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RIA KURIAN

Etobicoke, Toronto,ON

Summary

An IT professional with 5+ years of experience across Software Development and Business Analysis in the Banking Industry having strong foundation in Software Development Life Cycle(SDLC) with a thorough understanding of various methodologies such as Agile and Waterfall and was actively involved in API development and web application migration projects. I possess a strong, honest, and proactive approach with the ability to handle resources, clients and address operational and technical challenges, looking for opportunities to apply best of my skills and competence for mutual growth.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

TECHNICAL CONSULTANT -SR&ED

Fi GROUP
2023.01 - Current
  • Research and analysis of current state of technology across multiple industries to understand baseline knowledge of client’s business activities
  • Understand proprietary, cutting-edge R&D through discussion with clients and review documentation from engineering & software development
  • Work with technical team to identify SR&ED expenditures and prepare technical write ups for SR&ED claims
  • Analyse trends, forecasts and statistics relating to R&D portfolio from a technical & financial perspective
  • Provide Support in the case of claim reviews and audits
  • Keeping up to date with innovative technologies and trends in the world of IT, Machine Learning, and data Analytics
  • Translate Proof of Concept(POC) and other technical documentation such as test logs, project milestones reports to more concise technical summary reports.

BUSINESS SYSTEM ANALYST

TD INSURANCE
2022.03 - 2023.01
  • Use Risk & compliance system GRC Archer to proceed with Acceptance or Remediation plans
  • Support Technology Risk Analysis, day to day management of internal Risk Documentation and reporting
  • Track and report on status of action plans related to IT Audit findings
  • Server Vulnerability Management for various TDI Applications
  • Collaborate with project leaders to prepare risk dashboards and presentations
  • Act as an intermediary between I.T Users, and managers from different hierarchical levels
  • Lead meetings and group discussions with Risk and compliance team members and stakeholders to ensure collaboration on project deliverables
  • Verify test output, report critical issues, and coordinate with various support teams for problem resolution.

WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT ANALYST

WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES, WIPRO
2021.03 - 2021.12
  • Provide analytical support and insights
  • Conduct independent analysis and assessment to resolve strategic issues
  • Partner as required with cross-functional teams across Wipro and external contacts
  • Prepare Ad-hoc reports using advanced excel and PowerBi to support business requirements
  • Identify the discrepancies in sensitive raw data sets obtained from Wipro internal portal
  • Review and maintain integrity of data within Microsoft WAR rooms (Data Repository)

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

HSBC Development Center
2017.11 - 2021.02
  • Software Development Project: Legacy Application Modernization
  • Migration of the Banking Web Application based on Spring framework to make it compatible to JDK 8.0 and WAS 9.0.4
  • Remediated the source code of the web application for different countries and made it compatible to the java version 8 and WebSphere application Server 9.0.4
  • Building and packaging of the application post remediation using Maven
  • Detect, solve and support testing on different development environment (SIT and UAT)
  • Project: API development and management for Retail Banking in Agile Environment
  • Analysis of the client requirements, designing restful API model accordingly
  • Integrating SQL server and REST API using Hevo Data
  • Develop REST APIs using various connectors according to the requirements
  • Orchestrating several downstream APIs to achieve the required functionality
  • Connecting API to the data Source using MySQL Connector
  • Use Jenkins tool for continuous deployment, using PCF as a cloud platform
  • Fix all the raised defects after Quality assurance testing of the API on cert testing environment.

Business Development Intern

BYJU’S, THE LEARNING APP
2016.12 - 2017.03
  • Establish firsthand contact and coordinate client meetings, interact with new and existing clients thereby gauging appropriate requirements of the client
  • Map aspects of consumer behavior through need gap analysis to identify key barriers to adoption
  • Successfully engage and convert prospects with a range of sales skills.

Education

BUSINESS ANALYSIS

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY - undefined

SRM UNIVERSITY

Skills

  • Agile Methodology
  • Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint)
  • JIRA and Confluence
  • Mule Soft Any point Platform
  • GitHub, Maven Fundamentals
  • Java Fundamentals and MYSQL
  • IT Business Analysis (ECBA in progress)

Certification

Certified Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) 5 Agilist

Timeline

TECHNICAL CONSULTANT -SR&ED

Fi GROUP
2023.01 - Current

BUSINESS SYSTEM ANALYST

TD INSURANCE
2022.03 - 2023.01

WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT ANALYST

WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES, WIPRO
2021.03 - 2021.12

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

HSBC Development Center
2017.11 - 2021.02

Business Development Intern

BYJU’S, THE LEARNING APP
2016.12 - 2017.03

BUSINESS ANALYSIS

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY - undefined

SRM UNIVERSITY
Certified Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) 5 Agilist
RIA KURIAN