRESENT
Self-employed
- Analyzed requirements and translated them into working solutions. Applied Agile principles to capture requirements, track progress, and ensure project success.
- Developed API contracts using RAML specifications.
- Designed and developed integration solutions on the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform with API-led and enterprise integration patterns. Delivered high-quality and reusable APIs and integrations.
- Coded, tested, debugged, implemented, and documented MuleSoft-based flows and integrations.
- Automated unit and integration tests using MUnit and Postman.
- Documented requirements, design, architecture, and test scripts consistently and accurately for all APIs and integrations delivered.
- Collaborated with the application delivery services team (ITVC) to implement the necessary quality gates and controls on the CI/CD pipeline to improve the quality of the software delivered by the value delivery teams.
Technologies: MuleSoft, GitLab, Splunk, SonarQube
Boomi Feature Lead (Proxy Product Owner)
2019 - 2022
Heineken
- Created and accepted user stories by gathering requirements from business users in various operating companies and prioritized the product backlog.
- Translated business requirements into actionable work for the development team, including epics, stories, tasks, and spikes.
- Collaborated with the domain architect to design the integration flows and patterns conforming to Heineken's enterprise architecture.
- Managed a cross-functional team comprising internal employees, external system integration partners, and product vendors.
- Led the building and maintenance of integration solutions. Coordinated and managed development work with an offshore team.
- Delivered the committed product increment at the end of sprints. Identified and remediated problems, impediments, and defects.
- Facilitated release planning, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
- Served as liaison between higher management, stakeholders, and the development team.
Technologies: Dell Boomi, Azure DevOps, SonarQube, Splunk, SAP, Salesforce API
Integration Architect
2018 - 2019
Devoteam
- Architected and Implemented integration solutions on the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform for various Devoteam clients across the Benelux region.
- Designed and developed integration solutions on the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform with API-led and enterprise integration patterns. Delivered high-quality and reusable APIs and integrations.
- Developed API contracts using RAML specifications.
- Coded, tested, debugged, implemented, and documented MuleSoft-based flows and integrations.
- Automated unit and integration tests using MUnit and Postman.
- Developed the technical solutions for responses to several RFIs/RFPs involving integration (TIBCO and MuleSoft) and API management (WSO2 and Apigee).
- Tailored and delivered proofs of concepts and vendor evaluation presentations to meet customers' requirements.
- Developed migration strategies to help customers adopt API management and hybrid integration strategies in line with customers' cloud journeys.
Technologies: TIBCO, Dell Boomi, MuleSoft, WSO2 API Manager, OpenShift
Technology Architect
2012 - 2018
Cognizant
- Led the TIBCO account (a Cognizant client) as a technical manager.
- Provided technical leadership, mentored others on integration design, analyzed alternatives, and presented technical options to leads and client.
- Designed a migration approach from the existing TIBCO API Exchange and TIBCO BusinessConnect to the futuristic WSO2 API infrastructure.
- Developed the technical solutions for responses to several RFIs/RFPs involving integration of TIBCO, MuleSoft, Boomi, and API management.
- Provided presales technical assistance, product education, and preparation of RFPs to match customers' diverse business needs.
- Prepared and delivered customer presentations and software demonstrations articulately and confidently.
- Developed the technical solutions for responses to several RFIs/RFPs involving integration TIBCO and Boomi middleware (iPaaS) platforms.
- Delivered proofs of concepts and vendor evaluation presentations tailored to customers' requirements.
Technologies: TIBCO, Jenkins, Splunk, WSO2 API Manager, Amazon Web Services (AWS), B2B, TIBCO Enterprise Message Service (EMS)
Technical Lead
2008 - 2012
HCL Technologies
- Collaborated with business analysts and subject-matter experts to understanding the functional, technical, and operational aspects of the business requirements.
- Participated in architecting and designing SOA-based solutions.
- Defined WSDLs, schemas, data dictionaries, and transformations.
- Designed and implemented integration solutions using TIBCO BusinessWorks.
- Designed and implemented B2B solutions using TIBCO BusinessConnect.
- On-boarded new trading partners to the EDI platform and defined EDI guidelines.
