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Hello, I’m Trần Minh, a Solution Architect dedicated to designing innovative, efficient solutions that make technology serve your business effortlessly. My role involves adapting to diverse project requirements and building scalable, future-ready systems. Beyond technical design, I build cohesive, high-performing teams, collaborating closely with clients to deliver architecture tailored to their business needs.

My expertise spans Cloud Services (AWS), Microservices Architecture (MSA), CI/CD, as well as security measures (SQL injection prevention, OWASP Top 10) and performance optimization (database management, load balancing, and more).

Experiences

Solution Architect (2020 – Now)

Project	EgM Resource Development
Duration	17-Jul-2023 – Current
Role	Solution Architect
Description	The technical team gathers highly skilled resources who work together to define, plan, and execute the main activities to develop technical competencies and a workforce that aligns with the company’s strategy. Those top technical skilled resources also join R&D cutting-edge technologies, assist project teams in quickly overcoming ad-hoc technical challenges, propose and design the architecture for new projects, and help the company’s developers catch up with new technologies in the chaotic software development world.
Technology	Language: ReactJS, Angular, Phonegap/Cordova, Java, PHP, Python, JavaScript, WebAPI, GraphQL, RabbitMQ, Laravel, Symphony, Node.js, Yii, Drupal, WordPress, Magento, Moodle. Cloud: AWS, GCP Database: PostgreSQL, SQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Kafka DevOps: Jenkins, TeamCity, Octopus, AWS Pipeline, K8s, etc. Others: Redis, Memcached.
My Responsibility	Contribute to and design system architecture and deliver it for various types/size systems, and fully aware of the integration, maintenance, and migration aspects. Work with relevant parties to ensure all architectural and technical standards are followed. Be competent in the core frameworks used or to be used. Evaluate new software development tools and techniques and make appropriate recommendations. Lead R&D for new or unpopular technologies and train the project team if needed. Provide direct instruction or support TA on the effort estimation for complex systems. Collaborates with other technical resources to integrate across tiers, platforms, and responsibilities. Perform the technical training for the project. Provide the estimated effort for the whole system or any work enhancements in the project. Work with the team to plan and take appropriate actions to remove technical impediments during the sprint. Give final approval for refinement of the team. Review the impact analysis for changes in the client’s dependencies. Support PM in defining source control management strategy. Assess the business impact that confident technical choices have. Inform various stakeholders about any issues with the current technical solutions being implemented.

Project	R&D and SWAT Activities
Duration	Jul-2015 – Current
Role	Technical Architect Solution Architect
Description	SWAT is the problem-resolving team. If projects have problems and need support, we will come to the project to investigate the root cause and find a solution. We must also arrange times to check with the project team when a project is running. This progress helps our company ensure project quality, and our SWAT team can quickly support the project as needed. Our mission is to help projects run smoothly and reach the target.
Technology	Many skills are applied to resolve problems in projects: Technology and non-technology. Sometimes, we need to discuss with clients to clarify their system limitations and how to resolve them, as well as which technology we need to apply. Sometimes, it is just technology. What’s wrong with applying new tech? Why don’t we use this, not that? How can we catch up with new trends? I support almost all LAMP stacks, Node.js, and AWS Cloud. I support Java, Database, or DevOp stacks in some exceptional cases.
My Responsibility	Make detailed designs for assigned tasks. Write code based on detailed designs and Functional/Requirement Specifications. Incident and bug fixing. Prioritize tasks in detail, support junior Dev in covering their issues. Regularly perform the detailed design review with team leads and suggest improvements. Regularly perform code reviews on primary/essential modules and raise issue work items for failures.

Project	PRESALES NON-PRODUCTION
Duration	Aug 2015 – Now
Role	Technical Architect Solution Architect
Description	Presale Support refers to the activities and resources provided by a company to assist sales teams or customers before a sale is made. It is a crucial phase in the sales process, especially in complex or high-value transactions, such as in B2B or technology sales. Presale support is aimed at convincing potential clients of the value and benefits of a product or service, and it often involves technical, strategic, and consultative activities.
Technology	Solution: Cloud, AWS, CI-CD, MSA, Security, Deployment, Blockchain Languages: PHP, Python, NodeJS, ReactJS, Angular, AngularJS Database: MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB Others: RabbitMQ, WebSocket, etc.
My Responsibility	Get requirements from the sales team, discuss them, and provide solutions for customers. Provide a Technical Proposal and estimation. Responsible for technical/architecture discussion and ensuring that any change to architecture is reviewed/approved by the client technical team. Discuss solutions with the Sales Team and Customer. Explain the solution to ensure it is suitable for customer needs. Conduct SAD, WBS, and technical proposals to draw the complete picture for the customer. Review the impact analysis for changes in the client’s dependencies.

