Sandeep Shajpal
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Architect and Developer
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Toptal member since May 9, 2022
Sandeep is highly experienced in solution and integration architecture. He specializes in Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Oracle technologies like Azure, AWS, GCP, and legacy technology integrations. He has worked with various organizations, from startups to multinational conglomerates. Sandeep has over 18 years of experience understanding business and technology problems to devise optimal solutions.
Portfolio
Experience
- Software Design Patterns - 15 years
- Solution Design - 12 years
- Enterprise Architecture - 8 years
- TOM - 6 years
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 5 years
- Azure - 4 years
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP) - 4 years
- Ethereum - 1 year
Availability
Preferred Environment
Windows, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, Visual Studio, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
The most amazing...
...and complex software engineering project I've managed is for Heathrow airport. It was behind schedule; I brought it under control and delivered it on time.
Work Experience
Senior Solution Architecture Consultant
BSI Group
- Established an architecture framework for the division and led the procurement of a new workflow tool to support the business unit.
- Designed and delivered an MVP release of a Salesforce Flow-based workflow implementation to support the establishment of a new business division.
- Designed and oversaw several integrations, including the finance integrations (MuleSoft and SAP) needed for an MVP release, and designed and delivered within four months.
- Created a roadmap of functionality for the program to use for planning and refinement with each release. This was used as a basis for getting funding approval from the investment board for each release.
- Commissioned and quality-assured a number of integrations.
Enterprise Solution Architect Consultant
Atos
- Advised on Infrastructure as Code (IaC) improvements—resulting in cost savings of two man-days per environment—which was then implemented into the overall CI/CD pipeline processes.
- Designed and productionized solutions for pension contributions, working closely with product owners and developers to realize the designs and gain approvals.
- Created a reusable solution to handle the transfer of batch files to and from the solution with key suppliers. This was designed to be highly configurable and can be used with other Atos clients.
Enterprise Architect Consultant | Freelancer
Fnality International
- Planned product release for a security product working closely with product owner, BAs and senior stakeholders.
- Planned and delivered a API roadmap taking input from investor meetings. This included details on dependencies, delivery order and future decision points.
- Worked with the product team to prioritize functionality needed for resiliency for MVP requirements needed for the Bank of England.
Integration Architect | Freelancer
Emerald Group Publishing
- Conducted a strategic review of all the integrations within the organization to ensure they are fit for purpose and support the business with its strategic aims.
- Created and agreed on a set of integration patterns to be used for future governance and to ensure best practices are followed in future integration designs.
- Established a set of best practices for integration design based upon industry best practices and aligned to the business strategy needed for the organization.
- Pinpointed the top pain points in the current application estate and potential activities and projects to remediate them with recommendations.
Solution Architect Consultant | Freelancer
Lloyd's
- Led a solution on a regulatory reporting project for IFRS17. Worked closely with a SAAS vendor and project team to design and delivery a solution to tight timelines.
- Acted as lead architect on the customer reporting portal that formed a critical part of the organization's transformation program. This involved working closely with a third-party system integrator to produce and curate low-level designs.
- Ensured all project open source tools met the relevant security testing standards for compliance with the Lloyds security team. Needed to get approval from governance boards for new tooling at times.
Digital Solution Architect Consultant
Halfords Group
- Acted as the lead architect on a digital transformation program leading the discovery, design, and implementation of an order management system based upon the Azure platform.
- Created a roadmap and agreed with senior stakeholders on the priority of delivery, including prioritizing key business areas according to organizational priority needs.
- Established new ways of working with the integrated design team onshore and offshore, leading to more responsive deliveries of code releases.
- Led workshops to progress designs and also backlog feature delivery. Ensured they were carefully structured and planned to ensure maximum effectiveness.
Integration Architect | Freelancer
HM Courts and Tribunals Service
- Led the hearings management interface project. Architecturally managed the design and ensured Azure API platform and API interfaces followed best practices, which is one of the core building blocks of the future hearings program.
- Ensured all projects aligned closely by working with other architects and delivery managers on common design and dependencies. I was the solution architect for the wider future hearings program.
- Established low-level design document standards, which were agreed upon and adopted by all of the implementation and wider program teams.
Enterprise Digital Solution Architect
JAGUAR LAND ROVER
- Integrated and applied the architecture on several eCommerce and online portal projects defining patterns and building solutions using best practices.
- Established and ran an API design clinic that helped answer project queries and helped ensure projects correctly. Used APIs within their designs for appropriate use cases.
- Created and ran an API design and development estimating service, which the wider organization adopted. This involved working closely with the development partner to ensure all factors were correctly accounted for within the estimator.
- Defined governance process, documentation, and standards for a new WS02-based API management stack. Creating documentation with Swagger and to the Open API standard.
- Upskilled permanent staff members on RESTful design and microservice architecture. Designed and integrated Google GCP microservices using REST-based APIs.
Solution Architect | Freelancer
Wesleyan Assurance Society
- Managed a systems replacement project as the solution design lead. Migrated policy administration systems off a mainframe to a new administration platform. Benefits were a £500,000 yearly license cost-saving and supplier support for a new platform.
- Led the design of a new Oracle SOA service for Quoting products to integrate with a new MS Dynamics CRM and MS Azure-based system. Business benefits were a lower cost to serve customers.
