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Keycontributionsstrengths
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Naga Gangadhara Rao Chikkala

Summary

I have a total of 18+ years of IT experience within TCS. I am a result-driven IT professional with extensive experience in Java/J2EE and Oracle technologies with Trade Finance business domain knowledge. I have worked in large scale multiyear program and critical projects in Trade Finance and done in-depth work in full gamut of SDLC life cycle i.e. requirement gathering analysis, design, development, System integration and user testing support and Release management. I also have sound knowledge on agile processes and Agile based delivery approach. I also have experience on project/release management activities. I hold Project Management – Scrum Master Accredited Certification and Scrum Team member Accredited certified professional.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Tech Lead and Scrum Master

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd
01.2020 - Current

### Privileged Access Provisioning for Infrastructure Systems

**Project Description:**
- **Objective:** Provide privileged access provisioning for infrastructure systems using CyberArk, enhancing security and access management across multiple platforms including Windows, Oracle, Exacc, Unix, and GCP.
- **Technology Stack:** Java, Spring Boot, jQuery, Oracle Exacc, OpenShift Fabric, Jenkins, Geneos, Helm, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Git, dbUnity.

**Roles and Responsibilities:**
- **Core Development:** Developed and implemented the privileged access provisioning system using Java and Spring Boot, ensuring robust and secure access management.
- **Front-end Development:** Utilized jQuery to create interactive and responsive user interfaces, enhancing the user experience.
- **Database Management:** Managed and optimized the Oracle Exacc database to handle access provisioning data efficiently.
- **Containerization and Orchestration:** Deployed applications using OpenShift Fabric, ensuring scalable and efficient deployment.
- **CI/CD Implementation:** Set up continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using Jenkins, automating the build and deployment processes.
- **Monitoring and Maintenance:** Employed Geneos for application monitoring, ensuring system reliability and performance.
- **Tool Integration:** Integrated various tools including Helm for package management, Jira and Confluence for project management and documentation, Bitbucket and Git for version control, and dbUnity for database integration and management.

**Key Achievements:**
- Successfully implemented a secure and scalable privileged access provisioning system across multiple infrastructure platforms.
- Enhanced deployment efficiency and scalability using OpenShift Fabric and Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.
- Improved system monitoring and performance tracking with the integration of the Geneos tool.
- Facilitated effective project management and collaboration through the integration of Jira and Confluence.

  • Estimated work hours and tracked progress using Scrum methodology.
  • Tested troubleshooting methods and documented resolutions for inclusion in knowledge base for support team use.

Lead Developer

Tata Consultancy Services
06.2018 - 12.2019
  • IDR – Intelligent document/data recognition in OCR solution for Trade Finance business which aims to intelligently extract data from documents submitted by clients and provide the extracted data to Processing, surveillance (Monitoring) and compliance systems there by supporting automation of trade processing workflow
  • This application will reduce manual efforts from operations teams in creating/inputting transaction data by automatically extracting the data from scan images and mapping to the transaction for processing.

Lead Developer

Tata Consultancy Services
09.2008 - 05.2018
  • Trade finance signifies financing for trade, and it concerns both domestic and international trade transactions
  • A trade transaction requires a seller of goods and services as well as a buyer
  • Deutsche bank is most popular bank to facilitate these transactions by financing the trade.

Developer

Marlabs Software (P) Ltd.
11.2006 - 05.2008
  • HP has a multitude of Large Format printers (LFP) like GoldenGate, TajMahal, Redbaron and Troya12 Power
  • These printers are designed for printing high-quality images on 24”, 44” and 60” wide depending on printer's width
  • I worked on Embedded Web Server (EWS)
  • The functionality of the EWS is useful to submit the job for printing and set the printer settings remotely through the browser
  • It shows the user information about the printer status
  • This first functionality goal is printer setup which helps the user to prepare the printer in a correct state so that images can be printed with the desired quality
  • The second functionality facilitates the user to check the status and make necessary changes.

Education

Master of Sciences in Information Systems -

Andhra University
Penugonda, AP,India
04.2004

Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) -

Andhra University
Amalapuram, AP,India
04.2002

Skills

  • Java,Springboot,Hibernate
  • Oracle
  • API Design and Development
  • Tomcat, Weblogic
  • HTML, JavaScript
  • Openshift fabric, Helm,Jenkins,Jira,Confluence,Bitbucket,Geneos,Control-m,Cybersecurity,Hashicorp
  • DevOps principles
  • Software Development Lifecycle

Keycontributionsstrengths

A qualified, result oriented and dedicated professional with IT experience in the area of Trade finance and Banking domain. Performed various roles like Subject Matter Expert, Senior Designer and Module Lead. Team Player-Have the ability to work in multiple platforms using various software tools. Proficient in Java, Spring-boot, Team-city, Bit-bucket, GIT, Open-shift fabric tool, Servlets, JSP, Struts, JavaScript, HTML, J-unit, BDD and SQL. Micro-services Architecture development experience. Proficient knowledge in Trade Finance domain. Well versed in defining Requirements, Functional Specifications, Development and maintenance support. Extensive experience in Release/Change Management, Project Management, writing technical specifications, complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Proficient experience in production implementation support and defect management. Excellent communication and presentation skills, quick learner, enthusiastic team player with an ability to perform individually. Working closely with stake holders and documenting business/customer requirements, design, and development and providing effort estimates for new change requests, problem solving/urgent fixes in time. Demonstrated abilities to manage a project through its complete lifecycle viz. Initiation, Planning and Design, Execution, monitoring and controlling through Closing. Team player with the ability to learn, finding solutions to changing the needs of project and successful in meeting challenges in delivering the project releases. Hold technical design discussions with business and within the team to ensure business and technical requirements are understood, documented and implemented. Effective and efficient roll out of changes in the Information Technology (IT) environment. Leading the development team. Verification of releases and Client /TCS reporting. Estimation of the IT effort for Change Requests.

Awards

  • TCS Best Team Award, May 2019
  • TCS On The Spot Award, Jun-2017
  • TCS On The Spot Award, May-2016
  • TCS On The Spot Award, Aug-2015
  • TCS On The Spot Award, Mar-2015
  • TCS On The Spot Award, Nov-2014
  • TCS On The Spot Award, Oct-2014

Certification

  • Process : Scrum Master Accredited Certification
  • Scrum Team Member Accredited Certification
  • Scrum Fundamentals Certified Credential
  • Process : Agile Way of Working Foundation
  • Kofax Capture certification

Timeline

Tech Lead and Scrum Master

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd
01.2020 - Current

Lead Developer

Tata Consultancy Services
06.2018 - 12.2019

Lead Developer

Tata Consultancy Services
09.2008 - 05.2018

Developer

Marlabs Software (P) Ltd.
11.2006 - 05.2008

Master of Sciences in Information Systems -

Andhra University

Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) -

Andhra University
Naga Gangadhara Rao Chikkala