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Sakthivel Murugan Paulraj Paulraj

Summary

Accomplished, highly experienced, and self-motivated Java tech lead, with a bachelor's degree in Computer science, seeks to work as a technical project manager for a leading IT organization.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Hands-on knowledge and experience in software design and software development life cycles. Possesses strong planning, designing, and implementation skills.

Hands-on experience in the development and implementation of J2EE Technologies.

Hands-on experience in shell scripting, JSP, Servlets, multithreading, and OOP concepts.

Strong experience in FICO- Blaze Advisor Rules Authoring.

Strong experience in application configuration/administration on WebSphere App Server.

Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

Skilled in writing shell scripts and batch jobs for server refresh/monitoring/housekeeping activities.

Interested in AI/ML/NLK with open-source next-gen technologies.

The leader with demonstrated success leading financial systems and programs. Knowledgeable about regulatory, compliance requirements and successful strategies for maintaining optimal controls. Well-organized, proactive, and dedicated to streamlining operations to decrease costs and promote organizational efficiency.

Uses independent decision-making skills and sound judgment to positively impact company success. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Collaborative leader with a dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote an engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings. To seek and maintain a full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management, and problem-solving skills.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant Vice President

Citibank N.A
05.2014 - Current

Worked as the Project Manager | Wipro Ltd | Feb 2013 - May 2014.
Worked as an IT Consultant | AIT Pte Ltd | May 2009 - Feb 2013.
Worked as a System Analyst | Nucleus Software Pte Ltd | Aug 2008 - May 2009.

CDE - Credit Decision Engine.

FICO Blaze Advisor is a base business rules management system, we have developed. The standard template for users to maintain credit risk policies and decision strategies, which are stored in a central rules repository. This template allows for building blocks to be defined and grouped to form their policy for credit initiation. The decision engine is connected with the credit Initiation system via EMS Queue to receive customer data. CDE rules are executed and sent back in response to CI. Based on CDE's response CI will decide next action steps. We have included various customizations like transaction viewer and batch simulator for viewing/testing purposes. The entire suite of functionality is collectively known as the Credit Decision Engine (CDE)

Responsibilities

  • Involved in requirement gathering by working with the client.
  • Rolled out fixes and deployments for different countries.
  • Writing batching tasks and UNIX scripting
  • Handled infrastructure, technical and middleware systems to assist senior leadership and over 6 staff members
  • Attended weekly meetings and special sessions of Leadership and Executive Leadership Teams and contributed to major administrative initiatives, policies, and decisions.
  • Monitored industry trends, keeping current on the latest changes and competition in the industry
  • Identified and resolved issues between employees, promoting better collaboration and mutual respect
  • Established performance goals for the department and outlined processes for achievement
  • Demonstrated proficient leadership skills to motivate employees and build competent teams
  • Clarified roles, responsibilities, and expectations of staff
  • Evaluated product development strategies and prepared alternative approaches to goal achievement
  • Hired and managed employees to maximize productivity while training staff on best practices and protocols
  • Prepared and recorded meeting minutes and documented actions taken at global team meetings and special sessions

Associate Consultant

Flex Solutions Ltd
05.2007 - 08.2008

db-eBills
The db-eBills is Deutsche Bank's Financial Supply Chain Management solution for the
business-to-business market that offers you the opportunity to increase efficiencies and
streamline processes. To ensure that online transactions are secure and reliable,

db-eBills incorporates digital certificates and electronic identity verification mechanisms. Only invoices that have been verified are authorized for payment. Moreover, db-eBills is a multi-user system. With its flexible access rights capability, the participation of individual users can be controlled to suit your operational workflow.

  • Client - Deutsche Bank.
  • Environment - Java, Servlets, JSP
  • Role - Module lead.

Responsibilities
 Design and development of new features and maintenance, analysis of defects, and
bug fixing.
 Involved in requirement gathering by working with onsite co-coordinator from
offshore.
 Individually handling SF and attachment module
 Writing Unit Test cases for the enhanced features and defects

CMS Communication
The CMS communication provides useful SMS messages to clients to alert them about the market or their transactions. The system maintains several available SMS services,
client-specific details, and client subscription details. The system is capturing subscription information and generates an SMS message by either capturing the user’s subscription or generate from the system automatically.

  • Client - Citi Bank.
  • Environment - Java, Servlets, JSP, Ajax, and DWR.
  • Role - Module Lead

Responsibilities

  • Design and development of SMS services feature and writing SQL procedures and queries.
  • Developed the screen by using Ajax with DWR concepts.
  • Preparing the metrics, resource/task allocation, and weekly status updates
  • Writing unit test cases to test client’s search and subscription modules

Sr Software Engineer

Satyam Computer Ltd
04.2006 - 05.2007

WAS Migration
The RDR process for reviewing and correcting RDR records entails a manually intensive and error susceptible process involving RDR reversal and re-entry of all RDR data. The current process also, in actuality, requires the auditor to correct live data which is not following general auditing policy. This project is to design and build a new web system to automate the RDR Auditing, Tracking, and RDR Update/Reversal processes.