- Designed and implemented a complex event processing solution using TIBCO BusinessEvents.
- Supported and enhanced a complex event processing (CEP) solution built for an airport operation.
- Coordinated with the offshore development and testing team to ensure that the project was completed with the utmost quality within the stipulated time.
Technologies: TIBCO, SoapUI, Spotfire, TIBCO Enterprise Message Service (EMS), Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), EDIFACT, B2B
Software Test Engineer
2004 - 2008
HCL Technologies
- Prepared test cases and test plans by understanding the business requirements.
- Performed end-to-end integration and performance testing, reported defects, documented results and provided status updates in project team meetings.
- Prepared, planned, and executed the automated and manual testing for TIBCO LDAP and ADB adapters.
- Performed load testing and compared results with baseline metrics.
- Documented test cases, test results, and the traceability matrix and tracked defects.
Technologies: TIBCO, TIBCO Enterprise Message Service (EMS), SoapUI
Experience
Boomi Integration and API for Heineken Italy
https://www.partesa.it/Partesa, the Heineken Italy counterpart, had ambitious plans to launch an eCommerce website for its food and beverages. As part of that requirement, the company needed our team to build integration and API solutions using Boomi and IBM API Connect. As a Boomi feature lead, I led my scrum team to design, develop, and deliver the integration and API solutions, resulting in the timely and successful launch of the project.
Mulesoft Integration & API for International Card Services
International Card Services is a credit card services company in the Netherlands. The company was in the process of modernizing its legacy technology platform. As part of this digital transformation journey, the customers and accounts (C&A) domain had to build integration and REST APIs using the MuleSoft Anypoint platform. As a scrum developer, I designed, developed, and managed the integrations and APIs for the C&A domain.
TIBCO B2B Integration for Nationale-Nederlanden
Nationale Nederlanden, an insurance company in the Netherlands, had B2B transactions with businesses across Netherlands. TIBCO BusinessConnect and TIBCO BusinessWorks middleware software were used for all EDI transactions. As a TIBCO lead developer, I designed and developed B2B and integration solutions.
Education
2015 - 2017
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Admistration
Symbiosis Center for Distance Learning - India (Online)
2000 - 2004
Bachelor's Degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering
Malnad College of Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University - Hassan, Karnataka, India
Certifications
FEBRUARY 2020 - PRESENT
Atomsphere Process Developer
Dell
JANUARY 2020 - PRESENT
Professional Scrum Product Owner I Certification
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 2019 - PRESENT
WSO2 Certified API Manager 2.0 Developer – Professional
WSO2
JANUARY 2019 - JANUARY 2021
MuleSoft Certified Architect – Solution Design Specialist
MuleSoft
DECEMBER 2018 - PRESENT
Professional Scrum Master (PSM I)
Scrum.org
JANUARY 2018 - PRESENT
TOGAF 9
The Open Group
AUGUST 2017 - AUGUST 2019
MuleSoft Certified Developer – Integration and API Associate
MuleSoft
MAY 2016 - PRESENT
Data Science
UW Professional & Continuing Education
JULY 2014 - PRESENT
TIBCO API Exchange 2.1.0 Administration
TIBCO
APRIL 2011 - PRESENT
Developing CEP Solutions with TIBCO BusinessEvents 4.x
TIBCO
MARCH 2008 - PRESENT
TIBCO BusinessWorks 5 Certified Professional
TIBCO
AUGUST 2007 - PRESENT
Sun Certified Java Programmer
Sun Microsystems
Skills
Paradigms
Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), Data Science, Azure DevOps, B2B
Platforms
MuleSoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), OpenShift
Storage
Dell Boomi
Other
TIBCO, iPaaS, Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I), WSO2 API Manager, Solace, Agile DevOps, API Management, Scrum Master, Complex Event Processing (CEP), Integration, Middleware, Scrum Product Owner, Business Administration, SAP, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), EDIFACT
Languages
Java
Frameworks
TOGAF
Libraries/APIs
Salesforce API
Tools
GitLab, Splunk, SonarQube, Jenkins, SoapUI, Spotfire, TIBCO Enterprise Message Service (EMS)
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