Balakumar Venkataramanan

About Balakumar Venkataramanan

15+ years of proven experience in IT industry with expertise in design and development of applications as per client requirements.• Well acquainted with all phases of SDLC.• Possess strong technical knowledge in core banking systems architecture and different interface patterns.• Experience working with multiple type of projects including core banking transformations, Product Development, Support and BAU projects• Excellent communication skills to liaise with different stakeholders like business, operations, compliance, regulatory, vendors, technology team, and management ensuring minimal gaps, quality delivery well within the project boundaries.

Experience

1. Principal Saas Specialist

   Temenos

   Jun 2023 — Present · Chennai, IN

   Key Responsibilities:* Provision and manage cloud-native environments (Azure/Kubernetes) for Temenos-based core banking applications across multiple client landscapes.* Implement infrastructure-as-code and automated pipelines for consistent, secure, and scalable environment setup.* Drive end-to-end deployment of application fixes, hotfixes, and platform upgrades across dev, UAT, and production environments.* Ensure zero-downtime deployments using canary, blue-green, or rolling strategies where applicable.* Provide L2/L3 platform support for live SaaS banking environments, ensuring high availability and SLAs.* Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and resolution of infra-related issues across containers, databases, and application stacks.* Develop and maintain automation scripts for repetitive operational tasks using Bash, Python, and CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps).* Drive DevOps practices across the provisioning, deployment, and monitoring lifecycle to reduce manual intervention and improve reliability.* Identify and implement performance improvements across application and infrastructure layers.* Optimize cloud resource utilization (compute, storage, network) to ensure cost-effective operations without impacting service levels.* Collaborate with development, security, and infrastructure teams to align on platform strategy and ensure compliance with cloud governance policies.* Mentor junior engineers and guide implementation of best practices in SaaS delivery and cloud-native support.Skills Harnessed and Tools Used:Azure, kubernetes, Java, bash scripting, JBOSS, Docker

Education

• Krishnasamy Memorial Matric Higher Secondary School

  Higher secondary

• Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College Of Engineering

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

  2006 — 2010

Skills

• Rdbms
• Core Banking
• Web Services
• Secure Sockets Layer (Ssl)
• Oracle
• Security Assertion Markup Language (Saml)
• Finacle
• Saml 2.0
• Interfaces
• C++
• Business Analysis
• Apache
• Solution Architecture
• Resin
• Service-Oriented Architecture (Soa)
• Retail Banking
• Java
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Soap
• Integration