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Dhiraj  Kumbhare

Dhiraj Kumbhare

Principal Software Engineer
Chennai

Summary

Principal Software Engineer with 14 years of industry experience and extensive programming knowledge. Experienced handling all stages of development and following all software guidelines. Troubleshoots glitches, improves on existing software and tests products in real-life situations. Innovative Personable Developer accustomed to heading up successful development teams through agile direction and careful delegation. Willing to direct large-scale teams or work hands-on to complete extremely difficult projects. Brings both cutting-edge programming expertise and exceptional interpersonal skills to leadership roles. Good working knowledge in IBM Mainframe Modules namely JCL, COBOL, VSAM, DB2, DB2 Stored Procedure, Native Stored Procedure, EASYTRIEVE, ENDEAVOUR, Control-M, SPUFI, SPALTER, INTERTEST. Working knowledge on UNIX, Unix shell script, ANIMATOR, Oracle PL-SQL. Good experience in Banking, Investment, Insurance and Health Care Insurance.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Principal Software Engineer

Federal Deposits Insurance, Fidelity Investments
Chennai
08.2017 - Current
  • Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability and performance. Major points which were addressed :

1. Encourage customer to use Fidelity product features to invest and secure their hard earned money.

2. Build lifetime relationships to retain and develop high value individual investors.

3. Improved customer retention through proactive "at-risk" management.

4. Deliver customer-driven, intuitive products and platform.

5. Upgrade the code base and platform to new technology with minimum impact to existing functionality.

  • Oversaw development and implementation of company-wide change controls, policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
  • Teamed with business analysts to deliver high-availability solutions for mission-critical applications.

Senior Software Engineer

Fidelity Cards, Fidelity Investments
Chennai
08.2015 - 07.2017
  • Reviewed project specifications and designed technology solutions that met or exceeded performance expectations.
  • Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability and performance.
  • Designed enhancements and updates for subsystems of end-user applications software running on local, networked and Internet-based platforms.

Technical environment:

  • JCL, COBOL, DB2, DB2 Stored Procedures, Native Stored procedure, VSAM, FILE-AID, EASYTRIEVE, ENDEVOUR, Control-M, SPALTER, Inter-Test.

Lead Developer

ANZ-Wealth, Australia New Zealand Bank
Bangalore
12.2013 - 07.2015
  • Collaborated with project managers to select ambitious, but realistic coding milestones on pre-release software project development. Updated old code bases to modern development standards, improving functionality.
  • Designed and maintained integrated requirement traceability matrices to verify development performance consistency across teams and projects.
  • Interfaced with front-end and back-end development teams to develop unified product, smoothing out coding conflicts before problems arose.
  • Technical environment: COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, UNIX, PL/SQL, ORACLE, Sybase Stored Procedures.

Team Lead

NTT DATA GDS
Bangalore
12.2012 - 12.2013
  • Reported on updates to project specifications and progress.
  • Minimized resource and time losses by addressing employee or production issue directly and implementing timely solutions.
  • Coached team members in techniques necessary to complete job tasks.
  • Designed strategic plan for component development practices to support future projects.
  • Participated in cross-functional team-building activities.
  • Took on additional job duties during unexpected backlog, resulting in meeting project target date.

Team Lead (Developer)

NTT Data GDS
Bangalore
07.2012 - 12.2012
  • Resolved conflicts and negotiated mutually beneficial agreements between parties.
  • Actively listened to customers' requests, confirming full understanding before addressing concerns.
  • Collaborated with team members to achieve target results.
  • Upgraded existing process to address new functionality upgrades.
  • Technical environment : JCL, COBOL, DB2, DB2 Stored Procedures,VSAM, FILE-AID, EASYTRIEVE, ENDEVOUR, Control-M, SPALTER, Inter-Test, MAUI Screens.


Senior Software Engineer

L&T InfoTech
Chennai
05.2010 - 05.2011
  • Worked with project managers, developers, quality assurance and customers to resolve technical issues.
  • Trained and mentored junior developers and engineers, teaching skills in Cobol, Ezytrieve, DB2 and working to improve overall team performance.
  • Collaborated with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability and performance.
  • Mentored and guided development teams to correct problems and run test scenarios.
  • Provided technical support using knowledge of complex technology to solve problems and support new projects.

