Zafar Ali
About Zafar Ali
Zafar Ali is a Senior Software Engineer at ITHAKA, with over 12 years of experience in software development and engineering. He holds multiple degrees in Information Technology and has worked with various technologies, including microservices, Python, and AWS.
Work at ITHAKA
Zafar Ali has been employed at ITHAKA as a Senior Software Engineer since 2017. His role involves developing and maintaining software solutions that support the organization's mission to improve access to educational resources. He is based in the Greater New York City Area and has contributed to various projects during his tenure.
Education and Expertise
Zafar Ali holds a Master of Science in Information Technology (MS-IT) from the National University of Science and Technology, where he studied Web Application Security from 2008 to 2010. He also earned a Master of Science in Information Technology (MSc-IT) from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, focusing on Object-Oriented Programming and Project Management from 2005 to 2007. Additionally, he completed a Bachelor of Computer Information Technology (BCIT) at the University of Sindh from 2000 to 2003.
Background
Zafar Ali began his career as a Software Engineer at Digital Processing Systems from 2008 to 2009. He then worked at SEECS NUST as a Senior Software Engineer for nine months. Following this, he held various leadership positions, including Team Lead at JABS Solutions Pvt Limited and Divisional Software Lead at Active Capital IT, where he worked from 2010 to 2017. He also had a brief tenure as an Associate JEE/Software Architect at ZIN Technologies Ltd.
Technical Skills and Experience
Zafar Ali has extensive experience in customizing, clustering, and securing JBoss AS and Apache Tomcat. He possesses strong administration skills with JBoss AS 4.0 and onwards, and Apache Tomcat 5.0 and onwards. His technical expertise includes a solid understanding of micro web services and proficiency in programming languages such as Python and Clojure. He has over 12 years of experience with Rich Internet Applications technologies, including Adobe Flex and ActionScript.
Cloud Computing Knowledge
Zafar Ali has over four years of experience with AWS cloud services. His knowledge extends to various IDEs for Java, including Eclipse, Myeclipse, Oracle JDeveloper, and NetBeans. He is also proficient in using AJAX libraries such as Richfaces, GWT, and GWT-EXT for developing Web 2.0 applications.