Sajan Kottisseril
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Enterprise Architect | Digital Transformation | Banking & Payments |
Stakeholder Management | Pre-Sales | Team Building & Mentoring
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/sajankottisseril/
English & Hindi
Profile Summary
Enterprise Architect with 29 years of IT experience. Expertise in Enterprise Architecture, Digital Transformation,
Banking & Payments, Microservices, Kafka & KStreams, Client Interaction, Stakeholder Management, Vendor
Evaluation, Pre-Sales (RFI/RFP), Mentoring & Team Building
Formed a CoE Team of 65 specializing in Microsoft Technology including 35 certified MCADs. Groomed & mentored
more than 30 fresh engineers for new project needs for CROAMIS project
Cloud migration assessment of 350+ applications and 1400+ servers for Azure cloud. Cloud Migration from On-Prem
to Oracle Cloud (OCI), AWS, GCP. Experience in Cloud Infra cost Analysis between various CSP
Skills & Competencies
Technologies
o Microservices
o API Gateway
o Omni Channel
o EAI, ESB
o JMS
o BPM
o Docker & Kubernetes
o SOA
o Java & Open Source
Software & Tools
o Kafka, KStreams, Active MQ
o CI/CD: Jenkins
o DSR: Zookeeper
o Cache: Infinispan, EHCache
o Tomcat, Apache Webserver
o jBPM
o WAF: Radware
o DB: Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL
o OS: Linux & Windows
Cloud Platforms
o Oracle Cloud (OCI)
o AWS
o Google (GCP)
o Azure
Domain
o Banking & Finance
o Payments
o Airlines Cargo
Professional Experience
SID Global Solution, India – Principal Architect
Mar ’24 –Jan ‘25
EY GDS, India – Enterprise Architect
Nov ’22 – Oct ’23
Ness Digital Engineering, India – Principal Architect
Mar ’22 – Jul ’22
Wipro, India – Principal Product Architect – CROAMIS – Airline Cargo Automation
Sep ’18 – Mar ’22
Wipro, India – Sr. Architect – Global Enterprise Architecture Practice
Dec ’11 – Mar ’22
Tech Mahindra (former Satyam Computers), India – Solution Architect
Sep ’00 – Dec ’11
KPIT Systems, India – Systems Executive
Jun ’99 – Aug ’00
Visionics India Pvt. Ltd., India – Software Engineer
Apr ’96 – Feb ’99
Comp-Ware, India – Marketing Executive
Dec ’94 – Nov ’95
Projects Undertaken
SID Global Solution, India – Principal Architect
Principal Architect in Charge of ICICI account (largest account team)
o Developed ICICI GPay payments of all payment modes – RTGS, IMPS, UPI & NEFT (FT) – call backs and response retries
o Created and accomplished Account level strategy for Growth, Technology Roadmap & Strategic Solutions for increased CSAT
o Revamped engagement strategies, resulting in elimination of major inefficiencies. transitioning projects from RED to GREEN
EY GDS, India – Enterprise Architect
Part of Technology Transformation team – Architecture Consulting, Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, APR
o Preparing & presenting Point of View (POV) documents for Go-To Market (GTM) initiatives
o Presales including responding to RFI / RFP & preparing SOW
o Account Mining for new opportunities and helping Project Delivery Teams
Ness Digital Engineering, India – Principal Architect
o Architecture consulting to Project Delivery Teams
Wipro, India – Sr. Architect – Global Enterprise Architecture Practice
o Multiple engagements providing advisory services, enterprise & solution architecture to different clients
o Vendor Evaluation & Omni-Channel Roadmap for SIAM Commercial Bank, Bangkok, Thailand
o Architected multiple enterprise scale applications & products for Banks, Air Cargo and Government
o Part of Digital Transformation & e-Governance program for AP Government (e-Pragati), India
o End to End Business Process Simplification & Transformation and Vendor Evaluation for Lloyds Banking Group
o Developed Private Cloud Platform for State Street
Principle Product Architect, CROAMIS (Cargo Management System), Wipro Ltd
CROAMIS (Cargo Reservation Operations Accounting Management Information System) is a comprehensive next generation
cargo automation solution for entire Air cargo business function
o Productization, Technology Roadmap & Pre-Sales Support
o Setting up VPC, Subnets, Firewall rules, WAF, NGFW and other infrastructure elements in OCI Cloud
o Rearchitected CROAMIS to Micro-Services Architecture and DB & Cloud agnostic
o Setting up Build & Deploy Infrastructure (CI/CD Pipe line) for Airline Cargo solution
o Cloud Infra cost analysis between AWS, GCP and OCI and finalized on OCI due to cost and other features
Tech Mahindra (former Satyam Computers), India – Solution Architect
Part of Global Enterprise Architecture team
o Provided Architecture and design services to different clients across multiple countries
o Lead Architect. Developed Greenfield e-commerce portal for OC Tanner, Salt Lake City, UT
o Delivery-in-Charge of Microsoft Technologies Projects for Vertical and established a team of 75 from scratch
o Groomed & coached 40 fresh engineers for Service Offering & Special Project needs
KPIT Systems, India – Systems Executive
o Analyzed & implemented rules for manual remediation of Money Transfer Complex for a US Based Banking major
Visionics India Pvt. Ltd., India – Software Engineer
o Software Engineer & Web Designer – Developed and deployed Visionics website
Comp-Ware, India – Marketing Executive
o Sales & Marketing of Computer Hardware and Software
Education
Manipal GlobalNxt University (former U21 Global)
Aug 2007 – Mar 2008
Executive Program in Certificate of Global Business Leadership
TKM College of Engineering, University of Kerala, India,
Aug 1990 – Oct 1994
B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering
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LeanIX: Certified Continuous Transformation Platform Practitioner
Cloud Strategy Professional Certificate by LinkedIn Learning
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, Jan 2019 – Jan 2022
EY Badges: Digital, Cyber Security, Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Innovation
LinkedIn Learning: 30+ courses / certifications including Gen AI, AI, Cloud Security, EA, GDPR, SABSA
Udemy Courses: 30+ courses in Architecture, Digital Business Strategy, Cyber Security, ERM, Agile PM&BM etc.
Trainings: TOGAF, SOA, AWS, GCP & PMP
IBM Quantum Consultations, Dec 2020
Microsoft AZ-300.4: Creating and Deploying Apps, Aug 2019
GCP Fundamentals: Big Data and ML, Sep 2018
Microsoft Aspiring Software Architect Program, 2006
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Worked in multiple geos including USA, UK, Japan, China, Australia, Thailand, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Executed projects with global clients like ICICI Bank, LATAM Airlines, Maersk Oil & Gas, HSBC, Siam Commercial
Bank (Thailand), Govt. of AP (India), State Street, Lloyds Bank, Apple, Electronic Arts, Fujitsu, GM OnStar
Solutions Expert with skills in Architecting & Designing solutions as per client needs
Cloud Migration from On-Prem to Public Clouds
End to End Business Process Simplification, Automation & Innovation
Expertise in setting up CoE & Service Offerings, Competency & Team building, Prototypes & PoC
Served as member of Architecture review board for multiple projects
Provided Legacy Modernization Roadmap for multiple clients using Gartner 5 R principle
Handled multiple teams and carried out multiple projects simultaneously
Expertise in Estimation using FPA, OOEP, UCP & WBS
Fulfilled solutions using multiple methodologies like Water-fall, Agile & Scrum
Money Transfer Complex project for Deutsche Bank Americas
