Oct 2022 – Feb 2025 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru

• Led Data Platform teams developing a NextGen Cross‑Domain Observability SaaS platform at global scale
• Architected systems processing ~10B records/day across geographies with near real‑time insights at business transaction granularity
• Designed hybrid streaming and batch ingestion pipelines for logs, metrics, and traces
• Enabled high‑throughput, low‑latency processing using Apache Kafka and distributed data frameworks
• Applied machine learning and advanced analytics for predictive insights and anomaly detection
• Built a cloud‑native microservices architecture, containerized with Docker and orchestrated via Kubernetes
• Ensured high availability, elastic scalability, and fault tolerance across the platform
• Implemented enterprise‑grade security including encryption, access controls, and GDPR/HIPAA compliance
• Platform supports APM, Infrastructure Monitoring, Database Monitoring, and Digital Experience Monitoring (Mobile & Browser)

Jun 2021 – Oct 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Worked with CX-PM teams across regions to design platforms for hosting NextGen Network Automation and Analytic applications in Multi-Cloud environments like AWS, AZURE, GCP, OnPrem.
• 1. Airtel-Bharti
• Worked extensively with operations team to define Performance Monitoring (PM) and Fault-Management (FM)
• use cases for multi-vendor Infra-Structure
• Designed and developed PM and FM pipelines and Integrated with Analytics Platform (MATRIX).
• Led a team to deploy the solution for multiple regions
• 2. DISH Network -
• Designed application hosting Micro-Service platform leveraging TERRAFORM, ANSIBLE and Kubernetes (K8S) in
• AWS
• Worked with CX-PM team to define Service Assurance use cases based on Model Driven Telemetry (MDT) for 5G
• stack
• 3. AT&T
• Building Analytics use cases for Network Slice Management in GCP
• 5. Lab As a Service (LAAS)
• Building a Digital Twin PoC to build and deploy complex network topologies in Public Cloud environment
• 6. Cisco-IT
• Working with technical fraternity to build nextGen AiOPS solution to cater Day0-2 operations of CiscoIT
• 7. Whitepapers
• Hybrid Federated Learning (HFL) based 5G network slice management

Apr 2019 – Jun 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos

• Worked as a Software Solution Architect in Customer Experience (CX). Played key role in defining Network Automation architecture for Service Providers across multiple regions.
• 1. Airtel-Bharti - One of the largest Service Provider in the world
• Designed PAN india network optimization solution leveraging WAE (WAN Automation Engine) and SR-PCE.
• Worked extensively with customer's operations team to build Close-Loop Automation use cases with OSS, BPA,
• NSO and WAE.
• Lead a team to build a solution Zero Touch provisioning of vRAN across multiple sites in partnership with AltioStar
• 2. PLDT - Philippine's major telecommunications providers
• Worked with the customer's operation team to understand disaster recovery requirements. Lead a team to build
• BPA Geo-Redundancy Model.
• Designed solution working with Cross-Functional teams
• 3. Zain Telecom - Kuwait's mobile telecommunications company
• Designed NFVO architecture to build Cloud Native infra-structure to deploy 4G CUPS VNFs
• Worked with OpenWave Pre-Sales and Technical teams to implement a Radio optimization solution
• 4. Viettel - Vietnamese multinational telecommunications company
• Lead End-to-End delivery of Virtualized Packet Core (VPC)
• Successfully deployed VPC solution in multiple data centres
• 5. Celcom Malaysia
• Engineered CrossWork suite with BU to automate segment routing use cases for 5G Core and Transport networks

Jan 2018 – Apr 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos

• Designed a platform for next generation application infrastructure. Powered by Kubernetes, Docker and popular open source system for automated container management at scale. https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/enterprise-networks/index.html

