Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Employment History
Certification
Achievements
Additional Information
References
Timeline
Generic

Siddarth Pugazhendi

Weir Views,VIC

Summary

Siddarth is an experienced Solution Architect with several end-to-end Customer experience & ECommerce implementation projects under his belt. In his 11.5 years of IT experience, he is working as Solution Architect in Customer experience and Cloud space with a strong background in full stack design and development. Siddarth has industry experience in the Building products, Retail, Telecom, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Agriculture, Construction and Financial services sectors. A background in Computer Science and 11+ years professional experience in software development across different technology stacks enables him to understand both the business and technical aspects of complex Enterprise systems. Siddarth is always looking for challenging and exciting projects where he can use his analytical and technical skills. His proactive approach and innovative thinking makes him the ideal consultant to help solve complex business problems.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Solutions Architect (Contract)

Dimond Roofing & Laminex NZ, Fletcher Building
04.2023 - Current

Description

Working as a Solutions Architect who is responsible for designing B2B Ecommerce platforms for 2 business units - Dimond Roofing and Laminex NZ

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for preparing and presenting High-level designs to Architecture Review Board (ARB) and seek approval for starting detailed design and development
  • Responsible for designing solution patterns for business requirements to be used across different business units and guiding Development teams in adopting the patterns
  • Participated in the design of overall Integration Architecture
  • Designed integration between Auth0, SAP Commerce Cloud, Google Looker, Azure Key Vault via MuleSoft/Solace
  • Acting as a bridge between Product Owner and development teams
  • Working closely with Technical leads of Development teams to define Detailed design
  • Working closely with Enterprise, Data, Integration and Security Architects to design robust Ecommerce solutions
  • Also picked up proactively picked up Release manager and Technical Lead role in addition to my Architect responsibilities

Technologies Used

  • SAP Commerce Cloud 2211
  • Spartacus
  • IBS and BPCS ERP
  • Salesforce
  • Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure
  • Auth0
  • Mulesoft and Solace Event Broker

Development Lead and Solution Architect

Ballance Agri-Nutrients (Infosys Ltd.)
11.2021 - 03.2023

Description

Development Lead for enhancing the existing B2B platform which sells Fertiliser products and provides Agricultural insights to Farms and Dairies in New Zealand. Also involved in designing and architecting technical solutions for new functionalities.

Responsibilities

  • Leading a team of developers in enhancing the existing B2B Fertiliser and Agritech platform based on SAP Hybris/Commerce
  • Run technical workshops to understand the dependencies, integrations, structure of the data to do solution design and architecture.
  • Involved in upgrading the platform from 6.3 to 2205
  • Involved in migrating the platform from On-premise to CCV2
  • Responsible for enhancing the integrations with ESRI based systems for Farm maps and other Agritech solutions

Technologies used

SAP Commerce Cloud 2205 (CCV2), SAP Hybris 6.3, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Marketing, SAP CRM, ARCGIS (ESRI based mapping systems), Tracmap, Precision.

Solution Architect

Essity (FAIR Consulting Group)
09.2021 - 11.2021

Description

Architect and Design the migration and upliftment of two B2C brands

Libra Retail and Tom organics (currently hosted in WooCommerce) to SAP Commerce Cloud

Responsibilities

  • Understand the As-Is landscape and As-Is technical
  • Run technical workshops to understand the dependencies, integrations, structure of the data to do solution design and architecture.
  • Define a To-Be detailed Integration and Data architecture.
  • Discuss and present the technical solutions to the Essity's Architecture team and get Sign-off.
  • Identify all the technical dependencies and estimate the requirements based on the solutions defined.
  • Create the solution design specifications for the engineering phase.

Solution Architect

Incitec Pivot (FAIR Consulting Group)
07.2021 - 09.2021

Description

Architect and Design the customer portal and internal portal for Incitec Pivot transformation project.

Responsibilities

  • Understand the As-Is landscape.
  • Market analysis to come up with solution realisation/key design decisions for the transformation.
  • Technical analysis to prepare a To-Be solution.
  • Define a To-Be detailed Integration and Data architecture.
  • Discuss and present the technical solutions to the Incitec's Architecture team and get Sign-off.
  • Identify all the technical dependencies and estimate the requirements based on the solutions defined.

