Rahul Khanna

Current

Enterprise Systems Architect at Oakland Consulting

Past

Principal Consultant at Software AG
ECM Architect at Ironworks Consulting
Principal Consultant at Software AG (acquired webMethods, Inc)

Senior Solutions Architect at Merlin Technical Solutions
Staff Database Engineer at Dynamics Research Corp (acquired Impact Innovations Group)
Software & Automation Engineer at Capital One
Software Consultant at Whitlock ebs
Web Developer at Norfolk Public Library

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Education

Virginia Commonwealth University
J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College
ECPI, College of Technology

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Industry

Computer Software

Rahul Khanna’s Summary

Nine (9) years of strong experience in IT, including: systems architecture, enterprise systems analysis, engineering & administration, BI/DSS engineering (ETL, OLAP, reporting), Web services and applications development, software analysis & engineering, automation engineering, technical support, team leading, project management, and strategic initiatives. Eighteen (18) years of total work experience: sales, retail, and business administration.

I have a strong (and unbound) passion for computer science/software applications. And I love to learn! I am a self-motivated, self-starter who performs proficiently, and continually broadens my area of expertise. Most importantly, I believe in maintaining a well-balanced work/life equilibrium.

Rahul Khanna’s Specialties:

Extensive experience with service-oriented architecture; the ability to leverage experience to pick up and assimilate new concepts and technologies (rapidly); and ability to identify patterns.

Rahul Khanna’s Experience

Enterprise Systems Architect

Oakland Consulting

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)

September 2008 — Present (11 months)

Worked with the Convergence of DLA IDE and USTRANSCOM GTN systems (IGC) - a strategy for a repurposed, net-centric distribution and tracking system for the US military. Participated in Planning & Transition, Spiral 1, and Sustainment activities. Tasks included business process modeling using webMethods Designer and services development using webMethods Developer for IGC Spiral 1 interfaces – MTMS, MDSS II, TC-AIMS II, DTTS, and JALIS. Also supported sustainment activities for IDE.
Principal Consultant

Software AG

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; SOW; Computer Software industry)

January 2008 — October 2008 (10 months)

Led the project to upgrade IRS webMethods system from 6.5 to 7.1.1, across 4 pre-production and 2 production envronments, using significant automation (integrated with IBM Tivoli) comprising of UNIX shell language (Korn/Bourn), custom webMethods Command Line Interface, and webMethods Deployer. Upgraded Integration Server instances and Broker Server instances, and installed My webMethods Server instance, and secured with SSL and certificates. Also designed webMethods Unified Configuration Management Framework (UCMF) for implementation with or without enterprise configuration management tools like Tivoli. Delegated 30% of work across 5 other team members; and managed project tasks/timelines and infrastructure engineering support needs (SAN volumes redefinitions, VERITAS configuration changes for Broker HA, network configuration changes to support application portability, and new servers for Optimize for Infrastructure).
ECM Architect

Ironworks Consulting

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2007 — December 2007 (4 months)

Assisted with redesign of MWV’s corporate Website and CMS (www.meadwestvaco.com) from Notes to Oracle UCM, extending Stellent CMS. Developed components using Java, JSP, JavaScript, Prototype/Scriptaculous (and other Web 2.0 libraries), Stellent libraries, Oracle 10gR3 database, IBM HTTP Server, and IBM AIX. Summary of tasks: setup/configuration of IHS, Oracle Content Server, and AIX XVFB; customized content system with workflows and components, Site Studio templates and fragments; applied logic using Java, JSP, IdocScript and JavaScript.
Principal Consultant

Software AG (acquired webMethods, Inc)

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; WEBM; Computer Software industry)

May 2006 — September 2007 (1 year 5 months)

Supported SOA prototypes - SOAP/JMS using webMethods Glue Client, Apache Axis and Microsoft .NET WSC; Enterprise Return Retrieval - which integrated the IRS EUP and MeF backend system, along with Adobe LiveCycle Web services for XML-to-PDF transformation. Later joined EAIB production support system and recommended IRS to upgrade system to implement Optimize for Infrastructure 7.x versus Manager 6.5; and assisted with SSL configurations and certificates rollout using first version of an integrated configuration management framework.
Senior Solutions Architect

Merlin Technical Solutions

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2006 — May 2006 (5 months)

Designed systems – replica environments, prototypes and demos – for Solutions Center blending COTS products. Also provided product support and performed system administration tasks for DISA GCCS-J.
Staff Database Engineer

Dynamics Research Corp (acquired Impact Innovations Group)

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; DRCO; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2003 — January 2006 (2 years 7 months)

Designed and engineered Net-Centric implementations for Department of Defense (proof of concept systems), assisted with maintenance and enhancement to US Army business intelligence system (ACBIS), and provide architecture and software development guidance to miscellaneous request by various US Army departments in Fort Lee, VA.
Software & Automation Engineer

Capital One

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; COF; Financial Services industry)

June 2001 — July 2003 (2 years 2 months)

Developed and maintained Java and C++ applications, automated testing using Mercury products and scripting logic, and performed software product reviews.
Software Consultant

Whitlock ebs

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2000 — June 2001 (9 months)

Supported B2B project using webMethods integration platform and supported Java-based web system (JHTML, Oracle).
Web Developer

Norfolk Public Library

(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Libraries industry)

October 1999 — June 2000 (9 months)

Designed teen/youth web site to attract teenage patrons of Norfolk Public Library while applying learning skills obtained at ECPI, College of Technologies. Also instructed patrons for Norfolk Public Library in computer and Internet technologies and usages.

Rahul Khanna’s Education

Virginia Commonwealth University

Bachelors of Science , Information System , 2003 — 2005

Activities and Societies:

Honor Society
J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College

Associates in Science , Business Administration , 2001 — 2003
ECPI, College of Technology

Associates in Applied Science , Computer Information Systems (Programming) , 1998 — 2000