My Experience
As a Senior Solutions Architect at AWS, I help enterprise customers across Ireland design and implement scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud architectures. I specialize in cloud modernization, Generative AI, Agentic AI, and RAG architectures, guiding customers through their cloud transformation journeys and ensuring best practices in well-architected framework principles.
Design Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure
Data Center migration to AWS.
Design Authority Session
Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure for House of Oireachtas
Data Center migration
to Azure: Designing landing Zone and Infrastructure network,
Connectivity to government networks,
planning migration strategy,
Redesign to HA Architecture on Azure,
Design Security Compliance, and
governance model.
Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure for Payment Services Directive Implementation on
AWS .As a part of program management and solution Architect team, my
responsibility is to run through sections of program life cycle to deliver
the PSD2 , an Open Banking UK implementation of API. the first solution to
be hosted on AWS for Bank of Ireland this included creating supporting
infrastructure with all controls and reviews with design and implementation
. Using Ping Federate for Identity and Access management and Enterprise
authorisation server. For api communications . Daily activity includes
implementation of program governance and managing risks and issues and
taking corrective measurements to ensure the project meets regulatory dates
for delivery.
Cloud-formation, Kanban, Micro-services , ECS, App Dynamics, Splunk,
Infrastructure as code, Performance engineering , Agile design practice,
web-sense , Firewall setup, security layers , WAF, Net scalar. Ping
Federate, Azure AD , SAML, OIDC, OAUTH, Lambda , Cloud-front ,S3, Spring
Cloud, Java 8.
Successfully delivered the project for Design and Migration existing OSB Service in data centre to Micro-service Architecture on AWS. Achieved 70% savings on Infrastructure cost and increased performance. My role was Design and develop solution to migrate OSB SOA Architecture to Micro services Architecture on a new Cloud infrastructure, Work close with Business and product owner to ensure the Migration is in line AWS Cloud Best Practices. Manage performance testing team and Development teams ,implement the discipline of infrastructure as Code, Ensure High level Architecture goals are met,Ensure the solution is scalable . Technologies : AWS EBS, Elastic Cache, Elastic Search ,Lambda, Spring Cloud Config, Spring Boot, JAX RS , XML,SAML, OAuth , Junit , Jbehave, Jenkins, Maven, GIT, Amazon Kinesis , ,Hystrix,Elastic File System. .
First phase of project was to enable Single Signon with all United States districts with HMH products, design and develop provisioning solution and migrate web based products to Microservices Architecture and ensure the performance is met with current and increased volumes. I was responsible for: Design and develop Transformation to microservices solution from multiple web applications. Implement OAuth 2 , open id connect Authentication, Ensure the integration solution is in line SIF Standard , Manage performance testing team Development teams. Ensure High level Architecture goals are met. Ensure product is scalable and identify the utilisation gaps in cloud infrastructure. Prototype Elastic search and Amazon Kinesis for real time data analytics. Technologies : Elastic Search ,Spring , ibatis , Tomcat,WildFly9, JAX RS , XML,SAML OAuth , openId Connect , Spring security, Spring Batch , Message Driven Bean , Junit , Bamboo , Maven, GIT, Amazon Kinesis, Kibana, AMAZON EC2, Hystrix, Dropwizard.
Origix Corporate, Sentenial ‘s corporate product suite, is a complete SEPA compliant payment processing solution . I was responsible for: Technology Stack, Planning Future road map of product infrastructure. Establish architecture roadmap for Virtualization . Engage with performance testing team Development teams. Develop HLD for new technologies ( SSO, PKI ) and ensure End to End integration and operational risks in implementation and processes are managed. Manage Nonfunctional backlog and allocate to the teams. Manage overall progress of local and off-shore Sprint Development teams. Evaluate third party vendors Ensure product is scalable . Manage product security Audits. Technologies : Spring , Hibernate ,JBOSS EAP 6, Web-services , XML, Ping federate ( SAML ), PKI Gemalto Smart card, Hornet Q JMS , Spring security, Spring Batch , Message Driven Bean , Quartz Scheduler. Selenium Itests , Junit , Jenkins , Maven, GIT.
Lifeportal /eDG encompass the middle-tier and Portal solution and the business tier for various Prudential Portals and web applications. A set of Infrastructure services using CORBA technologies, Web Services that interact with the Mainframe back end to serve client applications Environment: IBM Portal JSR 268, CORBA, Web Services, Servlets, XML, XSLT, MQ Series, RAD 7.5 . HTML, Websphere, Castor XML, Asynchronous beans, SAML,TAM.
The project was a health care product migration from legacy client server to web based J2ee technologies. The product was built on Hippa standard. Environment: Struts, Spring, Hibernate, Servlets, JSP, Tomcat, Oracle ,XML, Java-XML Databinding, Enterprise Architect, UML,ANT.
The project referred as Galleon scope comprises of developing and maintaining the infrastructure software that acts as a backbone of Shipping Business.
The project was on retail domain for creating a centralized web based system to replace the existing Fat client and re designing the system based on the changing business rules for label printing, Price promotion. Environment: WebSphere 5, Magic draw, WSAD, Struts, Oracle 8i, ANT, CVS-NT, Hibernate.
A Sarbanes Oxley and risk management project ,scope includes. Role: SCRUM MASTER Understanding The Sarbanes Oxley system as per the specifications. Developing the System Components Architecture in UML. Creating SCRUM tasks and managing task distribution. Developing Stage transition module. Environment: Borland Enterprise Server, Tomcat 4.1.27, Enterprise Architect, Maven, Eclipse M7, Struts, J2EE, Oracle 9i, CVS-NT. WebSphere 4, Oracle 8i, MS SQL Server ..
The project was add additional business functionality to lexmark printer management portal.
The project was to manage multiple hosting accounts and develop b2b online cement cartel for manufacturing units
Global Solutions (UK London), MasterEngg.com B2B Portal , Indian fashion point , Global Insurance , Java mail Server, CMS System for British Council of Wolver Hampton (UK – Wolver Hampton).
Develop and maintain Triplei Access Control integrated with payroll System .