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Rajesh Thota

Development Manager
Chennai

Summary

Persistent professional equipped with 21+ years of comprehensive experience in IT,BFSI industry. Provide strong technical direction across multiple projects. Responsible and articulate individual with strengths in solutions optimisation, mobile and cloud solutions and global project management. Strong decision-maker with more than 8 years of experience in role of Scrum Master with Effective coach and mentor and committed to leading exceptionally gifted teams. Ready to work closely with both teams and customers to identify most efficient and beneficial solutions for process improvement.Focused, proactive and attentive to changing company, customer and project demands. Well-coordinated in keeping teams motivated and on-task to meet aggressive deadlines.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
18
18
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications

Work History

Senior Development Manager

Royal Bank of Scotland, RBS
03.2019 - Current
  • currently playing stretched role of environment and implementation manager for asset finance domain having 150+ servers across 5 applications with monthly release cadence.
  • Led cross-functional teams to develop and implement project plans, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and stakeholder expectations.
  • Managed multiple development projects simultaneously, utilizing Agile methodologies to streamline processes and enhance team collaboration.
  • Conducted regular risk assessments and implemented mitigation strategies to minimize project delays and ensure timely delivery of outcomes.
  • Collaborated with product management to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables, facilitating clear communication among team members.
  • Mentored junior staff in best practices for project management, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth within the team.
  • Established strong relationships with external vendors and partners to negotiate contracts and secure necessary resources for successful project execution.
  • Championed a culture of innovation within the development team by encouraging experimentation with new technologies or approaches to problemsolving.

Technical Project Manager

Royal Bank Of Scotland Group Plc Ltd
09.2017 - 02.2019
  • Defined and integrated roles, responsibilities and processes for business team and data management organization
  • Directed product development efforts using industry-specific tools to increase sales and overall company productivity
  • Monitored resource allocation, budget development and personnel recruitment
  • Led team of 12 developers in analysis and rebuild of software from conception through implementation
  • Managed individual projects for product lifecycle development
  • Supervised team duties related to decision support and business intelligence for business users
  • Partnered with business teams and IT personnel to align project goals with business strategy and define project milestones
  • Assessed skill gaps for employees in Design, Build and Test department and developed training courses to meet identified needs
  • Evaluated success of training programs and recommended improvements to upper management to enhance effectiveness
  • Reviewed and edited all training materials for accuracy and company policy compliance

Technical Project Leader

Royal Bank of Scotland Group
06.2012 - 09.2017
  • GTS - Channels - Access Online Role: Project Lead Responsibility:
  • Involved in enhancement of different payment modules like single wire payments, ACH payments, Bank Cheque payment, Customer Cheque payment, Batch ACH payment, Direct Debit payment, FI payments
  • Involved in requirement analysis, design, development and implementation of Global Disbursements Payments and Fx Payments using pain001 payment formats
  • Involved in integration with Global Disbursements Hub, Fx-Hub components for the implementation of GDR and Fx Product changes
  • Involved in enhancing, bug fixes to security controls of access online systems like single signon within GTS portal applications
  • Involved in enhancements of authentication techniques using Siteminder, TSS, and RSA -token modules
  • Involved in integration of Common User Administration and Common Database for Business rules implementation for User Customization of AOL
  • Involved in enhancements to payment batch processing systems like PAF batches which enriches the payments and sends it to payment router gateway to midoffice components
  • Involved in enhancements to payment batch processing systems like UPY batches which enriches the payments and stores payment details in OPP Database
  • Involved in enhancements to payment batch processing systems like GGF batches which enriches the fusion payments and sends it to Access Direct
  • Involved in enhancements to NUA Web portal for user setup and creating beneficiaries using front end application
  • Involved in enhancements to AXR web a reporting application to feature users with EOD and ITD statements by parsing feeds from Report Router of Midoffice applications
  • Developing and maintaining a detailed project plan
  • Expertise in Change Initiation, review and Authorization process with GCAB standards
  • Expertise in Sequence of Events creation for production deployment of MO applications
  • Expertise and quick in trouble shooting of run book creation and implementation of MO applications
  • Tracking project milestones using planview tool
  • Effective control on Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies
  • Effective management of budget through Oracle First application
  • Review and Approval of Statement of Work from Vendors
  • Effective forecasting/Receipting and Accruals through Oracle First Apps
  • Effective management of project gates Key Success Factor: Innovative thought process, Project Management, Efficient stake-holder management, Vendor Management, Experience with programming, Communication/Co-ordination, Team Spirit Project Name: SEPA, FATCA, BACS, CHAPS, SWIFT and Faster Payment changes to midoffice applications
  • Project Type: Regulatory, Discretionary and Mandatory Project Description: The Midoffice is a group of applications which provides the connectivity between Channels to Backoffice Systems which is supplying connectivity for 15 Front Office Channels and 12 Payment sourcing systems as well as connections established with 418 Back office systems, RBS partner Banks and MT101 Banks via Direct Back Office Connection, SWIFT NET, File Act
  • Payment Router, Report Router, Global Hub Clearing Interface (GHCI) and Tracking & Reporting Information Portal (TRIP) are four important components of midoffice applications which provide global payment, reporting, tracking and tracing of transactions from front office channels

