Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Accomplishments
Software
Timeline
Hi, I’m

SOWMYA ARAVIND

Data Engineering Manager (VP)
Bengaluru
SOWMYA ARAVIND

Summary

Talented Data Engineering Manager with 22 years of experience delivering software aligned to business requirements. Passionate about applying excellent organization and communication skills to manage and lead teams. Results-oriented individual well-versed in interfacing and consulting is looking for a challenging role that provides opportunity to solve business problems.

Overview

20
years of professional experience
5
years of post-secondary education
2
Certifications

Work History

WELLS FARGO INDIA
Bengaluru

Vice President
04.2021 - Current

Job overview

  • Led cross-functional teams with peak strength of 35, for the successful completion of major projects, resulting in increased efficiency and client satisfaction.
  • Managing portfolio of multi-technology projects on Data Engineering and Front-end across a variety of banking domains namely Privacy, Credit Cards and Collections.
  • Instrumental in building an Analytical platform for Consumer Collections on Enterprise Data Lake (EDL).
  • Spearheaded formulation of migration road map of application from EDL to Google Cloud Platform.
  • Effectively collaborating with multi-functional teams of Business, Product and Support.
  • Responsible for managing risk and compliance of applications.
  • Proactively involved in mentoring, coaching, volunteering, automation and innovation initiatives.
  • Tech stack includes Hadoop, Python, PySpark, Ab Initio, Teradata and BI tools

EXUSIA INDIA PVT LIMITED
Bengaluru

Director
05.2018 - 03.2021

Job overview

  • Led an onshore-offshore team to deliver critical projects for a South African Bank
  • As Head of Bangalore Center, led a diverse team of Developers and Business Analysts on meaningful Proof of Concept on AWS.
  • Developed high-performing teams by providing mentorship, guidance, and opportunities for professional growth.
  • Enhanced team collaboration through regular communication, goal setting, and performance evaluations.
  • Tech stack involved Ab Initio (an ETL tool), DB2

HCL LIMITED AUSTRALIA
Sydney

Technical Manager
06.2015 - 04.2018

Job overview

  • Utilized Ab Initio expertise to design a solution to the complex requirement of Authorization matching for Credit Card transactions, re-engineered SAS application to Ab Initio, addressed performance issues in the batch
    to reduce batch execution time from 11 hours to 4 hours.
  • Contributed to planning, orchestration and production implementation of the end-to-end AML solution.

IBM INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
Bengaluru

Senior Advisory Consultant
03.2011 - 08.2014

Job overview

  • Spearheaded teams of up to 20 members and handled clients including leading Electronics company, Canadian bank and UK insurance company
  • Analyzed complex ETL requirements, designed graphs, performed code reviews, identified risks, contributed to architectural decisions.
  • Performed Defect tracking and Defect management activities, handled crises and improved Defect resolution rate from 5 per day to ~20 per day

TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
Bengaluru

Associate Consultant
01.2005 - 02.2011

Job overview

  • Handled various projects for J.PMorgan Chase and as Onsite Coordinator worked with offshore teams from USA and Singapore
  • Re-engineered MS Access based Anti-Money Laundering (AML) application to Multi technology solution built of Dot Net, Ab Initio and SQL Server
  • Executed complete SDLC from Requirements to Production in implementation of Basel II for Treasury Data Mart
  • Spearheaded 10-member team successfully to complete data migration from HP3000 to Oracle
  • Developed generic engine in Ab Initio capable of handling different business scenarios for various sources
  • Handled more than 5 projects for J.P.Morgan Chase Bank in 6 years
  • Volunteered and successfully executed responsibility of coordinating Offshore Service Provider (OSP) audits for Offshore Development Center in Dec 2006 and Feb 2007

Education

BITS
Pilani

M.Tech from Software Systems
08.2019 - 01.2021

University Overview

R.V. College of Engineering
Bengaluru, Karnataka

Bachelor of Engineering from Chemical
12.1996 - 09.2000

University Overview

Skills

Leadership skills

Certification

Google Professional Cloud Architect, 04/2024

Accomplishments

Accomplishments
  • Built and led a strong team of 34, consisting of Developers, Data Analysts and Scrum Masters for Consumer Lending in Wells Fargo.
  • Leading a team of Data Engineers to implement key business requirements as well as non-functional requirements on Enterprise Data Lake.
  • Visualized and delivered multiple Proof of Concept applications including AWS Analytics Services.
  • Architected re-engineering of a legacy SAS application to Ab Initio and designed a complex matching engine for Card Management for a leading Australian Bank.

Software

Google Cloud Platform,Ab Initio, Python, Unix, Databases, SQL, AWS

Timeline

Vice President
WELLS FARGO INDIA
04.2021 - Current
BITS
M.Tech from Software Systems
08.2019 - 01.2021
Director
EXUSIA INDIA PVT LIMITED
05.2018 - 03.2021
Technical Manager
HCL LIMITED AUSTRALIA
06.2015 - 04.2018
Senior Advisory Consultant
IBM INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
03.2011 - 08.2014
Associate Consultant
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
01.2005 - 02.2011
R.V. College of Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering from Chemical
12.1996 - 09.2000
Google Professional Cloud Architect, 04/2024
Google Cloud Digital Leader, 02/2022

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