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AI Solutions Engineer ยท Global Enterprise Experience

Saurabh
Malhotra

AI Solutions Engineer

Building Intelligent Business Solutions ยท 15+ Years Global Enterprise

๐Ÿ“ Navi Mumbai, India  ยท  Open to Europe / Remote

15+
Years
Experience
4
Years
Onsite EU
10
Certs
2024โ€“25
0
Production
Failures
Saurabh Malhotra // mission-critical ยท intelligent ยท proven

Key Achievements

Delivered. Measurably.

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โ‚ฌM+

Cost savings delivered

Sustained multi-million euro annual savings for a major European bank through system optimisation โ€” presented directly to client senior management.

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40%

Faster delivery through tooling

Leveraged modern tooling and structured analysis techniques across migration programmes โ€” consistently reducing delivery timelines without compromising accuracy.

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30%

Production abend reduction

Structured RCA programme across critical banking batch systems โ€” measurable reduction in production incidents. Adopted as team standard.

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4 yrs

Client-embedded in Europe

Sole technical point of contact for a leading European bank โ€” onsite for four years, owning all governance, escalation, and programme delivery.

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Zero

Deployment failures

End-to-end ownership of critical production deployments โ€” CAB submissions, go/no-go, rollback planning. Unblemished record throughout.

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3+

New engagements won

Converted trusted advisory relationships into new billable programmes โ€” delivery that consistently exceeded original scope.

Certifications

Credentials that count

๐ŸชŸ Microsoft โ€” AI & Agentic Development ยท Dec 2025

Azure AI Agents

Develop AI Agents on Azure

Copilot Studio

Create & Publish Agents โ€” Copilot Studio

Copilot Studio

Create Agents in Copilot Studio

Microsoft Foundry

AI Agent with Microsoft Foundry

โ˜๏ธ AWS โ€” Cloud & Mainframe Modernisation ยท Mar 2025

AWS

Mainframe Migration & Modernization

AWS

Modernization Patterns & Best Practices

AWS

Getting Started โ€” AWS Mainframe

AWS

Automated Refactor Transformation

4
Microsoft AI
Certs
5
AWS Cloud
Certs
1
Certified
Scrum Master
10
Total
Credentials

AI โ€” Personal Initiative

Hands-on AI.
Built on my own time.

"Beyond my day job, I actively build with AI โ€” not just to learn, but to ship real things. These are personal projects and upskilling initiatives, separate from any employer."

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15 yrs enterprise foundationDeep understanding of what real systems need
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Self-driven AI upskillingBuilding real tools on personal time
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Emerging AI practitionerBridging enterprise experience with AI capability
01Personal AI ProjectsSelf-initiated ยท Built independently
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โ— Live

AI Resume Optimizer

Production web app โ€” parses resume, ingests JD, calculates ATS score, rewrites bullets, generates optimised DOCX/PDF + cover letter + interview prep.

OpenAINext.jsFastAPIPostgreSQLDocker
Status: Live in production
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โ— Live

Automated Job Hunter Agent

AI agent that automates job search โ€” intelligently searching, filtering, and surfacing relevant roles based on profile and preferences. Near-zero manual effort.

OpenAIPlaywrightNode.jsReact
Status: Live ยท Actively in use
02Training & Upskilling ProjectsHands-on learning initiatives
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โ—† Training Initiative

HR Policy Chatbot

Built during an internal AI training programme โ€” a conversational agent handling leave policy queries, onboarding FAQs, and HR-related questions. Practical, hands-on application of Copilot Studio concepts in a learning environment.

Microsoft Copilot StudioPower Platform
Context: Internal training initiative โ€” demonstrates applied AI learning in action
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โ— Live

D'Aura Dental Clinic โ€” Digital Presence

Built the complete digital presence for a family dental clinic entirely on personal time โ€” website, SEO, image pipeline, booking flow, GA4 analytics, social media tools. Zero agency involved.

Claude AIHTML/CSS/JSPHPGA4SEO
Live at: dauraclinic.com โ€” real patients, real impact
03AI in Daily PracticeHow I personally use AI
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Documentation

Specs, RCA, test cases โ€” AI-generated and refined. Hours โ†’ minutes.

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Deep Research

NotebookLM for complex document synthesis and insight extraction.

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Impact Analysis

AI-assisted code review, impact assessment, status reports at scale.

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Full-Stack Builds

Shipping real products solo โ€” dental clinic website, job agents, trackers.

Career

The journey

Mainframe Core

COBOLDB2 z/OSIMS DB / DLยทIVSAMCICSJCL

AI & Cloud

Copilot Studio โœ“Azure AI Foundry โœ“AWS Blu Age โœ“OpenAIClaude AI

Delivery

Client SPOCAgile / Scrum โœ“CAB / ProductionSLA Management
โ— Current

Sep 2025 โ€“ Present ยท Kyndryl Solutions

Senior Mainframe Developer โ€” IMS DB to DB2 Migration

Enterprise Banking ยท Netherlands

  • Individual contributor on a large-scale IMS-to-DB2 migration programme for a major Dutch bank
  • Analysing and rewriting COBOL programs to replace IMS DL/I calls with DB2 SQL โ€” maintaining full functional equivalence
  • Responsible for impact analysis, code delivery, and unit test scenario preparation across assigned modules
  • Completed internal AI training โ€” built an HR Policy chatbot using Microsoft Copilot Studio as a hands-on learning initiative
COBOLDB2 z/OSIMS DB / DLยทIJCLCopilot Studio
7 Years ยท 4 Onsite

May 2018 โ€“ Aug 2025 ยท Hexaware Technologies

Senior Mainframe Lead & Client SPOC

Leading European Bank ยท Belgium (4 yrs onsite)

  • Sole technical and programme point of contact โ€” embedded onsite for four years, representing delivery at all governance levels
  • Accountable for availability, stability, and performance of critical banking applications โ€” unblemished production record
  • Drove multi-million euro cost optimisation programme โ€” results presented to client senior leadership
COBOLDB2 z/OSIMS DBVSAMCICSClient SPOCPerformance Tuning

Jan 2017 โ€“ May 2018 ยท Coforge

Advisory System Analyst

Major Australian Bank

  • High-volume financial transaction processing for a major Australian bank
  • Scheduling automation reducing manual intervention and improving operational reliability
COBOL-DB2Batch ProcessingTWS/OPC

Jan 2011 โ€“ Jan 2017 ยท Foundation Years

Senior Software Engineer โ†’ Software Engineer โ†’ Project Engineer

Wipro ยท United Health Group ยท IBM India ยท Banking, Healthcare & Travel ยท USA clients

  • Built enterprise computing foundations across banking, healthcare, and travel domains for US clients
  • Progressed through three organisations, developing deep expertise in large-scale batch and online systems
COBOLJCLDB2VSAMBankingHealthcare

// beyond the professional

Now meet
the person

"Every No is a Yes to something better in life."

24 countries ยท Family ยท Bucket List โ†’
24
Countries
8
Bucket list done
1
Son who's everything

Let's build something
remarkable together.

Saurabh Malhotra

Saurabh Malhotra

proven ยท international ยท AI-enabled