Ajay Sodhi

As a Senior IT Project Manager with 18 years of experience, I enable organizations in delivering enterprise-grade, secure, and scalable platforms across the BFSI, NBFC, Telecom, E-Invoicing, IoT, and AI domains. My focus is always on connecting technology to business outcomes—from roadmap to execution, from proof of concept to production.

🔹 Leadership & Delivery Highlights

- Delivered "Jumpp", an AI-powered finance super app projected to serve 2+ lakh users by 2025, from concept to go-live in 1.5 years.

- Achieved 30% improvement in team productivity and system performance by reengineering delivery processes.

- Led global Agile teams of 25+ professionals; hired & mentored 13 engineers (50% of core team), resulting in 20% internal promotions.

- Delivered ClubOS, a fitness SaaS platform used by 1,900+ facilities across 3,000+ locations in North America, Canada, and India.

- Reduced system response times by 30%, strengthened reliability, and introduced internal upskilling challenges to boost delivery confidence.

🔹 Strategic Stakeholder & Vendor Engagement

- Worked closely with CXOs and business heads to define IT roadmaps, delivery timelines, feature costs, and vendor strategies.

- Conducted DAR evaluations, led vendor negotiations, and ensured technology alignment with business goals.

🔹 Financial Ownership & Cost Savings

- Managed budgets in crores; delivered multiple Crores of annual savings by building in-house capability and eliminating vendor dependency.

- Optimized AWS usage and infrastructure costs, contributing significantly to O&M efficiency.

🔹 Compliance & Global Delivery

- Delivered projects under PCI DSS, ISO 27001, AppSec, and SAR audit frameworks.

- Led cross-border compliance implementations for PEPPOL across Europe, Australia, and Singapore.

- Collaborated with stakeholders from the U.S., Canada, Finland, Europe, and India.

If you're looking for a strategic, results-driven project leader with a hands-on development experience to own delivery and drive outcomes — I'm open to new challenges where technology and business transformation intersect.


Top Skills:

• IT Project Management 
• Agile & Scrum Leadership 
• CXO Stakeholder Engagement 
• Budget Ownership 
• Vendor Negotiation 
• Cost Optimization 
• Global Delivery 
• DAR Evaluation 
• Team Building & Mentoring 
• Digital Transformation 
• BFSI & NBFC Solutions 
• Cloud-Native Architecture 
• E-Invoicing 
• PEPPOL Compliance 
• PCI DSS 
• ISO 27001 
• SAR Audits 
• AWS 
• Java Spring Boot 
• Enterprise Software 
• Microservices 
• SaaS Platforms

Senior Technical Architect and Project Leader with 18 years of experience architecting cloud-native, secure, and scalable enterprise solutions in BFSI, NBFC, Investment, Telco, E-Invoicing, and AI domains. Proven track record in high-performance backend design, microservice architecture, cost optimization, and mentoring cross-functional teams (25+ professionals). Delivered impactful digital platforms like Jumpp, ClubOS, and PEPPOL. Expert in Java, Spring Boot, AWS, team scaling, and stakeholder management across global markets.
 

SKILLS:
Technical: Java (7 to 17), Spring Boot Microservices, Solution Designing, Microservices Design, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Sonar, Maven, Oracle DB, MySQL, DevOps (Jenkins, Git, CI/CD), Splunk, IntelliJ Idea, AI, LLM, Chatbot.
AWS-Cloud: AWS Architecture - EC2, RDS, CloudFormation, CloudWatch Alarms, S3, EFS, KMS, Lambda, Secrets Manager, API Gateway, Load Balancers, SQS, SNS, AuroraDB, DynamoDB, IAM.
Functional: Scrum & Agile Leadership, PMP Practitioner, Vendor & Stakeholder Management, Team Mentoring & Upskilling.
Compliance: PCI DSS, AppSec, and ISO 27001 Compliance.

I did a full-time MCA in 2007 from SDDIET Campus, Kurukshetra University, with 70% grades, and a BCA in 2004 from DAV College, Ambala City, under Kurukshetra University with 60% grades. I have cleared IELTS and PTE and got an overall score of 80. I am a great listener and a brilliant communicator.