DEBABRATA ACHARYA

debabrata2.dsnr@outlook.com

IT S O L U T I O N D E S I G N E R /D O M A I N / S Y S T E M S A R C H I T E C T
A highly motivated, customer-focused and detail-oriented technical support specialist / programmer with over 18
years of experience leading software development and support projects in multiple industries including banking,
insurance, education, media and information systems and telecom. Highly adept in system analysis diagnostics,
trouble-shooting and able to transform the needs of business users and stakeholders into technical solutions and
design specifications for new applications/tools and enhancements to existing applications. Collaborative
communicator continually focused on building relationships and promoting cooperation across business units to
drive process improvements.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

▪ Data Analysis/Modeling ▪ Software Development Life Cycle ▪ Quality Assurance

▪ Lead IT Teams ▪ Object-Oriented Analysis & Design ▪ Problem Solving
▪ Strategic Planning/Analysis ▪ MultiTiered-Architecture/API-Design ▪ Relationship Building
▪ Joint Application Development ▪ Impact Analysis ▪ Product Management
▪ Cloud Computing

T ECHNICAL SKILLS

CLOUD COMPUTING: AWS ARCHITECT ASSOCIATE
J2EE/WEB TECHNOLOGIES: JDBC, JSP, Servlets, XML,
SOAP, HTML, Java Script, Web Services
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES: Shell Script, C/C++, Java 8,
Visual Basic 6, Perl, ColdFusion, Pro *C, COBOL, JCL
IDE: Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA
WEB/APPLICATION SERVERS: Jboss, WebLogic 10.3.0,
Websphere Application Server, Apache Tomcat 5.0
DATABASE : Oracle 11g, DB2, My SQL
BIG DATA ECOSYSTEM : Hadoop, MapReduce, HDFS,
HBase, Hive, Pig, Sqoop, Spark, Python
METHODOLOGIES: RUP, SDLC, RAD, Agile
WEB ANALYTICS TOOLS: WebTrends, Google Analytics,
Tableau
PROCESS MODELING TOOLS: Omni Graffle, MS Visio,
XMind, Axure, Rational Rose, WebSequence
FAMILIAR TOOLS: Version One, Rally, HP Quality
Centre, Jira, Dreamweaver, Ant, Jboss, XML Spy, SOAP
API, CAFÉ Server Side Version 2.2.1, PL/SQL,
Developer, Test Partner, Webtrends, Documentum,
Tableau, Informatica, Xythos, Salesforce, Workday
V ERSION CONTROL TOOLS: VSS, Star Base, PVCS, CVS,
MKS, Bitbucket
HARDWARE : Mac, Windows XP based PC, UNIX
OPERATING SYSTEMS: UNIX, Linux, Mac OS, Windows
XP-8

PROFESSIONAL E XPERIENCE
TD BANK US, MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 2016 March – Present
TECHNICAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST / SOLUTION DESIGNER
▪ Involved in the implementation, design, development / customization of the Collections360 (C360) application
▪ Technical Lead for production support and maintenance of the batch and online versions of the C360 application
▪ Performs application enhancement and database performance enhancement activities
▪ Provides technical support to the line of business and testing teams in a flexible and secured manner
▪ Involved in troubleshooting and RCA of issues in production as on-the-ground subject matter expert
▪ Created queries that helped in the decision process, risk analysis, detection of user issues and strategic analytics
▪ Designed and developed workflows for scheduling services for batch jobs
▪ Focal point for making sound decision related to data collection, data analysis and data security
▪ Leads technical design sessions to go over use cases for application enhancements and system requirements with
stakeholders including the Business, Product, Engineering, Quality Assurance and Project Management (PMO)
teams
▪ Facilitates the development of objectives, performs functional and system impact analysis to evaluate and provide
design documentation for proposed changes
▪ Documents business processes and system workflows, dependencies, acceptance criteria
▪ Contributes during the estimation process and in building new enhancements to meet continuously changing
business needs

BARCLAYCARD US, WILMINGTON, DE 2015 August – February 2016

BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST / DATA ARCHITECT
▪ Analyses the bulk data requirements, application architectures, data dictionaries and database schema gathered
from different departments within Barclays
▪ Involved in the development of data architecture to support the business needs in a flexible and secured manner
▪ Designs, creates and support data models required by the different business processes
▪ Involves in data ingestion pipeline design and data migration
▪ Worked in semi structured data of 150 – 200 GB in size
▪ Debug and solve issues with Hadoop as on-the-ground subject matter expert
▪ Created Hive queries that helped in the decision process, risk analysis, fraud detection and strategic analytics
▪ Designed and developed workflows for scheduling using Control M
▪ Focal point for making sound decision related to data collection, data analysis and data security
▪ Involved in defining the source and target data mappings, business rules and business definitions
▪ Leads pre-grooming and grooming sessions to go over the use cases, system requirements and designs with
stakeholders including the Business, Product, Engineering, Quality Assurance and Project Management (PMO)
teams
▪ Facilitates the development of objectives, performs functional and system impact analysis to evaluate and provide
documentation for proposed changes
▪ Documents business processes and system workflows, dependencies, acceptance criteria
▪ Contributes during the estimation process and in building new enhancements to meet continuously changing
business needs
▪ Assists product teams in implementing product strategies and participates in the user testing process

