Hello thereI am, Manoj Bhargavan

A seasoned Technical Architect, Delivery Manager, Developer with 16+ Years of experience in engineering, application design, development, delivery, maintenance, and end-to-end project management and delivering optimized solutions. Specialized in Microsoft .Net, Azure technology stack with extensive domain knowledge in Alternative Investment, Manufacturing adept at analyzing technology offerings versus customers actual needs, and enjoy working closely with management, vendors, and end-users to develop long-term solutions for useful, cost-effective software and systems. Qualifications reinforced by a strong depth and breadth of consulting experiences for a wide array of technologies and customers. Certified Azure Solution Architect, Administrator, Developer.


16+ Years Of Professional Experience
Technical Architect (Azure, .Net)

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Sr. Manager Projects

Technical Architect, Developer, Offshore Delivery

Hyderabad, India

December 2021 - Till Date


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Cognizant Technology Solutions

Manager Projects

Technical Architect, Developer, Offshore Delivery

Hyderabad, India

October 2017 - November 2021

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Sr. Associate Projects

Team Lead, Developer, Support, Onshore Delivery

New York, USA

May 2012 - September 2017

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Associate Projects

Developer, Support, Onshore Delivery

London, UK

May 2010 - April 2012

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Programmer Analyst

Developer, Support

Chennai, India

February 2008 - April 2010

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Programmer Analyst Trainee

Trainee, Developer, Support

Chennai, India

November 2006 - January 2008

Skills

Professional Certifications (Click to show/hide)

Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)

Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)

Valid: August 20, 2023 to August 21, 2024

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Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)

Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)

Valid: June 30, 2023 to July 1, 2024

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Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Valid: July 07, 2020 to Never Expires

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CFA Investment Foundations

CFA Investment Foundations

Valid: 2018 to Never Expires

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Bloomberg Market Concepts

Bloomberg Market Concepts

Valid: 2018 to Never Expires

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Awards (Click to show/hide)

Dream Team Award

Company: Cognizant Technology Solution

Client: An Global Investment Bank

Awarded in July 2020


Star India IT Excellence Award

Company: Cognizant Technology Solution

Client: An Global Investment Bank

Awarded in January 2020


Annual Global AM Innovation Award

Company: Cognizant Technology Solution

Client: An Global Investment Bank

Awarded in January 2019


Annual Global AM Collaboration Award

Company: Cognizant Technology Solution

Client: An Global Investment Bank

Awarded in January 2018


Annual Global AM Innovation Award

Company: Cognizant Technology Solution

Client: An Global Investment Bank

Awarded in January 2018


Role Model for Value Initiative

Company: Cognizant Technology Solution

Client: An Global Investment Bank

Awarded in December 2014

Design / Architecture (Click to show/hide)

Object Oriented Analysis and Design

Software Design / Architecture

Design Patterns

Software Design / Architecture

Cloud Patterns

Software Design / Architecture

Data Engineering

Software Design / Architecture
Cloud - Microsoft Azure (Click to show/hide)

Azure: Architecting, Developing Solutions, Administration


AAD/Entra Id


Databricks


ADF


Container App/Instance


Api Management


Service Bus


Event Grid


Event Hub


Storage Account & ADLS


Web Apps


Function Apps


Static Web Apps

Programming & Tools (Click to show/hide)

Programming Language

C#

Scala

Python

Go

T-SQL

Markup

HTML

CSS

Framework

Framework: .Net Core 3.1/6

Scripting

JavaScript

Azure CLI/PowerShell

CI/CD

CI/CD: Terraform

CI/CD: Azure Bicep

Git

GitHub

GitLab

Data

Microsoft SQL Server

Apache Spark

Databricks

IDE's and Tools

Visual Studio

Visual Studio Code

xUnit

ReSharper

Other Tools

Postman

Swagger

Control M

Basic Open AI GPT Chat/API

Industry Experience (Click to show/hide)

Banking and Financial Services

Domain Knowledge

Insurance

Domain Knowledge

Manufacturing

Domain Knowledge
Project/People Management (Click to show/hide)

Estimation, Planning & Prioritization

Project Management

Resource Management, Status Tracking

Project Management

Agile, Waterfall

Project Management

Highlights

  • 10+ years of strong experience of managing and delivering projects, total of 16+ years of developing custom solutions for enterprises.

    Managed team of 20+ resources involving Onshore and Offshore model, both sites.

    Strong understanding of Azure Cloud Key Concepts such as Storage, Compute (VM/PaaS Offerings), Virtual Networking, Firewall, Security, Policy, IAC etc.

    Managed multiple projects from conception to completion in a fast-paced acquisition environment and ensured that all projects were delivered on time and within budget.

    Handled multiple projects at any given time demanding a wide spectrum of technologies.

    Strong Delivery Management, Development Management and Stakeholder management capabilities.

    Strong Experience in Waterfall and Agile (SCRUM) methodologies.

    Created rigorous and comprehensive quality assurance programs to provide timely and quality-based customer solutions/implementations.

    Closely worked with Business Analysts, Subject Matter Experts, External Auditors and Third parties.

    Recognized on various occasions for analytical, organizational, communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills in addition to technical knowledge and leadership skills.

    Managing team for migrating an existing data solution from on-prem to Azure with responsibility of design, delivery for the end-to-end solution.

    Working with the client central technology team to standardize security boundary and standard IAC modules using Azure MG, Identity, Policy, Networking, Encryption Key Policy, IAC using terraform etc.

Current Roles and Responsibilities

  • I am currently working as a Tech. Architect/Data Engineer, part of the team as .Net/.Net core, Azure SME / Architect, and currently donning the hat of Technical Architect, Developer, and Offshore delivery lead.

    We deliver end-to-end solutions to modernize the existing legacy platform by building Microservices in asp dotnet/.net core, hosted as a web/function app, and creating solutions to move the on-prem data to ADLS for storage and Databricks for computing and analytics.

    Part of the Central team for Curating Azure Synapse as a service for the Bank, which involves creating a standardized IAC pipeline for all Synapse deployment and creating/assigning Policies as required for the central security team.

    Part of the Global Data Platform initiative as Technical Architect, Developer, and SME for Architecting e2e Solution for Data Platform

    Creating IAC for e2e deployments for on-prem deployment of dotnet applications using Jenkins.

    Developing a Standard Managed Data Platform for the AI business using ADF, ADLS, Databricks & Power BI

    Business as usual design/delivery/support on the existing on-prem platform build on dotnet 6, MarkLogic NoSql, SSIS, React