Shijin Mohanan Sheela

Senior Data Engineer with expertise in building scalable ETL pipelines, data models, and automation solutions. Delivered MI reporting for compliance KPIs, reduced manual efforts by 50–100%, and improved sanction screening accuracy. Skilled in Azure, Databricks, Hive, Spark, and CI/CD. Led initiatives in AML, CDD, and WLF rule setup and drove infrastructure automation using GitOps and IaC. Enabled seamless deployment and improved operational efficiency across projects.

Supported global sanctions screening using Actimize WLF, configuring jurisdiction-based lists and inclusion/exclusion rules. Tested screening via SWIFT and led data quality analysis. Migrated apps to hybrid cloud with 100% success. Automated Jira ticketing from Confluence, cutting manual effort by 50%. Set up SAM, CDD, WLF rules, designed AML rollout, and implemented GDPR features for a European entity.

Expert in building optimized pipelines, improving data processing efficiency by 30% across multiple projects. Developed Delta and full-load pipelines to extract data from Azure Data Lake Store and load into data warehouse with 100% accuracy. Implemented data loads into Azure SQLDB SCD Type 1 & 2 tables, enabling detailed analysis and processing.

Senior Software Engineer with strong experience in Actimize, ETL, and compliance systems. Improved audit reporting accuracy, led data load validation, and ensured 100% go-live readiness across 10+ entities. Maintained 99.9% uptime for critical apps. Earlier, as Software Engineer, acted as onshore SPOC for investment data ops, ensuring data quality, validating factsheets, and handling confidential financial data. Delivered KPI reports and resolved client data requests efficiently.

Contributed to the development of an internal website for the UI/UX team and real-time projects, utilizing HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, BackboneJS, D3, Bootstrap, and custom components. Contributed to all phases of project lifecycle, including requirements gathering, device-specific testing, and implementation, resulting in 99% reduction in post-implementation issues; conducted numerous unit tests, ensuring thorough technical solution design and impact analysis.