Experience

University of Utah

Graduate Research Assistant • Aug, 2021 — Present

Developed simulations to investigate vulnerabilities in scientific computing environments.

Employed American Fuzzy Lop and LibAFL for fuzz testing cluster management and job scheduling software.

Uncovered new avenues and conceptual ideas for future research autonomously.

Cognizant

Programmer Analyst • Jul, 2016 — Mar, 2019

Won two awards for exceptional performance.

Conceived an Interactive Voice Response application for customer service automation using Azure’s Natural Language Processing stack (Azure Bot Service, Bing Speech API, and Language Understanding (LUIS)) for processing customer queries, and Skype API for routing calls to answer customer questions in AI-generated speech in natural language. Generated >$100,000k in cost savings.

Innovated a tool to generate documentation of ETL workflows in MS-SQL ETL (SSIS) packages to detail the program flow in pseudocode. Saved up to $30,000 in development hours.

Worked independently on analysis, design, development, testing, and maintenance of enhancements to 20+ fintech applications in .NET Core and ASP.NET on the Web and Middleware Team.

Performed code, design, and SQL reviews for both junior and senior team members. Trained and assisted 3 junior team members to ensure seamless delivery. Improved SLA metrics of service quality and business continuity by 15%.

Independently ported 3 legacy ASP.NET Web Forms applications to ASP.NET MVC using JQuery, HTML5, CSS, JQWidgets and WebAPI collaborating directly with client team; 2x’d performance.

Spearheaded a .NET Core web application for customers to sign up for paperless statements. >30% in shipping savings.

Managed the design, creation, and maintenance of intricate databases, encompassing the development of DDL and DML scripts, specifically tailored for complex fintech applications. Employed Entity Framework and LINQ to establish efficient communication between business entities and the database infrastructure.

Operated Azure DevOps Server and Octopus for CI/CD pipelines and Veracode to find and fix vulnerabilities.

Education

University of Utah

Master of Science, Computer Science • 2021 — 2023

Lead the Capture-the-Flag team for the university's cybersecurity club, UtahSec

SRM University

Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science and Engineering • 2012 — 2016

Projects

ETL Documentation Generator

Primary Developer • 2018 - Present

To ease debugging diffulties of the ETL team, made a program that acts as a central repository of SSIS files, that converts raw XML data (.dtsx files) to output workflows and data points in simple English to a markdown text.

Speech-enabled AI Chatbot

Primary Developer • 2018

An IVR chatbot that talks to a human, parses queries using NLP, gauges the meaning and responds with data from a dynamically generated Q&A repository.

Skills

Programming

Proficiency in C#, C, SQL, CSS, HTML, LaTeX
Have worked with Shell, Python, C++, Javascript
Familiar with Java, Assembly.

Organizational leadership

Multiple years of experience with training and leading juniors with technology stacks, business logic, and communication protocols.

Recognition

Star Award

Cognizant • 2018

Your performance in the project has been outstanding. Your enthusiasm for working beyond the call of duty has proved that you are an important asset for the organization. Your contribution to the BFS vertical is highly appreciated.

Kudos Award

Cognizant • 2017

Your outstanding performance has helped in improving the process/productivity for your project. In depth knowledge about new technology and business development is commendable. You have been a star performer of your team. Your contribution to BFS vertical is highly appreciable.

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