Kiran Biradar
ING
Utrecht
1
Certification
16
years of professional experience
Driven and dependable IT leader with over 16 years of experience in technology, primarily within the finance domain. Passionate about delivering high-quality solutions in complex, hybrid environments. Known for fostering collaboration, influencing outcomes, and guiding teams to deliver first time right. Combines a problem-solving mindset with openness and resilience in fast-paced settings. Brings over 7 years of proven leadership in banking technology, with a strong track record in managing mission-critical applications and ensuring top-tier compliance. Skilled in building high-performing engineering teams, stakeholder engagement, and executing IT strategies across regulatory, digitalization, and life cycle initiatives. Extensive experience in vendor management, outsourcing, and cost optimization through targeted initiatives and collaborative efforts. Trusted advisor on operational performance, site reliability, and IT service management, with deep technical expertise in software engineering, integration, and architecture. Committed to continuous improvement, Gen(AI)/ML adoption, and shaping the future of Trade Finance technology at ING.
Work History
IT Area Lead (Interim) TradeWCS
5 Months- Leading large-scale transformation of Working Capital Solutions (WCS) platforms, driving modernization of legacy trade WCS systems toward cloud-enabled, resilient architectures in combination with vendor SaaS systems.
- Enable DevOps and engineering culture, promoting CI/CD adoption, automation, and standardization across teams.
- Exploring AI-driven migration strategies for legacy platforms, focusing on automation, intelligent data processing, and accelerated modernization.
- Lead cross-team alignment across multiple squads, balancing BAU operations with transformation initiatives in a complex, highly regulated environment.
- Provide leadership and coaching to Chapter Leads, enabling high-performing engineering teams and strengthening delivery maturity, talent development, and succession planning.
- Own vendor and stakeholder management, working closely with strategic partners (e.g., FIS, system integrators) and aligning delivery with business and regulatory expectations.
- Drive risk and compliance adherence, ensuring alignment with internal policies (SOX, ITRMP, DORA), audit readiness, and remediation of findings across platform landscape.
- Ensure stability and reliability of critical banking platforms, embedding SRE practices, improving availability, and strengthening incident and problem management.
- Contract owner and governance lead, overseeing vendor performance, commercial alignment, and regulatory obligations.
IT Chapter Lead & PO - (Tribe Trade)
8 Years 5 Months- Product owner for Platform and Test Automation squads Spearheaded the end-to-end lifecycle of infrastructure platforms and Test automations underpinning 8+ stream-aligned teams, aligning platform evolution with ING’s enterprise architecture and business imperatives.
- Custodian of Operational Resilience Embedded Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles—SLOs, SLIs, incident response, and observability—into platform DNA, ensuring high availability, performance, and fault tolerance.
- Security-First Governance Orchestrated security, risk, and compliance frameworks across infrastructure layers, ensuring audit readiness and regulatory alignment with internal and external mandates.
- DevOps Enablement & CI/CD Acceleration Institutionalized DevOps culture by automating CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure provisioning, and configuration management—driving velocity, stability, and developer autonomy.
- Strategic Transformation & Migration Leadership Architected and executed complex migrations (IPC, Inside Business suite (IBS,IBP,IBC), ICHP), modernizing 300+ interfaces and Sox critical applications. Also working closely on WCS transformation.
- Cross-Tribe Synergy & Technical Mentorship Acted as a connective tissue across product teams, mentoring engineers and junior leads, and fostering a culture of continuous learning, agile delivery, and zero-outage mindset.
- Innovation Catalyst & Tech Evangelist Championed innovation through hackathons, tech conferences, and experiment days—exploring emerging technologies (Azure, Java, Python) and scaling platform capabilities.
- Enterprise Change & Incident Governance Led structured change and incident management processes, ensuring minimal disruption, rapid recovery, and alignment with ING’s enterprise service management standards.
- Played a key role in defining and establishing Team Topologies for the Trade domain across both WCS and TFS platforms.
