Aparna Shankar

I currently work on Python Cloud Native (AWS) regulatory and compliance product which is integrated with FanDuel gaming application like Sportsbook, Casino, where I lead the projects system design discussions to enable services in the application to be event driven and asynchronous to enable a stable, scalable enterprise level architecture for the application.

• Led architecture discussions and system design for JIRA integration with our current change management logging system to facilitate audit logging of 300+ daily production deployments
• Worked with multiple clients and collaborated with cross-functional teams to design software solutions to integrate change management logging with different products in firm to facilitate real time logging of all changes done to databases.
• Successfully full-fill project management responsibilities of initiatives that I work on using agile methodology
• Code in Python and Terraform for new initiatives while maintaining and optimizing existing product codebase.
• Championed best coding practices within team to improve overall code quality and maintainability.
• Mentored junior developers as well as onboarded and guided new joiners in team fostering professional growth and enhancing team productivity.
• Actively take-up on on-call shifts to support product resiliency and
• Currently completing Business Leadership & Management training by McKinsey.

Role - Software Engineer (602) - Public Cloud Engineering and Architecture

• I worked for the Public Cloud Platform Engineering & Architecture Team (ATLAS) in JPMC which Facilitates the Adoption and Use of AWS across the Firm where I Build, Test and Maintain Terraform AWS Modules & Sentinel Policy. I also Build and Maintain Jenkins Pipeline for Terraform Module & Sentinel Policy Testing and Deployment. I serve as JIRA Epic Lead for Various Projects within the Team.
• Lead the Project to help Onboard Top 10 JPMC Applications to AWS as part of which I work with Client Leads, Engineering Leads as well as Developers to work on Solution and Design of Terraform AWS Modules.
• Lead the Project to Setup a Release and Support Squad & Process for Public Cloud Platform Team (Atlas)
• To Facilitate Product Operating Model Adoption within JPMC, I worked on Terraform Modules & Sentinel Policy Federation Project as well as as Java based Terraform Module Statistics Reporting Application which is used by Product owners for TLM process
• Offered Firm Wide Training to Terraform Module Developers on Module Development and Deployment Process as well as Module Development Best Practices. Offered Multiple Training Sessions Online and In-Person to Application Teams Moving to AWS. Presented on use of Terraform in JPMC in various Events and Forums. Lead the Project of Public Cloud and Terraform Module Documentation.
• Served as Force for Good Project Team Lead (2021-2022) where I lead a team of 7 to build a Java and Javascript Application for ImpactHer a Africa based Non-Profit Organization.
• Mentored Graduate Software Engineers and Served as an Interviewee for JPMC Intern/Graduate Software Program.
• Participate in Various Internal JPMC Hackathons/Initiates/Events and was the winners for the 2022 JPMC Internal Global Coding Competition: CodeComp.

Role - Software Engineer (Associate) - Corporate Technology (Risk
Forecasting Technology and Finance)

• Designed Technology Solutions and APIs for Firm Wide Risk Forecasting Application and Developed Risk Forecasting Calculators based on Macroeconomics using Python.
• Lead Mortgage Risk Calculators Development, Testing, Stability & Resiliency Projects while serving as Subject Matter Expert for both Clients and Team Members.
• Effectively Collaborated with JPMC Business Users to Define Requirements, Manage Book of Work, Timelines Thereby Receiving Appreciation from Clients.
• Automated Build, Test, Scan and Deployment of Risk Forecasting Application using Shell Scripting and Jenkins.
• Served as Client Lead/Product Owner for Force for Good (2020-2021) Wordpress Website Project for a Non-Profit Organization thereby Leading the Team to Successfully Deliver Project on Time to Client's Satisfaction.
• Mentored Graduate Software Engineers

Role - DevOps Engineer - Global Private Banking Information Technology (EMEA - Finance, Tax and Risk)

• Lead Automation Initiative of CI/CD pipeline for Tax and Regulatory Vendor Applications using Ansible Tower, Jenkins, GitHub and Nexus Artifactory Tool thereby Orchestrating Efficient Large-Scale Software Deployments.
• Worked on Full Stack Development of Innovation lab MVP using MEAN stack, Spring Boot, Rest API and Microservices.
• As part of application demising project, decrypted database using java prior to migration.
• Worked on Machine Learning Cash Flow Forecasting Project with Machine Learning Expert & Mentor.
• Responsibilities included Product Owner, Interim Project Lead, Business User and Vendor Stakeholder Management and evergreening of applications.

• Worked on Content Server Application Smart UI Automated Testing using Selenium WebDriver and TestNG with Java.
• Collaborated with Senior Engineers on Projects Offered Insight on Testing.
• Participated in Code Reviews and Maintained High-Quality Standards throughout Codebase.