Vignesh Sankar
Chennai
Summary
A results-driven and highly motivated IT professional with 13+ years of experience in various roles, including Product Owner, Senior Consultant and DevOps Engineer. A PSPO1 certified product management professional familiar with Agile and scrum systems and how to effectively manage product development timelines. Seeking to leverage my expertise in leading cross-functional teams by implementing innovative technology solutions to drive business growth and deliver exceptional results for a progressive organization. Proven ability to adapt quickly to new challenges, foster collaborative environments, and ensure the smooth functioning of IT operations.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
2
2
Certification
Work History
Product Owner
Infosys
Chennai
06.2020 - Current
- PSPO1 Certified Product Owner by Scrum.org
- Working as PO for 4+ years with leading European Banking Client in Security Identity & Access Domain.
- Manage and groom the product backlog for around 10+ applications based on Product Vision and goal.
- Collaborated with development teams to ensure successful delivery of products.
- Managed sprints and monitored progress against project timelines.
- Advised on technical solutions that align with product objectives.
- Provided guidance on best practices in Agile software development processes.
- Communicated regularly with stakeholders to ensure alignment on product strategy and vision.
- Identified risks associated with product initiatives and proposed mitigation strategies.
- Assessed business value of new features prior to implementation.
- Ensured compliance with regulatory standards related to the product portfolio.
- Participate the PO Synch up meeting and PI Planning with fellow PO’s to understand the inter dependencies
and plan the epic along with other teams with same dependencies. - Create roadmap for each products future platform migration, decommission and
improvement plan based on the product future.
Senior Consultant
Infosys
Chennai
11.2016 - Current
- Around 7+ years as Datapower SME and DevOps engineer with leading European Banking Client.
- Provided strategic guidance to clients on best practices for business operations.
- Identified areas of improvement within existing processes and systems and recommended changes accordingly.
- As a IBM Datapower SME I have developed gateway applications in Datapower to provide authentication and authorization security to applications in Banking Domain.
- Have good experience in CISO and Identity & Access domain in Banking projects.
- Implemented Automated SSL Certificate Management for all applications in the banking domain.
- Very good hands on CI/CD DevOps tools like Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Ansible, Urban Code Deploy, XLD/XLR and Bitbucket.
- Worked on Splunk tools for setting up application monitoring process
- As a senior member in the team and project, participated in all the core team meeting to
enhance the application in our domain. - Provided multiple automation and improvement ideas which directly resulted monitory
benefits to clients. - Helping all the team members to provide functional and conceptual inputs for any queries
related to applications or domain related queries. - Domain Anchor for Value Add Innovations and improvements Ideas benefits to client.
- Has knowledge and hands on Unix/Linux, basics of I&A concepts, Azure fundamentals.
- Certificate with AZ-900 Azure fundamentals.
Senior Software Engineer
Accenture
Chennai
06.2014 - 10.2016
- Around 2.5 years Worked as a Senior Datapower Developer for Ecommerce Client in US.
- Integrated multiple technology applications using Middleware tools like IBM Datapower and IIB.
- Very good hands on in Websphere DataPower, IIB and WMQ technologies.
- Created many interfaces in DataPower using Web Service Proxy, Multiprotocol gateway etc.
- Also used MQ protocol, FTP, SSL implementations in DataPower.
- Worked on XSLTs. Used data
sources to connect with Oracle databases. - Created special customized templates to create reports as expected by client.
- Also created template to send email alerts for various error scenarios etc.
Application Developer
IBM India Private Limited
Pune
09.2010 - 05.2014
- Around 3.5 years Worked as a Developer in Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) in Telecom Domain.
- EAI will integrate all the application like CRM, CPOS, UPSS (Unified Prepaid System) and many more channels used by Vodafone for various processes like Payment and subscriber related processes.
- As a fresher I get to work and learn about Worked on IBM Datapower, Websphere Message
Broker, MQ, SQL and Linux technologies. - Had basic understanding of SSL/TLS networking concepts.
- Hands on Unix/Linux error troubleshooting and basic SQL queries to interact with Oracle databases.
Education
B.E. - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
Mount Zion College of Engineering And Technology
Pudukottai05-2010
HSC - Mathematics & Science
G.S. Hindu Higher Secondary School
Srivilliputtur03-2006
SSLC - Mathematic And Science
G.S. Hindu Higher Secondary School
Srivilliputtur04-2004
Skills
- Product Management
- IBM Websphere Datapower
- Identity & Access Security Domain Knowledge
- SSL, CyberArk, Authentication & Authorization concepts
- CI/CD Automation
- Jenkins, Confluence, JIRA, JIRA Align, Azure Boards
- Azure DevOps pipeline, Ansible deployment
- Agile Methodology
- Problem resolutions
- Roadmap development
- Technical expertise
- Network Fundamentals
- Azure Fundamentals
- Cross-departmental Alignment
- Team Recruiting and Hiring
- Strategic Planning and Alignment
- Analytical Skills
- Root Cause Analysis
- Effective Communication
Certification
- PSPO1 - Professional Scrum Product Owner from Scrum.org
- AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
Accomplishments
- Presented a paper on the topic of “SMARTER TRAFFIC FOR SMARTER PLANET”. This paper
got selected as one of the top 4 papers in Pune and top 16 papers in 4 IBM locations in
India.
● Received appreciations and certificates from Client for Outstanding performance in critical
project deliveries.
● Excellence & Eminence Recognition 2013 - Received ORION Award for best performance.
● Directed two short films in Accenture Short film festival and got “Best Story Award”.
Languages
Tamil
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Advanced (C1)
C1
Telugu
Elementary (A2)
A2
Timeline
Product Owner
Infosys
06.2020 - Current
Senior Consultant
Infosys
11.2016 - Current
Senior Software Engineer
Accenture
06.2014 - 10.2016
Application Developer
IBM India Private Limited
09.2010 - 05.2014
B.E. - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
Mount Zion College of Engineering And Technology
HSC - Mathematics & Science
G.S. Hindu Higher Secondary School
SSLC - Mathematic And Science
G.S. Hindu Higher Secondary School