ASHOK KUMAR NATARAJAN
Bournemouth,UK
Summary
12+ years of experience in analyzing business requirements, leading projects, and delivering scalable software solutions leveraging Java and Microservices architecture. » Proven ability to manage high-profile transformation programs, enhancing services and profits through leadership, team motivation, and consistently achieving KPIs.. » Expertise in microservices architecture, event-driven systems (Kafka), performance optimization, and Test automation for continuous testing. » Collaborated with product owners to refine project roadmaps, ensuring accurate estimates, improved planning, and successful delivery within budget.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Senior Business Analyst
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES
Bournemouth
08.2019 - 12.2025
- Managed 3+ high-profile business transformation programmes, targeting areas to enhance services and profits, used exceptional leadership and management abilities.
- Analysed the possible business domains for a monolithic application enabling its successful transition to microservices architecture.
- Defined and implemented event-driven architectures with Kafka and Oracle CDC for seamless data flow between monoliths and microservices.
- Designed domain-aligned data models, clarifying microservice responsibilities to ensure scalability, data integrity, and seamless integration.
- Developed comprehensive documentation for legacy services using YAML definitions, enhancing service understanding and accelerating transformation to modern architectures.
- Supported two major product launches during the transition to modern architecture by enhancing legacy features, ensuring continuity and seamless user experience.
- Collaborated with Product Owner to refine roadmaps, ensuring accurate estimates and on-time, budgeted delivery.
- Facilitated backlog grooming sessions and workshops with key stakeholders, enhancing requirement clarity and improving team velocity by 20%.
- Conducted PoC's with AI solutions like AWS Bedrock and Sage Maker to enhance underwriting accuracy and efficiency.
- Project: Health Insurance Policy Administration System—Client: VitalityHealth
Automation Test Analyst
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES
India
01.2015 - 07.2019
- Formulated and implemented comprehensive quality assurance strategies and plans to ensure high-quality deliverables.
- Implemented and maintained automated testing frameworks and tools to enhance efficiency and coverage.
- Designed and developed reusable components to enable seamless automation across diverse features and application journeys, improving efficiency and scalability.
- Ensured automation code quality through thorough reviews and demos, adhering to best practices, and reducing regression test run latency by 50%.
Manual Tester
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES
India
03.2013 - 12.2014
- Focused on understanding requirements, learning automation tools, supporting regression script development using Selenium and BDD, prioritizing basic test cases, and performing functional testing for applications and ETL processes under guidance.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - undefined
Vel Tech High Tech College of Engineering
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India 01.2008 - 01.2012
Skills
- Programming Languages: Java, Python
- Frameworks & Libraries: Spring Boot, Selenium, Maven, Cucumber, Junit
- Cloud Platforms: Google Cloud, AWS Cloud
- Requirement Gathering & Management Tools: JIRA, Confluence,
- Design Patterns & Principles: SOLID, Microservices (Saga, CQRS, Event), Domain-Driven Design (DDD), BDD
- Process Modelling and Diagramming Tools: Lucid chart, Microsoft Visio
- API and Testing Tools: Swagger, Postman, SoapUI, JMeter, Docker, Kafka, Jenkins, AWS S3 buckets, Oracle CDC connector
- Database: PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle
- Automated testing frameworks - API testing frameworks
- Monitoring and Feedback Tools: Dynatrace, Kibana, SonarQube
- AI based
Websites
Certification
- Google Certified: Cloud Digital Leader
- SAFE Certified: Product Owner
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
Led teams and received multiple accolades for outstanding contributions and performance:, Best Transformation of the Year (Team Award) | 2022, 7 Spot Awards, 3 Star of the Month, 1 Star of the Quarter, 3 Special Initiative Award
CORE AREAS OF STRENGTHS
- Software Design & Development: Proven ability to conceptualize and implement scalable, secure, and high-performance software solutions.
- Analytical Thinking: Creating diagrams and YAML files demonstrates the ability to break down complex systems into understandable components.
- Project Delivery: Manage all phases of the software development lifecycle, ensuring timely delivery of projects aligned with business goals.
- Team Collaboration: Effectively team-up with cross-functional teams (product management, design, QA) to achieve project objectives.
- Process Optimization: Experienced in streamlining workflows and implementing best practices to improve efficiency and maintainability.
- Continuous Improvement: Consistently seeks to improve processes and explore new technologies to deliver high-quality software solutions.
KEY RESULT AREAS
- Project Delivery: Led 3+ Cross functional projects, 2 Product launches achieving 100% on time deliver with 0 tech debts.
- Requirement Management: Collaborated with Product Managers and Business Owners for 6+ Projects and Debts.
- Quality Assurance: Amplified code and regression coverage to 90%, guaranteeing high-quality deliverables.
- Team Development and Leadership: Mentored and upskilled teams to meet challenges.
- Agile Excellence: Improved Requirement clarity by well-defined acceptance criteria reducing post-sprint defects. Supported Safe adoption.
- Proof of concepts: Implemented 10+ PoC’s, driving innovation and market readiness improvements.
KEY SKILLS
- Requirements gathering, Elicitation & Documentation
- Project Estimation & Scoping
- Strategic planning & decision-making
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Data-driven problem solving
- Agile Project Management
- Automation testing
- Performance testing and monitoring
Timeline
Senior Business Analyst
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES
08.2019 - 12.2025
Automation Test Analyst
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES
01.2015 - 07.2019
Manual Tester
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES
03.2013 - 12.2014
Bachelor of Engineering - undefined
Vel Tech High Tech College of Engineering
01.2008 - 01.2012