Apr 2025 – Sep 2025 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Aug 2020 – Aug 2021 · 1 yr · Pune Division, Maharashtra, India

• Engaged with the Arista Pune team focused on WiFi access points.
• Contributed to the development of access point functionalities, including WEB-Access for field devices, client role management, and user policy enforcement.
• Key member of the team responsible for implementing the Web CLI feature, facilitating direct interaction between administrators, support personnel, and field devices.

Apr 2018 – Aug 2020 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

• Integral member of the Passive Network Sensor (PNS) Appliance team at Qualys, Pune, involved from the project's inception, gaining valuable experience in creating solutions from the ground up.
• Led the design, architecture, and development of key components within the PNS product, such as the asset collector, asset maintenance, and the asset cache.
• Enhanced functionality within an open source DPI engine software (Zeek), expanding its protocol dissection capabilities to encompass both IT and OT networks.
• Pioneered the creation of the core PNS library, named "asset cache," establishing a foundation for efficient data management.
• Innovated and implemented a feature enabling the identification of application usage across IT, OT, IoT, and UPnP devices within the network.
• Played an integral role in achieving impressive 10G throughput as part of a high-performing team effort.
• Optimized the hashing algorithm of an open source Load Balancer software, resulting in a remarkable 30-35% performance boost for L2 traffic on the appliance.

Aug 2016 – Apr 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

• A pivotal contributor to Quickheal's Unified Threat Management (UTM) product, "Terminator," based in Pune.
• Spearheaded innovation and successful implementation of substantial UTM functionalities, encompassing static routing, multicast routing, and policy-based routing.
• Architected and executed the backend infrastructure for the Dashboard component.
• Actively drove the advancement of the User/Group Management feature suite.
• Initiated the conceptualization and execution of internet quota policies for users and groups.
• Led the ideation and realization of a port mirroring feature, amplifying troubleshooting capabilities.
• Commended and acknowledged by peers for a consistent track record of delivering flawlessly functional and top-tier features.