Gerardo Acosta
DevOps Engineer / Solutions Architect. Java senior developer.
Coyoacán, Mexico City,CMX
Summary
I am a DevOps engineer/Architect/Java Microservices Senior developer with +30 years of experience in the IT consulting industry. Result-oriented and teamwork-driven, I love to mentor and share my technical & business knowledge, since I believe this are key for building strong, effective & successful teams. Gerardo Acosta DevOps Engineer / Solutions Architect. Java senior developer. 30+ years of experience.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Language
Work History
Java Microservices Architect / AWS / Azure / GCP Deployment OpenLegacy Practice Leader
Global Hitss, S.A. de C.V.
01.2019 - Current
- Company Overview: (Carso Group)
- Telecomm AMX/Telcel projects (Responsible Architect): API Gateway Migration from Huawei Hub to Apigee
- Migration of 160 API's to Apigee & integration of a High Performance API development team
- Documentation of the migration from Jasper Cisco IoT platform to Comarch IoT platform
- Technical documentation for the implementation of the GraphQL transactions for the CMP Platform and the migration of existing REST transactions for Jasper to operate in CMP
- Documentation of the migration from Jasper Cisco IoT platform to Airlinq Air:Control Platform
- (to start in April 2022)
- Technical documentation for the implementation of the transactions for the Airlinq Air:Control Platform and the migration of existing REST transactions for Jasper to operate in Air:Control
- Several health / COVID-19 initiatives: Contact Tracing module of 'MONITOR': Monitor is the corporate app to report health status, COVID testing & Vaccination reports
- Back2Work: An integral platform to safe return to work on premises
- Back2School: An integral platform for all grade schools & universities to return to classrooms
- Support for presales, development of demos and PoC's of interoperability, modernization, and digital transformation projects
- (Carso Group)
Solutions Architect
OpenLegacy, S.A.
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Management and incident resolution using Mantis Bug Tracker
- Direct liaison to the OpenLegacy support and R&D areas
- Constant written & verbal communication in English with developers and managers in USA & Israel
- Constant written & verbal reporting to the OpenLegacy office in Reston, VA
- USA, to the global Operations Officer (Customer Success Officer)
- Hans Ottarson
- Microservices development for the 'Farmacias del Ahorro' project in Monterrey, NL, Mex, working mainly remotely and on premises at the end of each development cycle in sprints 1 to 4 (of 7) from February to May 2019
- Presales Support: Demo and PoC Development for potential clients: In Mexico: Actinver, Consubanco and BanamexPresales In Panama: Banistmo and CrediCorp Bank In Colombia: Bancolombia and Grupo Aval
- Training: OL Platform training for Partners' developers In Mexico for Accenture, Softtek, Axxis Consulting In Panama for Banistmo and CrediCorp Bank In Colombia for Sophos Solutions for Bancolombia
- TECHNICAL SUPPORT DURING THE PROJECT LIFE (ONE YEAR) FOR BANISTMO AND CREDICORP BANK IN PANAMA
- 1/2 WEEK PER MONTH PERIODIC VISITS
- REMOTE & ON-SITE SUPPORT DESK
Solutions Architect / Sr. Java Developer / Microsoft Dynamics CRM Developer
BANCOMEXT (PCI S.A. de C.V.)
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Support to Java systems: SAJU, SAREC, MOCADII
- Development of a new application: Bloomberg-SICODIV Interface System
- Support to the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 system
Solutions Architect / Sr. Java Developer / VB.net C# Windows Mobile .Net Framework Developer
Dypaq
01.2015 - 12.2015
- Company Overview: (Mérida,Yuc.)
- EParcel Dypaq System deployment, customization & configuration
- (Java J2EE Logistics Management System)
- Delivery/Transport Handheld App developed in VB.NET & C# for Intemec Handheld Computers (Windows Mobile 6.1 .NET Framework CE 3.5.)
- Interfaces between ERP & legacy systems using Pentaho Kettle (ETL)
- (Mérida,Yuc.)
