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PRAJAKTA DEGAONKAR

Summary

Master's degree in information systems with 7+ years of experience in Application Development and Web Development projects. Experience with Federal Projects, so far worked as a contractor and subcontractor for federal agencies like USPTO, USDA, Grantsolutions.gov(HHS,NIH). Expertise in project maintenance and bug/defect resolution. Received High-5 Winner Award from CGI Federal Director of Consulting for my contributions to Phase 5 Release of EST Project (Federal Agency - USPTO). Experience in designing, developing and maintaining web applications using HTML5, CSS, JavaScript/ES6, jQuery, Twitter Bootstrap, JSON, RESTful Web Services, AJAX, Node.js, Bower, Grunt, Gulp, SASS/LESS. Developed applications using MVC and MVVM design patterns with JavaScript frameworks like Angular JS, Angular 4, React JS, and Knockout JS. Well versed in Restful Web API implementation and exposure to endpoints using HTTP methods like GET and POST. Developed single-page applications using Angular JS, Angular 4, ReactJS, TypeScript, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, Kendo React. Good knowledge of IE Developer tool and Chrome Developer tool. Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins/ JenkinsFile. Experience with Docker Desktop tool and DockerFile, Docker containers and images. Experience with Security tools like SonarQube and Sonar Scanner. Experience with Project Management tools like Jira, Rally. Experience with Section 508 Development, WCAG, ARIA, JAWS and NVDA screen readers. Knowledge of Version Control using Git (Github, Bitbucket, Gitlab and Git commands) and SVN. Good understanding of Document Object Model functions. Experience with designing web pages which are cross-browser compatible. Familiar with adaptive and responsive web pages (using Twitter Bootstrap 3 and media queries). Team player with strong interpersonal skills.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

User Interface Developer

Brillient Corporation
09.2023 - 07.2025
  • Develop high quality UI solutions in web-services based environment.
  • Independently perform complex software development tasks related to records management.
  • Diagnose/debug faults in complex services and distributed systems.
  • Analyze Business requirements and develop UI solutions to meet those requirements while strictly following the design guidelines and documentation provided by USDA Farm Production and Conservation.
  • Define/ Implement properties in sonar-project.properties file for SonarQube Analysis.
  • Resolve security hotspot issues identified by SonarQube.
  • Work with Dev-Ops team to configure JenkinsFile.
  • Work on DockerFile Configuration.
  • Assist Release Managers during major releases.
  • Conduct brown bag sessions.
  • Work on 508 implementation/remediation.
  • Onboarding/training new developers on team.

User Interface Developer

MBIT Associates LLC
09.2019 - 09.2023
  • Developed functional and appealing responsive features for the project.
  • Created release notes with deployment notes and configuration change updates for code deployment to higher environments.
  • Created Single Page Application using Angular 4 modules, services, templates, directives, services and support tools(Node, Webpack, etc.).
  • Implemented Angular 4 component router for navigation and services to connect the web application to back-end APIs.
  • Worked closely with UI/UX designers and backend service/API developers.
  • Implemented secure web-applications using JSON Web Tokens (JWT), XSS/CSRF mitigation, etc.
  • Provided support to Production Support team to resolve critical production issues.
  • Used Chrome Developer tool for debugging.
  • Created and maintained system documentation and artifacts.
  • Implemented Section 508 accessibility and addressed issues using JAWS screen reader and ANDI tool.
  • Developed User interface using ReactJS for SPA development.
  • Worked on ReactJS Virtual DOM and React views rendering, using custom HTML tags, created functional components using hooks, functional and class components with component lifecycle methods, state management using React Redux.
  • Created custom reusable React Components Library (Storybook, bit.dev).
  • Involved in writing application code to interact with APIs, RESTful Web Services using JSON, AJAX.
  • Deployed code to different environments of the application using Jenkins.
  • Performed peer code reviews, sent pull requests to peer reviewers using Bitbucket for code review and merge to master, release and development branches in Bitbucket.
  • Provided support to the testing team during Regression testing.
  • Used Jira to update work progress and attended Scrum ceremonies to update development work completion status, estimate efforts and demo enhancements/bug fixes made for the application.

