Kumar Abhishek
Senior MES Engineer
Purnia
Summary
Senior Associate - MES Engineer delivering AspenTech MES suite upgrades, hotfixes, and release support in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Builds recipe authoring, validation documentation, and regression test coverage for production-grade workflows across L1/L2 support and deployment readiness. Keeps MES solutions aligned with GMP, GAMP5, and 21 CFR Part 11 while coordinating with cross-functional teams during core releases and site changes.
Overview
2
2
Languages
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Associate - MES Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Gurgaon
07.2025 - Current
- Contributed as a member of the Core Aspen MES Release Team, delivering enterprise-wide enhancements and releases for Aspen MES Full Stack (v10 → v14) in a regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
- Participated in the enterprise migration from Aspen MES v10 to v14, supporting feature customization, solution validation, regression testing, and production deployment readiness.
- Delivered multiple Core eBR releases with enhancements across material management, equipment management, material declaration, equipment checks, label printing, workstation assignment, basic phases, basic scripts, and MERPS interfaces, contributing to improved system functionality.
- Authored and maintained Aspen MES recipes, Basic Phases, Basic Scripts, and comprehensive Unit, Functional, and Regression Test Cases aligned with Functional, System, and Validation Specifications.
- Executed end-to-end dry runs of production-grade manufacturing recipes to verify release readiness and ensure business process compliance, facilitating successful validation before deployment.
- Performed validation and regression testing for Aspen APEM Mobile, verifying tablet-based manufacturing workflows and ensuring functional parity with thick-client applications.
- Ensured compliance with GMP, GAMP 5, Computer System Validation (CSV), and pharmaceutical quality standards throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Contribute to enterprise validation of Aspen eBRS v15 releases by developing and executing regression test suites for product enhancements and defect resolutions reported by Aspen Product Engineering, Core Engineering teams, and global manufacturing sites.
- Design and validate hybrid Aspen MES environments integrating eBRS v15, APEM v15, and APEM Mobile v15 with legacy v14 applications, enabling phased migration while maintaining operational continuity.
- Configure and validate enterprise integrations involving Aspen IP.21 Historian, AFW, Aspen Calc, mMDM, application servers, and Aspen MES databases using Aspen Installation & Configuration TIPs.
- Perform end-to-end system validation covering installation verification, configuration management, interface validation, functional testing, regression testing, and release readiness for enterprise deployments.
Associate / Programmer Analyst - MES
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Punne
10.2020 - 07.2025
- Provided L1/L2 application support for Aspen MES ecosystem including AMS, eBRS, CDISY, OEE, FreeWeigh, and FormWeigh", ensuring high availability of manufacturing systems across global production sites.
- Managed incident, service request, and change management activities through ServiceNow, consistently meeting SLA targets to ensure uninterrupted support for business-critical manufacturing operations.
- Supported enterprise MES/OEE environment migration during organizational restructuring by executing environment validation, credential mapping, connectivity verification, and post-migration production readiness activities.
- Collaborated with Process, Automation, Infrastructure, and Validation teams during MES implementation, qualification, and manufacturing site readiness activities.
- Performed root cause analysis of recurring production issues, implemented corrective actions, and contributed to long-term system stability across multiple manufacturing sites.
- Performed application server maintenance including monthly reboot activities, security patch validation, SSL certificate renewals, Disaster Recovery (DR) support, and environment health checks.
- Developed SQL-based operational dashboards and automation scripts for server reboot monitoring, improving infrastructure visibility and operational efficiency.
- Performed root cause analysis of recurring production issues and implemented corrective actions, enhancing long-term system stability across multiple manufacturing sites.
- Authored and maintained GxP-compliant SOPs, Knowledge Base Articles (KBAs), and validation documentation, streamlining process standardization and minimizing implementation efforts.
Education
B.Tech - Computer Science & Engineering
Galgotias University
Noida01-2020
Skills
- Aspen InfoPlus21 (IP21)
- Aspen Production Execution
Manager (APEM)
- Aspen Production Execution Manager Mobile
- Aspen One Process Explorer (A1PE)
- Aspen SQLPlus
- Aspen Production Record
Manager (APRM)
- Aspen mMDM
- Aspen Frameworks (AFW)
- Git version control
Timeline
Senior Associate - MES Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions
07.2025 - Current
Associate / Programmer Analyst - MES
Cognizant Technology Solutions
10.2020 - 07.2025
B.Tech - Computer Science & Engineering
Galgotias University