Venkat Peddi

Director of Engineering

Dallas, Texas, United States22 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

20+ years of leadership in technology and engineering.
Expertise in Cybersecurity and Software Engineering.
Proven track record in Data Engineering and DevSecOps.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in Cybersecurity and Software Engineering with a focus on Data Engineering.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software EngineeringCybersecurityData EngineeringDevsecopsJavaAwsSoftware Development

Other Skills

AutomationWebservicesSpringEJBMulesoft ESBJenkinsMulesoftCoaching & MentoringEngineering excellencyDevOpsAmazon Web Services (AWS)SDLCAgile MethodologiesRequirements GatheringSOA

About

With over 20 years of leadership in technology and engineering, my current role as Director of Software Engineering at Fidelity Investments has me spearheading Software Engineering efforts in Cybersecurity domain. Previously at Charles Schwab, I led a team focused on Data Engineering & Reliability Engineering, honing my skills in DevSecOps and automation. My certifications in TOGAF® 9 and AWS DevOps Engineer - Professional, alongside expertise in Cloud, Application Development using Java and Data Engineering, underscore my commitment to driving innovation and excellence. At Fidelity Investments, our mission to ensure system reliability and performance aligns with my passion for creating resilient and secure technology environments. My approach integrates strategic vision with hands-on technical proficiency, empowering teams to achieve our shared goals.

Experience

22 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Fidelity investments

Director of Software Engineering

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 4 mos · Westlake, Texas · Hybrid

Leading the Software Engineering Chapter within Enterprise Technology & Global Services - Cybersecurity.

CybersecuritySoftware Engineering

Charles schwab

Sr Manager - IT Data Engineering, DevSecOps & Automation

Mar 2018 – Jan 2022 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Westlake, Texas

Led the Data Reliability Engineering / Automation teams within Schwab's Global Data Technology (GDT) Business Unit.

Data EngineeringDevSecOpsAutomation

Verizon

2 roles

Lead Java Consultant

Oct 2014 – Mar 2018 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Irving, Texas, United States

Worked as a Technology Lead consultant for Verizon owned Strategic System Platform (SSP).
Mostly as an individual contributor and was responsible for building the prototypes in SSP modernization initiative.
Prototypes built:
Integrate the legacy platform with Enterprise service bus (Mulesoft)
Re-factor the code to use the open source technologies
o Weblogic EJB's to Spring POJO
o Websphere MQ to RabbitMQ
o Weblogic to Tomcat
Migrate applications from on premise to AWS cloud.
Extremely reliable resource for the team in troubleshooting and fixing the critical production issues.
Key contributor in improving the performance of the ordering system.
Technologies: AWS,Java, Webservices, Spring, EJB, Weblgoic, Tomcat, Mulesoft ESB, Jenkins

JavaAWSWebservicesSpringEJBMulesoft ESB+1

Tech Lead

Jan 2007 – Nov 2010 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

As a Technical Lead, I was responsible for Development (Java Full-stack) and support of multiple logical provisioning systems in Verizon Business portfolio.
Projects Delivered:
o Web Global Ordering and Administration
o VDDS
o Single Stack initiative (Merging WebGOA into VDDS)
o iConfig Plus
Lead a team of 5-7 developers.
Provide Technical direction to the team
Perform High level and low level design
Technologies in use: Java, Struts, Webservices, EJB2, EJB3 and Websphere MQ

JavaWebservicesEJBSoftware Development

Unitedhealth group

Technical Manager

Nov 2010 – Sep 2014 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Led multiple teams responsible for development and support of 4 different critical customer facing applications/systems of United Health Care - UHC (Optum's Health and wellness portals) - JAVA
o MyOptumHealth
o eSynch Health Portal(part of myuhc.com)
o Walking Challenge
o Rewards for Action
Provide Architectural and Technical direction to the team
Lead and manage the team of 15 developers who were directly reporting.
Responsible for Project effort estimation and resource allocation
Responsible for building the high performing team
Technologies : Java, Spring, Webservices and MQ