Pankaj Yevalekar

Infrastructure Monitoring

• Evaluate emerging technologies and lead POC projects for the introduction of changes to existing systems architecture.
• Responsible for architecting, designing, and delivering in-house infrastructure monitoring solutions for 5 PB + Hive data warehouse and 30K core compute platform, in use by quantitative analysts and data scientists globally. With focus on maximizing the capacity and potential of computing and data (Hadoop) clusters.
• Responsible for complex technical support of distributed high-performance and decoupled storage and compute clusters for over 100 quantitative developers.
• Lead Strategic Initiative Analysis and Planning, Roadmap Development, and Resource Planning for Infrastructure development and operations teams. Led the critical technology upgrades like Python 3.9 and Cloudera CDH to CDP upgrade for Hadoop cluster to ensure remediation of non-permitted technology risks on time; Global recognitions (sliver for Python 3.9 and Platinum for CDP) by senior tech executives.
• Mentored summer intern, through a successful internship that offered him a full-time position.

Model Execution Framework

• Led an agile team of 13 members (developers, analysts, testers, scrum master) to deliver the model agnostic technology-controlled framework providing end-to-end model development and execution capabilities.
• Interface with business users and business analysts to gather and refine business requirements, and create detailed project schedules with milestones, test plans, and acceptance criteria.
• Mentor and coach developers, and testers to build and successfully deliver business requirements in an agile environment. This deliverable was recognized by GRA business partners and senior technology leadership with the Global Platinum, bronze, and gold awards respectively.

Hadoop Archive

• Led a team of 6 engineers from the front in the implementation and delivery of the Data Archive solution using the Hadoop EC feature.
• Interface with business users and business analysts to gather and refine business requirements, and create detailed project schedules with milestones, test plans, and acceptance criteria.
• Recognized with Global platinum award for delivering innovative and cost-effective solutions for our business partners that lead to reduced risk and revenue savings.

Manual Adjustment Tool

• Delivered web-based application using Python that provided the toolset to enable ECM users to resolve source data defects. The application was designed in a way to provide guided assistance where needed and flexibility where required while
  maintaining a controlled environment and audit trail.
• Delivered performance improvements for Traded Products data adjustments to reduce execution time by 40%
• Interact with business and gather requirements.
• Develop Quartz/Python-based REST services to support web UI.
• Participate in mandated code reviews. Assist QA and Support team as needed to test and maintain the application.
• Key contributor in providing post-production support to business users.

B3N (Basel 3 Numerator Calculator)

• Built the Python-based calculator to replace the tactical Excel-based processes engaged by ECR to compile FFIEC- 101 Schedule A, RC-R, and HC-R Call Reports.
• This helped streamline the calculation and reporting process by reducing manual intervention and improving approval and validation workflows.

• Developed UI for Control Panel application; user user-friendly, web-based centralized platform to help Enterprise Capital Management users manage, execute, and monitor the San Francisco Calculator jobs.
• Designed and built enhancements and updates for Control Panel .
• Designed and implemented the solution to enable Blackberry approvals for the Saber 2 MAT application which uses the Kerberos Authentication mechanism.
• Collaborated with testing team to assist with timely delivery.

• Was a part of the Quantitative Risk Technology group and supported the Credit Valuation Adjustment team by developing Excel VBA functions/subroutines and GRC CVA batch-related business documents.
• Worked on Sybase stored procedures for daily reporting processes.