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Somasundaram Ramanathan

Cypress,USA

Summary

Experienced TOGAF certified Architect with 17+ years of technical background and a focus on the Payment ecosystem. Attended Architecture Review Board Meetings (ARB) and contributed by points to the board. Manages small to mid sized teams. Proficient in integrating bank systems with Finastra Pay-plus US and FIS Open Payment Framework (OPF). Expertise in message formats such as SWIFT, FAIM (Fedwire), and ISO20022 (PAIN, PACS, CAMT). Skilled in both domestic and cross border wires. Up to date with cloud technology, specializing as a cloud native developer in Azure for the past 6 years. Strong track record handling high-volume transactions in the billions per week. Worked from scratch for integrating the external systems like Finastra Pay-plus and FIS OPF systems to process all the wires through different channels like ACI, Fiserv, BBP etc including all internal department wires along with bank's customer wires resulted in highest bank revenue.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Lead Application Developer Payments

East West Bank
El Monte, USA
09.2018 - Current
  • Design, develop, and maintain all microservices used for bank-related applications for both web and mobile
  • Integrate the bank's system with vendor systems for project requirements
  • Designed and developed a cloud-native system with Azure as the cloud provider
  • Developed serverless architecture for processing bank's high-value payments through real-time processing
  • This architecture is handling nearly many trillion dollars of incoming and outgoing wires
  • Worked in a real microservice architecture and enabled it through Azure CI/CD pipelines, containerization by Azure Kubernetes
  • Worked in all the phases of the bank's roadmap to migrate the initial set of applications from On-Prem to the cloud
  • Worked as a key contributor for 3 major cloud-native projects in a bank, which all together
  • Provided technical leadership to the development team in all phases of the SDLC
  • Using GitHub for the source code
  • Handled SWIFT, FED, ISO2022 messages and hands on experience for past 6 years
  • Currently actively working in ISO2022 message formats in both technical and functional side

Programmer Analyst

PreludeSys
Irvine, USA
01.2018 - 09.2018
  • Designed and developed Web API framework consumed by API team to enable different features through microservice
  • Built RESTful APIs that enabled communication between different platforms within an enterprise environment
  • Documented software development processes, including coding standards and project progress reports
  • Assisted in the estimation of project timelines, resources, and budget requirements for software development projects
  • Participated in Agile development processes, contributing to sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives

Associate Projects

Cognizant Technologies Solutions
Teane, USA
02.2010 - 01.2018
  • Worked with different clients like Walmart, Sallie Mae, Xerox Healthcare, Aetna, Molina, Anthem Caremore as a consultant
  • Worked in all phases of the software lifecycle and different methodologies with versatile domain and system knowledge
  • Also, exclusively worked in the Digital Security Group, which comes under the Advanced Solutions Group unit in Cognizant, hence having sound knowledge in application security
  • Collaborated with other departments such as QA, Product Management, UX Designers
  • Managed team members to ensure timely completion of projects

Software Engineer

Adela Software
Trichy
06.2007 - 02.2010
  • Company Overview: This company is developing online tax for individuals consumed by USA citizens, and also developed corporate tax used by CPAs in the UAS
  • Started my professional life with both PHP and .Net technologies here and worked as a hardcore developer in the product-based company
  • The product in the USA is with the name OLT.com
  • We developed both web and desktop-based tax products
  • Worked in complete software development lifecycle in this product(s)
  • This company is developing online tax for individuals consumed by USA citizens, and also developed corporate tax used by CPAs in the UAS

Education

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

Anna University
India
05.2007

Skills

  • TOGAF
  • Problem Solving
  • Azure
  • CI/CD
  • Serverless
  • GIT
  • JIRA
  • System Design
  • FAIM
  • Wires
  • FIS OPF
  • Confluence
  • Agile
  • SOA
  • DDD
  • Event Driven System
  • Dot Net Core
  • Azure Kubernetes
  • Cloud Design Patterns
  • XUnit
  • SWIFT
  • ISO20022
  • Finastra Pay-plus

Certification

TOGAF

Timeline

Lead Application Developer Payments

East West Bank
09.2018 - Current

Programmer Analyst

PreludeSys
01.2018 - 09.2018

Associate Projects

Cognizant Technologies Solutions
02.2010 - 01.2018

Software Engineer

Adela Software
06.2007 - 02.2010

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

Anna University

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