VARADARAJAN IYER
Kochi
Summary
Tenured professional with more than 9 years experience with agile methodologies, cross-functional team collaboration, SDLC life-cycle in projects implementing ETL/ big data solutions on cloud
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Technical Manager
Cognizant
10.2016 - Current
- Technical manager, Data Engineer Lead & Scrum Master roles on multiple types of data projects like Enterprise Data warehousing / ETL, Data lake, Guidewire Migration
- Solutioning and guiding the team on various day-to-day technical challenges on varied technologies like IICS, Talend , Python, PySpark, creating and optimizing data pipelines using Databricks
- Collaborating across 4 functional teams, proactively identified & mitigated risks while created big data lake on CDP ( using PySpark)
- Reporting Weekly/ Monthly status to customer management,
Team Lead
Cognizant
02.2012 - 10.2016
- Technical lead for teams varying from 4 to 11 in size for multiple projects for US Insurance customers.
- Provided technical solutioning for various technical issues on multiple technologies like Power Builder, Oracle PL/SQL, HPCC, etc.
- Successfully collaborated with more than 15 Business areas in Annuities for their data needs
Senior Developer
Cognizant
09.2009 - 02.2012
- Senior Developer in PowerBuilder & Oracle PL/SQL for APAC and US insurance customers
- Developed 2 complex programs for introducing Umbrella policies
- Supported around average of 15 Severity -1/2 tickets per month for Policy & Claim Admin systems
Consultant
Mindcraft
08.2007 - 09.2009
- Evaluated client (Western Railways) needs and expectations, establishing clear goals & timelines for 3 modules
- Translating the requirement into high level and low level designs
- Creating modules to build UI screens and handling complex logics for 3 modules using Power Builder 10.x
- Built over 30 procedures and trigger using Oracle ( PL/SQL)
Education
B.E - Computers
Mumbai University
Mumbai06-2006
Class XII - Science
SIA Sr. Sec School, Dombivali
Dombivali, Maharastra06-2002
Class X - General
S.K.P School, Dombivali
Dombivali, Maharastra05-2000
Skills
- Windows XP / Linux
- Experienced in PowerBuilder Development
- Oracle PL/SQL Development
- Experienced with Python Development
- Informatica PC designer
- Big Data Management with Talend
- PySpark Data Processing
- Databricks Proficiency
- Data Processing with Hive
- PSM 1 Certified Scrum Professional
Personal Information
- Gender: Male
- Marital Status: Married
- Languages Known: English, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Malayalam
Timeline
Technical Manager
Cognizant
10.2016 - Current
Team Lead
Cognizant
02.2012 - 10.2016
Senior Developer
Cognizant
09.2009 - 02.2012
Consultant
Mindcraft
08.2007 - 09.2009
B.E - Computers
Mumbai University
Class XII - Science
SIA Sr. Sec School, Dombivali
Class X - General
S.K.P School, Dombivali
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