Mar 2018 – Sep 2025 · 7 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• As Director – Data Platforms, I lead the architecture and delivery of enterprise-scale data systems that power Walmart’s global operations. My role spans cloud strategy, data governance, platform modernization, and engineering leadership across a distributed team of 80+ professionals.
• Key contributions include:
• Led BI tool consolidation (16 to 4), enabling data standardization and saving over $800M in operational spend.
• Spearheaded 69% reduction in cloud costs via workload rebalancing, refactoring, and multi-cloud cost governance.
• Deployed a real-time observability platform, improving incident response and achieving 99.995% availability.
• Drove enterprise metadata and lineage modernization, enhancing compliance and boosting traceability by 90%+.
• Unified disparate tools into streamlined platforms, increasing governance adherence and platform adoption by 300%.
• Delivered cloud-native data platforms with 20% better scalability and reduced latency for critical workflows.
• Modernized cataloging and discovery systems, improving efficiency by 300% and reducing non-strategic assets by 30%.
• Instituted DevOps and CI/CD pipelines, doubling release cadence and strengthening deployment integrity.
• Replaced monolithic architectures with modular solutions, achieving 100% uplift in scalability and resilience.
• Built and scaled a global engineering team, fostering innovation, retention, and delivery excellence.
• Enabled 100% faster cross-functional program delivery through agile governance and stakeholder alignment.
• ➤ Specialties: Director of Engineering, Director – Data Platforms, Strategic Technology Leadership, Engineering Leadership, Agile Delivery, Global Team Management, High-Performance Teams, Technical Innovation, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Center of Excellence, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Modernization, Stakeholder Engagement, Change Management, Talent Development, Enterprise Data Architecture, Cloud Data Platforms, Data Platform Modernization

Dec 2012 – Mar 2018 · 5 yrs 3 mos · Bangaon, West Bengal, India

• At Symantec, I drove mission-critical security platform initiatives, balancing product performance with ironclad security and user experience for millions of customers worldwide.
• Key Highlights:
• Architected multi-factor authentication across native and web platforms—improving security posture across Symantec's suite of services.
• Developed an extensible REST API framework, facilitating seamless integration and reducing onboarding time for partners and clients.
• Strengthened platform reliability through HA (High Availability) and Disaster Recovery implementations, ensuring uninterrupted access and compliance.
• Proactively designed IP blocking mitigation frameworks and DoS prevention systems, shielding critical infrastructure from evolving cyber threats.

Jun 2010 – Dec 2012 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• At Yahoo, I contributed to building high-performance media solutions within one of the world's largest digital ecosystems—powering rich video experiences for global users.
• Key Highlights:
• Customized core video processing systems by extending FFMPEG capabilities, enabling multi-format content delivery at scale.
• Delivered scalable APIs for video hosting, playback, and transformation, used across major Yahoo platforms.
• Part of an award-winning hackathon team that prototyped a real-time Video Chat solution, showcasing agility in innovation.
• Helped evolve Yahoo’s video platform to support billions of streams, optimizing for performance, scalability, and availability.

Aug 2007 – Jun 2010 · 2 yrs 10 mos

• At Naukri.com, I played a foundational role in building monetizable ad tech and engagement solutions that remain integral to the platform’s success today.
• Key Highlights:
• Conceptualized and delivered a scalable Ads Platform, improving ad delivery relevance and boosting monetization.
• Developed the now-core Job Mailer system, significantly improving jobseeker engagement and conversion through intelligent targeting.
• Championed backend enhancements that improved system scalability and enabled faster content personalization, directly impacting business growth.

Jun 2004 – Aug 2007 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

• Build an application for Third Party Administrator in MEDICLAIM to facilitate their online
• clients for accessing information, submitting claims and subitting queries. This application also take care of end to end claim settlement. It uses Java Servlets and HTML for user interface.
• Technologies used: Tomcat 5, Net Beans 4.1, JBuilder 9, Dream Weaver 2004 and JCE 1.2.
• Following are the modules covered:
• Features covered:
• Online Authorization : Provides an interface to clients, so that they can submit authorization request online. This helps in saving time and money.
• Online Queries : One can easily submit his query online and can get response of it.
• Office Locations locator: One can check for his nearest GENINS office and find contact number from the web site.
• Hospital Search: One can easily search for his nearest hospital which is in Panel with Genins India.