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Vandana Chaudhary

Newcastle

Summary

Senior IT Specialist with over 7 years of experience in software product development and complex IT solutions for Azure. Successfully delivered a scalable and FedRAMP-compliant vulnerability management tool for Microsoft stakeholders. Recognized for effective cross-functional collaboration and agile project execution, consistently meeting tight deadlines through strong problem-solving skills.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Specialist - Project Management

LTIMindtree LTD
Bellevue
06.2023 - Current
  • Collaborated with a team of three Senior Technical Program Managers and a development team of five software engineers to build a scalable vulnerability management tool for Azure cloud infrastructure for our client, Microsoft.
  • Participated in high-level and low-level design discussions/documentation, conducted spec reviews, and tracked product backlog progress using Azure DevOps.
  • Conducted software testing, documented outcomes, and partnered with software engineers to troubleshoot bugs, optimize system performance, and enhance the overall user experience.
  • Led incident response efforts, performed post-incident analyses, and implemented corrective measures to prevent future occurrences.
  • Led weekly office hours to provide technical support and address customer issues related to vulnerability patching.

Program Manager

Cloudious LLC
Redmond
06.2021 - 01.2023
  • Worked with Azure's Continuous Monitoring platform team to build vulnerability management KPIs for internal stakeholders.
  • Coordinated with over 250 internal Microsoft Azure services across different time zones to report KPI performance and provide business support.
  • Build scripts to query the internal database (approximately 3 million fleet inventory data rows) using Azure Data Explorer.
  • Simplified existing workflows and data pipelines as DAGs using Apache Airflow to orchestrate complex workflows.

Assistant Professor

LPU, Lovely Professional University
Jalandhar
08.2013 - 12.2016
  • Led the ACBSP project at scale for Lovely Professional University, India, for national and global accreditation.
  • Documented, analyzed, and translated high-level project requirements into software specifications using UML.
  • Developed Accreditation Management Requests by obtaining key business information from existing files and databases using SQL queries.
  • Coordinated and ensured that the software application for the ACBSP project meets horizontal and vertical solution launch requirements.
  • Reported and monitored product performance in collaboration with other teams, using telemetry, and other internal data.

Education

Professional Scrum Master -

Scrum.org
11-2020

MBA - Information Technology

ABV-IIITM
Gwalior, India
07-2013

B.Tech - Information Technology

ABV - IIITM
Gwalior, India
07-2011

Skills

  • Agile methodology
  • Process improvement
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Problem-solving
  • Cross Team Collaboration
  • Data analysis
  • Product Management
  • Database Management

Timeline

Senior Specialist - Project Management

LTIMindtree LTD
06.2023 - Current

Program Manager

Cloudious LLC
06.2021 - 01.2023

Assistant Professor

LPU, Lovely Professional University
08.2013 - 12.2016

Professional Scrum Master -

Scrum.org

MBA - Information Technology

ABV-IIITM

B.Tech - Information Technology

ABV - IIITM