Solutions Architect / Sr. Java Developer
UNAM - CCUD
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Company Overview: (Coordination of University Digital Collections)
- Design and Construction of the Art Collection Management System for SHCP
- Developed in Java Spring
- Reengineering of Oracle Database 12c
- Definition of Requirements and process modeling
- App Deployment: Oracle WebLogic
- Other tools / libraries: Activiti BPM / workflow engine, Jasper Reports, among others
- Developer Team Management
- Interface & Web Services development for the UNAM Open Data Portal
- (Coordination of University Digital Collections)
Project Leader / Sr. Java Developer
SyC, Constructores de Sistemas
01.2006 - 12.2012
- R&D New features for SyC products: FORTIMAX (content manager), CG-Flow (govern management system), Credit-Flow (Financial Workflow Management System)
- All products developed using Java J2SE
- IDE: MyEclipse
- Target Application Servers: Jboss, Tomcat, WebLogic
- Client site installation, customization & configuration: ISSSTE, Secretaría de Economía (PRONAFIM/FOMMUR), CONAGUA, CNDH, AGROASEMEX, Consejo de Promoción Turística de México
Project Leader / Sr Java Developer
GNP Insurance Company (IDS Comercial)
01.2003 - 12.2005
- Andantis Project: 'Universal Connector' - C Module
- Backoffice application in Java 1.2 - 1.4 & Java Swing UI running on a Solaris server (SunOS 5.8)
- I redesign & reengineered an application with 300+ heavy classes, with design flaws, low performance, and high code complexity index
- Achieved a lightweight application (around 30 medium-sized classes), parameterizable, 10 times faster
- Other tools / libraries: IBM VisualAge, regular expressions, Jexcel / POI, Swing, IBM MQ Workflow API
Sr Java Developer
GE Ddemesis
01.2001 - 12.2002
- GE - Corporate Mexico -Digital Cockpit
- Java Web Servlets App to show business health, efficiency & KPI´s
- Aircraft Engines - eNMS
- Cincinnati, OH
- EUA
- Java Web Servlets App to manage non-conformances in jet engine construction
Education
Systems engineering - Ingeniería en Computación
Skills
Continuous Integration Expertise
Enterprise Java Solutions
Spring Cloud Integration Expertise
Spring Boot Application Development
OpenLegacy Implementation Skills
RESTful API Development
SOAP Methodology Expertise
Microservices Architecture
Containerization Expertise
AWS Cloud Solutions
Azure DevOps Implementation Experience
Google Cloud Platform Expertise
Agile Software Development
Agile Methodology Expertise
Eclipse IDE Proficiency
Experience with Kafka
WebLogic Deployment Management
Apache Tomcat Management
Glassfish Server Management
WildFly Configuration Expertise
Database Integration with JDBC
Experience with JPA Framework
Structured Query Language Expertise
Oracle
SQL Server
MySQL
PostgreSQL
LINUX
Leadership
Strategical Thinking
Mentoring
Communication
Interpersonal Relations
Flexible
Proactive
SCM
Git
HG
CSV
Continuous Integration
Jenkins
AWS CodeCommit
CodeDeploy
CodePipeline
Deployment automation
Key Technologies
- DevOps
- JAVA J2SE/J2EE
- SPRING CLOUD
- SPRING BOOT
- OPENLEGACY PLATFORM
- REST / SOAP
- MICROSERVICES
- DOCKER
- AWS
- Azure DevOps
- GCP
- Agile development (SCRUM)
- Eclipse
- Kafka
- WEBLOGIC
- TOMCAT
- GLASSFISH/WILDFLY
- Databases JDBC/JPA
- SQL Scripting
- Oracle
- SQL Server
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- LINUX
Bio
09/18/64, 57, Married
Other Technologies
- Jasper Reports
- Crystal Reports
- Apache HTTP Client
- Apache Lucene / Solr
- Apache Tika
- Apache POI
Process Quality Models
- CMM / CMMI
- MOPROSOFT
Personal Information
Total Experience: 30+ years
Timeline
Java Microservices Architect / AWS / Azure / GCP Deployment OpenLegacy Practice Leader - Global Hitss, S.A. de C.V.
01.2019 - Current
Solutions Architect - OpenLegacy, S.A.
01.2017 - 01.2019
Solutions Architect / Sr. Java Developer / Microsoft Dynamics CRM Developer - BANCOMEXT (PCI S.A. de C.V.)
01.2016 - 01.2017
Solutions Architect / Sr. Java Developer / VB.net C# Windows Mobile .Net Framework Developer - Dypaq
01.2015 - 12.2015
Solutions Architect / Sr. Java Developer - UNAM - CCUD
01.2013 - 01.2014
Project Leader / Sr. Java Developer - SyC, Constructores de Sistemas
01.2006 - 12.2012
Project Leader / Sr Java Developer - GNP Insurance Company (IDS Comercial)
01.2003 - 12.2005
Sr Java Developer - GE Ddemesis
01.2001 - 12.2002
UNAM - Systems engineering, Ingeniería en Computación