Technical Project Leader

Royal Bank Of Scotland Group Plc Ltd
08.2010 - 06.2012
  • Involved in refactoring payment router components like read, parser, mapper and send
  • Involved in design, development and unit testing of payment conversion process to respective back office payment formats like pain001, PACS, SWIFT, paymul and EDIFACT formats
  • Involved in design and enhancements for BBAN to IBAN account conversion
  • Involved in enhancements to Syntactic and Symantec validations
  • Involved in integration of Global Filtering Services like SAFE, MANTAS, FORTENT and ACTMIZE using CBUS and Native MQ/SSL
  • Involved in design development of integration component with Payment Billing Systems like CLICC, GCAB
  • Involved in enhancements to Report Generator, Report router for Intraday MT940 and End of Day Report MT942
  • Involved in Production Fixes to status router and TRIP applications
  • Involved in design of MQ configurations for ISAP, SCORE, MIDAS, ACME, US MTI back office connectivity via FPS and DCPS
  • Involved in Integration and decommission with different channels like Access Online, Access Direct, File Act, SWIFT, Max Trade and Multicash Classic
  • Involved in development of batch process using shell scripts
  • Involved in fine tuning of MQ objects for handling high volume transactions
  • Design, developed segmentation, encryption and decryption of message components
  • Developing and maintaining a detailed project plan
  • Expertise in Change Initiation, review and Authorization process with GCAB standards
  • Expertise in Sequence of Events creation for production deployment of MO applications
  • Expertise and quick in trouble shooting of run book creation and implementation of MO applications
  • Tracking project milestones using planview tool
  • Effective control on Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies
  • Effective management of budget through Oracle First application
  • Review and Approval of Statement of Work from Vendors
  • Effective forecasting/Receipting and Accruals through Oracle First Apps
  • Effective management of project gates
  • Recording and managing project risks/issues and escalating when necessary
  • Resolving cross-portfolio functional issues at project level
  • Monitoring project progress and performance
  • Providing status reports to the project sponsor liaison with, and updates progress to, project steering board/senior management
  • Performance management of reporting resources
  • Team size between 5 direct and 30 in-direct resources
  • Manage support to the User Acceptance Testing at program-level Key Success Factor: Innovative thought process, Project Management, Efficient stake-holder management, Vendor Management, Experience with programming, Communication/Co-ordination, Team Spirit

