VIKRAM DESHPANDE

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Vikram Deshpande

Senior Engineering Leader

Test Automation · Cloud Modernisation · AI Quality · Program Leadership

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Impact at Scale

Quantified outcomes across enterprise programs

-92%Effort

Test Automation at Scale

-30%Delivery

Cloud Modernisation

10k+Devices

Realtime Reliability

-38%Breaches

AI Quality & Risk

40+Resources

Leadership Scale

$5M+Budget

Portfolio Value

Experience

Test Automation at Scale

-92% Evidence Effort

  • Architected the ATO Payday Super program’s COBOL/mainframe test-evidence automation covering 200+ SIT/E2E scenarios across eight squads.
  • Cut evidence effort from ~3 hours to ~15 minutes per scenario using REXX, SMF, SDSF, PCOMM, PowerShell, and VBA — zero new InfoSec approvals.
  • Converted an infeasible SIT window — 75+ hours of evidence per team against 64 available — into an achievable plan via a six-day tiered harness build with formal go/no-go gating.
  • War room produced a binding automation recommendation in under three hours.

Cloud Modernisation

-30% Delivery

  • Guided the transition of core banking platforms to cloud-native architectures (.NET/Azure).
  • Improved delivery efficiency by >30% and reduced infrastructure costs by >15%.
  • Implemented rigorous compliance checks for regulated programs.
  • Architected scalable solutions for high-volume transaction processing.

Realtime Reliability

10k+ Devices

  • Led delivery of AI/ML solutions including real-time WebSocket telemetry.
  • Achieved P95 < 200ms latency across 10k+ concurrent devices (ANZ).
  • Designed resilient CX & telemetry pipelines for critical banking services.
  • Optimized edge latency and geo-distributed caching strategies.

AI Quality & Risk

-38% Breaches

  • Implemented Langfuse + Phoenix evaluation stack reducing simulated LLM error-budget breaches by 38%.
  • Built Node.js/Express public-key server with 100% test coverage for API signing.
  • Ensured safer AI rollouts with automated risk assessment pipelines.
  • Aligned AI delivery with enterprise compliance and risk models.

Leadership Scale

40+ Resources

  • Leading the Agile Kookaburras squad at the ATO within an eight-team SIT program.
  • Led 5+ cross-functional squads including onsite & offshore teams (40+ practitioners).
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM) fostering agile culture and steady cadence.
  • Managed program portfolios valued at over $5M; exec workshops improved decision clarity by ~55%.

Portfolio Value

$5M+ Budget

  • Stewardship of multi-million programs with full compliance.
  • Authored executive change requests with costed options analysis and full delivery traceability (Azure DevOps).
  • Risk & budget management for large-scale enterprise transformations.
  • Oversight of critical risk and compliance programs.

Signature Work

Interactive visualizations of key achievements

Technical Domains

Test Automation
Cloud Architecture
AI/ML Quality
Program Leadership
DevOps & CI/CD
WebGL / Three.js
TypeScript
Enterprise Delivery

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