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Dawood Ajaz

Solution Architect | AWS | Azure | Blockchain | IOT | Microservices | Java

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Solution Architect at Dubai Muncipality
Information Technology & Services
linkedin.com/in/dawoodajaz
Joined June 7, 2023

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Solution Architect with 16+ years of progressively responsible for delivering complete SOA and microservices based complex enterprise solutions. In-depth knowledge of development methodologies and strategies including Agile, DevOps, TDD, CI/CD. Extensive hands-on experience of using Java/JEE, Middleware (Service Bus, API Gateway), and implementation of different Integration Patterns. Exposure of Emerging and Disruptive technologies (e.g. Blockchain, Cloud Computing, Customs Domain, E-Commerce and Containerization). Hands-on experience with following methodologies, technologies and frameworks: • OOAD, Architecture, Design Patterns, SOA, Microservices, Agile / SCRUM, CI / CD • Java/J2EE, Web Services (SOAP / REST), Messaging / JMS and JPA • Blockchain (Hyperledger Fabric, Ethereum, Go, Solidity) • Spring (Boot, MVC, Integration, Data, Security), Grails, Hibernate) • Service Bus (OSB), API Gateway (OAG) • Application Server (WebLogic, Wildfly) • Messaging (ActiveMQ, RabitMQ, Oracle AQ) • Containerization (Kubernetes, Docker, Heroku and AWS Cloud) • Cloud Computing (AWS Cloud, Azure, Heroku) • Database (Oracle, MySQL, Apache CouchDB, MongoDB, PostgreSQL) • Web / Front End (HTML5/CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery, Angular, NodeJS and Bootstrap) • Build Tools (NPM, Maven, Gradle, SVN, Git, Gitlab, Jenkins, Hudson, SonarQube) • Goal Oriented, Critical Thinking, Quick Learner and Disruptive technologies enthusiast. • Leadership and Team Management
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Dubai Muncipality
Jul 2022 – Present
Dubai
Solution Architect
Joined as a Solution Architect and Specialist to research and put into practice various use cases inside Dubai Municipality's existing services where there is an actual gap in service or processes; this implementation is also in-line with Dubai Blockchain strategy. Also, I'm engaged and governing the Smart City projects to execute multiple use cases under the IOT Program; where are thousands of devices are installed at various sites/fields, ingesting the telemetries to tracking and monitoring of assets and to take proactive actions depending on the defined KPI, compliance, alarms and business rules. • Studied, Architected, Designed and Implemented the POC and Pilot using enterprise blockchain technology, integrated with multiple government agencies for the food safety supply chain. The use case implementation aims to improve process efficiency, bring stakeholders under one chain, and eliminate process fragmentation. The solution is cloud-agnostic and deployed under Azure with AKS. • Design the architecture for the Enterprise Command and Control Center application, which provides a 360-degree view of the KPIs, compliances, and critical alarms for the city of Dubai. This application aggregates real-time and nearly real-time information from use cases implemented by various departments under the IOT program. • Managing many vendors, completing the SOW, Impact Analysis, Costing, and coordinating and collaboration with a vendor consortium to achieve the desired solution with technical governance.