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
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
Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
Valid: August 20, 2023 to August 21, 2024
Verify CredentialsDream 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

Object Oriented Analysis and Design
Software Design / Architecture
Design Patterns
Software Design / Architecture
Cloud Patterns
Software Design / Architecture
Data Engineering
Software Design / ArchitectureAzure: 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 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

Banking and Financial Services
Domain Knowledge
Insurance
Domain Knowledge
Manufacturing
Domain Knowledge
Estimation, Planning & Prioritization
Project Management
Resource Management, Status Tracking
Project Management
Agile, Waterfall
Project ManagementHighlights
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