Sekar Nagaraj

• Led solution architecture, technical delivery, modernization strategy, and engineering governance across enterprise data, analytics, AI, and cloud transformation programs.
• Developed AI-enabled and cloud-native application architecture leveraging Azure OpenAI, Semantic Kernel, Azure AI Search, Cosmos DB, Redis, AKS, Azure Functions, App Service, API Management, Key Vault, Service Bus, Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Chaos Engineering practices.
• Coordinated with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and define application specifications, ensuring alignment with business objectives.

• Led enterprise consulting on data platforms, AI engineering, cloud assurance, and SRE, focusing on solution strategy, architecture reviews, technical governance, and ensuring delivery quality.
• Utilized Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, PySpark, Power BI, Azure OpenAI, Semantic Kernel, AKS, Cosmos DB, APIs, observability, chaos engineering, data quality, and production readiness to enhance project outcomes.
• Led cross-functional teams to deliver complex digital transformation projects, enhancing client operational efficiency.
• Developed and implemented strategic roadmaps aligning technology solutions with business objectives for diverse industries.
• Guided clients in adopting cloud-based architectures, optimizing performance and reducing operational costs significantly.

• Executed functional, regression, integration, and data validation test cases for enterprise applications, ensuring comprehensive requirements coverage and defect traceability.
• Conducted database and migration testing using SQL queries, validated stored procedures, and performed SSIS/ETL checks, ensuring data integrity through source-to-target reconciliation.
• Collaborated with development, business, and QA teams to support automation, defect triage, and test execution reporting, resolving issues across release cycles.

• Analyzed business requirements to identify opportunities for process improvements.
• Collaborated with stakeholders to gather and document project specifications.

Developed comprehensive reports to support data-driven decision-making and strategic planning initiatives.

Facilitated workshops to elicit stakeholder feedback, ensuring alignment with business goals and objectives.

Created detailed documentation of business processes, enhancing clarity and operational effectiveness across departments.