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Shyam Dandasena

Shyam Dandasena

Vilnius

Summary

I am EU Blue card holder. Equipped with strong problem-solving abilities, willingness to learn, and excellent communication skills. Poised to contribute to team success and achieve positive results. Ready to tackle new challenges and advance organizational objectives with dedication and enthusiasm.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior .NET Software Developer, Cloud Specialist

Danske Bank
11.2024 - Current
  • Followed all company policies and procedures to deliver quality work.
  • Frequently inspected production area to verify proper equipment operation.
  • Observed packing operations to verify conformance to specifications.
  • Maintained database systems to track and analyze operational data.
  • Optimized customer experience by delivering superior services and effectively troubleshooting issues.
  • Developed effective improvement plans in alignment with goals and specifications.

.NET SW ENGINEER

Standard Chartered Bank / Virtusa
11.2020 - 04.2024
  • Developed and deployed scalable microservices using C# and .NET Core, integrated with MS SQL and hosted on Azure
  • Implemented RESTful and gRPC APIs to ensure efficient communication between services
  • Ensured robust API versioning strategies to maintain compatibility and facilitate smooth updates
  • Worked extensively on frontend frameworks, particularly Angular.js, to address and resolve production issues
  • Managed and organized large API systems with high number of endpoints
  • Conducted automated testing including unit and integration tests to maintain high-quality code standards
  • Maintained and utilized DevOps pipelines, leveraging tools like Git and Jenkins for continuous integration and deployment
  • Provided production support, addressing and fixing issues in both frontend (Angular.js) and backend services, ensuring minimal downtime and high system reliability

Agile Scrum Master, (Retail domain)

Cognizant Technology Solution
02.2016 - 07.2020
  • Proficiently organized and facilitated daily scrum, sprint reviews, retrospective, sprint, and release planning
  • Collaborated closely with PO on backlog grooming to keep product backlog relevant and prioritized
  • Effectively tracked release forecasting, teams progress, burn down and velocity
  • Worked with other scrum master to prepare and facilitate incremental potential shippable products, mentoring team for continuous improvement and helped the team for increase productivity
  • Preparing Project plan, Scheduling, Review meetings, Reporting, Prepare schedule of Events (Implementation /Go Live activities)
  • Produced Sprint reports updating customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks
  • Coached teams in agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies
  • Drove Scrum team progress to overcome obstacles and realize success throughout life of each sprint
  • Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity
  • Led sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement
  • Facilitated Scrum framework - sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives
  • Provided extensive guidance on Agile scrum processes and methodologies to highly effective teams with goals of improving quality and productivity
  • Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases
  • Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress
  • Applied agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins
  • Worked effectively with multiple Scrum teams both internally and offshore
  • Technologies Used: .NET Core, Restful APIs, Asynchronous programming, Azure, Jenkins CI/CD principles

Support Lead, (Legal Domain)

Cognizant Technology Solution
02.2014 - 01.2016
  • Technologies used: MVC, WEB API, C#5.0, XML, VSTS, JavaScript, jQuery, Performance tools

Jr. .Net Software Engineer, (Legal Domain)

Cognizant Technology Solution
07.2009 - 01.2014
  • New Lexis (Lexis Advance) helps to enable legal professionals to conduct better, faster and more relevant research by its more sophisticated semantic search capability
  • The search feature has a Word Wheel, which will help to efficiently develop search strategies by listing the most searched queries related to the topic
  • The application contains multiple pods that provide quick access to the user's history, folders, favorites, alerts, news and notifications
  • Application is responsively designed, and it can work seamlessly on all devices
  • Roles Performed: Developed and leaded Instrumentation and analytics and Maintenance team, Technical and Functional Requirement analysis, Design, Coding, Unit Testing, Code Review (self, Peer), Prepared Analysis Document, Requirement Clarification Document, HLD, LLD, Estimation Document
  • Environment: Visual Studio 2013, .Net framework 4.5, Team Foundation Server 2012
  • Technologies used: ASP.NET4.5, C#5.0, XML, WCF, TFS 2012, JavaScript, jQuery, Performance tools

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology

GIET India
India
09-2004

Skills

  • C# Programming
  • Agile development methodologies
  • NET , MVC Core
  • Azure Service Bus

  • SQL
  • Microservices
  • Azure
  • AWS

Languages

English
Advanced
C1
Hindi
Upper intermediate
B2
Lithuanian
Beginner
A1

Timeline

Senior .NET Software Developer, Cloud Specialist

Danske Bank
11.2024 - Current

.NET SW ENGINEER

Standard Chartered Bank / Virtusa
11.2020 - 04.2024

Agile Scrum Master, (Retail domain)

Cognizant Technology Solution
02.2016 - 07.2020

Support Lead, (Legal Domain)

Cognizant Technology Solution
02.2014 - 01.2016

Jr. .Net Software Engineer, (Legal Domain)

Cognizant Technology Solution
07.2009 - 01.2014

Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology

GIET India
Shyam Dandasena