Jul 2017 – Sep 2024 · 7 yrs 2 mos · Bangalore · On-site

• I worked as a tech-lead for VMware Telco Cloud Automation, an NFV orchestration platform that deploys and lifecycle-manages Network-Functions (VNF/CNF) over multi-cloud.
• Designed and architected the initial phase (POC) of the Cloud-Native NF orchestrator; a part of the 'VMware Project Maestro' (now VMware Telco Cloud Automation); that led to a few granted US Patents. That stands to be one of the core functionalities of the CNF orchestrator.
• Designed and built self-help frameworks for automated TCA-SDK generation for multiple languages(Python, Java, GoLang), backed by nightly running Gitlab CI/CD. Significantly reduced customer API integration efforts and time.
• lead a small team that ensures ETSI SOL-Standard Compliance and performance enhancements of the TCA APIs.
• Brought new hires up-to-speed so they can start delivering fast.
• Contributed to the ETSI NFV SOL specs 'Release 4', by identifying feature gaps, proposing enhancements, and reviewing patch releases (~20 tickets).
• A team motivator who believes in leading by example; contributes to the enhancement of legacy systems; can code in multiple languages (Java, Python, GoLang). Well-versed with Network-Function-Virtualization, microservices, Kubernetes, REST, MongoDB, Kafka, CI/CD, Jenkins, TOSCA, ETSI SOL-Specs, Helm, Swaggers, Code-gen, ...

Jul 2015 – Aug 2015 · 1 mo

• Worked as an Individual contributor for developing HCX Workflow and orchestration components, using Test-driven-development.
• Led a small team of three, to deliver a customer dev-ops tool to migrate VMware NSX network-policies and construct-hierarchy across multiple cloud. The tool reduced the time of migrating policies from man-weeks to man-hours; there by saving the Opex by a reasonable margin.
• Granted US Patent for the technology

Aug 2013 – Jun 2015 · 1 yr 10 mos

• Designed and architected "Network Service"​ for VMware's vCloud Air pay-go stack.
• Lead a small team of engineers and QE to successfully deliver complex functionalities in Software Defined Networking.
• The work realized into a couple of Patents (issued in US-PTO) in the area of IP allocation in Hybrid Cloud

Aug 2009 – Aug 2013 · 4 yrs · Pune Area, India · On-site

• Designed, architected and developed components for Redknee OSS and BSS product suite.
• Rating and Charging (3GPP), Rules-Engine, ETL, MDA/Frameworks, CRM / BSS (Converged Billing, Subscriber/Subscription management, Promotions, Invoicing, Bill/Invoice Generation), Telecom (voucher management, redemption, rating/charging), communication security...

Sep 2006 – Aug 2009 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Pune Area, India

• Worked as an individual contributor
• Developed components for enhancing AmberPoint SOA/Application Management System, for supporting JBoss 4.3 - with prime focus on discovery, traffic monitoring, fault monitoring, dependency tracking, observability, for the consumer applications and services deployed in JBoss ESB.
• Details:
• http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/acquisitions/amberpoint/amberpoint-general-presentation-072335.pdf
• News Cast:
• http://www.redhat.com/en/about/blog/amberpoint-introduces-next-generation-soa-runtime-governance-for-jboss-enterprise-middlware

Mar 2003 – Sep 2006 · 3 yrs 6 mos

• Designed, architected and developed "SQL to XQuery Translator"​ for BEA's Aqualogic XML-JDBC Driver (http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13190_01/liquiddata/docs85/appdev/jdbcclt.html)
• Worked on:
• JDBC 3.0 Interface implementation,
• ANTLR 2.7 as Lexer/Parser/AST-Waker generator
• SQL 9.2 constructs
• XQuery 1.0 (FLWGDOR - where GD were the BEA extensions to the XQuery 1.0 constructs)
• Syntax/Semantics Mapping of SQL 9.2 constructs to XQuery.
• Core Java, XML
• The work made it to the proceedings of IEEE Industrial track publication:
• http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1129957