  • Client - Ford Motor Company Ltd (MAZDA)
  • Environment - Java, Servlets, JSP.
  • Role - Team Leader


Responsibilities

  • Involved in environmental setup in RAD for WAS Migration
  • Resource/Task allocation and weekly status update.
  • Writing test cases for all WAS Migration projects.

Model Year Payoff
ICM incentive staff will create a model year payoff program in ICM tables. This application will read the ICM tables looking for Model Year Pay Off programs. The application will subsequently scan the dealer’s inventory for available model-year payoff programs and generate incentive transactions. These transactions are then fed to ICM tables to initiate payment. The application will also update the status of the program (Model Year Pay Off) for which the model year is paid off.

  • Client - Ford Motor Company Ltd (MAZDA)
  • Environment - Java, Servlets, JSP.
  • Role - Team Member.

Responsibilities

  • Involved in developing ICM Model Year Pay off Batch Process.
  • Writing queries to fetch the required data and update the model year payoff into mainframe and DB2 tables.
  • Writing Unit Test plan for the application.

IT Consultant

Allegro Capital Advisors Ltd
06.2004 - 04.2006

FinAlle is an asset management package that allows Relationship Managers to maintain
their client information and track their investments. Incorporated for telemarketing and
back office operations. The product also has an extensive report module for helping the top
management in the decision-making process. The package allows the client to access their
portfolio online through Allegro’s website.

Responsibilities.

  • Designed and developed the RM Login, Product Login, and Research Login of the FinAlle application.
  • Involved in developing a stored procedure to get the consolidated report for across all locations.
  • Developed the VB tool to upload the NAV into the table from the Excel sheet.
  • Developed the MIS Reports and sent scheduled and ad-hoc emails to selected
    clients by using Java Mail API.

Spellbind TM

Spellbind is a project suite for a 360-degree CRM package. It comprises of offline telephone
desk, remote agent supervisor, voice logger, and email desk. E-Mail Media Remote Agent
and Remote Supervisor are web-based applications, which are used by CSRs. These
Components are fully designed and developed based on Call center usage to support
multiple companies. Spellbind Remote Agent has all the normal E-Mail functionalities and
also he escalates the emails to Supervisor or Expert to get the appropriate answer for the
customer Query.

Responsibilities

  • Involved in developing CSR Mail-Desk, and Remote Agent module.
  • Developed client-specific email application screens similar to other email portals.
  • Writing unit test cases for Remote Agent screens

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science and Engineering - Bachelor of Computer Science And Engineering

Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Affiliated To Madurai Kamarajar University
Tamil Nadu, India
04.2002

Skills

  • TECHNICAL SKILLS
  • Programming languages – Java/J2ee, Python 3 x
  • Common operating systems Linux/Windows
  • Server Side Technology JSP, Servlets Programming, MDB
  • Rule engine proficiency FICO Blaze Advisor 77
  • Testing Tools (BDD) Cucumber
  • Application server WebSphere 8 x, Tomcat 9 x
  • Middleware technologies - TIBCO EMS/IBM MQ
  • IDE, RAD, Eclipse, RTC
  • Issue Resolution Skills
  • Performance Improvement Monitoring
  • Manage Frontend Programs & Business Rules Authoring
  • Reporting, Meeting Minutes, Records Management

Additional Information

  • Responsible for leading all phases of J2EE web development and web product quality. Hands-on experience in Banking financial and Asset management applications. Handle scheduling all project activities and managing risks throughout the development cycle. Responsible for reviewing business requirements for new application development. Responsible for reviewing technical solutions/designs prepared by junior engineers. Played a lead role to review proposed designs to ensure application integrity. Responsible for reviewing and gathering requirements for various software modules which are running on different platforms (Mainframe, distributed system). Implemented all possible ways of automation to ensure Highly Available applications all the time and also configured email and/or service now tickets to alert the responsible team to do necessary action items in case of any precautions/outage. Provide technical solutions to the team whenever required. Strong knowledge in troubleshooting production issues ( FICO Products) Coordinated with level 1 technical support specialists to take over calls outside their level of support. Assisted customers with more difficult technical issues requiring a greater level of personalized care. Onboarded and trained all incoming junior tech support specialists. Escalated support desk tickets to level 3 in the most crucial circumstances and after considerable time had been spent on a single ticket.

Languages

Tamil
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
English
Advanced (C1)

Timeline

Assistant Vice President

Citibank N.A
05.2014 - Current

Associate Consultant

Flex Solutions Ltd
05.2007 - 08.2008

Sr Software Engineer

Satyam Computer Ltd
04.2006 - 05.2007

IT Consultant

Allegro Capital Advisors Ltd
06.2004 - 04.2006

Bachelor of Computer Science and Engineering - Bachelor of Computer Science And Engineering

Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Affiliated To Madurai Kamarajar University
Sakthivel Murugan Paulraj Paulraj