IT Specialist, DevOps Engineer
2 Years- Maintained and optimized SOX critical business applications, developing deep domain expertise and ensuring high operational stability.
- Led seamless end-to-end database migrations for international and Poland factoring systems, achieving minimal downtime and preserving full data integrity.
- Managed CAS audits and swiftly implemented corrective actions, ensuring regulatory compliance and operational excellence.
- Designed and deployed intelligent monitoring dashboards with auto-healing capabilities, significantly enhancing system resilience and uptime.
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitLab, enabling faster and more reliable deployments across environments.
- Automated infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and Ansible, improving consistency and reducing manual errors.
- Monitored and optimized cloud resources in Azure, ensuring cost-efficiency and performance at scale.
- Served as interim department lead, maintaining service continuity and effectively representing the team to senior leadership.
- Recruited and mentored new engineers, accelerating onboarding and boosting team productivity through structured training programs.
Lead Technical Engineer
2 Years 4 Months- Customer-Centric Operational Leadership Spearheaded a 16-member team supporting mission-critical financial platforms, ensuring seamless service delivery and system reliability for end customers, including GE’s largest client with €15B+ in annual invoice funding.
- Strategic Bridge Between Stakeholders and IT Acted as the primary onsite liaison, translating business needs into technical actions and fostering strong collaboration between stakeholders and cross-functional IT teams.
- High Availability & Resilience Engineering Led the setup of robust, high-availability systems through successful Disaster Recovery tests, backup/restore strategies, and modernization for legacy systems to scalable DotNet/Oracle architecture.
- Process Excellence & ITIL Alignment Standardized Incident, Change, and Problem Management processes in line with ITIL best practices, significantly improving operational efficiency and reducing resolution times.
- Audit-Ready Compliance & Governance Served as the technical SPOC for SOX and internal audits, ensuring full compliance through proactive controls, timely documentation, and seamless coordination with audit teams.
- Innovation in Data Management Implemented advanced data scrambling and refresh strategies, drastically reducing turnaround time and enhancing data security and availability.
JAVA Developer
7 Months- Developed modular, reusable JAVA code for financial applications, translating complex business requirements into scalable solutions.
- Collaborated on multi-team integration efforts, ensuring seamless deployment and system interoperability.
- Authored comprehensive technical and functional documentation, supporting long-term maintainability and knowledge transfer.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communication Technology
Skills
Agile & DevOps Leadership
WCS / Trade Finance Expertise
Cloud (Azure
ICHP
IPC)
Architecture & IaC
CI/CD & Test Automation
SRE & Observability
Platform Reliability & Performance
Risk & Compliance (SOX
DORA
ITRMP)
Vendor & Contract Management
Stakeholder Management
People Leadership & Coaching
Recruitment & Talent Development
Impactful Roles
- DORA SPOC for Trade
- OHI Embassador for Trade
- One of first teams who Migrated to ING subscribed azure cloud in WB
- Handling Service management for Trade (ICS)
- Organized Events, Offsites, and Hackathons
- Wisdom and Risk Opinion representative for Trade
- Delegated IT Custodian for multiple Trade applications
Certification
- Kanban
- Azure AZ 900
- SRE DevOn Academy
- Leadership (LFP)
- Inburgeringsexamen (A2)
Interests
Playing Cricket at professional level (Eerste Klasse)
Member and Volunteer of Utrecht Cricket Club (Kampong)
Languages
English
Dutch (Basic)
Timeline
IT Area Lead (Interim) TradeWCS
ING
01.2026 - CurrentRead More
IT Chapter Lead & PO - (Tribe Trade)
ING Bank NV
01.2018 - 2025Read More
IT Specialist, DevOps Engineer
ING Bank NV
01.2016 - 01.2018Read More
Lead Technical Engineer
GE Capital
09.2011 - 01.2014Read More
JAVA Developer
Capgemini
06.2010 - 01.2011Read More
Bangalore Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering from Electronics and Communication Technology
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