Software Engineer

L&T InfoTech
Chennai
01.2010 - 05.2010
  • Reviewed project specifications and designed technology solutions that met or exceeded performance expectations.
  • Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability and performance.
  • Designed enhancements and updates for subsystems of end-user applications software running on local, networked and Internet-based platforms.
  • Updated old code bases to modern development standards, improving functionality.

Software Engineer

L&T InfoTech
Chennai
12.2008 - 01.2010
  • Reviewed project specifications and designed technology solutions that met or exceeded performance expectations.
  • Updated old code bases to modern development standards, improving functionality.
  • Adjusted design parameters to incorporate new features.
  • Collaborated with clients to define solution requirements.
  • Conducted regression testing and submitted observations to review team.
  • Migrated the code to new platform from Mainframe to Microfocus azure.

Management Trainee

Automatic InfoTech
Mumbai
07.2008 - 11.2008
  • Assisted established management staff with operational oversight, business development and process improvement strategies.
  • Helped team to create new trade reports on new platform.
  • Developed new interface to create new reports based on user inputs.

Software Engineer

PATNI Computers
Mumbai
05.2008 - 06.2008
  • Reviewed project specifications and designed technology solutions that met or exceeded performance expectations.
  • Worked with software testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability and performance.
  • Developed robust, scalable, modular infrastructures.
  • Updated old code bases to modern development standards, improving functionality.

Software Engineer

PATNI Computers
Mumbai
11.2006 - 05.2008
  • Updated old code bases to modern development standards, improving functionality.
  • Designed enhancements and updates for subsystems of end-user applications software running on local, networked and Internet-based platforms.
  • Adjusted design parameters to incorporate new features.
  • Collaborated with clients to define solution requirements.
  • Partnered with development team on product development and application support plans.
  • Analyzed proposed technical solutions based on customer requirements.

Education

B. E - Electronics Engineering

NAGPUR UNIVERSITY
NAGPUR
08.1999 - 07.2003

M.Tech - Energy Engineering

M.A.N.I.T
BHOPAL, INDIA

Skills

Hardware Platformsundefined

Accomplishments

  • Got awarded 'COLLAB certificate' for providing solution to Automate the process of'Schedule Calendar update' in different region from Fidelity
  • Won ‘YEI’ (YOU HAVE EARN IT) award for outstanding contribution to the GREproject
  • Successfully completed ‘Remote Check Deposit System’ project, integrated withexisting features
  • Witness the all SDLC in most of the project started from scratch
  • Appreciation for successfully replacing the legacy system with newly developed ‘GRE
  • Engine’ using Stored Procedure and .Net GUI
  • Good exposure to manual testing done for mainframe programs
  • Written all driverprograms and tested successfully
  • Development and end to end testing of newly developed Stored Procedures part of ‘GREconversion’ project for Fidelity Investment
  • Successfully completed migration of all EZT programs to COBOL programs in ‘EZT to
  • COBOL Migration’ project for micro focus Cobol for Barclays
  • Six sigma Green belt Certified for successfully completing “Automation of Table
  • Updating” using DMAIC methodology
  • Client appreciation for successfully completing ‘Train-3’ changes, for GE-CIS
  • Presented paper on ‘Emerging technology for rural India’ in national seminar
  • First prize in project competition held at Nagpur, organized by “Institute of Engineers”
  • Certification in “Financial Module” conducted by NSE.

Timeline

Principal Software Engineer

Federal Deposits Insurance, Fidelity Investments
08.2017 - Current

Senior Software Engineer

Fidelity Cards, Fidelity Investments
08.2015 - 07.2017

Lead Developer

ANZ-Wealth, Australia New Zealand Bank
12.2013 - 07.2015

Team Lead

NTT DATA GDS
12.2012 - 12.2013

Team Lead (Developer)

NTT Data GDS
07.2012 - 12.2012

Senior Software Engineer

L&T InfoTech
05.2010 - 05.2011

Software Engineer

L&T InfoTech
01.2010 - 05.2010

Software Engineer

L&T InfoTech
12.2008 - 01.2010

Management Trainee

Automatic InfoTech
07.2008 - 11.2008

Software Engineer

PATNI Computers
05.2008 - 06.2008

Software Engineer

PATNI Computers
11.2006 - 05.2008

B. E - Electronics Engineering

NAGPUR UNIVERSITY
08.1999 - 07.2003

M.Tech - Energy Engineering

M.A.N.I.T
Dhiraj KumbharePrincipal Software Engineer