PROFILE SUMMARY:

• Technology Lead and Big Data Architect with 16+ years of experience in System Analysis, design, development, testing, implementation and support of mission critical Enterprise Applications and Big Data Solutions. 7+ years in an Engineering Management/architecture role and 16+ years of hands - on experience as a Software Engineer
• Hands-on experience in analyzing and manipulating complex, large-volume data from a wide-range of production systems and data platforms. Strong conceptual, as well as quantitative and qualitative analytical skills
• Delivered many regulatory and critical business applications related to Risk, Trading and Compliance. Most recent includes Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) Submission, Ongoing Monitoring Report ( Model Risk Oversight and Control Function ) for Loss Forecasting Models and Scorecard Analytics, Default Validation, Client Onboarding (Legal Entity Setup and Client Configuration), Trading account Opening and Maintenance process, OFAC, and AML- KYC
• Strong business acumen in streamlining business processes with technology skills. Master of Science degree in Quantitative/ Computational Finance, MBA degree in Management Information Systems and an undergraduate degree in Electrical and Communication engineering
• Experience of working as a liaison between business users, technology team, higher management and 3rd party vendors.
• Proven track record of delivering value to organizations by effective Strategic Planning and leading New Initiatives / Projects during the career span
• Latest experience using the Agile methodology, specifically Scrum. Managed multiple projects using Waterfall methodology as well
• Strong knowledge of Capital Markets Products (Fixed Income, Equities, and Derivatives), Monte Carlo simulations, Trading, and Front/Middle/Back office processes
• Excellent programming skills with Core Java (Collections, Multithreading and performance optimization) and Python. Strong PL/SQL knowledge and RDBMS experience. Extensive experience in various Databases including Sybase, SQL Server, Netezza and Confidential database. Expertise with Tableau and good knowledge of data manipulation, analysis and preparation of data-intensive dashboards
• Expertise in Hadoop Eco-System . Hands on experience with HDFS, Spark, Sqoop, Oozie, Hive, Impala, HQL/CQL, NoSQL, Kafka and Cassandra
• Possesses excellent communication & leadership skills along with proficiency at grasping new concepts quickly; highly adaptable & efficient even during extremely volatile situations

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Wholesale Credit models and forecasts Loss Forecasting Asset quality forecasting CCAR Credit Risk Default Validation Operational Risk Quantitative and Data Analysis Data Quality Data Lineage AML/KYC OFAC Client and Legal Entity Onboarding Project Management and Delivery Agile/Waterfall Process and Tools Strategic Planning Risk assessment and mitigation Project planning/forecasting Process improvements Team management Architecture strategy Documentation

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS:

Platforms: Solaris, UNIX, Linux, Windows

Compilers / Languages / Scripting: Core Java, Scala, Python, SQL, C++/C, JavaScript, VBScript, Ant and Shell Scripting

Big Data: Hadoop, HDFS, Spark, MapReduce, Sqoop, Oozie, Hive, Impala, NoSQL, Cassandra and Kafka

Cloud: Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Azure

Web/Application Servers: Tomcat, Web logic, IBM Web Sphere and Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS)

Framework APIs: Java and J2EE, STRUTS, EJB, Spring, Spring Batch, Spring Boot and Hibernate

Presentation: Apache tiles, Servlets, JSP, SWING, JQuery, Angular JS, HTML, AJAX and CSS

Message Oriented Middleware: IBM MQ, MSMQ, and Tibco EMS

Web Services Protocols: HTTP, XML-RPC, SOAP, WSDL, JSON and RESTful API/Web services

XML technologies: XML, XPath, WSDL, DOM, DTD / XSD and XSLT Technologies

Databases: Confidential, Teradata, Netezza, Sybase, MS SQL Server and MySQL

Tools: Informatica (ETL), AutoSys (Scheduling Tool), Eclipse, VS.NET, Toad, PL/SQL Developer, Rapid SQL, Squirrel, DB Artisan, erwin, and XMLSpy

