Manish Kumar Jaiswal - Freelance Senior Solutions Architect

Q: Where is Manish based?

Manish is based in Kiel, Germany .

Q: What languages does Manish speak?

Manish speaks the following languages: English (Advanced), German (Elementary) .

Q: How many years of experience does Manish have?

Manish has at least 19 years of experience. During this time, Manish has worked in at least 10 different roles and for 10 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 8 months . Note that Manish may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Manish's latest experience?

Manish's most recent position is Freelance Senior Solutions Architect at YoungIT .

Q: What companies has Manish worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Manish has worked for YoungIT and Jaguar Land Rover UK .

Q: Which industries is Manish most experienced in?

Manish is most experienced in industries like Information Technology , Automotive , and Healthcare . Manish also has some experience in Food and Beverage , Aerospace and Defense , and Professional Services .

Q: Which business areas is Manish most experienced in?

Manish is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology , Operations , and Product Development . Manish also has some experience in Project Management , Supply Chain Management , and Finance .

Q: Which industries has Manish worked in recently?

Manish has recently worked in industries like Healthcare , Food and Beverage , and Automotive .

Q: Which business areas has Manish worked in recently?

Manish has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology , Operations , and Project Management .

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Kiel, Germany

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Experience

Apr 2022 - Dec 2025

3 years 9 months

Freelance Senior Solutions Architect

YoungIT

Worked with a UK based organisation offering a range of free sexual health services such as STI testing, treatment and contraception across the UK
Created a Liferay DXP based customer facing portal (version 7.4) over Liferay Experience Cloud
Designed and developed Liferay modules
Managed Liferay Experience Cloud and release management
Coordinated with different teams and helped other team members on Liferay challenges
Engaged in discussions with business and stakeholders on expectations
Implemented architectural best practices

May 2021 - Apr 2022

1 year

Liferay Architect

Jaguar Land Rover UK

Worked on the Knowledge Base portal as Liferay Architect with Liferay DXP 7.3
Designed and developed Liferay modules and managed Liferay Cloud
Guided the team and optimized performance on a daily basis
Supported other team members on Liferay challenges
Involved in discussions with business and stakeholders on expectations
Implemented architectural best practices

Aug 2020 - May 2022

1 year 10 months

Liferay Architect

YoungIT

Worked with Unilever UK on the strategic CARA greenfield project using Liferay DXP 7.2 and later 7.3
Planned, implemented and supervised technical IT projects
Supervised infrastructure changes and kept stakeholders informed of progress
Created change/task tickets for operational teams and supported GoLive activities
Designed solutions and developed modules integrating multiple backend systems (Pega, Liferay, Informatica, Java based systems, Mule Integrations)
Participated in discussion and design activities

Dec 2018 - Mar 2020

1 year 4 months

Senior Liferay Architect

Capgemini

Served as architect for projects involving Liferay, microservices and Java technologies across clients including Unilever and McDonald's
Responsible for development, deliveries, presales discussions, new POC developments, upgrades and digital transformation
Top FMCG client: created architecture for Liferay integration with client systems and frontend for end users; upgraded from Liferay 7.0 to 7.2; used Spring Boot, microservices and REST APIs
MBSync Supplier Portal: upgraded portal from Liferay 6.1EE to Liferay DXP; conducted OWASP Top 10, penetration testing and security issue fixes

May 2017 - Dec 2018

1 year 8 months

India

Architect

Rockwell Collins India

Led architecture and end-to-end development of Rockwell Supplier Portal using Liferay DXP and microservices
Created multiple applications running inside the portal and enabled the team to start development by overcoming architectural challenges

Jun 2016 - Mar 2017

10 months

Technical Architect

4isoft Technologies

Responsible for development activities and deliveries for multiple Fortune 500 clients based on Java technologies
Migrated Keenan Insurance Portal to Liferay to save cost and increase flexibility
Developed developer portal solution based on Liferay 6.1 EE
Created multiple Spring MVC based portlets (JSR 286 compliant), themes, layouts, IPC, service layers and service builders
Guided and worked with multiple junior team members

