RAMYA VILANGU
Palani
Summary
Highly accomplished Lead Software Engineer with over 15 years of experience driving stability, automation, and performance across elite banking, financial services, and telecommunications environments. 10 years of deep technical development expertise in legacy Mainframe systems (COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2) with 5 years of strategic project management and program operations also exposure in modern Distributed infrastructure (Linux) and DevOps frameworks (Ansible, Jenkins, AWS Cloud). Proven track record of spearheading multi-platform integrations, optimizing high-volume file delivery systems handling millions of daily transactions, and modernizing batch processing architectures. Agile leader and former Scrum Master skilled at mitigating production risks, executing seamless mainframe-to-cloud migrations, and maintaining strict regulatory compliance.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead Specialist
Fifth Third Bank
Cincinnati
09.2025 - Current
- Led the development and optimization of new and updated critical batch services utilizing COBOL, CICS, JCL, and SAS.
- Managed end-to-end requirements for gathering, authored technical design documentation, and established deployment schedules to guarantee project alignment.
- Architected and built APIs for AmTrust applications to securely expose backend mainframe services via modern middleware solutions.
- Coordinated task distribution, sprint planning, and code reviews with offshore teams to achieve timely delivery of key project milestones.
- Partnered closely with compliance teams to ensure all financial software and batch cycles adhered strictly to regulatory standards.
- Developed specialized SAS programs to analyze, manipulate, and extract business intelligence from large-scale datasets.
Senior Business Operations Engineer (BizOps)
Mastercard
Franklin
07.2024 - 08.2025
- Led production operations, deployment activities, and the daily stability of the global, high-volume core file delivery platform handling millions of daily financial transactions.
- Successfully bridged file delivery protocols across Mainframe (Z/OS) and Distributed systems (Linux/Unix), ensuring seamless, secure data flow for critical clearing and settlement networks.
- Automated legacy, manual file-routing configurations by designing Ansible playbooks and Jenkins pipelines, reducing manual provisioning time by 30% and eliminating human error.
- Modernized Mainframe file transfer jobs by optimizing JCL scripts and Connect: Direct (NDM) parameters, improving data throughput by 40% during peak processing windows.
- Built comprehensive Splunk dashboards and synthetic alerts to proactively monitor file transmission failures, reducing MTTR for critical data delivery incidents by 50%.
- Acted as the Tier 3 escalation point for high-severity transmission incidents; spearheaded Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations to prevent recurring issues in adherence to Mastercard's strict zero-downtime philosophy.
- Spearheaded annual Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity tests for the file delivery infrastructure, ensuring data integrity and seamless failover.
Lead Developer
Discover
Franklin
02.2023 - 06.2024
- Developed mainframe-based APIs for real-time payment alerts and e-wallet feeds, significantly improving system integration and user experience.
- Executed a tech-driven batch of migration and decommissioning strategy for legacy internet applications, ensuring a seamless transition to updated platforms.
- Modernized traditional batch jobs by successfully transitioning legacy logic into Java-based Spring Batch applications.
- Conducted deep-dive root cause analysis for production defects, rewriting critical programs to resolve system bugs and minimize downstream downtime.
Senior Consultant
Morgan Stanley
Alpharetta
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Spearheaded the highly visible eTrade integration and post-merger tax reporting project, integrating eTrade clients into the MS back office and decommissioning legacy retirement systems.
- Managed user stories and the product backlog, facilitating story refinement sessions to prioritize sprint development efforts.
- Identified and resolved critical performance bottlenecks, optimizing the execution speed of COBOL programs for enhanced financial transaction processing efficiency.
- Designed optimized SQL queries embedded within COBOL stored procedures to interact with relational databases.
- Developed complex ETL packages to extract, transform, and load data from multiple diverse sources into the enterprise data warehouse.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Wright State University
Fairborn
08.2021 - 12.2021
- Facilitated weekly discussion and review sessions to enhance student understanding of complex computer science course topics and exam preparation.
- Supported students in mastering C programming assignments, debugging logic, and understanding lab concepts.
Senior Lead Designer
Royal Bank of Scotland
Chennai
07.2015 - 04.2018
- Led the technical design and development for Core Customer Services, significantly enhancing foundational data maintenance processes.
- Managed a team of designers, guiding daily task distribution and code quality to align with overarching project goals.
- Served as the Scrum Master, coaching team members on Agile practices, principles, and removing delivery roadblocks.
- Built over 15 inbound web services and MQ services to seamlessly provide critical customer mainframe data to web applications.
Senior System Analyst
Verizon Data Services
Chennai
01.2015 - 06.2015
- Optimized core billing system database queries for online portals, directly enhancing user experience by reducing page load speeds.
- Analyzed existing IT architectures to identify performance gaps and authored technical specifications for system enhancements.
Senior Application Developer
BNYMellon
Chennai
12.2010 - 01.2015
- Modified 90 complex modules for cost-basis tax reporting compliance, reducing regulatory risk exposure.
- Developed algorithmic logic for fixed-income wash sale regulations, ensuring automated compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Migrated mainframe file processing workloads to Hadoop ecosystem, enhancing workflows with Pig and Hive scripts.
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
Wright State University
Dayton, OH12-2021
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
Anna University
Coimbatore, India04-2010
Skills
- COBOL
- JCL
- CICS
- DB2
- IMS DB
- VSAM
- IBM z/OS
- MVS
- Ansible
- Jenkins Pipelines
- AWS computing
- CI/CD
- Cloud Computing (AWS)
- CI/CD Automation
- Agile/Scrum
- Project management
- Incident management
- File transfer management
- Production Operations
- IBM Debugger
- Changeman
- Endevor
- File-Aid
- CA-7
- BMCDB2
- Linux Systems
- Unix
- Java
- Python
- Python frameworks
- React framework
- Informatica
- Hadoop
- Oracle
- SQL Server
- MySQL
- MongoDB
- MS Access
- Stored Procedures
- PROC
- SORT
- Easytrieve
- SPUFI
- TSO/ISPF
- IAM
- Splunk Monitoring
- Managed file transfer
- MySQL
- MongoDB
Certification
- Scrum Master Accredited Certified (SMAC), International Scrum Institute, 2016
- Hadoop Learning Course Certification, Besant Technologies, 2015
Achievements
- STAR Award for living corporate values in Web Services projects
- Extra Mile Awards for consistent on-time project delivery metrics
- Star of the Month recipient multiple times for production operations excellence
Timeline
Lead Specialist
Fifth Third Bank
09.2025 - Current
Senior Business Operations Engineer (BizOps)
Mastercard
07.2024 - 08.2025
Lead Developer
Discover
02.2023 - 06.2024
Senior Consultant
Morgan Stanley
01.2022 - 01.2023
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Wright State University
08.2021 - 12.2021
Senior Lead Designer
Royal Bank of Scotland
07.2015 - 04.2018
Senior System Analyst
Verizon Data Services
01.2015 - 06.2015
Senior Application Developer
BNYMellon
12.2010 - 01.2015
Master of Science - Computer Science
Wright State University
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
Anna University