User Interface Developer

Savantis Solutions Inc
07.2018 - 09.2019
  • Implemented Section 508 accessibility and addressed issues using Wave tool.
  • Wrote unit test cases in Karma/Jasmine to achieve higher code coverage.
  • Utilized Sonar for semi-automated code review processes to improve cognitive complexity and create a solid codebase that conforms to USPTO standards.
  • Fixed defects identified in different environments of the application and coordinated with automation and manual testers.
  • Used Chrome Developer tool for debugging.
  • Updated tasks in Rally, attended SCRUM meetings to update status.
  • Updated the latest UI Design and Implementation details in the System Design document.
  • Used Node.js to run Grunt tasks for application build.
  • Gathered metrics on the UI processing time for various operations in the application and check whether the time meets the target SLA(Service level Agreement) to assess optimization needed to satisfy the overall Search SLAs.
  • CGI Federal is a global firm that provides Business and IT Consulting with a focus on Digital.

Associate IT Developer

Mican Technologies Inc
02.2018 - 05.2018
  • Worked on content editing in Drupal 7 and 8 for consumer shopping pages like Home Page, Global Header, Global Footer, Disclaimers, Plan list, Plan Details, Plan Comparison etc. for Under 65 and Over 65 Health care plans by referring the content sheet provided by the business.
  • Created user accounts such as admin, editor etc. for developers and QA Analysts in the team.
  • Worked on code changes in HTML, JavaScript and tested the changes in Sandbox by syncing the changes to OpenShift pods by executing OpenShift commands.
  • Updated status in Rally for tasks and defects assigned and attended Scrum meetings.
  • Fixed WCAG defects.
  • Florida Blue is a part of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association that offers Health Insurance to Individuals, Businesses and Medicare Individuals.

Application Developer Intern

Sprint Corporation
05.2017 - 08.2017
  • Developed a custom Web-based tool to automate internal data analysis processes following Agile/Scrum development methodology.
  • Worked closely with the Technology and Roadmap Planning team (Lead Application Developer, the process owners and end users) to understand the business requirements and constraints and translate them into simple user interface.
  • Sprint Corporation is a Telecommunications Company that provides wireless services and is an Internet Service Provider.

Front-End Web Developer

myRealEstate.com
02.2017 - 05.2017
  • Experience with designing web pages which are cross-browser compatible.
  • Familiar with adaptive and responsive web pages (using Twitter Bootstrap 3 and media queries).
  • Team player with strong interpersonal skills.

Education

MSc - Information Systems

Pace University
New York
12-2016

Skills

  • HTML5
  • CSS3
  • SASS, LESS
  • JavaScript/ES6
  • TypeScript
  • JQuery
  • ReactJS
  • Redux
  • NgRx
  • Angular 4
  • AngularJS
  • Nodejs
  • Amazon ECS and other AWS cloud-based services and tools
  • Postman
  • React Testing Library, Jest
  • Karma, Jasmine
  • Kendo React library
  • AxeDevtools, ANDI, WAVE
  • Docker
  • Jenkins
  • Git
  • Agile
  • Bitbucket
  • WCAG 20
  • ARIA
  • Accessibility
  • Bootstrap
  • SonarQube
  • Confluence
  • Jira
  • MySQL Workbench
  • Oracle SQL Developer
  • Section 508 compliance
  • WCAG
  • Jaws screen reader

Personal Information

Immigration Status: LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT AND GREEN CARD HOLDER

Timeline

User Interface Developer

Brillient Corporation
09.2023 - 07.2025

User Interface Developer

MBIT Associates LLC
09.2019 - 09.2023

User Interface Developer

Savantis Solutions Inc
07.2018 - 09.2019

Associate IT Developer

Mican Technologies Inc
02.2018 - 05.2018

Application Developer Intern

Sprint Corporation
05.2017 - 08.2017

Front-End Web Developer

myRealEstate.com
02.2017 - 05.2017

MSc - Information Systems

Pace University
PRAJAKTA DEGAONKAR