Technical Lead and Solution Architect

Asaleo Care (FAIR Consulting Group)
07.2020 - 08.2021

Technology

SAP Commerce Cloud 2005, Java, Spartacus, Angular, SAP CPQ, SAP Cloud Platform Integrations, SAP ECC, SAP CRM

Description

Analysis, Design and Development of a B2B Portal for Distributors of Asaleo Care for Online ordering, Quote creation and Claims using SAP Commerce Cloud with integration to SAP ECC, SAP CRM and SAP CPQ

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of 10 people providing Technical Leadership
  • Define Solution architecture (Data, Integration and Application architecture) for the project
  • Conducts code reviews, code quality checks and ensure standards are followed during development
  • Support development team by resolution of technical blockers
  • Work with the customer and technical teams to define the technical approach for integration and feature development
  • Development of backend functionalities using SAP Commerce Cloud and frontend using Spartacus
  • Analysis, Detailed design and Estimation of the functionalities

Solution Architect

CSR (FAIR Consulting Group)
04.2021 - 06.2021

Technology

SAP Commerce Cloud, CELUM DAM, SAP ECC and SAP Integration Suite.

Description

Architect and Design the PIM-DAM solution for CSR Limited.
Responsibilities

  • Understand the As-Is landscape.
  • Technical analysis to prepare a To-Be solution.
  • Define a To-Be detailed Integration and Data architecture.
  • Discuss and present the technical solutions to the CSR Architecture team and get Sign-off.
  • Identify all the technical dependencies and estimate the requirements based on the solutions defined.

SAP Commerce Frontend Developer

Lincoln Sentry (FAIR Consulting Group)
02.2020 - 05.2020

Technology

SAP Commerce Cloud 1905, Java, HTML, CSS and Javascript

Description

Frontend Development of a B2B Portal for Customers of Lincoln Sentry

Responsibilities

  • Lead the frontend team, conducted code reviews
  • Responsible for development of frontend in B2B Accelerator based on the wireframes
  • Worked closely with the CX design team and influenced wireframe design based on technical feasibility

Solution Architect

Coles Liquor (FAIR Consulting Group)
05.2019 - 07.2019

Responsibilities

  • Discovery project to define the Scope and Technical architecture along with the Assessment of Ecommerce platforms for the B2B platform initiative at Coles Liquor.
  • Ecommerce solution architect involved in the understanding of AS-IS Ecommerce landscape and business processes in Coles Liquor.
  • Definition of multiple Ecommerce technical architecture options and review and update of the same based on the Enterprise architecture guidelines and advise of Coles Liquor.
  • Technical stakeholders and Enterprise Architect from FAIR consulting group.
  • Assessment of various Ecommerce platforms (including SAP Commerce) available in the market based on Business and Technical requirements.
  • Provide support to the business analyst in defining high-level user stories and epics.
  • Estimate the high-level effort needed to deliver the user stories and define the sprint plan using SAP Commerce.

Solution Architect

DuluxGroup (FAIR Consulting Group)
04.2019 - 07.2021

Responsibilities

  • Discovery and foundation project to immediately start the GTM (Go to market) digital transformation for Duluxgroup.
  • Ecommerce solution architect involved in the understanding of AS-IS Ecommerce landscape and business processes in DuluxGroup.
  • Definition of Transitional and Target state Ecommerce architecture.
  • Review and update the architecture based on the Enterprise architecture guidelines and advise of DuluxGroup Technical stakeholders and Enterprise Architect from FAIR consulting group.
  • Provide support to the business analyst in defining detailed user stories and epics.
  • Estimate the effort needed to deliver the user stories and define the sprint plan.
  • Work with the Enterprise architect and Business analyst to define the concrete project plan for delivering the Ecommerce part of the GTM (Go to market) digital transformation project.

Technical Lead

Sigma Health Care (FAIR Consulting Group)
06.2018 - 08.2018

Description

Discovery project to understand the AS-IS, business objectives and pain points of the B2X (B2B and B2C) landscape and provide recommendations to remediate the platform in order to provide capability uplift, more value to the customers and business

Responsibilities

  • Ecommerce Technical Lead involved in the understanding of AS-IS B2X (B2B and B2C) Ecommerce landscape and business processes in Sigma
  • Understand the technical and functional capabilities of existing B2B (built on SAP Hybris Commerce) and B2C (built on IBM Websphere Commerce)
  • Capture the B2X business objectives and pain points (Technical and functional)
  • Understood the current and future initiatives in B2X along with the understanding of voice of the customer
  • Worked with business analyst in defining detailed requirements and recommendations for B2X remediation
  • Estimated the effort needed to deliver the recommendations
  • Worked with the Enterprise architect and Business analyst to define the concrete project plan for delivering the B2X recommendations

Lead Developer

Leaseplan Netherlands (FAIR Consulting Group)
01.2018 - 06.2018

Technology

SAP Commerce (Hybris) 6.4, SAP CRM, SAP ECC, Java

Description

Lead Developer involved in the design and development of B2C/B2B platform for Vehicle leasing.

