Karunakaran Rajan
Technical Lead II
Bengaluru
Summary
Experienced technical lead with over 14.3 years of expertise in Mainframe Application Development and Support within the health insurance, investment banking, and manufacturing domains. Skilled in identifying opportunities to enhance the user experience and proficient in developing solutions that result in zero post-production defects. Results-oriented professional who consistently delivers high-quality work and strives for excellence in every project undertaken.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
5
5
Certifications
Work History
Technical Consultant
IBM
09.2024 - Current
- Managed multiple projects simultaneously while prioritizing deadlines effectively under pressure through meticulous organization skills and time management.
- Reduced downtime and improved productivity by providing timely technical support to clients, addressing their concerns and solving problems quickly.
- Facilitated knowledge transfer among team members by leading training sessions on new tools, techniques, or industry best practices relevant to the role of Technical Consultant.
TECHNICAL LEAD II
CARLON GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
04.2019 - Current
- Being a POC in areas like Accumulators, Batch Adjudication, Rx CarveOut and PCDC processing, MCS/JAA
- Led a team of developers to successfully deliver high-quality software projects on time and within budget constraints.
- Mentored junior developers through regular 1-on-1 meetings, providing guidance on best practices, coding standards, and career growth opportunities.
- Maintained close communication with clients throughout project life cycles for accurate progress reporting and prompt issue resolution.
CONSULTANT
DELOITTE CONSULTING INDIA PRIVATE LTD
05.2017 - 04.2019
- Worked for Anthem Inc (a Health Insurance provider, USA) and took ownership on 17 projects during the tenure
- It involves Analysis, Design, Code/Test and Implementation support
- Volunteered for On-call support and guided close to 5 peers in a team on yearly basis
- Coordinated with external partners and vendors to deliver comprehensive solutions that meet clients' diverse needs.
SENIOR APPLICATION DEVELOPER
BNY MELLON TECHNOLOGY
01.2015 - 04.2017
- Analyzed and developed technical solutions to meet business requirements.
- Reviewed existing programs to refine, reduce operating time and improve techniques.
- Several giant clients involved are Bloomberg, Invest One, Blackrock, NYLIM etc
- Provided crucial support during software deployment phases, ensuring successful rollouts with minimal disruption to end users.
APPLICATION DEVELOPER
TECH MAHINDRA
11.2010 - 01.2015
- Project deals with Vehicle Order Processing, Manufacturing of Vehicle and delivering of the orders placed to the Nissan, USA
- It has 18 applications associated with it
- Meeting with Business to gather requirements, Analyze, Estimate change requests, Prepare Design document, Coding, Involved in preparing test plans for Unit testing and System testing
- Been in Production Support to perform Peer review and log any issues reported and it will be tracked till gets closed
Education
MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS - Computer Applications
VALLIAMMAI ENGINEERING COLLEGE
CHENNAIBachelor of Science - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
VHNSN COLLEGE
VIRUDHUNAGARSkills
- COBOL
- JCL
- NATURAL/ADABAS
- REXX
- DB2
- IMS DB
- CICS
- ETL (Informatica)
- AWS
- Python
Certification
AWS Cloud Practitioner, 2022
Awards
- Impact Awards, Legato Health Technologies, 2020 to 2022, Received six times in last 3 years for being part of BMP support, Handling high complex project and for on-time completion
- Applause Award, Deloitte Consulting USI (09/2018 & 03/2018) for handling projects 'GA Consolidation of Legal Entities' and 'Unicare GIC Carve-In' successfully. Award was issued for showing technical and domain expertise in two releases for 'Annual Benefit Changes'
- WOW Award, iNautix Technologies, 01/2016, For good feedback from Business in project 'Money Market Reform - Intraday NAV'
- Bravo Award, iNautix Technologies, 04/2015, For the project 'Bellevue - Expense Recoupe for Blackrock'
- Pat on Back Award, Tech Mahindra (05/2014, 05/2011) for working on various projects and production support in applications 'Production Ordering and Scheduling'
Timeline
Technical Consultant
IBM
09.2024 - Current
TECHNICAL LEAD II
CARLON GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
04.2019 - Current
CONSULTANT
DELOITTE CONSULTING INDIA PRIVATE LTD
05.2017 - 04.2019
SENIOR APPLICATION DEVELOPER
BNY MELLON TECHNOLOGY
01.2015 - 04.2017
APPLICATION DEVELOPER
TECH MAHINDRA
11.2010 - 01.2015
MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS - Computer Applications
VALLIAMMAI ENGINEERING COLLEGE
Bachelor of Science - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
VHNSN COLLEGE
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