About

I have spent majority of my life working in Islamabad, beautiful capital city of Pakistan, an open-minded and flexible person with a real passion about geoinformatics, always keen to groom & up my skills by learning new things.

  • Decade long experience of Web based develpoment with focus on building complex scalable GIS Solutions.
  • 7 years of freelance development experience with 75+ projects, 100% rating & Top Rated Plus badge for a multi-lingual & multi-tech client base
  • Passionate to do a Phd in the field of Geoinformatics / GIS
  • Experienced in frameworks like Mern-Stack, Full-stack, ReactJs, React-Native
  • Highly competent in major mapping libraries including Openlayers, Leaflet, Mapbox, ArcGIS etc.
  • Proficient in major programming languages including Python, Jscript, PHP, .Net etc.
  • Strong grip over majority of GIS softwares including QGIS, Arcmap, Global Mapper, GDAL, OGR, bash etc.
  • Proven experience with renowned RDBMS including Postgresql + PostGIS, MySQL, MongoDB etc.
  • Expert in building front-ends using frameworks (full-stack or Reactjs)
  • Fluent in handling multiple AWS services including Ec2, Route53, S3 etc.
  • Basic Information
    Experience:
    14 years
    Email:
    m_umairr@yahoo.com
    Phone:
    +44-743-7163426
    Address:
    Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE4 9BQ, United Kingdom
    Language:
    English , Urdu , Punjabi
    My Tech Stack
    JavaScript
    100%
    CSS | BOOTSTRAP
    95%
    Openlayers / Leaflet
    100%
    Openlayers-Ext
    100%
    Postgresql
    95%
    Git
    95%
    Python
    95%
    Github Repos
    95%
    Projects Showcase
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    Pakistan Drought Management System

    Project: Python, GEE based Indice calculations & Visualizations

    Tech Stack Used:

    GEE, Python, Reactjs, Leafletjs, Docker, Postgresql, Geoserver, Antd

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    Nassau County Mobility Fee Calculator

    Project: Nassau County, Florida, USA - Mobility Fee Calculator

    Tech Stack Used:

    Openlayers, Reactjs, MySQL, Geoserver, Formulas

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    Sindh Resilience Project - SRP

    Project: Geovisualization and GIS based Flood Modelling

    Tech Stack Used:

    PHP, Python, Docker, Leaflet, Openlayers, Geoserver, Hec-RAS, RRI

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    Multi Satellites Catalouge

    Project: Ordering Catalouge - Ordering

    Tech Stack Used:

    SRS Ordering,Complex Searching, Hybrid blend

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    Data As a Service

    Project: WMS, WCS, WPS based data serving

    Tech Stack Used:

    Openlayers, GIS, WMS / WCS / WPS

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    Food-Hub

    Project: Geovisualization and Advanced GIS including complex datasets

    Tech Stack Used:

    Geo-visualization,Complex datasets

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    Omnia Hub

    Project: Mobile based Field Manipulation

    Tech Stack Used:

    Openlayers,GIS, Mobile Responsiveness

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    NetGen

    Project: Distance, Directions calculation

    Tech Stack Used:

    Leaflet, Directions, Path breakdown

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    Australian Data Solutions

    Project: A real-estate portal

    Tech Stack Used:

    Dashboard, ReactJs, Mapbox

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    Silver Farm

    Project: Evaluation of Agriculture Fields

    Tech Stack Used:

    Openlayers, Postgresql

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    Stamp Tool

    Project: Telecomm Survey Field App

    Tech Stack Used:

    Openlayers, Postgresql, PHP

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    Kine Map

    Project: Belgium's first Therapists Portal

    Tech Stack Used:

    Openlayers, MySQL, PHP, Postgresql

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    Down Wind Fun

    Project: Downwind routes drawing / catalog

    Tech Stack Used:

    Openlayers, OL-ext, Mapbox

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    Election Comission GIS

    Project: A GIS based desktop app for Election Results

    Tech Stack Used:

    C#, .Net, ArcEngine

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    Geo One Tech LLC

    Project: A US based Tech Company

    Tech Stack Used:

    Wordpress, PHP, MySQL

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    Go Tech Portal

    Project: A GIS based web portal for GeoOneTech LLC

    Tech Stack Used:

    Postgresql,Geoserver, Openlayers

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    SENELECT

    Project: Geovisualization and Senegal Election Results

    Tech Stack Used:

    Geo-visualization, Geodatabases

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    Aks-e-Pakistan

    Project: SRS & Vector Datasets Hub for Pakistan

    Tech Stack Used:

    Openlayers, Geoserver, Postgresql

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    Punjab Mauza Digitization

    Project: A GIS based web portal for 16 Distircts Mauza

    Tech Stack Used:

    Postgresql,Geoserver, Openlayers

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    Data Licensing Service

    Project: Geovisualization and Advanced GIS

    Tech Stack Used:

    Geo-visualization, Complex datasets, Online Web Processing

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    Education

    2020-2023

    MS Degree
    MS RS & GIS

    Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad

    CGPA : 3.73 %

    2005-2009

    Bachelor of Science
    Software Engineering

    University of Engineering & Technology (UET), Taxila

    Marks Obtained : 81.75 %

    Work Experience

    May 2023 - October 2023

    Ladar Ltd.
    Software Developer

    Working as software developer on EU project “SafeNav” to design & develop back-end APIs

