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Education
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Key Technologies
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Gerardo Acosta

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
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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

UNAM

Skills

Continuous Integration Expertise

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
Gerardo AcostaDevOps Engineer / Solutions Architect. Java senior developer.