Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Quote
Timeline
Generic
Saket Verma

Saket Verma

Engineering Lead
Bengaluru

Summary

Experienced engineering leader and technology architect with 18 years of industry expertise, specializing in implementing enterprise-wide strategies for nancial institutions across the USA, UK, and India. Skilled in DBT, Technology, Digital Architecture, Data Strategy, DevOps, Engineering & Analytics, and Cloud Transformation. Known for delivering measurable business outcomes and value propositions, driving innovation and agility in a disruptive market. Collaborative and eective in translating business requirements into cutting-edge cloud-based solutions. A proven track record of success in fostering strong stakeholder relationships.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
5
5
Certification

Work History

Engineering Lead

Publicis Sapient, Deutsche Bank
Bengaluru
07.2022 - Current

Cloud migration under the strategic partnership of Google and Deutsche Bank to accelerate banks transition to GCP and co- innovate new products and services

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Engineering lead for leading migration of multiple applications to GCP adhering to business and technical objectives within the bank
  • Designed and implemented cost-effective cloud solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for banking applications, optimizing infrastructure, and enhancing system availability
  • Maintaining alignment between architectural decisions and the bank's blueprints and Enterprise Reference Architectures (ERI), ensuring a cohesive approach throughout the organization
  • Executed data migration strategies, enabling seamless transition of data from on-premises environments to the cloud, encompassing both homogeneous and heterogeneous migrations
  • Communicated target architectural plans and banks roadmap to stakeholders
  • Responsible for resource management by planning, documenting, managing and to evaluate performance of staff by mentoring them and setting goals

Skill/Domain: GCP (BigQuery, Spanner, GKE, etc.), Microservices, DevOps, System Design, Data ow, API, Management, Cloud Security, OPA, Workday

Solutions Architect

Lloyds Bank
London
01.2020 - 07.2022

Next generation Risk Platform and Strong customer authentication platform at Lloyds as a strategic enabler for the “Bank of the Future”

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Led the Authentication team to deliver Lloyds Bank’s pioneering Cloud migration strategy involving migration of Intelligent Finance and St James Place Bank brands to the cloud
  • Architected and managed implementation of SCA platform, overseeing architecture, security, RTL, DevOps, and regulatory compliance
  • Collaborated with vendors like ForgeRock, Callsign and other third-party consultants to ensure successful integration of solutions into existing systems

Skill/Domain: GCP, OAuth2, Spanner, PubSub, GKE, Docker, ForgeRock, CallSign ADP, Scaffold, CloudSQL, Spinnaker, Terraform, Helm

Platform Engineer

Goldman Sachs
Bengaluru
07.2018 - 12.2019

Identifying and securing the services on AWS , automating their provisioning, and building a highly resilient and scalable infrastructure for Transaction banking unit within the bank

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Architecture guidance for selected Business Units, assessing migration feasibility and deployment strategy based on AWS Architecture best practices
  • Developing reusable components using AWS to support infrastructure provisioning across various business units in the transaction banking.
  • Preparing detailed Statements of Work (SOW), including effort estimation and cost projection, to meet client requirements and ensure project success

Skill/Domain: AWS, IAM, S3, EC2, VPC, ELB, Route53, Lambda,

SQS, Redis, Terraform, Kafka, Ansible, Docker, Rest Assured, SAML, MTLS, Spring boot, Java, Gitlab

Solutions Architect

Fannie Mae
Bethesda
03.2013 - 06.2018

Build out of Common Securitization Platform to supply the future infrastructure for the mortgage-backed securities market.

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Design and Implement IDS functionality for CSP, which would be used by modules in CSP like Issuance, Master Servicing and Interfaces.
  • Understanding and defining Use Cases in agreement with business stakeholders for Common Disclosure Platform.
  • Managed the overall budget with weekly checkpoints and performed risk identification, analysis and control by directing the efficient use of resources to effectively complete projects.

Skill/Domain: AWS, IAM, S3, EC2, VPC, ELB, Route53, Lambda, SQS, Redis, Terraform, Kafka, Ansible

Senior Software Engineer

Publicis Sapient, UBS
Stamford
01.2010 - 02.2013

Build out of Commodities business within bank by integrating TriplePoint - CXL with other internal systems to support front-to-back commodities trading and risk management

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Design and Implement interfaces to enable
  • Settlements & Confirmations for OTC Commodity derivatives using Lingua messaging protocol
  • Build out of Dodd Frank Regulatory Reporting platform that includes DTCC's Global Trade Repository (GTR), Large Trader Reporting (CFTC), CSTR Reporting & Position Limit Reporting
  • Build out of Connectivity with exchanges - ICE, LME using Cameron FIX engine.

Calypso Developer

Royal Bank of Scotland
Gurgaon
01.2009 - 11.2009

Software Developer

Integral
Bengaluru
05.2006 - 11.2008

Java Software Engineer

Symphony Services
Bengaluru
02.2005 - 04.2006

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science

Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Technical University
Lucknow
06.2004

Skills

  • Digital Change and Transformation
  • Cloud Computing and Platform Design
  • Data Engineering
  • Microservices
  • DevOps
  • Strategy & Technology Consulting
  • Technical Design and Architecture
  • Large Scale Distributed Systems & Automation
  • Project and Programme Management
  • Global People Management
  • Thought Leadership

Certification

  • Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect
  • Linux Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
  • AWS Certified Developer - Associate certificate
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Quote

Every problem is a gift—without problems we would not grow.
Tony Robbins

Timeline

Engineering Lead

Publicis Sapient, Deutsche Bank
07.2022 - Current

Solutions Architect

Lloyds Bank
01.2020 - 07.2022

Platform Engineer

Goldman Sachs
07.2018 - 12.2019

Solutions Architect

Fannie Mae
03.2013 - 06.2018

Senior Software Engineer

Publicis Sapient, UBS
01.2010 - 02.2013

Calypso Developer

Royal Bank of Scotland
01.2009 - 11.2009

Software Developer

Integral
05.2006 - 11.2008

Java Software Engineer

Symphony Services
02.2005 - 04.2006

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science

Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Technical University
Saket VermaEngineering Lead