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Vijayan M

Technical Lead

Summary

Technical Lead with over 20 years of experience specializing in the design and development of software project infrastructure and architecture. Known for collaborative nature and effective communication skills. Demonstrated creativity in devising solutions to enhance business operations and meet technical requirements. Seasoned team leader with strong technical expertise and interpersonal skills to consistently deliver exceptional project results.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages

Work History

Software Engineer

Bank of America
05.2022 - Current
  • As a Senior developer, took complete ownership of ARM DDAR migration for our application and delivered with minimal impact.
  • Conducted multiple rounds of discussion with Middleware architects and successfully migrated our application monitoring tool from AppDynamics to Dynatrace
  • Conducted thorough code reviews to identify potential areas for improvement, ultimately enhancing code quality across all projects handled by the team.
  • Mentoring Patent cluster group within our team to brainstorm and refine patentable ideas
  • Led a team of engineers to deliver high-quality software solutions in a timely manner.


Technical Architect

Cognizant Technology Solutions Ltd
01.2013 - 02.2022
  • As Offshore Tech Lead worked on a Unification Project for a leading Financial technology company.
  • Interacted with Client Managers and Architects for implementing seamless login experience for Customers/Merchants across different products that fall under the same umbrella after the merger.
  • Worked on improvement of performance SLAs and project quality metrics.
  • As Onshore lead in USA, interacted with Client Architects to understand the Technology landscape and ensured the application follows the recommended Architecture/Design concepts.
  • Interacted with Client DBAs/Data Architects to design the DB Model for the application.
  • Performed the role of Tech Lead and was responsible for the Estimation, Design, Development and Unit testing.
  • Took complete ownership of deploying the application into Production deployment pipelines by interacting with Infrastructure/Solution Architects.
  • Responsible for leading/mentoring the team of developers and delivering the application.
  • Identified various manual steps involved in the Enterprise Data Integration workflow and automated the flows thereby reducing huge turnaround time involved.
  • Analyzed the website content for one of the leading US Insurance client and implemented Gamification, Virtual Private Assistant (ChatBot) as a prototype for a Business Critical flow to improve Customer footprint and enhance user experience.
  • Responsible for the Quality of deliverables from offshore.

Software Designer

RBS India Development Centre (P) Ltd
01.2011 - 01.2013
  • Involved in translating business requirements to solution requirement along with client's Solution Architect and Business Analyst.
  • Responsible for ensuring vendor implementation solutions are meeting the defined business and functional requirements.
  • Underwent training on the Pega Decision Management Design Suite and implemented various Business Rules for eKYC and Eligibility check for online Bank account creation.
  • Responsible for coordinating with the business and technical team for producing the solution blueprint.

Software Engineer/Technology Lead

Infosys Technologies Ltd
11.2003 - 12.2011
  • As a Tech Lead, led a team of 10+ talents based in multiple locations and successfully delivered a critical release within a span of 2 months after transitioning from another vendor.
  • As Onshore lead in UK, analysed the existing swing prototypes to understand the Business requirement for one of the leading Telecom providers in UK.
  • Involved in providing effort estimates.
  • Involved in Requirement gathering, offshore coordination and demonstrating the modules delivered to clients at onshore.
  • Involved in analysis, low level design and development.

Education

B.E - CSE

Sri Sairam Engineering College
04.1999 - 03.2003

HSC - undefined

Vellayan Chettiar Higher Secondary School
04.1998 - 03.1999

SSLC - undefined

Vellayan Chettiar Higher Secondary School
04.1996 - 03.1997

Skills

Spring Boot

Microservices

REST API

Core Java

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Accomplishments

Software Engineer, Bank of America

  • Developed a lightweight and efficient tool to streamline container deployment using OpenShift CLI commands. This utility accelerates Proof of Concept (PoC) efforts for teams involved in container onboarding.

Technical Architect, Cognizant Technology Solutions Ltd, 01/2013, 02/2022

  • Envisioned and showcased the idea called Dream Retirement by creating a simple Mobile App, leveraging the Sharing Economy, Digital Wallet concepts among the Insurance Consumers. Won the Runners up in the Insurance Premier League (IPL) event.
  • Proposed and presented a simple Gamification idea to increase customer engagement as part of the Hackathon event.
  • Mentored associates to complete the Digital Full Stack Developer Training to enable associates get up to speed on the latest technologies.
  • Involved in conducting Technology Assessments for ensuring quality of various Insurance projects within Cognizant.

Timeline

Software Engineer

Bank of America
05.2022 - Current

Technical Architect

Cognizant Technology Solutions Ltd
01.2013 - 02.2022

Software Designer

RBS India Development Centre (P) Ltd
01.2011 - 01.2013

Software Engineer/Technology Lead

Infosys Technologies Ltd
11.2003 - 12.2011

B.E - CSE

Sri Sairam Engineering College
04.1999 - 03.2003

HSC - undefined

Vellayan Chettiar Higher Secondary School
04.1998 - 03.1999

SSLC - undefined

Vellayan Chettiar Higher Secondary School
04.1996 - 03.1997
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