Experience

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  Synergy International Systems

  • United States
  • IT Services and IT Consulting
  • 200 - 300 Employee

  • Chief Technology Officer

    • Jun 2018 - Present

    I serve as a crucial bridge between the business owner and cross-functional teams including Product, Development, DevOps, DBA, and QA Automation. I effectively communicate and align business needs with the technical aspects, facilitating collaboration and ensuring seamless coordination across teams to deliver innovative solutions.Major achievements: • Achieving a higher level of product security and successfully passing various Pen Tests conducted by external auditors. • Implementing automated and centralized monitoring systems for over 50 geographically distributed clusters (ELK stack, Prometheus, Grafana). • Establishing and leading a new Technical Product Team responsible for all critical aspects of the product, including security, performance, availability and more. This team played a crucial role in ensuring that our products met the highest standards in terms of reliability and scalability. • Proactively keeping the technology stack up to date to leverage the latest advancements and ensure optimal performance. • Optimizing the cost of hardware and hosting by effectively managing cloud and on-premises infrastructure. • Implementing blockchain technology to enhance data integrity and security within the product. • Enterprise-level integrations utilizing the Message Bus/RabbitMQ, orchestrating seamless communication and data exchange between diverse systems, optimizing workflows, and enhancing overall operational efficiency.Current and ongoing activities: • Implementation of serverless architecture to enhance scalability, reduce costs, and streamline deployment processes. • Migration of the company's infrastructure to a robust Zero Trust Security Model, ensuring enhanced data protection and mitigating security risks. •Expansion of the company's technology stack by introducing and incorporating cutting-edge technologies such as KNative, GraalVM, Vert.x, Rust to empower development teams and enable them to deliver innovative solutions.

  • Research And Development Director

    • Apr 2015 - Jun 2018

    I played a central role as an innovator within the company, continuously generating and implementing ideas that drove forward our products/services and brought about significant advancements such as: • Led the development of specialized teams for DevOps, QA Automation, and DBA, assembling skilled professionals to drive efficiency, scalability, and reliability across the organization's operations. • Successfully orchestrated the transformation from a monolithic architecture to a microservices-based architecture, enabling greater flexibility, scalability, and maintainability of the systems. • Ensured adherence to security standards such as OWASP and NIST, implementing robust security measures to protect systems and data from potential threats and vulnerabilities. • Made significant investments in automation, implementing comprehensive test suites including unit tests, integration tests, and performance tests, enhancing software quality and reducing time-to-market. • Integrated monitoring systems such as Grafana, Prometheus, and Kibana to enable real-time visibility into system health, performance, and log analysis, empowering proactive issue identification and resolution. • Spearheaded the future enhancement of CI/CD processes, exploring technologies like Docker Swarm and Spinnaker to further streamline the deployment pipeline, enabling faster and more reliable software releases.

  • System Architect

    • Jun 2011 - Apr 2015

    Played a key role in the establishment of the Research & Development department, shaping its vision and objectives to drive innovation and technological advancements within the organization.Major activities: • Played a key role in design and architecture of a new product/platform, leveraging my expertise to create a robust and scalable solution. Specifically, focused on critical areas such as deadlock elimination, achieving a high level of concurrency, and ensuring high availability of the system. • Successfully performed numerous performance optimizations on highly loaded and mission-critical systems, improving overall system responsiveness and efficiency. • Implemented CI/CD pipelines using tools like Git, Gerrit, Jenkins,Nexus streamlining the software development and release processes. • Provided technical support to various teams, even those not directly under my management, offering guidance and expertise to ensure successful project outcomes. • Mentored and taught younger staff members, transferring knowledge and skills to encourage their professional growth and development. • Conducted a Design Patterns course teaching participants about GoF design patterns and their practical applications. • Facilitated an Architectural patterns course teaching participants different architectural patterns and their implementation in software systems.

  • Development Team Lead

    • May 2009 - Jun 2011

    Led the future development of the IDM platform, taking on the role of both line manager and tech lead. Successfully built and managed a team of full stack developers proficient in Java and JavaScript.Activities: • Introduced significant enhancements such as a Service-oriented architecture and a JavaScript-based frontend. Introduced a new GIS module, enabling dynamic shape import and rendering of analytical and GIS data on the map. • Played a key role in the development of the export module, enabling the generation of various format files using configurable templates and knowledge base. • Designed and architectured the next generation of the audit module, ensuring efficient tracking and monitoring of system activities. • Designed and architectured a non-blocking version of the data gathering module, achieving a high level of concurrency and enhancing system performance. • Analyzed and resolved performance issues in both the backend and frontend components, optimizing system response time and improving overall user experience. • Actively participated in technical interview processes, leveraging my expertise to assess candidates' technical skills and suitability for the company. Contributed to the evaluation and selection of top talent to join the team. • Played a key role in the establishment of the Synergy Summer school for students, engaging in all aspects of the program. Created interview tests to assess candidates' skills and potential, actively participated in interviews, and fulfilled the role as a Java lecturer during the school. • Shared my knowledge and expertise as a Java lecturer, delivering engaging and informative sessions to students and helping them build a strong foundation in Java programming.

  • Full Stack Engineer

    • Nov 2004 - May 2009

    Played a significant role in the development of the company's flagship product, IDM, a versatile and modular knowledge-based platform. • Held key responsibilities in implementing the most complex modules within IDM, including the analytic module for AD-Hoc reporting and dashboards, authentication module, and other critical components. • Delivered robust and complex solutions, ensuring seamless functionality and high performance across the platform. • Functioned as a full stack developer, effectively utilizing Java and JavaScript to proficiently develop both the backend and frontend components of the product. Demonstrated expertise in seamlessly integrating the two layers to deliver a unified and user-friendly software solution.

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  Russian - Armenian University

  • University Lecturer

    • Feb 2018 - Present

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  Yerevan State University

  • Network Infrastructure Manager / Software Engineer

    • Jan 2002 - Nov 2004

    Managed network infrastructure with more than 40 workstations: • I successfully managed a network infrastructure comprising over 40 workstations, ensuring seamless connectivity and efficient utilization of resources.Developed client-server software for organizing student programming competitions: • Independently, I designed and developed client-server software specifically tailored for organizing student programming competitions. This comprehensive solution included automated compiling and testing of student programs.Created survey processing software for the University: • I independently developed survey processing software for the University, incorporating robust bulk image processing and optical character recognition (OCR) capabilities. This solution efficiently managed bulk data processing tasks, improving survey analysis and reporting.