Quality Assurance Software

CHITHRA AYALUR CHATTANATHAN

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Contact Info: 262-***-****, *******@*****.***.

OBJECTIVE:

Seeking a challenging, growth oriented position in the IT field of

Financial Industry that will enhance my business knowledge and hone my

technical skills. 4 years of Professional IT Experience in Software

Development Life Cycle including Requirements Analysis, Design,

Development, and Maintenance of multi-tier systems using Object Oriented

Analysis/Design Methodologies.

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES:

LANGUAGES: Java, Perl, K-Shell scripting, SQL

WEB TECHNOLOGIES: Java Servlets, JSP, Java Script

DATABASE: Sybase 11.x/12.x, MS-SQL Server 2000

OS: UNIX, Sun Solaris 2.x, MS Windows NT, XP

WEB/APP Servers: Apache Tomcat

TOOLS/UTILITIES: MS Visio, DB Artisan, UML, ER Diagrams, Perforce, Autosys

1.2, Actuate, Eclipse 2.1, Aqua Data Studio 4.5.2, CVS,

Visual Studio.Net, ISQL, BCP, FTP, CRONTAB

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Programmer Analyst Morgan Stanley, New York, Sep 2007 - Present.

Working as a analyst in Prime Brokerage IT division of Morgan Stanley, a

premier firm in banking, securities and investment banking, involved in

various financial securities related projects and production support.

Responsibilities:

* Member of Prime Brokerage IT team, which caters to the requirements of

various Morgan Stanley's PB clients

* Gained Business/Functional Knowledge of CD Swaps, Equity Swaps and

Cash flows

* As part of global CD Swaps team worked on developmental fixes for the

transcapture flow

* Managed an entire asset class (Equity Swaps) independently while

catering to NY and LN users

* Gathered requirements, coded (Java classes and Sybase stored

procedures), supported UAT across multiple teams, conducted

integration and regression tests and implemented the Vista migration

project for Equity Swaps independently

* Worked with business users team to gather requirements, discussed test

cases to be implemented during UAT

* Presented the project details to the user community with Visio flow

charts and diagrams

* Drafted documentation, conducted training sessions to team members to

help provide production support

* Provided on call support coverage (File Import, Capture Flow,

Transaction Manager) for all the multi asset products

. Successfully met deadlines while handling projects with multiple

clients under critical timelines

. Worked collaboratively with global team members and users to achieve

common goals, while maintaining responsibilities and commitments

Technical Environment: MS Visio, Java, Sybase, UNIX, Perl, SQL, Eclipse

2.1, DB Artisan, Perforce, Autosys

IT Software Developer Consultant Goldman Sachs, New York, Dec 2005 - Sep

2007.

Worked as a developer in Goldman Sachs, a leading global investment firm in

banking, securities and investment banking, involved in various financial

securities related projects and production support.

Responsibilities:

* Worked in tier 2 Client Services team, which maintains sub-ledger

details in the client perspective, processes payments, generates

client statements

* FMS - Managed the project individually through various stages of

Development/UAT (across multiple teams)/Regression Testing/Roll

Out/Post Go Live Support

* Incorporated Securities as part of our payments flow enabling our

users to track the fails in our Fail Management Application.

* Introduced Securities as a new flow to our cash payments processing to

enable our users to track the fails in our Fail Management

Application.

* Developed (Java methods/Perl scripts/Sybase Stored Procedures) to

generate various client and user reports, feed files and bug fixes.

* Wrote/Performed tuned Sybase stored procedures

* Working knowledge of web and application servers- Apache Tomcat and

Weblogic

. Production support- day to day critical payments, pricing, batch jobs,

statements and other user issues

. Resolved critical production problems under extreme pressure; rolled

out quick bug fixes

. Generated Actuate reports and Administered database usage and batch

jobs using Autosys

. Monitored payments flow, database performance during the currency cut

off times, so as to avoid critical issues.

. Drafted software manuals for clients and procedural documents for

production support.

* Business/Functional Knowledge of CD Swaps, Commodities, Options,

Equities and Futures

. Complete understanding of various business aspects, like, Subledger

Maintenance, Payments processing, Trade flows, Cash Flows, Cash

Transfer, Journals, Client Statements, PNL & Interest Computations

and Reconciliation procedures across various intercompany teams and

concepts like Currency Cut-Off times and EOD.

Technical Environment: Java, Sybase, UNIX, K-shell scripting, Perl, SQL,

Autosys, Actuate 1.2, Eclipse 2.1, Aqua Data Studio 4.5.2, CVS

IT Programmer Analyst, Rockwell Automation, Milwaukee, WI, Jan 2004 - Sept

2005.

Responsibilities:

. Developed an online inventory for media tapes, with functional

features, using Java Script, Perl, and CGI.PM.

. Gathered user requirements, Came up with the design, flow and

functionality, Developed the application, Tested, Rolled out in

production and Trained users.

. Created the business, system requirement specifications documents, Use

Cases, Test Cases and Support manual.

. Designed process flow diagrams for the new application functionality.

. Administered/Configured backups & restores on UNIX and Windows based

Clients, using Networker Management Console 3.1 and EMC's Networker

7.X (Legato)

. Managed an Enterprise Storage environment consisting of approximately

1000 clients backing up 350 TB of data per month.

. Scripted in VBA for MS Access applications and wrote Excel Macros

Technical Environment: Perl, CGI.PM, Java Script, VBA, SQL, MS Access,

UNIX, MS Visio

Database Programmer Intern, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, August

2003 - January 2004.

Responsibilities:

. Developed UNIX shell scripts to automate procedures and saved man

hours.

. Provided technical support in database administration.

. Maintained a network of more than 500 computers in the building.

. Provided technical support in hardware and software issues.

. Installed applications, software and virus alerts and updated OS in

the network.

Technical Environment: Oracle, SQL, PL/SQL

EDUCATION:

Master of Science in Computing (M.S.), Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI

- August 2004

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science, Madurai Kamaraj University,

India - April 2002

COURSE WORK/PROJECTS

Object Oriented Design and Concepts, Enterprise Architecture with Java,

Software Engineering, Database Management Systems, Software Quality

Assurance, Visual Programming, Analysis of Algorithms, Computer Networks

and Security

Software Engineering and Quality Assurance, August 2002-December 2002

. Documented Test plan, Test cases, SQA and defect tracking

mechanisms, using IEEE template.

. Developed use cases, customer scenarios for an online library

system.

. Discussed SDLC concepts in detail and key components of

implementing a SQA program for software projects.

. Documented different CMM models and levels based on KPAs.

. Used decision tables, control flow graphs while documenting for an

online learning system.

.Net Design and Software Development, August 2003-December 2003

. Developed a user friendly application for Online Library

Management.

. Architected an interactive menu based on customer requirements.

. Incorporated Object Oriented Concepts of Inheritance,

Polymorphism, Abstraction, Interfaces and Multi Threading using C#

on .Net platform.

. Planned, Designed, Coded and Implemented the entire project.

. Presented the project to the class at the end of the term.

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