Dec 2015 – Feb 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Worked on Thundercloud, CvBN and BNG projects. Honed expertise in NFV, virtualization, SDN, Enterprise networking, broadband, and handling customer escalation.
• Led APIC team, developing APPs to automate enterprise policy plane in wireless network
• Worked on Cloud based Enterprise and Home Gateway (Virtual CPE) solution - Thundercloud. This solution based on Micro-service architecture and Kubernetes used to orchestrate services.
• Integrated MAAS with UCS management to bring up Thundercloud platform
• Designed and developed CI/CD framework in Python
• Implemented framework to integrate 3rd party Mico-Services like ELK, Grafana in K8S cluster
• Developed REST Based POD provisioning framework and added abstraction layer on top of NSO, ESC and OpenStack
• Developed Initial Kubernetes based POC for Micro-Service Orchestration
• Implemented 1st POC to simulate vCPE functionality inside Dockers on bare metal (x86) to achieve high scale and performance numbers.
• In CvBN project, developed a POC for Mico-Services and integrated 3rd party Services like Parental Control, Media Server, Storage (NAS) with vCPE.
• Data plane profiling to find bottlenecks in the performance of vCPE

Jan 2012 – Nov 2015 · 3 yrs 10 mos

• Worked on Cisco's ASR9K based Broadband Solution called BNG. Awarded with "Customer Advocacy" award for handling Customer escalations and leading the team.
• 1. Led DHCPv4/6 and MacSec teams of SW professionals
• 2. Role demanded handling customer escalations, designing, coding, reviewing, mentoring, interface other stake holders
• 3. Initiated Component Hardening program to reduce Customer Found Defects (CFDs) of ASR9K
• 4. L2 Security solution - MacSec on Edge router Implemented Security Key Management Library and Unit Test Automation framework using python

Feb 2017 – Dec 2017 · 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Worked with one of Europe's Biggest Telco, virtualization of Access Control plane for FTTH and FTTB use cases, leveraging CORD architecture. Developed POCs for early field trial (EFT) for FTTB (1Gbps speed) use case and successfully deployed in the field.
• Designed Micro-Service Orchestration framework using Kubernetes (K8S) including 3rd party services
• Led and mentored engineering team in conceptualizing CORD for Real time use case
• Integrated 3rd party services like ELK, Grafana-InfluxDB-Kafka, PON management
• Implemented Plugin based Resource Monitoring framework for data center
• Designed Zero Touch POD Provisioning (ZTP) framework for data plane services

Jul 2011 – Jan 2012 · 6 mos · Bangalore

• During this short stay at NSN,
• 1. Integrated WCDMA and LTE stacks as per Tata Docomo's requirement to co-exist both the stacks on the same platform
• 2. Designed CLI framework for LTE/WCDMA stack Unit Testing

Oct 2009 – Jul 2011 · 1 yr 9 mos · Chennai Area, India

• Part of a development Team, working on Cisco’s Product called Service Control Engine for
• DPI (Deep Packet Inspection). SCE2000 and SCE800. Worked mainly on:
• 1. Policy Plane, Service Management like Parental control, URL filtering, SPAM Detection
• 2. CI/CD Framework
• 3. Release Management

Jul 2007 – Oct 2009 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Ordyn was a upcoming startup in Telecom Industry at that time with expertise in providing cost effective solution to BSNL and other major telecom players. Worked on network synchronization, traffic switching and EoSDH (Ethernet over SDH)
• 1. Worked on SDH/SONET ADM (Add Drop Multiplexer) product.
• 2. Implemented G707 standard to synchronize Clock among ADM nodes in Ring Topology
• 3. Implemented G841 standard (MSPP/MSP) for failure detection and traffic switching in SDH network.

Jun 2004 – Apr 2006 · 1 yr 10 mos · Chandigarh

• Started my professional career with RMS, a health care company as a R&D trainee. Company works on cutting edge Health Care technologies and have wide range of products to cater Asia Pacific health care sector.
• 1. Devised a cost effective POC to monitor SPO2 level in blood.
• 2. Another POC to monitor Blood Pressure along with analytic tool. The tool analyzes BP history and reports early any probable health issue.
• Above effort involves:
• 1. Sourcing Components from Domestic/International Vendors
• 2. Designing Hardware PCBs (possible high S/N ratio)
• 3. Software Development for State Machine, interfacing I/O devices like memory, RTC, LCDs etc
• Later, both these POCs were integrated within main products.