Vanaja Guntaka
Senior Consultant
Alpharetta,GA
Summary
Professional consultant with track record of providing valuable insights and strategic solutions to diverse clients. Adept at leveraging analytical skills and industry knowledge to drive impactful outcomes. Known for fostering team collaboration and adapting to dynamic environments, ensuring project success and client satisfaction.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior .NET Consultant
Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis
01.2023 - Current
- Streamlined securities management, settlements, and regulatory reporting, reducing processing errors by 40%.
- Automated the previous manual MCFR (Member & Counterparty Credit Risk) process, enabling proactive risk monitoring, reducing manual effort by 80%, and improving regulatory compliance.
- Modern enterprise lending system for Advances, LOCs, and LTRCs, accelerating loan issuance and reducing turnaround time by 60% and increased profit by 30%.
- Designed and developed scalable microservices using C# and .NET Core, leveraging asynchronous, LINQ, multithreading, and concurrency best practices to support high-volume financial and risk platforms.
- Built and maintained secure RESTful APIs using ASP.NET Core Web API with Swagger documentation and enterprise-grade API security.
- Implemented authentication and authorization using Ping integration, ensuring compliance with enterprise security standards.
- Developed data access layers using Entity Framework Core, managing migrations, optimizing complex queries, and improving database performance.
- Designed and deployed microservices-based architecture supporting lending, risk analytics, and internal banking systems.
- Deployed and supported applications in hybrid cloud environments (on-prem and cloud), leveraging Azure services.
- Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Git-based workflows to automate build, testing, and deployment processes.
- Worked with relational databases ensuring high availability and optimized performance.
- Participated in architectural discussions and technology evaluations, contributing to modernization initiatives and cloud adoption strategy.
- Actively engaged in peer code reviews, enforcing best practices and improving overall code quality.
- Demonstrated strong ownership of deliverables, supporting production releases and resolving performance bottlenecks in mission-critical financial systems.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement risk management strategies and ensure compliance.
- Oversaw project timelines, ensuring milestones were met while maintaining quality standards.
- Implemented new technology solutions to optimize workflows and improve overall productivity.
- Liaised with customers, management, and sales team to better understand customer needs and recommend appropriate solutions.
Senior Data Architect
Kantar – Worldpanel
10.2020 - 08.2022
- Architected an end-to-end data platform at Kantar, integrating diverse source systems into SQL and transforming business data into a centralized data warehouse.
- Leveraged data via Power BI reports and Analysis Services, enabling 50+ dashboards across business units, improving decision-making speed by 40% and data accuracy by 30%.
- Designed end-to-end architecture to ingest data from multiple enterprise systems into Azure Blob Storage, transform and load into Azure SQL/Synapse data warehouse.
- Built scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Azure Data Factory and Azure Data bricks.
- Curated data models powering Power BI dashboards via Azure Analysis Services.
- Secured platform using VPN connectivity, Private Endpoints and RBAC.
- Infrastructure provisioned using Bicep, ARM and Terraform.
- CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps for data and application deployments.
- Expanded .NET Core APIs to ingest and transform data from multiple source systems.
- Optimized Synapse SQL pools for performance and cost efficiency.
- Led offshore team and owned architecture and delivery of the platform.
- Established cloud-based solutions using Amazon S3, AWS Lambda, and EC2 to support scalable and reliable enterprise applications.
- Built and maintained serverless workflows using AWS Lambda for event-driven processing, automation, and integration with other services.
- Provisioned, set up, and monitored EC2 instances, ensuring high availability, performance optimization, and secure access.
- Secure storage strategies in Amazon S3, including access policies, lifecycle management, and data protection best practices.
- Contributed to multi-cloud architecture initiatives, working with AWS services in parallel with Azure architecture projects.
- Partnered with development, DevOps, and architecture teams to improve deployment efficiency, reliability, and cloud governance.
Azure .Net Engineer
M&G Investments (Nyman Resourcing & Eliga Services)
10.2018 - 11.2020
- Cloud migration and modernization of a regulatory reporting solution for shareholder position disclosure to regulators and third-party systems, reducing report generation time by 60%, improving data accuracy by 99%, and ensuring compliance with regulatory deadlines across 100+ shareholder accounts.
- Modernized liquidity stress testing for equity and fixed income assets, automating MLF, Pro-Rata, and Reverse Stress Testing models, accelerating risk reporting by 50% and enhancing predictive accuracy for regulatory compliance.
- Planned architecture and migrated on-prem applications to Azure cloud.
- Provisioned infrastructure using Terraform, ARM, PowerShell and Azure CLI.
- Built data pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Service Bus, Durable Functions and Azure SQL.
- Enhanced backend .NET REST APIs for Angular-based applications.
- Coded modern user interfaces using Angular and Material component library across all two banking platforms.
- App Insights monitoring and telemetry.
- Continuous Integration and deployment using Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.
- Integrated API testing into the deployment pipeline.
- Secure access using Key Vault, VNETs and service principals.
- Built ETL workflows to load data from storage into SQL databases and generate regulatory reports.
Senior .NET Developer
Argus Software
03.2017 - 10.2018
- Developed and maintained scalable .NET applications to enhance user experience and functionality.
- Optimized application performance by 30 % through rigorous testing and debugging processes, ensuring high reliability.
- Contributed to the successful completion of projects by meeting deadlines and adhering to best practices in .NET development.
Senior Software Consultant
DPR Consulting
12.2015 - 02.2017
- Led software development projects, ensuring alignment with client business objectives and technical requirements.
- Mentored junior consultants, fostering skill development and enhancing team performance.
- Conducted system architecture assessments to improve software efficiency and scalability by 40% improvement.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define project scope and deliverables, driving successful outcomes.
Senior Software Developer
Precise Media Group
10.2012 - 12.2015
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and define project scope effectively.
- Conducted code reviews, promoting best practices and maintaining high-quality software delivery.
- Engineered solutions for complex technical challenges, driving innovation within projects.
- Delivered high-quality code on time by effectively managing project timelines and prioritizing tasks accordingly.
IT Developer
Language Technology centre (LTC)
01.2009 - 10.2012
- Developed and maintained scalable software applications for language processing tasks.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance system integration and functionality.
- Analyzed user requirements to design effective technical solutions and improve usability.
- Led code reviews and implemented best practices to ensure high-quality deliverables.
Software Engineer
V-Empower, WIPRO
08.2006 - 07.2008
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Hyderabad 01-2003
Skills
- C# / Python
- NET Framework / Core
- Entity Framework / Core
- Blazor / Angular (Type Script) / React
- RESTful API
- SQL Server / Oracle
- T-SQL, PL/SQL
- Azure App Services / AKS
- Azure Functions / Service Bus / Key Vault
- Azure Data Factory / Azure Sql
- ARM templates / Bicep / Terraform
- Docker/ Kubernetes
- Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions
- MS Test/NUnit/XUnit
Certification
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
Timeline
Senior .NET Consultant
Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis
01.2023 - Current
Senior Data Architect
Kantar – Worldpanel
10.2020 - 08.2022
Azure .Net Engineer
M&G Investments (Nyman Resourcing & Eliga Services)
10.2018 - 11.2020
Senior .NET Developer
Argus Software
03.2017 - 10.2018
Senior Software Consultant
DPR Consulting
12.2015 - 02.2017
Senior Software Developer
Precise Media Group
10.2012 - 12.2015
IT Developer
Language Technology centre (LTC)
01.2009 - 10.2012
Software Engineer
V-Empower, WIPRO
08.2006 - 07.2008
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University