Kiran Kamath
Stuttgart
Summary
IT Lead Architect @ Mercedes-Benz Mobility AG and presently responsible for defining & driving IT Blueprint Architecture Governance across regions (EU and AAP) liaising with multiple stakeholders and product teams.
Having gained deep business and technical architecture knowledge for the past 18 years working in Europe and AAP markets across insurance and financial services industries and supporting organization in realization of their digital transformation journey and vision by simplification and harmonization of processes and IT architecture landscape.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
IT Lead Architect
Mercedes Benz Mobility AG
03.2022 - Current
- Responsible for defining/driving future sales business & IT architecture blueprint as part of Mercedes Benz Mobility's strategic initiative in close collaboration with product teams across Europe and AAP.
- Performed gap analysis of local market IT landscape to check readiness towards target blueprint architecture.
- Supported market engagement managers/product owners in requirements gathering phases to cater for local market legal/fiscal regulations.
- Presented architecture vision to market project teams as part of new market onboarding and agile working model (SAFe 5).
- Provided architectural/integration guidance to markets/product teams e.g Salesforce/Financial Systems/E-Signature etc. based on HQ standard products/interfaces as part of blueprint and provided support in prioritizing legal/fiscal requirements based on target landscape.
- Defined customer journey process/integration touchpoints to enable Omnichannel and Seamless Financial Services integration to provide luxury experience to customer.
- Presently driving future sales project initiative for India, Australia, Turkey, South Africa, Malaysia, Thailand and Mexico markets.
- Tracking project delivery, highlighting risks/external dependencies and escalations
- Implemented middleware solutions as part of blueprint initiative to minimize development efforts/costs for markets.
- Implemented CI/CD Pipelines based on GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps toolchains.
- Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
IT Solution Architect/Project Leader
Mercedes Benz Mobility AG
01.2020 - 02.2022
- Defined solution architecture for digital sales application for transferring lead data from Mercedes Benz Car systems to MB Financial Systems.
- Supported run business of applications for (Germany/Sweden) markets in collaboration with product owner.
- Driving external suppliers and supporting in solution design, implementation e.g CIAM for seamless SSO, integration with banking systems, eKYC integration via Postident (Germany) and BankID (Sweden).
- Defining CI/CD Pipelines and supporting in ARA automated deployments.
- Established technical monitoring of applications e.g Appdynamics/iMon/Prometheus for department based on plugin integration and Grafana dashboard.
- Achieved 100% CSI based on application availability, faster analysis and resolution of queries/defects.
Senior IT Consultant
Mercedes Benz Bank AG
11.2018 - 12.2019
- Supported rollout of products e.g eKYC, eSignature, OCR, ECM as part of Europe Digitalization Initiative.
- Provided integration support for Europe Future Sales Project.
- Supported projects in migrating from on-premise to Azure cloud driving Data@Cloud process in collaboration with Information Security and Legal teams.
- Responsible for solution design and integration of eKYC/eSignature feature in sales process.
- Created rapid prototypes, implemented PoCs and middleware solutions to simplify integration efforts and reduce costs.
- Responsible for designing API interfaces, configuration of products/documentation in Apigee API Management Platforms, migration to Kong API gateways etc.
- Implemented automation scripts in SOAPUI, Postman tools as part of test automation.
Subject Matter Expert and IT Consultant for ECM
Daimler Financial Services AG
02.2016 - 10.2018
- Defined ECM/OCR/eSignature blueprint requirements for region Europe based on requirement engineering approach
- Involved in RFP process as part of vendor selection for eSignature/eKYC for Daimler Financial Services
- Provided IT consulting and integration guidance to market project teams in France/Germany/Sweden/Spain in collaboration with HQ product teams and external suppliers.
- Responsible for driving cloud risk process for products being hosted in cloud in alignment with IT Security, Data Security colleagues.
Migration Specialist
Generali Deutschland Informatik Services GmbH
01.2014 - 02.2016
- Defined migration concept.
- Coordinated data migration activities for ongoing projects to confirm alignment of progress with prescribed timelines and execution milestones.
- Liaised with customer project teams, replying to inquiries and providing information on ongoing processes.
- Researched and resolved complex issues discovered during migrations.
- Created data mapping documentation for use in migration efforts.
- Implemented test automation scripts (Docbridge Compart) to increase migration efficiency.
- Implemented automation scripts using Java Parsers to convert IBM DCF to DOPiX XML
Integration Lead
Marsh & McLennan Companies
01.2013 - 12.2013
- Technical Lead for design and development of integration components.