Responsibilities

  • Developed integration between SAP CRM and SAP Hybris Commerce through Hot folder and RFC calls
  • Performed data modeling to store SAP CRM bound transactional objects in SAP Hybris Commerce
  • Involved in performing code reviews and provide proactive recommendations to improve the quality of deliverables and resolve technical challenges
  • Involved in the bug fixing of integration functionality, Solr search, pricing and user management
  • Involved in the replication of master data and transactional objects from SAP CRM to Hybris Commerce
  • Developed a proof of concept using B2B punchout functionality from SAP Hybris Commerce for procurement purposes
  • Provided technical advice to the DevOps team for building the SAP Hybris Commerce cloud environments

Technical Lead

Carlton & United Breweries (FAIR Consulting Group)
10.2017 - 02.2019

Technology

Hybris Commerce 5.7, SAP Commerce Cloud 1808, Java, SAP ECC and AWS

Description

Enhancement project to uplift the capabilities of B2B platform and Upgrade project to prepare the B2B platform's infrastructure migration from client managed AWS to SAP managed cloud which is SAP Commerce Cloud v2 (Azure)

Responsibilities

  • Technical and functional upgrade of the existing SAP Hybris Commerce based B2B platform from version 5.7 to 1808.
  • Technical Lead involved in the identification of changes and different activities needed for the successful upgrade of the existing SAP Hybris Commerce based B2B platform.
  • Upgraded the Solr search engine from 5.4 to 7.5 as part of the upgrade.
  • Performed code adaptations to migrate the storefront and the commerce layer customizations to work version 1808.
  • Performed code adaptations to make the third party integrations (RFC calls, File-based integration and Restful web services) work in version 1808.
  • Performed the functional upgrade where the Hybris management console is migrated to Backoffice for the business users.
  • Involved in the bug fixing of upgrade changes.
  • Involved in the code review of the changes made by offshore developers.
  • Conducted training to business users and BAU support team on the upgrade changes along with documentation of information in Confluence.
  • Involved in the enhancement of B2B Customer portal.
  • Involved in the implementation of Stock statuses, product recommendations, search Improvements, bulk import through Import Cockpit and reporting.
  • Implemented SEO improvements in the website.

Technical Lead /Solution Architect

FAIR Consulting Group
05.2017 - 11.2021

Responsibilities

  • Developed the software modules/applications related to SAP Commerce Cloud, AEM and other products, developed expertise involved with SAP integration and Customer Experience Management concepts.
  • Developed the best practices for SAP Commerce Cloud/ Hybris, AEM and other products related to the company’s business with a focus on Java and frontend technologies.
  • Assisted the sales team in developing material, prototypes, proof of concepts, and demo scenarios to help raise customer awareness and interest in the company's services and products.
  • Assisted the management team in effort estimation, cost estimation, resource management, risk identification and risk management in projects and in the company’s operation.
  • Assisted the practice leads in collaboration of sales and presales efforts and collaboration development initiatives.
  • Developed knowledge in Cloud platforms such as GCP and AWS
  • Developed Understanding and knowledge in SAP CPQ and SAP CDC

Senior Developer

Woolworths Mobile (Tata Consultancy Services)
10.2015 - 04.2017

Technology

SAP Commerce (Hybris) 5.6, Java, HTML, CSS , jQuery and AWS

Description

Senior Developer involved in the design, development and support of a telecom B2C ECommerce portal for customers

Project Description

  • Involved in the development, enhancement and cloud migration of Telco Platform.
  • Coordinated migration of Telco platform from Vendor managed AWS to in-house AWS.
  • Development of the ECommerce platform using Hybris Telco accelerator.
  • Platform with postpaid business capabilities for selling contractual mobile phones, outright phones and accessories as well as prepaid capabilities like recharge and SIM activation.
  • Worked on integrations with Cdrator(Billing and Revenue management system) for contractual mobile phone sales, Mirakl for marketplace features, Experian, Veda, Webpay for payment, Parcelpoint for click and collect.
  • Worked on modules like Product (Telco Bundles), Search, OCC, Payment, Order Process, Checkout, CMS.
  • Involved in the integration of SAP Hybris with Adobe Experience Manager.
  • Demonstrated solution to senior management at regular intervals.
    Involved in Go live and regular Feature enhancements to the platform,
  • Developer for B2C web shop selling Women’s clothing.
  • Development of omni channel B2C platform.
  • Worked in modules like WCMS, Search, Payment, Checkout.
    Creation and customisation of Hybris Item types, cron jobs, URL filters, Solr search, Bean shell scripts for Hot folder customisation, services/strategies.
  • Involved in go-live and regular feature enhancements to the platform.

