Area of Expertise:

• Al/ML Model Development & Deployment
• Cloud Migration & DevOps Automation
• Enterprise Application Architecture
• Patent-Driven Innovation
• Cybersecurity in Cloud Environments
• Technical Thought Leadership
 

Academic Profile:

• Masters in Computer Information Systems –  Sep 2016 – Jan 2018                                                                                                                                                  
Rivier University, Nashua, New Hampshire, USA

• Bachelors in Electronics and Communications Engineering – May 2010 – Apr 2013
VITS, Hyderabad, India

 

Work Experience:
 

Orrba Systems I IT Project Lead – Apr 2021 to Till Date

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Developed detailed project plans, including timelines, milestones, and resource allocation to ensure timely delivery and budget adherence.
• Direct cross-functional teams in the design, development, testing, and deployment of cloud-based applications.
• Served as the primary point of contact for stakeholders, regularly updating them on progress, challenges, and milestones to align expectations.
• Conduct feasibility studies for migration to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and AI/ML deployment feasibility. Lead enterprise-wide cloud migration strategies, including infrastructure assessments, dependency mapping, and phased cutover plans.
• Develop and enforce security frameworks aligned with ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, and CIS Benchmarks.
• Proactively identified potential risks and issues, implementing mitigation strategies, and ensuring that the project stayed on track despite challenges.
• Lead DevSecOps adoption to embed security scanning, vulnerability testing, and compliance validation into CI/CD pipelines.
• Advised on the selection of technologies and tools, ensuring best practices were followed for development, migration, and cybersecurity.
• Define and track key performance indicators (KPls) such as uptime, deployment frequency, MTTR (mean time to recovery), Al model accuracy, and security incident reduction rates
• Negotiate service agreements with cloud service providers, cybersecurity partners, and Al technology vendors
 

Bank of America | Lead Software Engg – Jan 2021 to Mar 2021

Employer: Randstad Tech

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Enhanced customer experience by optimizing AI-based Erica’s intuitive AI-based interface to deliver personalized, fast, and efficient financial services, improving overall customer satisfaction.
• Experienced in Configuration Management, Automation, Development, Build, Deploy, Release Management, and Quality Assurance.
• Automated routine banking tasks such as balance inquiries, payments, and transaction history reviews, reducing dependency on human support and improving operational efficiency.
• Developed APIs to address common customer inquiries using AI, significantly reducing call center volume and streamlining operations.
• Implemented a CI/CD pipeline involving BitBucket, Jenkins, and Ansible for complete automation from commit to deployment.
• Expertise with Ansible Playbooks for zero-downtime installation, upgrade, downgrade, and uninstall processes.
• Designed and implemented a Python-based framework integrating Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning (ML) for seamless voice and text interaction capabilities.
• Automated Terraform scripts to enable continuous learning and updates for Erica’s machine learning models, improving accuracy and contextual responses over time.
• Leaded all the production releases of the applications which are in the space of our line of business.
• Collaborated on security protocols that reduced security incidents by 95%, ensuring the integrity of customer data and financial operations.
 

Ally Financial | Lead Software Engg – Dec 2019 to Dec 2020

Employer: Kelly Services & Randstad Tech

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Managed AWS cloud infrastructure, configuring EC2 instances, VPCs, RDS, IAM roles, and security groups to ensure a secure and efficient backend operation.  
• Highly skilled in designing and deploying a multitude of applications utilizing almost all of the main services of the AWS stack like EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, ELB, CloudWatch, Route 53, Lambda, and CloudFormation. With a focus on high availability, a fault-tolerant environment.
• Designed and deployed Kubernetes clusters on AWS using Amazon EKS, ensuring seamless scaling and optimization for containerized microservices.
• Deployed Kafka clusters using Ansible, Jenkins, Terraform, and Packer.
• Setup and build Kafka AWS infrastructure, various provisioning VPC EC2, RDB, S3, IAM, EBS, Security Group, Auto Scaling, EKS, SNS and RDS using terraform modules.
• Extensive working knowledge of Packer for building AMIs.
• Configured Elastic Load Balancers with EC2 Auto Scaling groups and created monitors, alarms and notifications for EC2 hosts using Terraform and CloudWatch.
• Working knowledge on integrating Vault, Consul, Grafana, and Bouncer to our Confluent Kafka platform.
• Implemented Docker containerization for backend services, ensuring lightweight and scalable environments for continuous deployments.
• Optimized AWS infrastructure costs through strategies like right-sizing resources, leveraging AWS Trusted Advisor, & implementing performance tuning measures.
 