Jan 2012 - Jul 2015

3 years 7 months

Wolfsburg, Germany

Senior Software Consultant

Confidential Partner Firm

Worked for Volkswagen and Audi Germany on multiple Liferay portal projects
Conducted technical discussions, estimations, issue resolution and solution proposals
I Portal Project: delivered internal portal for car dealers across multiple countries with SSO, auto login and CMS
AppFactory Project: managed portal interface for car manufacturer; addressed memory leaks, performance optimizations and set up continuous integration
Service Portal Project: developed portal for call centre employees to manage online vehicle services interacting with REST and SOAP web services
Successfully handled Volkswagen account, solved performance issues and reduced client budget by 30 %

Dec 2010 - Dec 2011

1 year 1 month

Functional Analyst / Liferay Consultant

Tata Consultancy Services

Developed ICAR portal for the Indian Council for Agricultural Research using Liferay CE 6.0.5
Integrated a large number of sub-organisations within the main portal and implemented user roles and rights (guest, registered, internal)
Used Liferay IDE, Tomcat, Spring, Hibernate and MVC portlets with a team of 12

Jan 2008 - Dec 2010

3 years

Liferay Consultant

Teradata Corporation

Implemented Liferay employee portal and explored new open source portal products
Understood business requirements and assisted project manager in technical design and scope
Performed environment setup, performance optimization, CMS usage, workflow integration (JBPM), inter-portlet communication, theme creation, hooks/ext development
Conducted testing with JUnit and JMeter, created build scripts, portlet preferences, work product estimation
Managed user account creation, updating and deactivation using LDAP data

Oct 2006 - Dec 2007

1 year 3 months

Module Lead

Damco Groups

Worked in financial content management domain for clients like Data Communique International (Citibank)
Translated business needs to developers and assisted project manager in client communications
Explored and implemented new technologies such as XBRL saving 30% of budget
Increased project scope by handling new file types by 40% and managed team leading to faster appraisals

Jul 2005 - Jul 2006

1 year 1 month

Developer

NIIT Technologies Ltd.

Developed Java based web portals for e-learning domain clients including Google, Philips and Tally
Handled user interface, browser compatibility, report creation, user modules, optimization and performance tuning
Assisted operations in installation and deployment
Achieved top trainee award and controlled various performance parameters

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Automotive, Healthcare, Food and Beverage, Professional Services, and Aerospace and Defense.

Information Technology

Automotive

Healthcare

Food and Beverage

Professional Services

Aerospace and Defense

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Operations, Product Development, Project Management, Supply Chain Management, and Finance.

Information Technology

Operations

Product Development

Project Management

Supply Chain Management

Finance

Summary

Passionate about helping my customers to create amazing solutions over Liferay DXP and Liferay Experience Cloud.

Competent & consummate professional with exceptional technical and leadership skills offering around 17 + Years of experience in the field of Java , J2ee , Salesforce, API , AWS , spring boot Portals, Open Sources , Liferay 7 , Liferay DXP , Liferay DXP Cloud , Liferay Experience Cloud IT and Technical Development and Management . Worked in Europe for 8 years with Fortune 50 Companies like Jaguar Land Rover UK , Volkswagen Germany , Audi Germany , Unilever UK as Freelancer Liferay Architect . Strong experience in design, development,Upgrades , customization, Content/Document Migration, Performance . Proficiency in analysing business needs, finding out business problems and proposing solutions for the same Leverage analysis and business insights to drive organisational improvements and best practices Experience in analysing market trends Systematically created value for the clients by helping them transform their business through analysing their needs and applying pragmatic consulting solutions Innovative and enthusiastic professional offering strong communication, interpersonal and analytical skills