Team Leader

Accenture Services Pvt Ltd
02.2010 - 08.2010
  • Nokia Retail Portal Client: Nokia, Finland Description: Nokia Retail Portal is Nokia's new initiative to provide online support for retail stores all over the world to centralize the sales and distribution of Nokia products
  • This online portal has been customized, personalized and localized specific to regions
  • As a, , handling a team of 4 members, involved in mentoring the application knowledge, Integration systems and involved in design review board for design changes
  • Conducted brain storm sessions for AMS, AD teams on project architecture and design
  • Involved in preparing Estimations, Work breakdown structures, Status Report, Milestone Reports for maintenance releases
  • Involved in design, development and implementation of Arabic language support for UAE and Saudi Arabia
  • Design and developed various portlets and involved in propagation to higher environments using weblogic propagation tools
  • Involved in setting up of version control tool and created baseline for our projects
  • Handled parallel releases at the same point to deliver client needs within SLA
  • Supporting maintenance team in previous releases of Nokia portal

Sr Software Engineer

HCL Australis Services Pvt Ltd
07.2007 - 02.2010
  • Having worked across all the stages of Software Development Life Cycle, I have with me
  • Expertise in:
  • Agile methodologies, Test Driven Development and Extreme programming
  • Weblogic portal development, testing, implementation
  • Weblogic Server troubleshooting, creating prod/non-prod environments
  • Creating integration servers, build servers on Linux environments
  • Implementing Single Sign-On with SAML and Sun identity manager
  • And Hands-on experience with:
  • Object Oriented (OO) design skills (with good knowledge of design patterns)
  • Open source technologies and frameworks that can significantly accelerate development and testing
  • Design and development of J2EE based applications across various domains
  • Implementation of Large scale J2EE based enterprise applications
  • Oracle universal content management, development of custom components
  • Integration of Sun Identity Manager and Sun Access Manager with Weblogic Portal applications
  • Organization restructure of prod/non-prod environments to Weblogic virtual machines
  • Configuration Management with Base ClearCase and UCM
  • My communication/client facing skills and ability to work in consulting environment were appreciated in global locations:
  • Axa Australia, Australia
  • Orchestrated efficient large-scale software deployments, including testing features and correcting code
  • Collaborated with cross-functional development team members to analyze potential system solutions based on evolving client requirements
  • Suggested improvements to team and project workflow
  • Estimated work hours and tracked progress using Agile/SCRUM methodology

Software Engineer

HCL Sweden Services Pvt. Ltd
09.2006 - 06.2007
  • Interaction with the Business users to understand the requirement, prototype screens,
  • Technical Design preparation and implementing the enhancements
  • Installing and configuring different builds in Continuous Integration Build Server Cruise Control
  • Unit test cases preparation using JUnit
  • Design and development of selenium testing framework for Functional testing Key Success Factor: Communication skills, ability to learn fast and perform
  • Researched, designed and implemented scalable applications for information identification, extraction, analysis, retrieval and indexing
  • Collaborated with cross-functional development team members to analyze potential system solutions based on evolving client requirements

Software Engineer

HCL Technologies India Pvt. Ltd
01.2006 - 08.2006
  • Impact analysis of reverse engineering of PADS application
  • Design the sequence diagrams and class diagrams by using Rational Rose tool
  • Use Case Preparation
  • Develop component interface to securely transfer authentication token across domains
  • Involvement in cross-domain authentication modules Key Success Factor: Communication skills, UML Knowledge, Citibank Online Banking Germany Client: Citibank, Germany
  • Description: The Java Financial Platform (JFP) consisted of a framework for building complex financial banking applications that run in a J2EE environment
  • The JFP applications were required to support multiple businesses, support internationalization, use business rule data, and interface to multiple Hosts
  • The framework consisted of a paradigm for building applications and provided several sets of components for supporting the applications
  • The application framework chosen and the key support components were based on standard J2EE technologies such as Servlets, Java Server Pages, Java Resource Bundles, and the Java Connector Architecture
  • The main framework was built by the Citibank Development Center, LA and involved only developing applications using the JFP framework vis-à-vis regional requirements
  • This project was for Germany implementation, which was a success

Associate Consultant

Polaris Software Labs Pvt. Ltd
08.2005 - 01.2006
  • Development of Regional TE for communicating to host
  • Coding for Wrappers for communicating to MQ server
  • Coding for Model Helper Classes
  • Coding for Controller Helper Classes
  • Coding for View Helper Classes
  • Configuration of various XML Files related to Regional Sub Applications
  • Static & Dynamic Page migration to JFP Environment
  • Key Success Factor: Communication skills, ability to learn fast and perform