- Involved in system design, HLD preparation and review with customer IT architect.
- Successfully led migration projects from Livelink to Documentum.
- Implemented automated email poller solution using Spring integration frameworks to archive email body and attachments applying right set of metadata.
- Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.
- Documented testing procedures for developers and future testing use.
- Tested functional and compatibility of new programs or updates in comparison to existing applications.
Technical Consultant
SwissRe
02.2008 - 12.2012
- Migration Lead for Documentum Projects
- Performed Application Refactoring, Application Redesign using Backend Services ( EJB ) & Google Web Toolkit (based on open source frameworks) to enhance application performance.
- Overall responsible for project delivery in managed service model by leading offshore team in India.
- Responsible for run business of underwriting and eFiling applications
- Proposed application enhancements as part of value add initiatives which reduced maintenance/support team efforts.
- Responsible for new project wins and supporting RFPs by implementing rapid prototypes, PoCs etc. and showcasing to customer management teams.
Senior Software Engineer
Accenture
06.2006 - 02.2008
- Worked with project managers, developers, quality assurance and customers to resolve technical issues.
- Improved system performance by making proactive adjustments and resolving bugs.
- Led software development initiative as subject matter expert and primary point-of-contact for project management staff.
- Gathered and defined customer requirements to develop clear specifications for project plans.
- Evaluated project requirements and specifications and developed software applications that surpassed client expectations.
Software Engineer
CyberPlus Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
05.2005 - 06.2006
- Development of C++ libraries on Linux
- Installed and configured software applications and tested solutions for functionality.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
Nitte Mahalinga Institute of Technology
Mangalore, India12.2004
Skills
- Track record of managing software development projects managing business and IT stakeholders and coordinating multi-disciplinary teams (EU and AAP) with strong analytical capabilities using Agile (SAFe 5) Delivery Model
- Specialized in Business and IT Architecture blueprint to enable seamless customer journey
- Certified Cloud Practitioner for AWS, Azure, Hybrid Cloud, OpenShift Cloud
- ITIL Service Management and Delivery
- Knowledge of DevOps, DevSecOps
- Implementation Experience with CI/CD Pipelines using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps
- J2EE Professional with experience in build management/code quality frameworks eg GIT, Maven, SonarQube, Blackduck etc
- API Design Strategy, Automation (Postman/SOAPUI), API Management Platform eg Apigee, Kong gateway etc
- Implementation experience migrating from monolithic to micro services based architecture
- Knowledgeable about good practices (ie, event-based architecture, RESTful APIs, OAuth2, OpenID etc)
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm Charts
- Experience with Technical Monitoring Solutions eg Grafana, Appdynamics, Application Insights, iMon
- Knowledgeable about good documentation practice (ie infrastructure diagram, Confluence, Jira, etc)
Certification
- ITIL Foundation Level in IT Service Management, Issued by AXELOS Global Best Practice.
- DASA DevOps Fundamentals, Issued by APMG International.
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Issued by Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Certified SAFe® 5 Practitioner, Issued by Scaled Agile, Inc.
- TAF Certification in Cloud and DevOps, API Architecture, Security and IAM
Additional Information
Nationality: German
Languages
German
Upper intermediate (B2)
English
Advanced (C1)
Timeline
IT Lead Architect
Mercedes Benz Mobility AG
03.2022 - Current
IT Solution Architect/Project Leader
Mercedes Benz Mobility AG
01.2020 - 02.2022
Senior IT Consultant
Mercedes Benz Bank AG
11.2018 - 12.2019
Subject Matter Expert and IT Consultant for ECM
Daimler Financial Services AG
02.2016 - 10.2018
Migration Specialist
Generali Deutschland Informatik Services GmbH
01.2014 - 02.2016
Integration Lead
Marsh & McLennan Companies
01.2013 - 12.2013
Technical Consultant
SwissRe
02.2008 - 12.2012
Senior Software Engineer
Accenture
06.2006 - 02.2008
Software Engineer
CyberPlus Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
05.2005 - 06.2006
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
Nitte Mahalinga Institute of Technology
- ITIL Foundation Level in IT Service Management, Issued by AXELOS Global Best Practice.
- DASA DevOps Fundamentals, Issued by APMG International.
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Issued by Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Certified SAFe® 5 Practitioner, Issued by Scaled Agile, Inc.
- TAF Certification in Cloud and DevOps, API Architecture, Security and IAM
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