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MEENA AMMAIYAPPAN

Melbourne,VIC

Summary

Ambitious Software Engineering Analyst with a background in project management, programming languages and operating systems. A bilingual employee with over 14+ years of knowledge in effectively communicating complex technical information into terms that anyone can understand. Offering talents in coding, testing and change management.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Engineering Senior Analyst

National Australia Bank
08.2018 - Current


Robotics Process Automation - Design, Develop, Test, Deploy and Support various banking processes


  • Documented software development methodologies in technical manuals to be used by IT personnel in future projects.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to integrate new features and improve existing functionalities.
  • Conducted data modelling, performance and integration testing.
  • Automated repetitive tasks through scripting, boosting developer productivity and freeing up time for more valuable work.
  • Mitigated security risks by conducting vulnerability assessments and implementing recommended countermeasures to safeguard sensitive data.
  • Developed scalable and maintainable code bases using industry best practices, ensuring long-term sustainability of projects.
  • Cultivated interpersonal skills by building positive relationships with others.
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • Organized and detail-oriented with strong work ethic.
  • Authored code fixes and enhancements for inclusion in future code releases and patches.
  • Corrected, modified and upgraded software to improve performance.
  • Mentored junior developers in coding techniques, enhancing their skills and fostering collaborative team environment.

Senior Software Engineer

Nuance Transcription Services
07.2012 - 05.2018


Language Modeling Data Engineering: Web crawling/ harvesting for updating Language Models. Text processing and data cleaning. Data Mining.


  • Requirement Analysis and data generation in different formats
  • Schedule jobs for periodic scrape
  • Data Management
  • Provided constant support and maintenance
  • Parsed / converted databases purchased from outside of Nuance to generate data
  • Suggested enhancements to scrape java script / Ajax controlled websites
  • Upgraded internal web crawler library to keep it up-to date
  • Participated in peer reviews.
  • Performed quality checks by ensuring right encoding, html left overs and right header items & matching columns
  • Updated old code bases to modern development standards, improving functionality

Assistant Systems Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services
09.2008 - 09.2010


Emerging Enterprise Business portal Development:

Emerging Enterprise Business Portal is an information access point. This portal contains product details, company details, mail services, current business information. It also provides various functionalities like facilitating the business alerts to the users, downloading the current prices of shares from the web, user authentication and search functionality.


  • Analyzed requirements and translated designs and style guides into functional user interfaces.
  • Involved in code development for module product details manipulation.
  • Involved in product enhancement, bug fixes and manual testing.
  • Used python built-in regular expression for validation.
  • Worked in SQL/TSQL for DB manipulation.

Global Claims Initiative: GCI (Global Claims Initiative) provides the clients to access a centrally managed global network of claims professionals from many countries. It facilitates the clients by providing customized application to enable risk managers to meet each customer’s needs and standards.

  • Analyzed requirements presented in business requirement document for claim scenario module.
  • Prepared test cases and test data using excel and load them in Quality Center under test plan module for claim scenario.
  • Mapped requirements with corresponding test cases in Quality Center.
  • Written scripts to automate some of test cases to perform basic validation tests.
  • Conducted peer review of test cases.
  • Analyzed test cases and executing test cases in test lab module of Quality Center.
  • Prepared of Test Summary Report.

Education

Master of Computer Applications

Anna University, India
Madhurai, Tamilnadu

Bachelor of Science - Chemistry/Physics

Avinashilingam Deemed University
Coimbatore

Skills

  • Automation Tools: Power Automate, Blue Prism
  • Languages: Python, Core Java, C#, Net
  • Soft Skills: Requirements Gathering and Analysis, Training and mentoring, Project Documentation, Software Engineering
  • Data Management Skills: Data Mining, Data Visualization, Data Management, Data Analysis and Exploration
  • Scripting Languages: HTML, XML, Unix Shell Scripting
  • Testing Tools: QTP, HP Quality Center
  • Platforms: Windows, Linux

Hobbies

Painting, Playing Badminton and Table Tennis, Gardening

Languages

English
Full Professional
Tamil
Native or Bilingual
Hindi
Limited Working
Kannada
Professional Working
Telugu
Limited Working

Timeline

Software Engineering Senior Analyst

National Australia Bank
08.2018 - Current

Senior Software Engineer

Nuance Transcription Services
07.2012 - 05.2018

Assistant Systems Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services
09.2008 - 09.2010

Master of Computer Applications

Anna University, India

Bachelor of Science - Chemistry/Physics

Avinashilingam Deemed University
MEENA AMMAIYAPPAN