Reviewer – Balamurugan K Gnanasekaran | International Journal of Computer Techniques (IJCT)

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Balamurugan K Gnanasekaran

Senior Full Stack Software Engineer · 21+ years (14+ yrs onsite) across USA/Canada/UK/India · Insurance (Pensions & Retirement), Payments, Retail, Banking

Full-Stack Engineering Microservices & APIs QA/Performance Engineering SOA · SOAP/REST Azure & Observability

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About & Review Fit

Goal-driven Senior Full Stack Software Engineer with diversified techno-commercial and global program/project management experience. Strong track record delivering across Insurance, Payments, Retail, and Banking for clients including AXA, Mastercard, Credit Suisse, JCPenney, New York Life, and John Hancock. Brings a holistic systems view, decomposes into actionable components, and aligns execution to product strategy with rigorous Dev/QA plans.

Suitable to Review: Microservices/API design and quality, SOA and enterprise integrations, performance engineering, data/system migrations, test strategy & automation, cloud (Azure) observability, and large-scale delivery governance.

Enterprise APIs Performance & Scalability Migrations & M&A Insurance Tech SDLC Governance

Technical Profile (Highlights)

QA/Perf & Tools: HP QC/ALM, QTP, BPT, Selenium, ReadyAPI (SoapUI Pro), Postman, Swagger, New Relic
Languages: COBOL, JCL, C/C++, Java, VFP, .NET, .NET Core
Data: Microsoft SQL Server, DB2, Informatica
Planning/Docs: MS Project, Office, Visio, Confluence, SharePoint
Cloud: Azure (Function Apps, Event Hubs, App Insights, Key Vaults, App Services, Redis)
Release/Agile: Rally, Jira, Octopus, StarTeam

Experience Snapshot

Sr. Full Stack Software Engineer

John Hancock · Since Feb 2022

SME for Middleware microservices; QA review panel across projects.
Delivered UPE participant website & multilayered authenticated APIs for mobile.
Performance runs & tuning with cross-functional teams; New Relic monitoring & alerting.
Standards for testing efficiency; feedback on design to reduce cost & increase performance.
First-line production support; environment/infrastructure issue triage.
Acting Scrum Master; mentor Dev/QA associates.

Manager / On-site Coordinator

Wipro · Dec 2006 – Jan 2020

Resource planning, onboarding/offboarding, audit & compliance.
CSAT ownership, P&L, SOWs, billing & invoicing.
Led QA across NYL, JCPenney, Credit Suisse, Mastercard accounts.

Earlier Roles (Highlights)

Senior Quality Engineer – John Hancock (Feb 2020 – Jan 2022)
Sr. Test Lead / Onsite Coordinator – JCPenney (Oct 2010 – Nov 2011)
Onsite Test Lead – Credit Suisse (Apr 2010 – Sep 2010)
Test Lead – Mastercard (Dec 2006 – Mar 2010)
Test Analyst/Test Lead – AXA Sun Life (Sep 2003 – Nov 2006; incl. 6 months UK)

Career Profile (Condensed)

Since Feb 2022	Sr. Full Stack Software Engineer	John Hancock
Feb 2020 – Jan 2022	Senior Quality Engineer	John Hancock
Apr 2015 – Jan 2020	Project Manager / On-site Coordinator	John Hancock · Wipro
Apr 2013 – Mar 2015	Project Manager / On-site Coordinator	New York Life · Wipro
Oct 2010 – Nov 2011	Sr. Test Lead / On-site Coordinator	JCPenney
Apr 2010 – Sep 2010	On-site Test Lead	Credit Suisse
Dec 2006 – Mar 2010	Test Lead	Mastercard
Sep 2003 – Nov 2006	Test Analyst / Test Lead	AXA Sun Life