COMCAST, PHILADELPHIA, PA & WEST CHESTER, PA NOV 2013 – July 2015

SR. SYSTEMS ANALYST / SOLUTION DESIGNER / PRODUCT ENGINEERING
▪ Organizes the development of Business Voice Edge advanced voice products and projects on mobile platforms
contributing during each phase of the project life cycle illustrating a solid understanding of analysis, development,
quality assurance, and project management roles and best practices
▪ Leads systems design approach utilizing Joint Application Development (JAD) methodology accelerate the design
of solutions discussing the use cases and system requirements with stakeholders including the Business, Product,
Engineering, Quality Assurance and Project Management (PMO) teams
▪ Defines business requirements and facilitates the development of objectives, performs functional and system
impact analysis to evaluate and provide documentation for proposed changes
▪ Defines and implements a quality assurance process aligned with organizational standards, reviews and approves
test script for each use case based on the requirements-related tasks, and coordinates the testing with strict
quality standards and guidelines
▪ Documents business processes and system workflows, documents and maintains end-user and internal system
documentation ensuring that all required documentations are complete, comprehensive, and delivered on time
▪ Contributes during the estimation process and in building new enhancements to meet continuously changing
business needs
▪ Assists product teams in implementing product strategies and participates in the user testing process

MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION, NEW YORK CITY , NY & HIGHTSTOWN, NJ JAN 2008 – OCT 2013
SR. SOLUTION ARCHITECT/PRODUCT MANAGEMENT (2010 – 2013)
▪ Engaged during life cycle of software development for Connect, Create and E-Commerce projects of McGraw-Hill
Higher Education (MHHE) Digital including designing, developing, testing, and deploying applications
▪ Performed functional impact and system analyses, and conducted group functional review to discuss the use
cases with the technical and testing teams
▪ Lead systems design approach and collaborated with technical teams to recommend solutions and resolved issues
in the production and testing phases building new enhancements to meet continuously changing business needs
▪ Conducting customer survey’s to ensure product changes do not impact customers and business negatively.
▪ Making Data driven decisions to propose solution architecture of new projects while keeping Minimum Viable
Product (MVP) in focus.
▪ Driving a weekly iteration planning and setting the goals and objectives to ensure the iterations meet the success
 criteria.
▪ Collaborating with internal stakeholders to ensure that they are operationally ready to support the launch and
new releases.
▪ Provided competitive analysis on e-commerce sites to Product Management, Marketing and Sales for more
structured and distinct customer presentations.
▪ Tracked the conversions and success ratios of email campaigns across the board and lead management initiatives
resulting in more cost effective marketing efforts and above market average response rates.
▪ Reviewed and approved test script for use cases based on requirements-related tasks and coordinated the testing
according to strict quality standards and guidelines
▪ Documented system requirements and workflows that were used to build modules using informatica
SR. DESIGNER/SYSTEMS ANALYST (2008 – 2010)
▪ Performed lead analyst and lead engineer role for MPD and E-Commerce systems projects at McGraw-Hill
Education, responsible for process analysis and identifying system requirements successfully providing highly
responsive support for this critical project
▪ Conducted impact analysis and JADs to review the use cases with the business, technical and quality assurance
teams to bridge the gap between the business users and implementation team
▪ Created project schedules and supervised team onsite and offshore
▪ Reviewed and validated test script for use cases based on requirements-related tasks

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP (AIG), WILMINGTON, DE MAR 2005 – MAR 2007

SOLUTION ARCHITECT AND DEVELOPER (2005 – 2007)
▪ Contributed to all phases of software development including designing, developing, testing, and deployment of a
variety of applications leading and managing an offshore team
▪ Performed functional impact analysis and conducted group functional review to discuss use cases with the
technical, testing, and business teams to promote collaboration and develop shared understanding and agreement
▪ Gathering information from the business users and SME to resolve queries regarding the functional requirements
▪ Developed and enhanced Java code for programmable logic computer (PLC) components
▪ Developed and improved database (DB) stored-procedures using PL/SQL and batch programs using Pro *C
▪ Prepared, reviewed, and executed the test script for each use case and change requests
ANALYST AND DEVELOPER (2005)
▪ Developed Personal Umbrella liability (PUL) application using Java, JSP, JS and HTML and built around WSAD
5.1.0 and Struts 1.1 framework utilizing the database in Oracle 9i & batch programs written in Pro *C.
▪ Prepared the functional requirement documents based on a thorough understanding and analysis of the business
needs, obtaining clarifications from the business users and subject matter expert and liaising with the solutions
team and business users
▪ Identified test scenarios for the use cases in the SRS document and prepared, reviewed and executed the test
script for each use case

ING, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS 2003 – 2005

TEAM LEADER AND DEVELOPER
▪ Developed and maintained Project Information and Time Accounting System (PIT) as team leader and analyst
programmer using COBOL, CICS, DB2, Microfocus Workbench
▪ Maintained the existing system by resolving urgent, system down problems and performed urgent fixes to resolve
business crisis making the system stable and operational as soon as possible
▪ Performed requirement analysis and estimation, preparing functional and database design specifications for
software upgrades and improvements
▪ Preparing the high level design and critical documentation

E DUCATION & T RAINING

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering,

Certifications:
▪ Sun Certified Java Programmer
Training:
CBAP, Big Data, Hadoop, Six Sigma