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Saikumar Kunapareddy

Sydney,Australia

Summary

Hardworking professional skilled at designing and debugging automated systems for several Banking applications. Experienced in full development lifecycles and providing technical support, coordinating project needs and enhancing team communication. Exceptional multitasking, relationship-building and problem-solving abilities.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Test & Automation Engineer

IBM
Sydney, NSW
10.2024 - Current
  • Performed data regression by reconciling with baseline data to ensure accuracy and consistency.
  • Prepared test environments and executed batches to support seamless testing processes.
  • Built a framework to automate batch executions, enhancing efficiency and reducing manual intervention.

SAS & DevOps Engineer

IBM
Sydney
10.2021 - 07.2024
  • Delivered SAS BASEL III Credit Risk solution by developing SAS programs and macros for data updates, cleansing, and reporting.
  • Extracted and transformed data from multiple upstream data warehouses for loading.
  • Developed custom OS utilities to streamline tasks, reducing production run times and ensuring compliance with bank SLAs.
  • Automated code and data migrations using Base SAS and Linux shell scripting to enhance deployment efficiency and accuracy.
  • Implemented automated test cases to establish continuous testing, reducing time spent on testing while increasing efficiency.
  • Maintained test environments and created package delivery instructions for production deployments.
  • Identified critical defects during sprints, significantly decreasing post-release issues and improving client satisfaction.

SAS Technical Lead

TATA Consultancy Services
Sydney
06.2012 - 05.2021
  • Supported critical SAS banking applications, ensuring high availability and prompt resolution of fraud alerts.
  • Provided Level 2 support for production SAS batch issues, verifying batch completion and generating status reports.
  • Designed security management for new applications at metadata level using Metadata ACTs.
  • Administered SAS 9.3 and SAS 9.4 high availability configurations for mid-tier platforms.
  • Built automated health-check reports on server statistics using SAS and shell scripting.
  • Participated in regular business meetings to deliver updates on ongoing issues and resolutions.

IT Platform Specialist

Larsen & Toubro Infotech
Hyderabad
06.2015 - 05.2021
  • Administered SAS Viya 3.5 HA cloud-based platform to ensure optimal performance.
  • Utilized Ansible automation tool for deployment and configuration of SAS Viya software across environments.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications Engineering

GITAM Institute of Technology, GITAM University
Visakhapatnam
04.2012

Skills

  • SAS programming
  • Shell Scripting
  • DevOps Practices
  • Ansible automation
  • Expertise in Jenkins
  • IT Service Management
  • Control-M
  • Test automation

Accomplishments

  • Received appreciations from CRO on successfully delivering SAS BASEL III solution.
  • Certified in SAS Base programming
  • PCEP Python
  • ITIL

Languages

English
Professional
Telugu
Professional

Timeline

Test & Automation Engineer

IBM
10.2024 - Current

SAS & DevOps Engineer

IBM
10.2021 - 07.2024

IT Platform Specialist

Larsen & Toubro Infotech
06.2015 - 05.2021

SAS Technical Lead

TATA Consultancy Services
06.2012 - 05.2021

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications Engineering

GITAM Institute of Technology, GITAM University
Saikumar Kunapareddy