BARKHA AHUJA

857-472-4824 | ahuja.b@northeastern.edu | https://www.linkedin.com/in/barkha-ahuja/ | https://github.com/ahujab |

https://ahujab.github.io/Hello-Barkha/
EDUCATION
Masters in Computer Engineering | Northeastern University | 3.6/4 Dec 2020
Bachelors in Electronics and Telecommunication | Vivekanand University (India) | 8.9/10 May 2017
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Programming Languages: Python, Java, JavaScript, C++
Technologies: Spring Framework, ReactJS, Node.JS, .Net, RESTAPI, node.js, GraphQL, Jenkins, Selenium, Kafka
Database: MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, DynamoDB, MariaDB, ElasticSearch
Cloud: AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, Cognito, Amplify, Route53, EBS, CloudFormation, IoT), Kubernetes, Docker
Networking: TCP/IP, DNS, routing, switching, firewalls, LAN/WAN, traceroute, iperf, cURL
WORK EXPERIENCE
Software Development Engineer, Casa Systems Inc, Andover, USA May 2019 – Nov 2019
• Performed analysis of codebase for critical bugs by creating webpage using ReactJS to dynamically update and display result of
automated test cases from internally maintained MariaDB platform
• Designed a KPI metrics collection framework generated by web apps with an event notification system using SNMP protocol, MYSQL
and REST APIs in Java
• Automated the functional and system level testing for end to end 4G-LTE/5G feature validation in Python using Selenium that
increased accuracy by 30%
• Reduced propensity of similar defects in future sprints by a factor of 0.4 through root-cause analysis
• As a part of major re-org, led series of migration products and performed scaling exercises to ensure services can handle peak traffic
by running on Open stack platform using Kubernetes containers
• Created All-in-one deployment guide using Jenkins and reduced deployment time from 8 days to 1.5 hour

Graduate Student Teaching Assistant, Northeastern University, Boston, USA Jan 2020- Apr 2020
• Formulated “Getting started with GraphQL” guide to help students get acknowledged with deployment of GraphQL
• Assisted Professor by creating power-point presentations, videos on course-work and tutored students for better understanding of
RedisDB, data indexing and caching
• Led 60-70 students, graded student deliverables and resolved their issues by organizing Slack meetings

Software Developer, Kennect Solutions PVT LTD, Mumbai, India Sep 2017 – May 2018
• Designed App for employee engagement amongst large orgs with dynamic teams that improved productivity by 40%
• Personalized information feed for every employee by formulating Intelligent performance report using JAVA
• Modulated Incentive calculator for weekly update of employee records to the Enterprise Data Storage in MongoDB
• Developed Analytics application to identify trends and monitor performance of Pharma organizations using NodeJS that led to
effective corporate communication and increased precision by 60%

PROJECTS
NEU Employer-Student Interaction Portal Jan 2019 – May 2019
• Developed NU Coop portal that simplifies job application Manager using Spring MVC and Hibernate
• Utilized annotation-based mapping, DAO Servlets, HQL queries
• Incorporated JavaMail API to generate emails for verification and provisioned Spring Security
Big-Data Prototype for Insurance Claims Sep 2019 – Dec 2019
• Provisioned GraphQL server to store json schema in Redis Database and expose Api to perform CRUD properties
• Used technologies like Elastic Search for data indexing, Kibana for data visualization and querying, OAuth for token generation, Etag
for caching and conditional requests
AWS based Serverless Web Application May 2020
• Created a simple serverless web application that enables users to request transportation rides
• Amplify Console provides CI/CD, JS exchanges data from a backend API built using Lambda and API Gateway. Amazon Cognito
provides user management and authentication and DynamoDB for a persistence layer
AWARDS
• National Level Project Competition and paper presentation Winner (India)
• Experienced Innovator (The Indian Society for Technical Education)
• Recognized as the Ace Employee at Kennect Solutions Pvt. Ltd
• Human Resource Developer at Rotary International (Non-profit Organization)
Covid19 Tracker (using ReactJS) - Website