    Responsibilities include:

  • Design, development & deployment of micro-services via Fast-API Python framework
  • Authorization & template integrations for micro-services via PASETO/JWT tokens
  • Managing ingestion, integration & handling of vector datasets for creation of spatial databases using PostgreSQL + PostGIS
  • Achieve & maintain containerised environment for generic deployment using a combination of Docker, GitHub, CI/CD & Digital Ocean droplet
  • Assisting technical lead on progress, potential security risks & preferred system architecture for a reliable service
  • R & D over best possible solutions, innovating solution-oriented initiatives, implementing and ensuring compliance with coding standards
  • Member of Technical Team meetings, designing flow diagrams, & handling JIRA tickets
  • May 2016 - May 2023

    Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Comission (SUPARCO)
    Manager / GIS Developement
  • Lead developer for planning, developing & executing geospatial based projects from scratch till deployment using latest tech stack (Leafletjs, OpenLayers, Jscript, Reactjs, Bootstrap, MERN Stack, Geoserver, PostGIS)
  • Developed country level GIS solution “Aks-e-Pakistan” encompassing 100+ vector datasets, petabytes of historic satellite data, temporary user mapping to incorporate & rely on SUPARCO’s self-available resources and avoid enterprise dependency
  • Developed SUPARCO’s first ever digital interface “Order Management System (OMS)” to place an order of satellite imagery for government entities
  • Undertook initiatives to develop & integrate on the fly web-based geoprocessing via WPS, Python APIs for end users
  • Overlooking & managing a team of engineers/developers to ensure delivery, development procedures & data consistency for Geo-spatial data management, databases, and solutions.
  • Build and develop tools or processes in conjunction with other teams for on-time, quality release of data products, services, and applications.
  • Creating, managing, and troubleshooting services for developed products, associated datasets, services, features, and web-based processing tools.
  • Assisting management with strategic planning by researching latest industry trends, marketplace solutions, and emerging technologies
  • Diagnosing & troubleshooting complex system application issues, identifying, analysing, and fixing bugs to fix performance issues.
  • Responsible for overlooking data centre activities, management & security for highest availability, reliability, and disaster recovery solutions.
  • Nov 2010 - April 2016

    Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Comission (SUPARCO)
    Assistant Manager / GIS Developer
  • Derived & delivered various desktop & web-based Geographic Information Systems for solutions delivery timely
  • Worked on developing desktop based spatial solutions using C# Win-forms, ESRI ArcEngine & MS SQL Server handling vector datasets
  • Design, development & deployment of large scale geo-spatial web applications primarily using ASP.NET, PHP, Jscript, Openlayers, Geoserver, Postgis, MapProxy, multi-satellite Remote Sensing imageries, etc.
  • R & D over best open-source tools/libraries to achieve self-independent, customized & controlled solution deliveries using Git Bash, GDAL, TileCache, MapProxy & GeoWebcache
  • Design & developed strategies to render hundreds of terabyte time-series RS data from multiple satellites effectively and efficiently for faster processing through GDAL pyramids, Inner tiling, offline tiling
  • Redesigned deployed ERDAS Apollo, designed & developed SUPARCO’s first customized Satellite Imagery Catalog using GeoNetwork to replace ERDAS Apollo
  • Development, maintenance & integration of demographic data sets into spatial solutions
  • Writing up codes & scripts to automate processes & replace manual efforts
  • Aug 2009 - Oct 2010

    Tradepoint 360 Inc.
    Jr. Software Engineer

    Worked on the following products:

  • Retail application.
  • Kiosk application.
  • Reporting Engine/Tool.
  • Responsible for:

  • Development of the macros based on VB.NET & C# by using a code engine, to use it with retail/kiosk application.
  • Writing of SQL queries by using the reporting tool for retail application.
  • Contribution into the release of the Service Pack 1 of the retail product.
  • Participation in QA (Quality Assurance) activities.
  • Client After sale support & Technical Services
  • Writing up Knowledge based Articles
  • May 2016 - Present

    Upwork
    Freelancer / Consultant
  • Multi-lingual & domain client base
  • Successful delivery of projects built from scratch till deployment
  • Top Rated Freelancer for 8 consectuive years
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    Certifications

    NCRG

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    Android Programming

    Code With Mosh

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    "Mastering React"

    Code With Mosh

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    "Ultimate Redux"

    Coursera

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    "Front-end Development with React"

    Coursera

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    "Programming with Javascript"

    BYJU's

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    "Document Image Analysis"

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    "Database Exhibition"

    NCRG

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    "ERDAS Imagine Training"

    Coursera

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    "Front-end Development"

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    "IT Security Seminar"

    PSTD

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    "Junior Management Course"

    LUMS

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    "Symposium Image Analysis"

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    "UET Hostel"

    SACRED

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    "UN Workshop"

    Contact Me
    Feel free to contact me

    Address

    Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE4 9BQ, United Kingdom

    Phone

    +44-743-716-3426

    Email

    m_umairr@yahoo.com