**Bala Vamsi Maragani**
Full-Stack Java Developer

**Email:** balavamsi.m@techjobmail.com
**Mobile:** +1 (757) 986-8668
**Location:** Pittsburgh, PA (Open to relocate)

### CAREER SUMMARY
Experienced Full-Stack Java Developer with over 3 years' expertise in Healthcare, Retail/e-commerce, and industrial domains. Proficient in Agile and Waterfall SDLC methodologies, with mastery in Java, Spring Boot, React.js, scalable microservices architecture, and extensive backend/frontend development, database management, deployment, testing, and achieving business deliverables.

### PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

**Epsilon (Virginia) | Java Developer**
Aug 2023 - Current
- Implemented scalable architecture using MVC frameworks (Spring, Spring Boot, Spring MVC) and Core Java SE 17 for feature design, ensuring timely project delivery.
- Designed user interfaces with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (ES5 & ES6), and jQuery.
- Led Agile methodologies (XP, Scrum) incorporating Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), while overseeing databases (Oracle, MySQL v8).
- Engineered Apache Tomcat, Kafka, Flink, Zookeeper, and automated testing through Selenium, Junit5, Mockito, and Log4j.
- Streamlined builds with ANT, Maven, UNIX/LINUX Shell Scripting, collaborating via IDEs (IntelliJ IDEA 2023, Eclipse, Spring Tool Suite) and version control tools (SVN, GitHub).
- Implemented cloud solutions on Microsoft Azure, using Azure DevOps for CI/CD, AKS for container orchestration, Azure Functions 4 for serverless computing, Blob Storage, and Cosmos DB 4.0 for data management.

**Graduate Research Assistant at Dakota State University**
Jan 2023 – Aug 2023

**Project 1 – Retail/e-Commerce Web Application:**
- Developed an e-commerce website with WordPress, PHP 7, and MySQL using Azure DevOps.
- Established an Apache server on GoDaddy, achieving a 90% reduction in downtime incidents, while employing HTML5, UTF-8 encoding, CSS (external, embedded, inline), JavaScript, and jQuery 3.6.4 for enhanced functionality.

**Project 2 - Flask-powered Blog with user authentication:**
- Developed a Flask-powered Blog application with user authentication using Python v3 in Visual Studio Code. Leveraged SQLite v3 and REST APIs for efficient CRUD operations, optimizing data storage and retrieval.
- Integrated front-end web pages with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript (ES6) for a seamless user experience, rigorously ensuring robustness and reliability through unit testing with JUnit5 and Mockito.

**Dell Technologies (India) | Java Developer**
Oct 2020 – Dec 2022
- Employed J2EE technologies (Spring 5, Hibernate, Servlets, JSP, JDBC, JTA, and JavaBeans) for backend development.
- Used MVC frameworks (Spring 5, Spring Boot, and Spring MVC) to maintain clean code architecture and enhance scalability.
- Demonstrated proficiency in Core Java SE 17 (Streams API, Functional Interfaces, Multithreading, and Exception Handling).
- Crafted responsive UI applications using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (ES6 & ES7), and jQuery.
- Specialized in relational and non-relational databases (MySQL and PostgreSQL v15, MongoDB).
- Collaborated in Agile (XP, Scrum), practiced TDD, adhered to SOA principles, implemented test automation (Selenium, Junit5, Mockito, Log4j), and managed build/deployment (ANT, Maven, UNIX/LINUX Shell).
- Utilized various IDEs (IntelliJ IDEA 2020, Eclipse, and Spring Tool Suite) and version control tools (SVN, GitHub).

### SKILLS AND TOOLS
**Languages & Frameworks:** Java SE17, Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, Hibernate, React.js, Bootstrap 5, Flask, Python
**Web Technologies:** HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (ES6), jQuery, AJAX, Servlets
**Tools & DevOps:** Ant, Git, Junit5, Mockito, MySQL, SQLite, IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse, VS Code, Docker, Jenkins, Postman, Swagger, Selenium, TestNG, Kibana
**Cloud & Platforms:** Microsoft Azure, Azure DevOps
**Other:** Data Management and Analysis, Process Flows and Data Gap Analysis, Risk Analysis and Management, Agile/Waterfall Project Management, Jira, Trello, Data Mapping

### EDUCATION
**Dakota State University**
Master of Science in Information Systems | 4.00/4.00 CGPA | Jan 2023 – Dec 2023

**JNTU Kakinada, India**
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science | 3.34/4.00 CGPA | July 2016 – Sep 2020

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