Project	Rental Car
Duration	01-Nov-2023 – 31-Jan-2024
Role	Solution Architect
Description	The company is a premium rental car service. Clients can rent luxury cars (Land Rover, Jaguar, etc.) on the web and iOS app. Client’s drivers will deliver cars to their door and pick them up when done. Location : UK Domain : Rental Car
Technology	Languages: Python, GCP, Next.js, Java, Swift Integrated Systems: Salesforce Marketing Cloud, MailChimp, Stripe, OnFleet, FullStory, Lokalise, Firebase, GTM, KYC (Onfido), RISC System – BVRLA (risconline.com), DVLA (licencecheck.co.uk), Twilio, Google Map, Invoice (Debitoor), Facebook Business Database: DataStore, BigQuery Report & Analyze: Google Data Studio Cloud: GCP – AppEngine, Virtual Machine, PubSub, TaskQueue, Cron, Google Storage Architecture: Message Queue, Event-Driven, Serverless, Cloud-Native
My Responsibility	Provide solutions for the client’s CTO to integrate with third-party services (meeting, definition of workflow, drawing of the architecture, convincing the client about suitable architecture, etc.). Discuss with the team, working with the TA and TL to optimize the cost of GCP (optimize code, use suitable AppEngine instance type, reduce redundant codes). Work with TA and TL to finalize the standards and guidance for the development team. Support the project team in resolving technical issues such as migration, security, performance, integration, etc.

Project	Warehouse Observability System
Duration	03/2024 – 04/2024
Role	Solution Architect
Description	The client provides logistics transportation services & conducts auto parts logistics businesses. The client want to rebuild a whole WMS package. Firstly, they want to migrate the legacy VB system to Java and deploy it in a newly built warehouse. After that, the system will be applied to other locations across Japan. In this project, they want to build the full AWS Observability that can adapt to level 3. Before that, they want to have knowledge, and a detailed approach based on the current system from our side. After that, they want to make the automation system ready to deploy to a new future system. Location : JPN Domain : Logistic
Technology	Backend: Java 11, Spring boot 2.7.0+ (Spring data JPA, Spring Security) Web frontend: ReactJS or Angular, CloudFront AWS: S3, Amazon Incognito, Amazon Application Load balancer, Amazon SQS, Aurora PostgreSQL, CloudFormation Observability: AWS CloudTrail, AWS CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray, Amazon Managed Grafana, AWS Managed Services (AMS), OpenTelemetry
My Responsibility	Conduct in-depth research on the client’s system to fully grasp the business and its interactions with other systems. Develop technical documents to engage in discussions with the client, clarify understanding, and address any technical concerns. Produce critical documents such as the System Architecture Document (SAD) and Technical Proposal to present ideas regarding system implementation, limitations, and current system constraints to the client. Perform Proof of Concept (POC) to demonstrate the team’s capability to implement system observability for the client. Provide recommendations and finalize decisions with the client, outlining the steps and phases to proceed with the project. Create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and resource planning for stakeholders to ensure a clear understanding of the project scope.

Project	Gambling: TAS Project
Duration	17-Oct-2022 – 15-May-2023
Role	Solution Architect
Description	The client is a gambling company. It provides wagering and gaming products and services in Australia. The client already has a fully functioning system in NSW, and now the company needs to implement it in Tasmania (TAS). Therefore, the client requires our support in analyzing the current project, defining the approach, and establishing a collaboration framework to implement it in TAS successfully. Location : AUS Domain : Gambling
Technology	AWS Services: EKS, MSK, Glue, Redshift, RDS, Aurora, Elasticsearch, IAM, Networking, EC2, EBS, Route 53, S3, CloudFormation Infrastructure as Code: Ansible Playbook, AWS CloudFormation Microservices: AWS EKS, Docker, Kubernetes Micro-frontend: Angular Architects, Module Federation Single Sign-On, OpenID Connect: Redhat SSO, Keycloak ETL, Data Warehouse: AWS Glue, AWS Redshift, AWS Lambda, Apache NIFI CI/CD: GoCD, DroneCI, Aqua Scan, Sonar Scan Databases: MongoDB, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle Stack: MEAN Programming Language: Python, TypeScript, NodeJS, SCSS, Bash Shell Documentation: C4 Model, Mermaid, Confluence Real-time Messaging System, Event Streaming: AWS MSK, Kafka, AVRO Schema, STOMP, WebSocket, RabbitMQ Logging & Monitoring: New Relic, Kibana, Elasticsearch
My Responsibility	Meeting with the client to gather and clarify TAS requirements. Understand TAS’s business model based on client input. Analyze the existing system, compare it to TAS’s needs, and collaborate with the client on feasible implementation strategies for TAS. Create technical documentation to gain client approval and finalize implementation decisions. After finalizing and signing the project contract: Build the project team and train new members to ensure they meet project requirements. Work closely with the BA, TL, TA, and PM to address technical challenges and schedule the project. Actively monitor project progress and adherence to established standards. Collaborate with the TL and TA to develop standardized code frameworks and project skeletons.

