Wajid Ali Safdar Contact: 813.359.

8727
Address: Wesley Chapel, Florida 33544 Email: Vinay@globalsofttech.us

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Summary

 Over 16 years of total experience which include over 8 years of working in US

experience in designing, developing and maintaining web and client / server applications
using the Microsoft Technologies.
 Expertise in .NET framework with great proficiency in creating applications using Win
Forms, Web Forms, ASP.NET, C#/VB.NET, ASP.NET MVC, MVC5, Entity Framework, Linq,
ADO.NET, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Bootstrap, JavaScript, Angular JS, JQuery,
JQuery SignalR, IIS, SQL Server 2000 / 2005 /2008 / 2014, and Visual Studio.NET up to
version 2017.
 Expertise in all the phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including
requirements, analysis, design, implementation, integration and testing, deployment
and maintenance.
 Expertise in working with Web Server Controls, HTML Controls, User Controls, Custom
Controls using C# and VB.NET.
 Expertise in working with ADO.NET components such as Dataset, Data Adapter and Data
Reader.
 Experience in designing UML diagrams including Use Case diagrams, Class diagrams,
Interaction diagrams, State diagrams and Deployment diagrams.
 Experience in designing GUI screens using usability and design principles.
 Experience in writing complex user defined Functions, Stored Procedures, Views,
Triggers, and cursors using MS SQL Server (2000/2005/2008/2014).
 Experience in relational database design, data extraction, data transformation and
loading from large and complex data sources using MS SQL Server
2014/2008/2005/2000.
 Experience and/or working knowledge of indexing, query plans, installation and
configuration of Microsoft reporting, analysis, and integration services SSRS, SSAS, SSIS).
 Extensive use of ADO.net Datasets, Data Adapter, Data Reader and XML to retrieve and
store the data in Access DB/Oracle/SQL Server Data Bases.
 Hands on knowledge with Postgres SQL, No SQL, Graph Databases
 Hands on experience in Distributed Technologies like Web Services.
 Experience in Unit testing using Visual Studio Test Environment by writing the test
procedures.
 Good experience in designing scalable applications through load balancing and
performance tuning.
  Experience of Project Management Tool using MS Project and MS Visio, UML Case
Diagram.
 Well versed with QA Methodology and QA Process to ensure the Quality Assurance
including Test Cases.

Education:
 Master of Sciences in Information Assurance and Cyber Security from Stratford
University, North Virginia, United States of America. Aug 2013
 Master of Computer Sciences from Al-Khair University, Pakistan. Apr 2003
 Bachelors from Peshawar University, Pakistan. Apr 1993

Technical Skills: 
 
Programming C, C++, Visual C#, VB.net, Visual basic 6.0
Languages
Web Technologies ASP.NET, MVC, HTML, Entity Framework, XML Web Services,
WCF, WPF, Silver light
Scripting Languages JavaScript, JQuery, AngularJS, JQuery SignalR, TablesorterJs
Markup Languages HTML, DHTML, XML, XAML, Bootstrap 3
.NET Technologies .NET Framework (1.1/2.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.7.2), ADO.NET,
Web Services, MVC 3/4/5, MVVM.
Software Engineering SDLC, UML, Agile Programming 
Database Development SQL Server (2000/2005/2008/2014), T-SQL, DTS, Postgres
SQL, No SQL, Mongo DB, Graph Databases and MS Access 
Operating Systems Windows XP/2000/NT/Vista/Windows 7/ Windows 10
RAD/IDE Visual Studio 2003/2005/2008/2010/2012/2017, Visual Basic
6.0 
Version Control Visual SourceSafe, Team Foundation Server (TFS) 
Modeling and Testing Microsoft Visio 2013
Tools

Work Experience:
Magellan HealthCare, MO June 2014 – June 2021
Role: Software Engineer
Magellan HealthCare is a leading specialty health care service provider in Radiology, Oncology,
Pain management, Behavior Health, Physical medicine and pharmacy benefits program.

Responsibilities:
  Working closely with project and business owners to provide solutions as per business
need, developing and designing of the process flow, detail design and developing
functionalities to satisfy the project need.
 Develop and maintain systems in ASP.NET, .NET CORE, VB.NET and C# which is responsible
for handling authorizations to various health insurance companies.
 To develop the new tools / applications to automate the existing process and facilitate
the business owners in their tasks.
 Support and maintain the existing web applications, web services and windows services.
 Implementing the new clients and customize the existing applications as per the
business requirements.
 Involved in existing system enhancements, code reviews, assisting fellow developers.
 Fine tuning of database queries, speedup database coding, implementing proper
indexing and using the modern coding standards.
 Troubleshooting the production issues, performance of the system.
 Used MS Team Foundation Server (TFS) for source control of .NET code and back-end
databases – SQL.
 Implemented continuous integration and delivery using Jenkins.
 Speed up database code using proper indexing and coding standards.
 Fine tuning of database stored procedures, triggers and user define functions.