Senior Developer

Ezibuy New Zealand (Tata Consultancy Services)
07.2014 - 09.2015

Technology

Hybris Commerce 5.3, Java, HTML, CSS and AngularJs

Description

Developer for the design and development of B2C Ecommerce platform

Responsibilities

  • Developer for B2C web shop selling Women’s clothing.
  • Development of end to end omni channel B2C implementation.
  • Customisation of OCC web services for product price delta feed and hot folder for bulk upload of product/customer information, search, wish list email marketing.
  • Managed delivery of some enhancements through a remote Java and web developer.
  • Creation of a DAM solution using Amazon S3 for product images storage.
  • Integrated AngularJs with B2C Storefront for rich user experience.
  • Involved in go-live and regular feature enhancements to the platform.

Developer

Ecommerce COE (Tata Consultancy Services)
07.2012 - 06.2014

Technology

Java, Hybris Commerce, IBM Websphere 7.0, HTML, CSS and jQuery

Description

Ecommerce centre of excellence responsible for presales activities, helping accounts to delivery Ecommerce solutions

Responsibilities

  • Developer involved in RFPs and training of resources.
  • Development of proof of concepts and demo artefacts for the purpose of request for proposals for clients around the globe.
  • Involved in the internal training of resources in SAP Hybris and IBM WebSphere Commerce.
  • Developed a social gifting website which is pluggable with SAP Hybris Commerce, IBM Websphere and Oracle ATG for levering the Ecommerce capabilities.

Senior Developer

Tata Consulting Services
07.2012 - 04.2017

Responsibilities

  • Worked as a Senior Developer delivering Ecommerce projects using SAP Commerce (Hybris)
  • Part of Ecommerce COE, worked closely with the Solution architects to deliver RFPs, POCs, Demos to the potential customers across the globe for presales.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science and Engineering

SASTRA University
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
05.2012

Skills

Solution Architecture

  • Application Architecture
  • Data Architecture
  • Integration Architecture

Solution Design Tools

  • Archimate
  • Lucidchart
  • Drawio
  • Miro for whiteboarding

Customer Experience Platforms

  • SAP Commerce Cloud (Certified)
  • Mirakl (Certified)
  • IBM Websphere Commerce (Certified)
  • Adobe Experience Manager (Certified)
  • SAP Customer Data Cloud (Certified)
  • SAP CPQ

Cloud Platform/Technologies

  • Google Cloud Platform (GCP) (Certified)
  • Microsoft Azure (Certified)
  • AWS (Certified)
  • Kubernetes
  • Kyma

Backend technologies

  • Java
  • Restful and Soap web-services
  • Spring framework

Frontend technologies

  • HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (Certified)
  • Angular and Spartacus

Integration

  • SAP CPI
  • MuleSoft and Solace event broker

DevOps

  • Jenkins and Terraform
  • Junit and Mockito
  • Docker
  • Linux shell scripting

Professional Skills

  • Solution Architecture
  • Technical Leadership
  • Business Analysis
  • Communication
  • Agile Delivery
  • Knowledge Transfer and Training

Accomplishments

  • Having 11+ years of experience in Solution Architecture, analysis, development and maintenance of Customer Experience/ECommerce applications
  • Have experience in designing integration between Customer Experience/ECommerce applications and ERP backend, CRM and various applications
  • Have experience in integrating business analytics platforms like Google Looker with Customer Experience/ECommerce applications for exposing reporting dashboards to customers.
  • Have Architect experience and certified in AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform
  • Presented Architectural designs to Architecture Review Board (ARB) and Senior stakeholders to get sign-off for starting build phase
  • Performed and participated in code reviews with the team and thereby recommended technical best practices and methodologies.
  • Worked as Technical Lead by providing mentorship to Development team and also helped resolving complex technical problems.
  • Good experience in integration of SAP Commerce Cloud with SAP ECC, CRM, SAP CPQ and other backend systems.
  • Seasoned Solution Architect who has worked on many Ecommerce B2C, B2B and Telco implementations and application support using SAP Commerce Cloud.
  • Good exposure to frontend technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, AngularJS and jQuery.
  • Strong DevOps knowledge gained through an AWS to AWS cloud migration project and Hands-on experience in GCP, Docker and Kubernetes by developing POCs.
  • Hands-on experience in Terraform Infrastructure as Code.
  • Hands-on experience in Adobe Experience Manager, SAP CPQ and SAP CDC.
  • Involved in RFP demos, presentations to clients for project proposals and proactively coming up with innovative ideas.
  • Provided technical advice to the DevOps team for building the environments to host Customer Experience/ECommerce applications.
  • Involved in internal (Tech sessions) and external (Blogs) knowledge sharing.

