ZULFIQAR BAIG

I am highly motivated, analytical and resourceful, with a strong academic background and proven problem-solving skills. I have 6 years experience of working in IT and Telecom industry in different project roles. Developed J2EE based solutions for Telecom operators like Telefonica, Telstra, Telenor, Orascom Telecom, Warid Telecom, Oracle Co (wireless & communication division). I have in-depth knowledge of Software Systems integration with Telecom network entities integration like SMSC, MMSC and WAP Gateway. I am currently working as Application Developer in Regulatory Compliance Service provider company, providing services to some of the major Banks and Financial Services Companies in UK. By combining strong technical expertise with excellent communication skills and an understanding of business processes, I am able to offer more than most technical professionals. I enjoy new challenges and am quick to adapt to new technologies and project environments.

• 6 years experience of design/development of Java/J2EE based systems. 2 years as

Team Lead.

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·        2 years working experience and excellent knowledge in SOA, Spring Framework, Hibernate, Eclipse, TDD and Agile methodology.

·        6 years of experience in RDBMS (MySQL, Oracle 10g.)

·        1 year experience in Lucene.

·        3 years experience of working in linux environment.

·        6 years experience of working in several application servers i.e. Tomcat, JBOSS, Orion and Oracle 10g Application Server.

·                       Solid background in Object-Oriented analysis and design.

·        Excellent knowledge of XML, SQL, XSL, Web Service.

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Masters of Computer Science  from International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan

(2000-2001)

Bachelors of Computer Science (Hons)  from International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan   (1997-1999)

Spring Framework Training from Spring Source (April 2008)

Spring Framework Certification from Spring Source

·     Working as  Application Developer at Complinet UK Ltd http://www.complinet.com             (August 2007 – to-date)

·     Worked as Professional Services Engineer at SurfKitchen UK Ltd http://www.surfkitchen.com   (May 2006 – August 2007)

·     Worked as Team Leader/ Java Developer at Saanga Software http://www.saanga.net                                                                                                (Jan 2002 – Dec 2005)

·     Worked as a Software Engineer at DigitalSpinners,  http://www.digitalspinners.com          (Jan 2001 – Jan 2002)

·     In Complinet, I have been involved in developing end-to-end Anti Money Laundering solution for Banks and Financial Services.

·         Developed the indexing, searching engine for the Enterprise Content Management System. The system indexes the data and searches the required info based on different criteria settings for the user. The System is developed using Lucene, Spring Framework, Hibernate and Agile methodology.

·         Designed & developed the integration adapters for importing/exporting data from different content providers into the Enterprise Content Management System. The adapters are developed using Spring Framework, Hibernate, CXF and Agile Methodology.

·          Designed & developed the Monitoring System to monitor all of the Global Screening applications. The system not only monitors the up/down status of the application but also checks the required results and generates respective alerts. The system is developed using  Spring MVC, Hibernate, CXF and Agile methodology.

·     In SurfKitchen, I was involved in developing and delivering the On-Device Portals for mobile operators.

·         I was involved in gathering requirements, customizing the product based on customer requirements and delivering the product.

·         I was actively involved in project deliveries and used to work in direct contact with offshore clients.

·         Technologies that I worked on in SurfKitchen included, J2EE, XML, XSLT, JavaScript.

·      Offshore clients that I worked with included Telefonica (Spain), Telstra (Australia) and Saudi Telecom.

·     In Saanga Software I worked on several big projects in different roles, ranging from Java Developer to Solution Architect and Team Leader.

¨   Service Delivery Platform                                     Role:  Team Leader/Java Developer       

     Technologies: Java, SMPP, Spring Framework, JMS, Hibernate, Oracle DB, Oracle 10g Apps Server

·     The solution is running successfully as the core of service and content delivery platform to more than 10 Million Mobilink Subscribers.

·     Along with team leading, I was also involved in Programming of server side components in J2EE, ParlayX WebService implementations, Web Portal and Billing Integration interfaces.

·     System is integrated to SMSC, WAP Gateway, Intelligent Networks and Billing System using Oracle 10g SMPP implementation, TCP/IP, Mobilink IN API integration and WebService respectively.

¨   Mobile Content Delivery Platform                                  Role: System Architect/Developer

      Technologies: Java, J2EE, JSP, Hiibernate, Orion, MySql

·     The platform is integrated to Service Delivery Platform (mentioned above) using WebService interface and provides supports for Monophonic Ring tones, Logos, Polyphonic Tones, Wall papers and Java games through WAP Push and SMS.

·     My role in the project was to design the complete system and later worked actively as Java Developer for the system and developed Server Side Components, and Content Provider integration interfaces.

¨   TV-SMS Media Software                                                 Role: Senior Java  Developer                                                                       

       Client: ARY Digital Network  Dubai                             Duration: 5 months

      Technologies: Java, J2EE, JSP, JMS, SMPP, DAO, Oracle 10g Apps Server, Orion Apps Server,  Agile

·     Worked as Senior Java Developer for the system development. The System was integrated to ARY Broadcasting system (Vector Box) for tickers and overlays support. I was also involved in Deploying the system at vendor and its integration with ARY Network Entities (FTP Server, Vector Box) in Dubai. The system consisted of

·    Media Voting, Jukebox, Music Chat TV, Media Interaction:

¨   Mobile Community Portal                            Role: System Architect/Senior Java Developer

       Duration : 4 months

      Technologies: Java, J2EE, JSP, Spring Framework, DAO, JBoss Apps Server

·     Worked as System Architect and Java Developer for the Community Portal.

·     JSP/XML was used for the web portion and J2EE was used for server side components.

·     The portal allows mobile user to setup his Time based and Conditional based alerts.

·     Web to Web and Web to SMS chat system

¨   Multi Channel Instant Messenger                              Role: System Architect/Java Developer

        Duration: 3 months

         Technologies: Jabber API, Java, J2EE, Agile

·     A the multi channel Instant Messenger. The system was developed on Jabber Client API, user could login to his MSN, Yahoo and ICQ accounts simultaneously using SMS, WAP and Web Interface

¨   Web MMS Composer                                                            Role : Java/Web Developer

       Duration : 1 month

       Technologies: Java, J2EE, JSP, DAO, JBoss

·     A Web application allowed user to compose his own MMS messaging by attaching music and images file and send it to a user as MMS.

·     In DigitalSpinners.Com I  started working as Software Engineers and became Team Leader of the development team for various projects like Task Management System, Inventory Management System and Point Of Sale system. As a team leader I was involved in the projects from start to end. I was actively involved in Requirement Analysis, System Design, Coding and Acceptance Testing.  Main technologies that I worked on in DigitalSpinners are ASP, Visual Basic, Java, XML and MySQL.