Pranab Boruah

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India11 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led technical integration post-acquisition of RIFT.
Developed first closed loop assurance solution for cloud-native applications.
Contributed significantly to OpenStack and NFV ecosystems.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Telecommunications and Cloud Computing expert with strong capabilities in NFV and orchestration.

Contact

pranabjyotiboruah@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Cloud-native ArchitectureSolution ArchitectureCloud ComputingOpen Source ContributionLinux Development

Other Skills

AlgorithmsAmazon Web Services (AWS)AutomationBashBusiness StrategyCI/CDCloud ApplicationsCloud IntegrationCloud-Native Application DevelopmentCollaborationCommunicationComputer NetworkingComputer ScienceContainerizationCustomer Experience

About

I have always been passionate about technology and enjoy solving complex technical challenges. I hold a Bachelor’s in Computer Science from NIT Calicut (2014), graduating at a time when virtualization and cloud adoption were rapidly evolving. - Startups & Open Source: Worked as a software engineer at two startups pioneering cloud and virtualization technologies. Contributed to their growth and acquisitions. Also contributed to the OpenStack open-source community. - Current Role: Principal Architect at DZS Inc. (RIFT), working on building the ecosystem and key-components for adoption of DZS NFV Orchestrator. - Technologies: Kafka, Cloud-Native Application Development and onboarding, Helm, Kubernetes, FluxCD, Docker, Python, Building REST APIs, Kafka plugins, Prometheus/Grafana integrations, and ML-based closed-loop monitoring, Always open to learning, collaboration, and exploring new opportunities in cloud and distributed systems.

Experience

11 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 10 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Dzs

2 roles

Principal Solutions Architect(Software Engineering)

Promoted

Nov 2024 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos

Building the the cloud-native ecosystem required for the adoption of DZS NFV Orchestrator.
Designed and built a Docker-based cloud-native application with a Kafka plugin for producing and consuming alerts, metrics, and logs.
Developed the organization's first Closed Loop Assurance solution for cloud-native applications, leveraging a Machine Learning-based prediction model integrated with Kafka and Prometheus.
Onboarded a sophisticated 5G application consisting of 71 microservices across 36 replica sets, automating a previously manual 71-step process by building the required automation using Python and REST APIs.

Cloud-Native Application DevelopmentDockerKafkaMachine LearningPythonREST APIs+2

Senior Software Engineer

Nov 2022 – Oct 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

(Through acquisition of RIFT Inc)
Following RIFT's acquisition by DZS, I was promoted to DZS HQ in Dallas to lead technical integration efforts and support cross-functional teams.
Educated and enabled the DZS Engineering, Marketing, and Sales teams on RIFT’s products, ensuring a smooth knowledge transfer.
Interviewed and onboarded new engineers to scale the team during the transition from a startup to a corporate organisation.
Implemented a GitOps-driven application deployment on Kubernetes using a microservice architecture, leveraging automation and CI/CD practices to enhance scalability and fault tolerance.
Delivered a technical session at Nephio summit( San Jose ), highlighting the benefits of standardised application modelling and packaging that could catalyse Nephio's adoption in NFV ecosystem.
Designed and built a Kafka pipeline along with the standardised format for events, logs, and metrics, enabling centralised diagnostics and monitoring through an assurance platform.
Pivotal in growing DZS's business across North America and Europe - worked closely with key architects from Tier-1 CSPs across Germany and Canada.

KubernetesGitOpsCI/CDTechnical IntegrationKafkaCloud-Native Architecture+1

Rift.io, inc (acquired by dzs)

Senior Member of Technical Staff

Nov 2018 – Oct 2022 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

RIFT IO was a Boston-based startup that developed the first orchestrator in the NFV ecosystem and contributed the seed code for the open-source OSM project.
Joined the development team in Bangalore as an SMTS, collaborating with top-tier engineers to enhance the RIFT product line by building new features and improving existing capabilities.
Led a joint collaboration with QCT to demonstrate dynamic CPU frequency adjustments based on application KPIs, showcasing potential energy savings in network power consumption.
Developed a Lifecycle Management Framework for deploying applications on uCPE devices (e.g., Starbucks) using virtualization, Python, and REST APIs; Co-authored a white paper. Link: https://bit.ly/Agile-uCPE-Whitepaper
Stationed in Tokyo for a month to collaborate with Rakuten Japan, designing infrastructure for the deployment of 10,000+ applications across multiple sites.
Developed a pre-deployment validation feature to verify the availability of OpenStack cloud resources before application deployment, ensuring better preparedness and preventing failures during instantiation.
Built a REST API server to expose health checks and KPIs of applications deployed on OpenStack and Kubernetes, enabling real-time monitoring and diagnostics.
Jointly collaborated with engineers from leading TelCo players such as Rakuten Japan, Deutsche Telekom, Nokia, Cisco, and Huawei, as well as services partners like Tech Mahindra and Tata Communications, building standard specs and design docs.
Contributed to product enhancements that strengthened RIFT's position in the NFV space, leading to its acquisition by DZS.

PythonREST APIsOpenStackCollaborationLifecycle ManagementCloud-Native Architecture+1

Marvell technology

Senior Software Engineer

Aug 2017 – Oct 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

(Through acquisition of Cavium Inc)
Contributed key enhancements to the OpenStack cloud project, enabling seamless integration of Open vSwitch offloaded SmartNICs; recognized as an Active Technical Contributor at the OpenStack Summit(Sydney).
OpenSource Contributions: https://review.opendev.org/q/owner:pranabjyotiboruah
Built python modules for Marvell’s LiquidIO SR-IOV SmartNICs for OpenStack and Redhat OSP clouds.
Built Python packages for plug&play SmartNIC SRIOV devices; reduced 1 hr manual task to be completely plug&play.
Successfully demonstrated live migration of workloads across hardware offloaded compute nodes in the cloud.

OpenStackPythonSmartNICsCloud IntegrationLive MigrationCloud Computing+1

Cavium inc

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2014 – Jul 2017 · 3 yrs · Hyderabad Area, India

Built the first multi-node OpenStack cluster in Cavium Labs.
OpenStack was a young project and there was no support for mature installation automation tools. I wrote packages to automate the deployment, reduce required ~30 manual steps to a single click.
Got to learn a lot about cloud, the infra that hosts a cloud, how workloads are provisioned, live migrations are done and many more.
Worked on Linux kernel for the device drivers of Cavium LiquidIO SR-IOV devices for the OpenvSwitch offloading capabilities.

OpenStackLinux KernelDevice DriversAutomationCloud ComputingLinux Development