Project	Gambling: NSW Casino Project
Duration	06-Feb-2023 – 31-Mar-2023
Role	Solution Architect
Description	The client is a gambling company. It provides wagering and gaming products and services in Australia. They need to add a big casino to their current system, so they need us to analyze and prepare to implement tasks. Location : AUS Domain : Gambling
Technology	AWS Services: EKS, MSK, Glue, Redshift, RDS, Aurora, Elasticsearch, IAM, Networking, EC2, EBS, Route 53, S3, CloudFormation Infrastructure as Code: Ansible Playbook, AWS CloudFormation Microservices: AWS EKS, Docker, Kubernetes Micro-frontend: Angular Architects, Module Federation Single Sign-On, OpenID Connect: Redhat SSO, Keycloak ETL, Data Warehouse: AWS Glue, AWS Redshift, AWS Lambda, Apache NIFI CI/CD: GoCD, DroneCI, Aqua Scan, Sonar Scan Databases: MongoDB, SQL Server Stack: MEAN Programming Language: Python, TypeScript, NodeJS, SCSS, Bash Shell Documentation: C4 Model, Mermaid, Confluence Real-time Messaging System, Event Streaming: AWS MSK, Kafka, AVRO Schema, STOMP, WebSocket, RabbitMQ Logging & Monitoring: New Relic, Kibana, Elasticsearch
My Responsibility	Meeting with the client to gather and clarify requirements. Understand Casino’s business model based on client input. Analyze the existing system, compare it to the Casino’s needs, and collaborate with the client on feasible implementation strategies for the Casino. Create technical documentation to gain client approval and finalize implementation decisions. After finalizing and signing the project contract: Build the project team and train new members to ensure they meet project requirements. Work closely with the BA, TL, TA, and PM to address technical challenges and schedule the project. Actively monitor project progress and adherence to established standards. Collaborate with the TL and TA to develop standardized code frameworks and project skeletons.

Project	Gambling: NSW project
Duration	08-May-2019 – 14-Oct-2022
Role	Technical Architect Solution Architect
Description	The client is a gambling company. The organization operates market-leading businesses and is Australia’s largest provider of lotteries, Keno, wagering, and gaming products and services. They are developing new services in their MicroService system, a platform for users and Regulators to manage, create, review/approve, and apply new specifications for all gaming venues in Australia. They are also developing a live data API to update data from gaming machines and a customer retention service to improve their services to gamblers. This system is just a part of their gaming ecosystem. Location : AUS Domain : Gambling
Technology	Cloud: AWS (EKS, EC2, S3, ECR), AWS Workspace CI/CD: Rancher, Drone, Artifactory Languages: NodeJS, Angular, React, Swagger Database: Mongo, MSSQL SSO: Redhat SSO Keycloak Streaming: Kafka, Kafka-avro Container-orchestration: K8s Architect: Micro-frontend, Mircro-service
My Responsibility	Spent two months onsite in Sydney to gather detailed project information. Worked directly with the onsite team in Australia to complete User Stories, fostering a unified team approach. Transferred knowledge and trained the team to meet project requirements and adapt quickly. Collaborated with Australia team to improve system performance and establish consistent coding standards. Acted as the key link between the Vietnam and Sydney teams, ensuring smooth collaboration and mutual understanding. Reviewed code to ensure the team followed the correct coding and deployment processes.

Technical Architect (2015 – 2020)

Project	US Healthcare System
Duration	Oct 2017 – Apr 2019
Role	Technical Architect
Description	Our client is at a College in New York. They want to build a healthcare system that helps patients quickly contact their doctors (nurses) and doctors (nurses) to track health indications easily. Patients will also have hand-held wearable devices that stream their healthy signals to our systems. At the interconnect centers, doctors (nurses) can see their patients’ signals on the dashboard and will be alarmed when they break any dangerous limit. Patients can call the center, and the center can create a group to invite more doctors and nurses for support. The system is a multi-tenant project. Each tenant can manage their accounts, assign permission, and manage their patients. Location : US Domain : Healthcare
Technology	Cloud: AWS (EKS, EC2, S3, ECR) CI/CD: Jenkins Languages: NodeJS, Angular, SenecaJS Database: MongoDB, MySQL, Redis, Postgres Streaming: RabbitMQ Container-orchestration: K8s Container Platform: Docker Mobile: IOS (Swift), Android TV, Amazon Echo Architect: Micro Service (MSA) Searching Engine: ElasticSearch
My Responsibility	Discuss with the client to understand their business need and work together to define the MSA structure. Build an MSA structure and guide the team in working with it. Develop the framework, design document, and code core parts for the project. Responsible for technical/architecture discussion and ensuring that any changes to architecture are reviewed/approved by the client technical team. Provide the orientation for technical design to all developers. Investigate and help the team to resolve problems. Review code and train new members for the project.

