SHRESTHA ACHARYA
Boulder, CO www.linkedin.com/in/shrestha-acharya ********.*******@********.*** 720-***-**** Summary
• 3.5 years of professional experience working in software engineering and IT industry.
• Proficient in Python, R, API to extract, clean, visualize data, report insights, charts, test hypothesis.
• Pursuing Master’s Degree at CU Boulder, majoring in DS. Actively seeking summer internship/co-op opportunities under F-1 CPT program.
Professional Experience
Senior Software Engineer, Accenture, India Oct 2018 – Jul 2022
• Administered AWS cloud & on-premise Linux servers – web application deployment & debugging, security & resource management, for a US-based Fortune 100 pharmaceutical industry giant.
• Spearheaded & supervised migration of critical websites to cloud using Agile Scrum methodology.
• Established innovative standard automation & CI/CD pipelines using Python, API, Jenkins, JIRA for Cloud Foundry user requests. Collaborated with internal & external client teams to achieve targets. New processes improved efficiency by 70%. Established control plan to ensure quality & efficiency of projects.
• Applied 6-Sigma methodology (DMAIC) to combat outages. Performed Root Cause Analysis & recommended Corrective & Preventive Actions to control issues in the future.
• Mentored new team members. Helped them improve skills in required tools & brought them up to speed.
• Leveraged AWS Lambda function for porting software and web application deployment. Education
• MS, Data Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA (GPA: 3.97/4) Aug 2022 - May 2024 Relevant Courses: Statistics, Data Structures & Algorithms, Cybersecurity, Ethical Issues in Data Science, Data Mining, Machine Learning
• BE, Information Technology, Pune University, India (GPA: 3.8/4) Aug 2014 - May 2018 Relevant Courses: Machine Learning, Design & Analysis of Algorithms, Relational Database Management System, Object-Oriented programming
Skills
Operating Systems: Linux (Ubuntu, RHEL), Windows
Languages: Python (Numpy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Scikit), R, Java, JavaScript, C++, Go Web Technologies: HTML, XML, CSS, PHP, VB.NET
Databases: SQL, PL/SQL, MySQL, NoSQL, MongoDB, Oracle Tools: Jenkins, Git, JIRA, Cloud Foundry, AWS Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, Postman, RESTful API, SOAP, JSON, MobaXterm, Putty, VMware Horizon Client, Eclipse, MS Office 360, PowerShell
Academic Projects
• Analysis on Eating Habits – website Jan 2023
Analytics, machine learning approaches – clustering, rule mining to learn trends in food choices.
• Data Science Hackathon Dec 2022
Feature selection by heatmap, XGBoost on regression model that predicts loan application’s risk factor.
• Auto-Respondent for Discussion Forum using Sequence-to-Sequence Model Dec 2017 Used NumPy, Pandas to manipulate data, CUDA API to generate quick responses.
• Hotel Database Management System Dec 2016
Front-end: VB.NET, Back-end: MongoDB
• Travel and Tourism Agency website Dec 2016
HTML, CSS, PHP
Achievements
• Qualified Python programmer on HackerRank. (05/2022)
• Certified intermediate level for Problem Solving on HackerRank. (09/2020)
• Recognized by leadership with Pinnacle Maestro Award for completing critical projects with challenging targets. (Accenture, India) (08/2020)
• Achieved high percentile on HackerRank. Top 10% in Data Structures & Python; Top 1% in Algorithms.
• Scored 98.6 percentile in Computer Programming on AMCAT test.
• Achieved 96%+ skill quotient in C & C++ on TechGig.com.