Programmer Analyst

HTC Global Services Pvt Ltd
05.2004 - 07.2005
  • This project was a part of the program for rollout of Delphi Automobile Systems through Mexico and North America
  • This program intended to transfer the while ownership of the application and processes is transferred to Delphi, without impacting Delphi suppliers (i.e. External users)
  • The objective of the project was to utilize the new data source from SAP A/P, while preserving the functionality in the front-end
  • Development of the User and Customer Administration module Key Success Factor: Technical knowledge, Ability to learn the client framework fast and perform Achievement: Rewarded with "Quick Learner Award"
  • Organized system infrastructure documentation and operating procedures, strengthening controls and enhancing overall performance
  • Worked in team-driven environments and communicated effectively with all stakeholders
  • Collaborated with developers and performance engineers to enhance supportability and identify performance bottlenecks

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Electrical, Electronics Engineering Technologies

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
09.1999 - 04.2003

Andhra Pradesh State Board Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) - Maths, Physics & Chemistry

Vikas Junior College
04.1997 - 08.1999

Andhra Pradesh State Board Secondary School Certificate (SSC) 80 - School Education

Audarsa Vidyalaya
01.1985 - 03.1997

Skills

Agile project management

Accomplishments

  • Following completion of Future Leadership internship, was offered a development manager position with Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc Ltd
  • Problem Resolution - Responsible for support and development of company disaster recovery plan.Served as advocate for end-users, performing tests and problem analysis for server, desktop and IT infrastructure work
  • Took over a high-level project after the prior lead abruptly left the company and completed the project on time and within budget through dedicated oversight and better resource allocation
  • Project Management - Coordinated with third-party development team on engineering and professional service activities and tasks
  • Strategy Implementation - Injected IT architectural governance strategy into full project lifecycle through well-defined engagement points for infrastructure team, guidance, facilitation, contribution, impact assessments, and alignment reviews
  • Performance Management - Successfully deployed complex end-to-end business intelligence solutions that delivered business value to functional organisations. Facilitated effective working relationships between client, partners and project teams throughout project lifecycles
  • System Upgrade - Created and drove infrastructure migration strategy to begin transformation of SSIT from a legacy client-server workshop to a modern business-aligned operation built upon enterprise architecture best practices

Certification

PRINCE 2.0 Foundation

Timeline

Senior Development Manager

Royal Bank of Scotland, RBS
03.2019 - Current

PRINCE 2.0 Foundation

10-2018

Certified ScrumMaster

10-2018

Technical Project Manager

Royal Bank Of Scotland Group Plc Ltd
09.2017 - 02.2019

ITIL V4.0 2014 Foundation Certified.

07-2017

Technical Project Leader

Royal Bank of Scotland Group
06.2012 - 09.2017

Technical Project Leader

Royal Bank Of Scotland Group Plc Ltd
08.2010 - 06.2012

Team Leader

Accenture Services Pvt Ltd
02.2010 - 08.2010
Oracle Bea Weblogic Portal 10 Developer Certification.
09-2009

Sr Software Engineer

HCL Australis Services Pvt Ltd
07.2007 - 02.2010

Software Engineer

HCL Sweden Services Pvt. Ltd
09.2006 - 06.2007

Certification in Java

08-2006

Software Engineer

HCL Technologies India Pvt. Ltd
01.2006 - 08.2006

Associate Consultant

Polaris Software Labs Pvt. Ltd
08.2005 - 01.2006

Project Management Professional certification

12-2004

Programmer Analyst

HTC Global Services Pvt Ltd
05.2004 - 07.2005

Bachelor of Technology - Electrical, Electronics Engineering Technologies

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
09.1999 - 04.2003

Andhra Pradesh State Board Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) - Maths, Physics & Chemistry

Vikas Junior College
04.1997 - 08.1999

Andhra Pradesh State Board Secondary School Certificate (SSC) 80 - School Education

Audarsa Vidyalaya
01.1985 - 03.1997

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