Environment: Visual Studio.Net 2017, C#.NET, VB.net, .Net Framework Version 4.7.2, ASP.NET,
Microsoft Team Foundation Server, IIS 7.0, ADO.NET, LINQ, XML, SQL Server 2014, TFS, CSS,
Bootstrap, JavaScript, JQuery, MS Visio 2013, Jira

Client: United Health Group, Los Vegas, NV Dec 2013 to May 2014
Role: Senior Application Developer

Description: The scope of this project covers the suite of current services provided by Health
Education & Wellness (HEW) to health plan customers and their members. Business objectives
for this project are to:

 Eliminate dual data entry between multiple systems.

 Develop the reporting capabilities to determine a Return on Investment (ROI) for HEW
services.
 Streamline the scheduling tasks for classes and consultation.
 Provide HEW with the capabilities to build customized Interventions and Intervention
Methods through the application interface.
 HEW delivers its services to health plan customers and their members, the logical starting
point for the management of HEW customer/member/service data should be the Facets
platform. Depending on the data and processing requirements, the implementation of HEW
services may be integrated with existing database tables or it may be an extension of the
database platform.

Responsibilities:
• Involved in understanding user requirements, designing and developing web application
and back end applications.
• Interacted with business analysts, end users and worked on the application
specifications to develop detailed functional, technical design, and test specifications
that fully satisfy business requirements.
• Design web application wireframe as per business requirement
• Designed and develop user interface for public web application and intranet application
using Visual Studio 2012, ASP.NET MVC5, C #.NET, Bootstrap, CSS, Java Script, AngularJS
and JQuery, with object-oriented programming techniques. Used various features of C#
and C#.Net (e.g. reflections, generics, partial classes, LINQ etc.).
• Developer presentation layer of both public and intranet application
• Build technical architecture of application and document design in high level and low
level design document
• Develop application infrastructure component like logging, exception handling, data
access, caching and cryptographic application block.
• Demonstrating the architectural implementation through code and design
• Design application architecture, design and code reviews
• Develop systems using .NET components and implemented the Data Access layers using
ADO.NET. Used ADO.NET objects such as data reader, data adapter and dataset for
consistent access of the data from data layer, beside Angular Module, $http, $q and
$respond are used to approach the data layer.
• Develop stored procedures, functions, triggers using SQL and T-SQL in SQL Server 2010
for fetching data and binding.

Environment: Visual Studio.Net 2012, C#.NET, .Net Framework Version 4.5.1, ASP.NET,
ADO.NET, LINQ, XML, SQL Server 2010, TFS, CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript, JQuery, AngularJS

Mercurial Mind. September 2007 to July 2010

Role: Senior Lead Application Developer

Description: Mercurial Minds is a fast growing and a leading Information Technology solutions
company with a wide range of innovative IT Products and services in Telecom, VAS, Enterprise,
Mobile Applications, and Professional Training to an extensive client base all across Pakistan.
My primary role was a to lead a team of developers and co-ordinate all the development process
and review and trouble shoot the code developed by the team members and keep the output sync
with the business requirements.

Responsibilities:
• As a team leader, co-ordination among the upper / horizontal and lower tears
• Interacted with business analysts, end users and worked on the application
specifications to develop detailed functional, technical design, and test specifications
that fully satisfy business requirements.
• Design web application wireframe as per business requirement
• Designed and develop user interface for public web application and intranet application.
• Build technical architecture of application and document design in high level and low
level design document.
• Demonstrating the architectural implementation through code and design
• Design application architecture, design and code reviews
• Develop stored procedures, functions, triggers using SQL for fetching data and binding.

National Database and Registration Authority of Pakistan (NADRA) Sep 2005 to Dec 2006

Role: Deputy Director (Technical)

Description: NADRA is the biggest government-based Information Technology Organization

having it offices allover Pakistan and abroad at all countries of the Globe, almost every town
and union council has NADRA representation; globally every Pakistan Diplomatic Missions has
the NADRA representation. The primary role of NADRA is to develop and keep the record of
every citizen of Pakistan including their Biometric information. It is sole responsible to deliver
the National Identity Card to the citizens of Pakistan, Birth Certificates, Passport and many
more.

Responsibilities:

 Served as the Information Technology head of the regional Headquarter of NADRA at

Sargodha.
 Managed 33 NADRA Swift Registration Centers (NSRC’s) in 10 districts of Northern
Punjab of Pakistan. Also managed 10 Mobile Registration Vehicles (MRV’s) in the area of
responsibility.
 Implemented the National constitution clauses and NADRA policies in all of my under-
command registration centers.
 Implemented all NADRA applications in 10 districts of northern Punjab of Pakistan.
 Troubleshooted all the Data flow and technical problems within the area of
responsibility.
 Also managed the employment of NSCR’s and MRV’s staff.