Skills

Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, Mac
Rdbms: Oracle, Mysql, Hsqldb, Db2
Java & Jee Technologies: Core Java, Jsp, Servlets, Jsf, Prime Faces, Design Patterns
Application Servers: Jboss, Apache Tomcat, Ibm Websphere, Glassfish
Web Design: Html, Java Script, Css, Bootstrap
Ide Used: Eclipse Ide
Orm Tools: Hibernate, Jpa
Software Testing: Jmeter, Selenium, Sonar
Version Control Tools: Cvs, Svn, Git
Issue Tracking Tools: Bugzilla, Jira
Web Frameworks: Spring Boot, Struts
Tools Used: Ms Office, Beyond Compare, Notepad ++, Edit Plus, Putty, Filezilla
Support Tools: Bmc Remedy User Atlas, Jira
Familiar With: C, C++, Basic
Portal Products: Liferay Versions 5 - 6.2, Liferay Dxp, Liferay 7.0, 7.3, 7.4
Build Tools: Ant, Maven, Gradle
Cloud: Aws, Ec2, Rds, Elastic Beanstalk, Cli, Route 53
Continuous Integration: Jenkins, Ci/Cd
Unit Test: Junit, Mockito
Api Definition: Swagger, Wsdl
Code Quality: Find Bug, Pmd, Check Style, Sonar
Web Services: Soap, Rest Web Services, Microservices

Languages

English

Advanced

German

Elementary

Education

Aug 2001 - May 2005

Madan Mohan Malviya Engineering College

B.Tech, Computer Science · Computer Science · Gorakhpur, India

Jun 1998 - Mar 2000

Little Flower School, ICSE Board

12th · India

Jun 1996 - Mar 1998

Little Flower School, ICSE Board

10th · India

Certifications & licenses

Liferay DXP 7.4 Certified Backend Developer

Liferay DXP 7.4 Certified Frontend Developer

Salesforce Certified Administrator

Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP)

Sun Certified Web Component Developer (SCWCD)

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 11

Experience in Information Technology 6 y

Avg length 1 y 9 m

Longest experience 3 y 8 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 2 (India, Germany)

Primary country India

Expertise

Recent roles Freelance Senior Solutions Architect, Liferay Architect, Senior Liferay Architect

Main industries Information Technology, Automotive, Healthcare

Main business areas Information Technology, Operations, Product Development

Qualifications

Highest degree Bachelor

Certifications earned 5

Profile

Created

June 2026

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Where is Manish based?

Manish is based in Kiel, Germany.

What languages does Manish speak?

Manish speaks the following languages: English (Advanced), German (Elementary).

How many years of experience does Manish have?

Manish has at least 19 years of experience. During this time, Manish has worked in at least 10 different roles and for 10 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 8 months. Note that Manish may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Manish be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Manish would be well-suited for roles such as: Freelance Senior Solutions Architect, Liferay Architect, Senior Liferay Architect.

What is Manish's latest experience?

Manish's most recent position is Freelance Senior Solutions Architect at YoungIT.

What companies has Manish worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Manish has worked for YoungIT and Jaguar Land Rover UK.

Which industries is Manish most experienced in?

Manish is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Automotive, and Healthcare. Manish also has some experience in Food and Beverage, Aerospace and Defense, and Professional Services.

Which business areas is Manish most experienced in?

Manish is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Operations, and Product Development. Manish also has some experience in Project Management, Supply Chain Management, and Finance.

Which industries has Manish worked in recently?

Manish has recently worked in industries like Healthcare, Food and Beverage, and Automotive.

Which business areas has Manish worked in recently?

Manish has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Operations, and Project Management.

What is Manish's education?

Manish holds a Bachelor in Computer Science from Madan Mohan Malviya Engineering College.

Does Manish have any certificates?

Manish has 5 certificates. Among them, these include: Liferay DXP 7.4 Certified Backend Developer, Liferay DXP 7.4 Certified Frontend Developer, and Salesforce Certified Administrator.

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