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Work History
Education
Accomplishments
Certification
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SAJJAD PARACHA

Senior Software Engineer
Khobar,Saudi Arabia
SAJJAD PARACHA

Summary

Accomplished Senior Software Developer with 21 years of experience leading projects by acting as architect, developer and programmer analyst. Proficient in supporting project deliverables and maintaining releases. Strong leader in guiding support teams and solving complex issues. Steadfast in planning and implementing effective development strategies based on industry best practices.

Overview

21
years of professional experience
4
years of post-secondary education
9
Certifications

Work History

Saudi Aramco

Senior Software Developer
02.2009 - Current

Job overview

  • Built, tested and deployed scalable, highly available and modular software products using JAVA frameworks
  • Modified existing software to correct errors, adapt to new hardware and improve performance
  • Implemented innovative systems for data collection, knowledge sharing , data mining , decision making , predictions based on historical data
  • Worked closely with clients to establish problem specifications and system designs
  • Performed regression and system-level testing to verify software quality and function before it was released
  • Identified and suggested new technologies and tools for enhancing product value and increasing team productivity
  • Oversaw major new enhancements to existing software systems
  • Maintained existing applications and designed and delivered new applications.

Tricastmedia
Lahore

Scrum Master/Onshore-Dev Lead
09.2006 - 11.2008

Job overview

  • Developed and implemented complex Internet and Intranet applications using JAVA technology stack
  • Provided continued maintenance and development of bug fixes and patch sets for existing web applications
  • Designed strategic plan for component development practices to support future projects
  • Managed creative projects from concept to completion
  • Designed and implemented new server standards for core business services
  • Wrote maintainable and extensible code in a team environment
  • Directed software design and development while remaining focused on client needs
  • Interfaced with business analysts, developers and technical support to determine the best requirement specifications
  • Worked closely with other team members to plan, design and develop robust solutions in a timely manner
  • Worked as lead developer is server side teams and also lead mobile side teams.

Cres Tel Ltd
Karachi, Lahore

Senior Software Engineer(Java)/Team Lead
02.2005 - 08.2006

AIS
Karachi

Software Developer
08.2004 - 01.2005

Sunsoft
Karachi

Software Engineer
03.2002 - 04.2004

Education

University of Agriculture
Pakistan

Master Of Computer Science from Software Engineering
01.2000 - 01.2002

Peshawar University
Pakistan

Bachelor of Science from Double Math & Computer Science
09.1997 - 09.1999

Accomplishments

  • I have written and presented a technical paper in SPE event in khobar in April-2015
  • The title of thepaper was SPE-178024-MS Application Suite for 24/7 Real Time Operation Centers
  • I was awarded Drilling And Workover Employee Recognition Certificate which is a highly regardedcertificate being given to applications which have proven impact on the business
  • I got ECC Recognition Award for being the lead developer of Target Days System Application beinga data mining application to predict target days for future wells based on historical data
  • I got official appreciation letter from DRILLING TECHNICAL DEPT for a system to centralize Drilling bestpractices
  • I was also officially recognized by DRILLING TECHNICAL DEPT (Scheduling) for a data miningapplication we built for calculating expected target days for a future well.


Certification

Oracle Certified Java Programmer (OCJP)

Projects

  

Project: Drilling   Best Practices ( Production System)

Company:  ARAMCO (OIL &   GAS)

Description:

Drilling Lessons   Learned & Best Practices Knowledge Base is a web based system which will   standardize the way of capturing the major highlighted D&WO best practices.   The system will enable user to submit a best practice and the best practice   will go through a workflow of reviews and final approval, once approved the   best practice will be sent to all the employees who have to acknowledge it.   The system will arrange the best practice in a catalog so that the practices   are easy to find later.

Technologies Used

Spring , JPA ,   Hibernate 


Project: RTOC (Real   time operation center) Tool Box 24/7 Production System

Company: ARAMCO (OIL &   GAS)

Project List:

· Cost Avoidance

· Activity   Reporting

· Alert And   Recommendation System

· End Of   Section Reporting System

· Scheduling

 

Technologies Used

Struts , Java,JSP,FLEX,   JDBC 

 

Project: RSO (Rig   Schedule Optimization) Production   System

Company: ARAMCO (OIL &   GAS)

Description:

ARAMCO (OIL &   GAS

This project will   generate an optimized schedule for a given time period hence will save the   rig move cost and man hours which drilling was spending to generate rig   schedule every year.

Technologies Used

Java SWING ,   Hibernate , JOPT

 

Project: Well Target   Days (Part OF Rig Schedule   Optimization) Production System

 

Company: ARAMCO   (OIL & GAS)

Description:

This project is to   calculate the estimated target days for an OIL well to be drilled. It will   provide user all the historical wells related to well based on few common   properties and will allow user to apply different formulas to calculate   target days or specify his own values, for auditing this project will also   provide the complete information of how a user calculated the target days of   a well and the complete details of the facts chosen and the copy of data   shown to user at that time.

 

Project: SDS (Short   Term Drilling Schedule) Production   System

 

Company:  ARAMCO   (OIL & GAS)

Description: 

This project   enables users to graphically design a schedule in very interactive way, user   can define new rig activities can assign new activities to wells and can   update any activity.

 Technologies Used

Java SWING,   Servlet, JDBC 

 

Project: RigBEST (Rig   Benchmarking And Evaluation System Tools) Production System

Company: ARAMCO   (OIL & GAS)

Technologies Used

Struts, Flex,JSP, Java,   Hibernate 

 

Project: DIOR   (Drilling Information Optimization Reports) Production System 

Company: ARAMCO   (OIL & GAS)

Technologies Used

Flex, Servlet ,JDBC   

 

Project: IM Messenger   (With MSN, Yahoo, Jabber/ Google) . (J2ME Client , J2EE Server)

Company: Tricastmedia   Lahore

Team Size: 6

Role: Scrum Master ,   Server side development, Database development

 

Project: LUDO   Game (J2ME Client , J2EE Server) For   Mobile Devices

Company: Tricastmedia   Lahore

Team Size: 4

Role: Scrum Master ,   Server side development, Database development

 

Project: Mobile Based   Portal (ODP). (J2ME Client , J2EE Server)

Company: Tricastmedia   Lahore

Team Size: 3

Role :   Scrum Master ,   Server side development, Database development.


Scrum Master ,   Server side development, Database development

Timeline

Basic Life Support

06-2023

Angular 2

09-2022

Spring Boot

07-2022

OpenShift Container and Kubernates

05-2022

Azure AZ 400

05-2020

SOA Training Workshop

02-2018

Project management

03-2017

Basic Drilling for Non-Drilling Engineers

09-2016

Oracle Certified Java Programmer (OCJP)

07-2011

Senior Software Developer

Saudi Aramco
02.2009 - Current

Scrum Master/Onshore-Dev Lead

Tricastmedia
09.2006 - 11.2008

Senior Software Engineer(Java)/Team Lead

Cres Tel Ltd
02.2005 - 08.2006

Software Developer

AIS
08.2004 - 01.2005

Software Engineer

Sunsoft
03.2002 - 04.2004

University of Agriculture

Master Of Computer Science from Software Engineering
01.2000 - 01.2002

Peshawar University

Bachelor of Science from Double Math & Computer Science
09.1997 - 09.1999
SAJJAD PARACHASenior Software Engineer