Project	Logistic: Voyage Control Project
Duration	03-Jan-2019 – 08-Mar-2019
Role	Technical Architect
Description	The client provides the logistic services. They need to manage and renovate a system that provides logistic tracking/routing for logistic companies and ports. In this project: – They can track traffic data from their drivers. – They can estimate and arrange their work in the ports with the input of some logistic data. – The system needs to integrate with other systems to get the needed data for calculation. Location : UK Domain : Logistic
Technology	Cloud: EC2, S3, ECR, Fargate, CloudFront Front-end: Angular.js Back-end: Node.js, Python (Django) CI/CD: Jenkins Database: MySQL
My Responsibility	Develop the framework, design document, and implement the project’s core. Ensure the project team strictly follows coding conventions and best practices. Responsible for technical/architecture discussion and ensuring that any change to architecture is reviewed/approved by the client technical team. Provide the orientation for technical design to all developers. Review the impact analysis for changes in the client’s dependencies. Regularly perform the detailed design review with team leads and suggest improvements. Regularly perform code reviews on primary/essential modules and raise issue work items for failures. Plan and execute training for team members. Manage source control branches in line with strategy. Report technical issues and risks to PM every week.

Project	Truck Tiers Project
Duration	Feb 2017 – Oct 2017
Role	Technical Architect
Description	The client is a technology startup specializing in solutions for eCommerce channels, marketplaces, social platforms, and big data analytics within the Automotive industry. Our collaboration aims to provide the client with a skilled and professional workforce to build and maintain an end-to-end eCommerce solution, beginning with a truck tire purchasing platform. My company will supply an offshore team responsible for developing the truck tire eCommerce web application, which will serve as the ‘front-end’ system that interfaces with customers. Additionally, the team will develop the back-end systems surrounding the web app, creating an ecosystem that supports the entire business process, including sales, logistics, finance, and data analytics. Location : UK Domain : eCommerce
Technology	Back-end: PHP, .NET, C#, WebAPI, Elastic Search, Kibana Front-end: AngularJS, KnockoutJS, Bootstrap Database: SQL Server, MySQL Front-end Caching: Varnish E-commerce Platform: Magento 2x Cloud: AWS EC2 CI-CD: CircleCI
My Responsibility	Develop the framework, design document, and implement the project’s core.Ensure the project team follows strictly coding conventions and best practices.Responsible for technical/ architecture discussion and ensuring that any change to architecture is reviewed/approved by the client technical team.Provide the orientation for technical design to all developers.Review the impact analysis for changes in the client’s dependencies.Regularly perform the detailed design review team leads and suggest improvements.Regularly perform the code review on primary/essential modules and raise issue work items for failures.Plan and execute training for team members.Management of source control branches in line with strategy.Feed technical issues and risks into PM every week.

Project	Human Resource Management System
Duration	Oct 2016 – Aug 2018
Role	Technical Architect
Description	This system allows facilities to become more financially sustainable by managing rosters and optimizing workforce management. Support multi-tenancy, deploy on AWS, support CI-CD. KPI Dashboard: Gain real-time insights into staff costs, facility occupancy, and funding for dynamic workforce decisions. Time and Attendance: Automate time tracking to improve compliance and productivity. Rostering: Optimize staff coverage based on care requirements for every shift. Employee Kiosk: Enable employees to manage their time and availability via mobile devices. Award Interpretation: Simplify award and EBA interpretation with easy-to-use timesheets. Payroll Integration: Streamline data entry and reduce payroll errors with seamless integration. Skills & Compliance: Track skills, training, and qualifications to ensure regulatory compliance. Reporting & Analysis: Access real-time reporting to address challenges quickly. Absence Management: Simplify leave management with an employee-empowering workflow.
Technology	Front-end: ReactJS, SocketCluster Back-end: NodeJS, SocketCluster Database: Postgres Caching: Redis Cloud: AWS
My Responsibility	Develop the framework, design document, and implement the project’s core.Ensure the project team follows strictly coding conventions and best practices.Responsible for technical/ architecture discussion and ensuring that any change to architecture is reviewed/approved by the client technical team.Provide the orientation for technical design to all developers.Review the impact analysis for changes in the client’s dependencies.Regularly perform the detailed design review team leads and suggest improvements.Regularly perform the code review on primary/essential modules and raise issue work items for failures.Plan and execute training for team members.Management of source control branches in line with strategy.