Microsoft | Software Developer (Azure DevOps Cloud Migration)  – May 2018 to Dec 2019

Employer: Corestaff Services

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Developing & modifying software systems using rules-based components and scientific analysis.
• Deployed and optimized multi-tier Java and Python web applications to Azure DevOps CI/CD to focus on development by using services such as Repos to commit codes, Test Plans to unit test, deploy App Service, Azure Application Insight collects health performance and usage data of the process, and stored artifacts in blob storage.
• Developed and executed a detailed migration strategy, ensuring seamless transition from on-premise to Azure DevOps Cloud with minimal downtime.
• Implemented the solution for the Disaster Recovery (Blue-Green Deployment) and have automated the process using ARM templates. Utilized Azure monitoring tools to track application performance, identify vulnerabilities, and enhance pipeline efficiency for faster build and deployment times.
• Working on SQL Queries, stored procedures, triggers and packages on Oracle database. Developing web pages using HTML, JavaScript and CSS integrated with JAVA/J2EE applications.
• Expertise in End-to-end Migration from On-prem to cloud and their various services like Team Foundation Server (TFS) Administration (install, upgrade, configuration of Microsoft TFS 2010 to 2015, 2017, 2018, ADS 2019.1 and VSTS.
• Base on the Customer requirement and success criteria we extracted the fields and mapped the fields as per the Common Information Model.
• Documented migration processes and provided comprehensive training to the team for effective use of Azure DevOps services.
 

Target | Software Developer – Nov 2017 to May 2018

Employer: Crest 360 Inc & Xtrac IT Inc

Roles & Responsibilities:

• As a Cloud Automation Engg, I have Developed backend services and tools in Golang to automate container orchestration, networking, and service discovery for the Unimatrix platform.
• Managed infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform and Ansible, automating service deployment and provisioning across cloud environments.
• Worked on creating and removing files and directories in Linux servers.
• Responsible for supporting Linux servers for production, development, and testing.
• Installing, Configuring and Maintaining the DHCP, DNS, NFS, NIS, and send mail server.
• Performance tuning and preventive maintenance. Performed daily backup.
• Integrated and managed CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitLab Cl.
• Installed/Configured/Managed Jenkins CI Automation. Create Jenkins integration for Xcode development, Sonar Qube analysis, Artifactory deployments, and all continuous integration tasks. Monitored all kind of Servers running in a 24x7data center supporting approximately 400 servers.
 

HR Chambers | Software Developer – Apr 2015 toJan 2016 

Roles & Responsibilities: 

• Created an alarm system for better monitor servers and database status.
• Automated backend processes by developing robust Lambda functions integrated with various AWS services, including API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, and CloudWatch Maintained company ERP system using JAVA.
• Designed the interface for insert, delete, and copy and move company product in the database efficiently using C. Streamlined real-time data processing systems, enabling rapid ingestion and transformation of high-velocity data streams for actionable insights.
• Designed and implemented scalable serverless architectures using AWS Lambda to handle event-driven workflows, ensuring efficient resource utilization and cost optimization. installed and maintained databases on the servers.
• Troubleshooting, system backups and data recovery if necessary. Developed and documented workflows for deploying Lambda functions, enhancing team productivity and enabling faster rollouts of updates and features
 

ECIL — Rapiscan LTD | Software Developer – Jan 2014 to Mar 2015

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Designed & Developed firmware logic for Carriage Movement and print head firing control.
• Developed firmware to interface LCD, Keyboard, R TC for Tx40.
• Conversions of interrupt service routines from Assembly to C language.
• Implemented master control ECR firmware logic and 8-bit parallel interface to PC.
• Implemented 12C communication interface.
• Performed system-level integration of the software. Involved in code review and regression testing process. Failure analysis and bug fixing.
• Bug/Defect tracking using JIRA tools. Interacting with the integration test team to troubleshoot problems and provide bug fixes.