Project Management Tools: Jira, Version One, MS Project, MS Visio, Git, SVN, CVS, Perforce

Incidence Management: Maximo, HP Quality Center, Test Director and Jira

Data Visualizing: Tableau and Microstrategy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Technology Lead and Big Data Architect

Responsibilities:

• Leading global software development team which includes FTEs, contractors and offshore associates. The team has diverse skills in Portal, Reporting (Tableau and Custom code), database, Hadoop, Spark.
• Hands-on software development and unit testing (Core Java, Scala, Java Technologies, SQL/HQL, NoSQL, Sqoop, Oozie, Hive, Kafka, Cassandra and Spark)
• Analyzing and manipulating complex, large-volume data from a wide-range of production systems and data platforms.
• Managing team of Data/Quantitative and Technology Analysts to implement Loss Forecasting Models (CCAR) and changes in the production platform. Creating technical documentation for Model Risk Management and regulator. Tracing Data Lineage, KBE’s identification and documenting Data Transformations for Governance & Review.
• Integrating the solution with the bank’s proprietary Global Derivatives Analytics (GDA) library for various Wholesale Loss Forecasting Models like CALBR, Commercial Real Estate Loan Level (CRELL), Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Challenger (Earlier Blackrock CRE Model), Commercial and Industrial Challenger Model (Moody’s Analytics GCorr Model) and Commercial Asset Quality and Loss Forecasting (CAQF ).
• Leading functional testing of Wholesale Loss Forecasting Models and analyzing results to be in line with the expectation of Model developers and Operations Team.
• Leading team to strategize, plan and execute a variety of programs, services, and initiatives that are larger in scope and complexity.
• Leading Application development and support for CCAR Submission and Loss Forecasting for Commercial Loan Portfolio. Loan Portfolio includes Commercial Real Estate, Under Construction, Office Buildings, Hotels and other properties.
• The solution has Portal interacting with Hadoop cluster. Tech stack includes Core Java, Java technologies, Angular JS, Hive, HQL, SQL, Sqoop, Oozie, Map/Reduce, Impala, Spark, Kafka and Tableau.
• Hired, trained and groomed the Onshore and offshore resourced to build high calibre team. Fostered innovation and out of box thinking.
• Working on Proof of Concept (POC) to do computation extensive Loss Forecasting Model executions in vendor agnostic Cloud. We are exploring Cloudera Manager (CM) API to kickoff cluster build on demand and then scale back every quarter once the forecasting cycle is over. This will provide a lot of cost savings, as peak utilization of in-house shared Hadoop Cluster is used only a couple of days in a year.
• Supported Ongoing Monitoring Report (Model Risk Oversight and Control Function) for Wholesale Loss Forecasting (WLF ) & Risk Rating and Scorecard Analytics.
• Designed Ongoing Monitoring Report (OMR) platform in Big Data and successfully delivered to production. Major components designed and architected are OMR LaTeX Integration, Tableau LaTeX OMR API level integration, OMR LaTeX Version Control integration, Hadoop File uploader through UI, and Integrated platform with AutoSys Infrastructure to kick off automated jobs for data uploads and DQ from Portal application.
• Architected and delivered the LaTeX as a Service (LaaS) platform with which all the professional reporting can be done in industry standard LaTeX format from the central application without any single installation in the local system. Designed many innovative features in a platform like forward and reverse synchronization of code with output, Tableau integration at API level(Reports are downloaded automatically as image files and integrated into final PDF report).
• Led technology support for CCAR Submission and Loss Forecasting for Commercial Loan Portfolio. Loan Portfolio includes Commercial Real Estate, Under Construction, Office Buildings, Hotels and other properties.
• Designed and implemented Big Data and Data Analytics solutions for Loss Forecasting which provided scalability and support for more granular data. Enhanced the Platform to support different risk segmentations of portfolios. The solution has Portal interacting with Hadoop cluster. Tech stack includes Tableau, Hive, HQL, Map/Reduce, Impala and Spark.
• Led migration of loss forecasting platform from Confidential to Big Data Platform and managed related risk
• Neteeza to Hadoop migration for Loss Forecasting Model R&D and Calibration Environment
• Implemented required changes in Wholesale Loss Forecasting System to support business processes (Like Attribution Analysis, Overlays, and Portfolio Shocking)
• Prepared architectural designs and data models. Implemented new enhancements and data quality checks and Data Validations. Led preparation of test data and setting up of test environments
• Led the Architecture, design, and implementation of Default Validation Application in Risk Rating group in an earlier role.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked as Development Manager and additionally managed infrastructure and release team. Also worked as Application Support Manager for Trading Applications in the earlier role in Application Support Division (ASD).
• Managed design, development and support of many applications including New Account Entry and Workflow System, Single Source of Standing Data, Client Account On-Boarding and Nigel (Fixed Income and Equity Trading Account Opening Application, CoPer /CPW(Legal Entity and Counter party setup Application), Legal Entity Onboarding (LEO) and Master Client Database
• Provided support to the Data platform, which includes Client Onboarding and Confidential account opening and maintenance processes, AML/KYC and OFAC Compliance
• Led the integration of BAML system with Equifax for OFAC compliance
• Designed and tested integration interfaces that connected bank systems to vendor products. Major one includes Bloomberg, ADP Broadridge, ADP Impact/ICI, and SunGard InTrader
• Provided support to users groups in Front Office, Operation, Documentation Control, AML and tax teams
• Managed Trade settlement support team. Worked on BCP (Business Continuity process) and DR (Disaster Recovery) activities
• Tech stack included Core Java (Multi-Threading, Collections), Java technologies, Python, Confidential, Sybase, SQL Server, SQL, PL/SQL, XML, XSLT and XSL and Confidential XML parser

