Aug 2023 – Jan 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Worked directly with engineering leadership on high-impact and challenging core infrastructure initiatives, contributing to several key projects and areas, including:
• · Built key infrastructure areas, practices, and systems from the ground up as the company scaled from Series C to Series E ($2.1B valuation).
• · Delivered critical projects including Eightfold's domain whitelabeling, intelligent edge load balancing, URL rewriting, large-scale Python migrations, and multi-region support—along with numerous other initiatives that enhanced scalability, performance, and customer experience.
• · Consistently drove cost optimization initiatives over several years, enabling the company to scale up, onboard hundreds of engineers, expand product offerings, and serve a growing customer base—all without breaking the bank.
• · Led and managed a team of six engineers—comprising full-time employees, recent graduates, and interns—within the application infrastructure team, overseeing both production and developer infrastructure initiatives.
• · Led critical security implementations, addressing penetration test findings and securing audits like SOC and FedRAMP, while enhancing overall product and platform security through a security-rst approach to software development.
• · Collaborated extensively with nearly every team at Eightfold, including sales, marketing, product, and design teams, providing infrastructure expertise and directly contributing to initiatives within their domains.
• · Conducted more than 150 interviews, including technical assessments and hiring manager interviews across all levels—from interns to senior and staff engineers—and participated in university recruitment at top Indian engineering colleges like IITs, IISc, and BITS Pilani.

Mar 2022 – Aug 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos

Aug 2021 – Mar 2022 · 7 mos

Aug 2020 – Aug 2021 · 1 yr

Sep 2019 – Aug 2020 · 11 mos

Jul 2017 – Sep 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · On-site

• · Shell scripting (PowerShell, Bash) for multiple platforms including Linux, Windows, and Cisco switches. Cross-platform scripting using Python.
• · Developing and supporting Ansible playbooks and modules, and Chef cookbooks - integrating them with ServiceNow, AWS, and VMware vSphere.
• · Created a cloud-native workflow orchestration engine using FastAPI, PostgreSQL, HashiCorp Vault, ELK, and Docker Swarm.

Jun 2016 – Jul 2016 · 1 mo · Ghaziabad Area, India

• · Trained in computer network engineering (IPv4, IPv6, LAN, VLAN, router architecture, routing and switching, WiFi, servers, and IT security concepts).
• · Demonstrated the implementation of DC/OS on DigitalOcean using Terraform.