Sourav Praharaj
Driving Banking Innovation: Mainframe Software Engineer & Core Banking Expert | 8+ Years | NatWest | Formerly Accenture & Tech Mahindra| Passionate about Teaching Mainframe and Personal Finance
- Role
- Lead Technician at NatWest Group
- Location
- Gurugram, HR, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Sourav Praharaj
I am currently working as an application developer for one of the US Insurance ClientTotal 8.5 years of Experience in Mainframe,Python and Data Analyst in Finance and Insurance Domain.Roles and Responsibility in till date- • I am working as a Techno-Functional Business Analyst in my current project.• Involved in all phases of Agile like sprint planning, user backlog, developing to system testing.• Good Domain knowledge in Financial Services.• Implementing DevOps in Mainframe application.• Involved in communication with Frontend with middleware like IBM MQ Series.• Developing SOAP web services like host language to CICS web services.Technical Skill:1. Cobol2. PL13. EGL4. JCL5. IBM(DB2)6. VSAM7. IMS DC8. IMS DB9. REXX10.Unix11.WSDL(SOAP Webservices)12.Python13.HTML,CSS,Javascript14.Django15.SASTools:1. IBM Rational Developer.2. TEE3270 Emulator.3. Fileaid.4. Filemanager5. RTC.6. QMF7. SPUFI8. Xpeditor9. IBM Fault Analyzer10. Putty.11.Power BI
Experience
Lead Technician
Jan 2023 — Present
Core Banking — Customer Journey (Microservices Modernisation)1. Architected and personally coded a 3-tier microservices solution on CICS Liberty, building high/medium-complexity COBOL-DB2-CICS-VSAM programs to enable legacy-to-modern interoperability via SOAP and REST web services (JZOS Batch,Spring Batch, ZOS Connect API).1. Owned the full engineering lifecycle: wrote DB2 DDL scripts, designed and executed batch flows via JCL, and drove Assembly, Smoke, SIT, and UAT through to live production deployment.1. Performed deep technical and data-flow analysis — mapping program-to-database interactions,creating Technical Design Document and updating Technical Analysis (TA) documentation to ensure end-to-end system flows executed correctly.1. Personally executed full testing lifecycles across staging environments, taking ownership of System Testing (ST), UAT in various environment and final productionisation of code for customer notification journeys (email/SMS alerts, letter generation, account statements) serving 1M+ customers.1. Partnered directly with onshore engineering teams and clients to resolve technical queries quickly and validate solution design before release.
Education
Dayananda Sagar University
Master of Business Administration, Finance, General
Dayananda Sagar University
Executive M.B.A
2020 — 2021
Kalinga Bharati Residential College
Schooling, Intermediate
2008 — 2010
CV Raman College of Engineering (CVRCE), Bhubaneswar
Bachelor of Technology, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
2010 — 2014
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