varun agarwal

Consultant

• Job Details:Spearheaded the operations, maintenance, and product updates for a Drupal-based platform, handling medium to major changes, including custom module development. Architected and integrated hub data into the public-facing website, utilizing technologies such as Drupal 10, PHP, JavaScript, Highcharts, and REST APIs. Conducted comprehensive testing of information systems, including developing test cases and executing unit, module, and system integration test plans to adhere to quality assurance standards. Supported user inquiries and coordinated deployment processes following IT change management protocols. Developed and deployed custom Drupal modules integrating with 3rd party APIs, enhancing functionality and user engagement on the platform. Mentored team members on Drupal best practices and data conversion techniques, enhancing team efficiency. Leveraged AWS cloud solutions to support platform scalability, performance optimization, and infrastructure enhancements. Collaborated with business users, project managers, and cross-functional teams to ensure seamless communication and delivery of product maintenance tasks.

Sr. Technical Lead

• Job Details:Developed and executed a comprehensive Drupal-based developer portal for the largest bank in Canada, utilizing PHP, Symfony framework, and Twig theming engine, increasing user adoption by 30% and reducing onboarding time by 50%. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to diagnose and troubleshoot complex API-related issues on Apigee management gateway. Conducted accessibility audits and remediation efforts on existing Drupal sites to identify and address accessibility barriers, ensuring compliance with WCAG 2.1 guidelines. Implemented multiple POCs to check the feasibility and plan for migration from Apigee OPDK to Apigee Hybrid. Automated the calculation of reports (presented to CXOs) showcasing key KPIs of API reuse and cost avoidance across the organization using the Google Apigee management gateway. Managed the end-to-end integration of the Apigee management gateway for multiple clients, resolving API-related issues with an average resolution time of less than 24 hours. Led the migration of the developer portal from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8 and 9 using Composer and Symfony dependency updates. Mentored junior developers on coding best practices and agile methodologies.

Sr. Technical Lead

• Job Details:Led the team of 8+ developers to build multiple enterprise grade websites based in Drupal 7, Drupal 8 and Drupal 9. Developed and implemented fully customized Drupal-based developer portals for Fortune 500 companies, helping them digitally transform their business and expose their APIs across internal and external organizations. Migrated multiple enterprise level Drupal based developer portals from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8 & 9 using Composer for dependency management for required Symfony packages. Designed and developed multiple custom themes for Drupal based developer portals in Twig template engine. Responsible for end-to-end setup of Drupal sites on client’s on-prem servers (RHEL 7, RHEL8, Ubuntu), Acquia Cloud, Pantheon Cloud. Integrated custom pipelines in Jenkins for continuous integration and continuous deployment of bug free code in on-prem servers. Implemented Solr search and Elasticsearch for fast results in search for large sets of data. Led a team of engineers and business analysts, providing support in product planning, sprint planning, requirements definition, statement of work, product vision and goal establishment. Managed project life cycle from requirement gathering to deployment, ensuring adherence to ITIL best practices. Implemented a global dashboard in Drupal-based developer portal using the Google Analytics API, where API producers can visualize their API use, performance, errors, latency, and consumers can see transactions per second, error codes. Worked with multiple US and India banks, healthcare, telecommunication companies to enable them to expose their APIs and adopt open banking. Built multiple utilities and automation scripts for migrating data (developers, APIs, API products, apps, client key and secrets) from CA API gateway to Google Apigee gateway and from CA developer portal to Apigee Drupal based developer portal in a secure and encrypted way with zero loss. Implemented multiple customizations in Drupal 7, 8, 9 for the client’s to be compliant of several internal policies like OWASP 10, pen test, app sec, user access management with maker-checker feature. Led technical training for cross-functional teams on Drupal development techniques and Apigee API management gateway.