Veda Ramireddy

Highly skilled, detail-oriented Technical Data Leader and Ex-British Army Reservist with extensive experience within Barclays UK executing end-to-end data quality assurance, automated framework development, and complex verification systems.

Certified Python

Developer specializing in building robust data automation architectures and scripting mechanisms to replace manual functional validation routines. Expert in managing massive corporate data infrastructures, writing complex multi-join SQL verification scripts, and orchestrating comprehensive manual and automated test strategies for high-frequency trading assets, financial derivatives, and SaaS integrations. Proven history of optimizing testing life cycles, managing defects (JIRA), and driving high-value delivery frameworks under stringent global regulatory conditions.

Enterprise Data QA & Delivery Manager – Assistant Vice President (AVP) - BARCLAYS UK - Northampton, UK (Hybrid)

(2021-08)

• Python Automation Engineering: Architected and developed customized Python automation scripts and data processing frameworks (utilizing Pandas, NumPy, and PySpark) to automate highly repetitive structural validations, heavily reducing manual regression analysis workloads.
• Data Warehouse & ETL QA: Managed end-to-end testing cycles for complex Equities Data workflows (Derivatives & Options), validating multi-tier extract-transform-load (ETL) integrity across extensive Star and Snowflake database schemas.
• Advanced SQL Validation: Designed, executed, and reviewed comprehensive, high-volume SQL queries involving complex join matrices (inner, left, right) to execute rigorous dynamic and static data verification against target Power BI and Tableau systems.
• Manual Verification & Defect Tracking: Spearheaded critical functional manual testing across front-office CIB systems to safeguard global compliance frameworks (IFRS, FINRA, PRA, FCA, SEC), meticulously maintaining logs, tracking system anomalies, and mitigating delivery risks via JIRA.
• Cloud Pipeline Testing: Leveraged Azure Data Factory to build automated system triggers, validating cross-functional cloud architecture upstream/downstream dependencies while minimizing defects and eliminating pipeline exceptions.

Data Integration & QA Analyst - BARCLAYS INVESTMENT BANK - Knutsford, Cheshire, UK

(2020-08 - 2022-08)

• SaaS Sandbox Testing: Led technical evaluations and proof-of-concept (POC) sandbox automation routines for the FCA's Digital Regulatory Reporting systems, managing test strategy mapping for graph-based database products (Neo4j) and cutting-edge FinTech vendors.
• Regression Analysis & Automation: Developed and verified visual key performance validation models using SQL and analytics environments, driving modern testing efficiencies that cut manual business data reporting tasks by 18%.
• Compliance & Impact Verification: Conducted strict data assurance verification workflows against strict cross-border criteria (GDPR, Ethical AI, Crypto regulations) to verify corporate systems and target architectures maintained flawless structural compliance.

Mathematics Instructor & Coordinator (Volunteering) - KUMON - Swindon, Wiltshire, UK

(2023-01)

• Configured instructional aids and structured metrics matrices to verify individual student comprehension baselines for advanced GCSE and A-Level courses.
• Managed localized documentation pipelines, ensuring rapid structural implementations and organized dataset coordination.

MSc - Finance and Financial Technology (FinTech) - UNIVERSITY OF READING (2019-09 - 2020-08)

BSc - Mathematics and Computer Science - LOYOLA COLLEGE, OSMANIA UNIVERSITY (2016-06 - 2019-06)