Employment History

  • Solutions Architect (Contract) Apr 2023 to Present, Fletcher Building - New Zealand - Working remotely from Melbourne, VIC
  • Lead Consultant (Solution Architect and Development Lead) Nov 2021 to Mar 2023, Infosys Australia - Melbourne, VIC
  • Senior Consultant (Technical Lead and Solution Architect) May 2017 to Nov 2021, FAIR Consulting Group - Melbourne, VIC
  • I.T. Analyst (Senior Hybris Developer) Sep 2015 to May 2017, Tata Consultancy Services - Sydney, NSW
  • Systems Engineer (Hybris Developer) July 2012 to Sep 2015, Tata Consultancy Services - Chennai, India

Certification

  • Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • Google Cloud Certified Associate cloud Engineer
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
  • SAP Certified Development Professional - SAP Commerce Cloud Developer (2105)
  • SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP Commerce Cloud Business User
  • Mirakl Developer Certification
  • Mirakl BA Certification
  • SAP Certified Development Associate - SAP Customer Data Cloud
  • Adobe Certified Expert - AEM 6 Developer
  • IBM Websphere Commerce Developer Certification
  • Microsoft Certified Professional-HTML, CSS, Javascript
  • SAP Certified Development Professional - SAP Commerce Cloud 1905 Developer
  • SAP Certified Development Professional – SAP Hybris Commerce 6.2 Developer
  • SAP Certified Associate – SAP Hybris Commerce Business Analyst 6.0
  • SAP Hybris Core V5 Certification

Achievements

  • INSTA - RISE award from Infosys Ltd. - Nov 2022
  • Asaleo Care project where i worked as a Technical Lead and Solution Architect is one of the finalists for Best Run Awards for ANZ from SAP for year 2021 under CRM & Customer Experience category - https://www.sap.com/idea-place/best-run-awards-anz/entries/2021-award/submission-details.html?idea_id=2629
  • Cheers from Peers Award from FAIR Consulting Group - Oct 2020
  • Cheers from Peers Award from FAIR Consulting Group - Oct 2019
  • Best Team Award from Tata Consultancy Services
  • Service and commitment Award from Tata Consultancy Services

Additional Information

Date of Birth : 13/01/1991

Visa status: Australian Citizen

References

Available upon request

Timeline

Solutions Architect (Contract)

Dimond Roofing & Laminex NZ, Fletcher Building
04.2023 - Current

Development Lead and Solution Architect

Ballance Agri-Nutrients (Infosys Ltd.)
11.2021 - 03.2023

Solution Architect

Essity (FAIR Consulting Group)
09.2021 - 11.2021

Solution Architect

Incitec Pivot (FAIR Consulting Group)
07.2021 - 09.2021

Solution Architect

CSR (FAIR Consulting Group)
04.2021 - 06.2021

Technical Lead and Solution Architect

Asaleo Care (FAIR Consulting Group)
07.2020 - 08.2021

SAP Commerce Frontend Developer

Lincoln Sentry (FAIR Consulting Group)
02.2020 - 05.2020

Solution Architect

Coles Liquor (FAIR Consulting Group)
05.2019 - 07.2019

Solution Architect

DuluxGroup (FAIR Consulting Group)
04.2019 - 07.2021

Technical Lead

Sigma Health Care (FAIR Consulting Group)
06.2018 - 08.2018

Lead Developer

Leaseplan Netherlands (FAIR Consulting Group)
01.2018 - 06.2018

Technical Lead

Carlton & United Breweries (FAIR Consulting Group)
10.2017 - 02.2019

Technical Lead /Solution Architect

FAIR Consulting Group
05.2017 - 11.2021

Senior Developer

Woolworths Mobile (Tata Consultancy Services)
10.2015 - 04.2017

Senior Developer

Ezibuy New Zealand (Tata Consultancy Services)
07.2014 - 09.2015

Developer

Ecommerce COE (Tata Consultancy Services)
07.2012 - 06.2014

Senior Developer

Tata Consulting Services
07.2012 - 04.2017

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science and Engineering

SASTRA University
Siddarth Pugazhendi