- Led the design for a Solvency II Pillar 3 controls and reporting solution.
Solution Architect | Freelancer
Leicestershire County Council
- Acted as the technical lead on several projects, including social care data sharing and capita SIMS upgrades, running workshops, and producing technical designs.
- Led procurements for new technology packages and managed their implementation in conjunction with an extensive transformation program.
- Helped save over £200,000 through procuring and implementing more cost-effective software and hardware.
- Trialed and documented new eProcurement processes that help streamline the overall strategy, reducing the time to procure new software and services.
Senior Technical Architect | Freelancer
Babcock
- Led and managed the design and delivery of a .NET-based baggage messaging system. This was part of a successful five million pound refurbishment of Heathrow T2A.
- Documented the existing baggage software and helped introduce release management processes to improve the rollout of new software releases.
- Devised a process of ensuring software releases were rolled out efficiently to all the relevant program stakeholders.
Technical Project Manager | Freelancer
Thomson Reuters
- Managed an offshore remote delivery and QA team to develop a release of an FX SPOT trading GUI tool to incorporate Dodd-Frank regulatory changes.
- Worked closely with architects and product teams to plan releases. This resulted in release planning to be more effective with input from all the relevant SMEs.
- Managed to significantly reduce the bug fix backlog for some essential FX products.
Solution Delivery Architect
Accenture
- Collaborated effectively with telecoms, finance, oil and gas, utilities, and public sector clients.
- Created enterprise architecture blueprints for BG Group to standardize their estate. This resulted in several strategic projects being identified to maximize the effectiveness of their IT capabilities.
- Designed SOA services communicating through IBM Datapower for a government client. Worked effectively with a distributed team to plan and execute the software releases.
- Managed the retail channel solution for Vodafone as the architect. Integrated their retail channel using Oracle Fusion and performing governance. Managed C-level stakeholder communication and worked closely with technical SMEs.
Senior Analyst Developer
Nottingham City Council
- Developed an accident and incident reporting tool, which was rolled out across the authority. This was critical to enabling preventative action to be taken to reduce the occurrence of accidents and reduce risks to staff.
- Led the design of integrations of a new contact center to back office systems. This enabled a team of developers to create new CRM-based solutions for the authority and act as an SME for core systems.
- Led the decommissioning activity for key legacy systems, migrating data into new Oracle-based database systems. Helped to reduce maintenance costs of legacy systems.
Experience
API Suite for a Blockchain Fintech Solution
I designed a set of APIs and an API roadmap of key functionality to enhance capabilities provided by the Blockchain solution working with banks that are the main users and investors.
Auto Customer Portal Design
Led the design for an IOT-based customer portal built using Magento and Node.js. This involved working closely with engineering teams and a third-party design agency.
Current Tech Stack Review with Future State Recommendations
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering
Sheffield Hallam University - Sheffield, United Kingdom
Certifications
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services
Azure Fundamentals
Microsoft
TOGAF 9
Open Group
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, Node.js, SAP FIN-FSCM
Tools
Visual Studio, SnapLogic, Odoo
Languages
SQL, TOM, Machine Code, Go, Java, Active Server Pages (ASP), JavaScript, TypeScript
Frameworks
Classic ASP, .NET, TOGAF, .NET 4, .NET 3, .NET 2, ASP.NET
Paradigms
PRINCE2, Microservices, Back-end Architecture, API Architecture, Serverless Architecture, Business Intelligence (BI), Requirements Analysis, Microservices Architecture, REST, Agile UX, BPMN
Platforms
Windows, Software Design Patterns, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Docker, Kubernetes, AWS Lambda, Ethereum, Magento, Oracle, AWS IoT, Salesforce
Storage
Databases, Oracle9i, Oracle DBA
Other
Solution Design, Architecture, Full-stack, Web Development, Technical Leadership, Integration, Technical Consulting, Software Architecture, IT, Cloud Architecture, Back-end, System Architecture, Consulting, Project Consultancy, Architectural Patterns, Separation of Concerns (SoC), Solution Architecture, Business Process Analysis, Enterprise Architecture, APIs, Global Strategy, Benchmark Analysis, Big Data Architecture, Team Management, Scalable Architecture, Software Design, Technical Architecture, SCADA, Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition (SCADA), Data Analysis, eCommerce, Software Implementation, Content Management Systems (CMS), Membership Sites, SaaS, SaaS Design, EventBus, Software as a Service (SaaS), AWS Cloud Architecture, Full-stack Development, Web Server (IIS), IIS, WebSockets, Hardware Design, Discrete Mathematics, SAP, Azure Service Bus, Business Analysis, IT Strategy, API Integration, Supply Chain, SAP Warehouse Management System (WMS), WSO2 API Manager, Big Data, IoT Security, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Educational Portals, Procurement, IT Project Management, QA Testing, Agile Sprints, QA Leadership, Offshore Team Management, SAP Business Intelligence (BI), User Interface (UI), IT Operations Management (ITOM), Operating Models, Budget Management, Product Licensing, Logistics, Workday, Cloud Patterns, Leadership, Security Product Development, Organizational Design, Business Systems Analysis, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Machine Learning
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