Confidential

Senior Associate (Technology Lead)

Responsibilities:

• Performed requirement gathering, created SDLC's, presented demo globally to business users
• Worked on Product design, design issues and future state design of the project
• Analyzed user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate and improve existing systems
• Led successful roll-out of the applications internationally
• Developed and maintained effective working relationships with project Stakeholders and Business Users
• Major projects were Employee Fund Marketing Tool, Online Fund Subscription Application, Multi-publisher reports, and entitlements system
• Tech stack included Core Java (Multi-Threading, Collections), C#, Java technologies, Sybase, Confidential and SQL Server

Confidential

Application Engineer/ Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provided support for system design and implementations of Confidential E-Business Suite
• Requirement gathering and documentation for business and technical users
• Successfully developed and delivered iSetup, XDF ( XML Database object Definition File) and XDF- RT projects
• Tech stack included Core Java (Multi-Threading, Collections), Java technologies, Confidential 9i and 8i, SQL, PL/SQL, XML, XSLT and XSL and Confidential XML parser

Confidential

Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Worked on many E-Governance applications for Indian State Government. Major projects were House Tax Assessment and Collection System, Management Information System (Technical Department) and Centralized File Movement & Tracking System
• Lead the requirement gathering, created SDLC's, presented demos at various Counties and department offices
• Analyzed, implemented many mathematical formulas for Tax calculation and implemented in the production system.
• Performed functional testing of systems
• Tech stack included Core Java (Multi-Threading, Collections), Java technologies, Swings, Confidential 9i and 8i, Java 2.0, Servlets, JSP, Java Beans, CVS, JDBC, SQL, PL/SQL, XML and XSL

Confidential

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Participated in User meetings, requirement gatherings. Translated user inputs into Technical specification documents
• Designed and developed the User interface, backend- frontend communication, data model and Application components
• Optimized the SQL queries to improve the performance of the application
• Wrote technical documentation for business and technical users
• Involved in unit, system and regression testing using manual testing process
• Tech stack included Core Java (Multi-Threading, Collections), Java technologies (JSP/ Servlets/ EJB/ JDBC, Java Beans), Confidential, SQL and PL/SQL