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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Led cross-functional team of engineers, SRE (Site Reliability Engineers), and platform support’s specialists in deploying and maintaining many applications including those built on microservices architecture, implementing resiliency, recoverability, monitoring and alerting of applications and infrastructure components.Involved in technology modernization, migrating to PCF (Private Cloud Foundry) using Agile methodologies.Encouraged team members to enhance both technical and soft skills, fostering professional development and improved day-to-day performance.Directed the team's efforts towards continual enhancement of application logging through the integration of non-functional requirements (NFRs).Developed and Strengthened collaboration across different teams and Optimized offshore involvement, ensuring seamless coordination for engineering and platform support activities.Revamped disaster recovery (DR) planning and execution for multiple applications.Established streamlined processes for effectively addressing vulnerabilities, middleware patching and remediation for large number of applications on a quarterly and ad-hoc basis.Elevated the team's performance and productivity through consistent coaching and guidance.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Effectively led and managed multiple concurrent programs and/or projects successfully.Assumed leadership of cross-functional teams and oversaw the coordination with external vendors for initiatives that covered infrastructure upgrades, technology refresh, vendor upgrades, and other developmental endeavors.Offered guidance and direction for critical efforts across business groups, collaborating with senior leadership and other teams to research, establish processes and implement controls to address various findings.Established a robust process, a Steering Committee, to review and prioritize the efforts in partnership with Senior Business and Technology leadership.

In my role as a consultant, I've been accountable for delivering a multitude of projects, ranging from simple enhancements to the conversion and integration of systems across multiple companies. Throughout this journey, I've assumed various roles, spanning from Developer to Project Manager.Helped business visualize the working on new systems by creating prototype and including various compliance concerns. Guided and facilitated businesses in visualizing the functionality of new systems through the creation of prototypes, including various compliance considerations.Consulted on a critical project providing technical guidance and leadership by leveraging existing partnerships with businesses to gain confidence, support & collaboration. Actively involved in assessing and executing Proof of Concept (PoC) for new product to drive application modernization and integration.Developed a utility mapping tool to aid in data analysis, data modeling, and assessing the impact of conversions on other systems.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Architected, designed and developed multiple applications for US based client. Provided technical guidance and help to teams of developers, assisting in issue resolution, testing's, and collaboration with the onsite team.

I became a part of this company during the final year of my MCA project, where I participated in a couple of key projects. The experience was very valuable and decided to continue working here post-graduation.In the role of a Programmer Analyst, I contributed to the development of a mutual fund processing application. This experience not only provided immense learning but also served as a solid foundation for my entry into the realm of IT.

B.Sc, Physics

Master Of Computer Applications - Mca, Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services