Shikha S Arya

AI Researcher

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India19 yrs 7 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Led large-scale Agile-DevOps implementations.
Key contributor to winning major legacy transformation deals.
Recognized as 'Trainer of the Quarter' at IBM.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech Program Manager with extensive experience in Agile and legacy modernization.

Contact

shikha.shrma@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Project ManagementAgile MethodologiesRequirements AnalysisTeam ManagementMentoringSoftware Development

Other Skills

Business AnalysisCICSCOBOLDB2DeploymentDevOpsEstimationEztrieveFinancial ManagementIBM DB2IBM MainframeIT StrategyIntegrationLegacy ModernizationPre-sales

About

Program Manager/Senior Project Manager and SAFe® Release Train Engineer with rich IT experience of over 17 years of experience in handling development projects in the Financial domain (Retirement Solutions, Wealth management, Insurance and Banking) and legacy modernization. Significant contributions towards multiple proposals for new client pursuits and converted them into active opportunities. I was a key part of the proposal team which lead the organization to win one of the largest legacy transformation deal. Experience in leading large scale Agile-Devops implementation and have also managed water-fall project implementations. Spearheaded the proposal and execution of DevOps in Mainframes and several initiatives for Legacy Modernization. Led a Digital Exploration initiative involving coordination with architects, leadership & sales teams to identify opportunities in digital space and plan for corresponding proposals and proof of concepts. Business strategist: Planning and managing projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage and bottom-line gains. Exceptional written & verbal communication skills; leveraging technical, business and financial acumen to communicate effectively with global clients & senior level executives. Passionate Trainer; Received the ‘Trainer of the Quarter’ for imparting training to the new recruits at IBM, Gurgaon.

Experience

Amazon web services (aws)

2 roles

Sr. AI/ML Specialist (GTM)

Oct 2024 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos

Senior Technical Program Manager, Developers, India Solution Architecture

Dec 2022 – Oct 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos

Infosys

Senior Project Manager/Program Manager

Aug 2016 – Dec 2022 · 6 yrs 4 mos · bangalore

Currently working as Program Manager/Release Train Engineer in an extremely complex and company's one of the largest cloud transformation program in the retirement domain (US).
Leading 10+ scrum teams in a scaled agile implementation to modernize legacy monolith architecture to modernized micro service based architecture on AWS.
Extensive experience in managing multi cross functional, diverse technology teams to strategize, plan and execute complex projects with multiple client business units as stakeholders.
Managed critical regulatory and strategic projects for a US based wealth management client.
Focus on business transformation/integration initiatives at an enterprise level and managing scope, solution definition and operations impact.
Instrumental in Legacy Modernization and DevOps efforts and lead multiple Proof of Concepts in this area.
Provide functional management services to coach, mentor and support team members with their daily responsibilities and career goals.
Liaison with business and IT sponsors during execution to manage cost, scope and schedule.
Requirements Analysis, Estimation, Scheduling, Tracking and deployment of IT projects while ensuring operational readiness.
Key member of multiple RFPs for potential new business opportunities.

Requirements AnalysisEstimationSchedulingTrackingDeploymentLegacy Modernization+3

Ibm

3 roles

Project Manager

Promoted

Aug 2014 – Aug 2016 · 2 yrs

Lead and developed full scale project plans and executions.
Lead requirement sessions and created requirement specification documentation.
Identified resources required, assign responsibilities and coordinated project staff directly and indirectly to ensure successful completion of the project.
Tracked project deliveries using project management tools like Microsoft Project.
Created project documents to monitor project performance and ease of data retrieval.
Reviewed the project progress and communicated relevant information to the management.
Tracked and resolved critical issues to minimize project risk factors.
Managed project financials and reported them regularly to management and client.
Responsible for project SLAs.
Communicated extensively with clients, sub-contractors and vendors to establish cordial & effective working relationship.
Followed up with clients to verify satisfaction & took appropriate remedial steps as required.

Project ManagementRequirements AnalysisResource AllocationFinancial Management

Technical Team Leader: Mainframe

Promoted

Jan 2011 – Jul 2014 · 3 yrs 6 mos

Accountable for team management and work allocation
Mentored team and grooming new members
Performed the role of Subject Matter Expert for the mutual fund application
Performed peer reviews to produce high quality deliverable

Team ManagementMentoringSubject Matter Expertise

Mainframes professional

Aug 2006 – Dec 2011 · 5 yrs 4 mos

Accountable for development of Codes in COBOL/CICS/Eztrieve.
Designed online screens using SDF tool
Responsible for System Testing support, User Acceptance support and Bug Fixing for batch and programs and online transactions.
Additionally responsible for helping the new team members to understand the system and its processing.
Handled production support

COBOLCICSEztrieveSystem TestingUser Acceptance TestingSoftware Development