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Vyas Cholayil

Software Engineer

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States3 yrs 2 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Expert in Python and CI/CD automation.
  • Proven leadership in Agile methodology adoption.
  • Innovative AI solutions for chatbots and security applications.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused Software Engineer with expertise in automation and AI-driven solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

PythonCi/cd

Other Skills

ArtifactoryAzure DevOps ServerActive DirectoryGitLDAPContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)JFrog XrayOkta Single Sign-OnJiraAzure DevOps ServicesRabbitMQdockerInternet Information Services (IIS)Agile MethodologiesSQL Server Management Studio

About

I've been in the software industry for 5+ years. I have worked on Python and C# oriented solutions in Software Development in a CI/CD pipeline environment. I have experience working on UI enhancements. I've also created API Endpoints. I've designed and built automated testing solutions using both software and hardware components. I created Python scripts to aid in the automation process. I've also worked with Robotics and Automation. I've written Python plugin codes for web and app crawling as a developer. I have worked on creating AI API endpoints with open source LLM Models for applications like chatbot and code suggestions. I also have experience working in a DevOps environment that includes JFrog Artifactory, Microsoft Azure DevOps ,Kubernetes, ServiceNow and GitHub, Generative AI. My specialties include problem solving and quickly learning new programming languages and skills. I am already proficient in Python, C#, Bash Shell Scripting, Javascript, C++, Java, SQL, C, as well as Git. Throughout my career, I have gained some networking knowledge. I have extensive experience in both the Test Automation and Software Development fields.

Experience

3 yrs 2 mos
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Current Experience

Synopsys inc

2 roles

R&D Engineering, Staff Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2026Present · 2 mos · Raleigh, North Carolina, United States · Remote

R&D Engineering, Sr Engineer

Jan 2026Apr 2026 · 3 mos · Raleigh, North Carolina, United States · Remote

ArtifactoryAzure DevOps ServerPythonActive DirectoryGitLDAP+7

Ansys

2 roles

R&D Engineer 2

Jan 2023Jan 2026 · 3 yrs · Raleigh, North Carolina, United States · Remote

  • Led Agile methodology adoption, enhancing team efficiency and reducing issue resolution time.Created and hosted ASP.NET Web APIs on IIS, automating Work Item Closure Checks and integrating them with Azure DevOps templates.Built a CI/CD automation system using Python, PostgreSQL, and LDAP to manage compliance audits and automate email notifications.Developed various .NET projects as API endpoints, portable apps, and Azure Functions for flexible deployment.Executed data migration from Jira, Trac, and FogBugz to Azure DevOps Server via Python and API integrations.Automated JFrog Artifactory administrative tasks with Python, ServiceNow, and JAMS Scheduler, reducing manual workload. Designed and implemented an AI chatbot utilizing the RAG framework, combining document retrieval with an LLM-powered generative AI to deliver accurate, dynamic answers, using Python, FastAPI, and JavaScript. Created and implemented a security matrix application that categorizes security vulnerabilities based on a unique AI-generated score and provides code solution recommendations leveraging open-source large language models (LLMs). Co-developed several microservices for a code signing tool using C#, .NET Core, gRPC, and ESENT database, and packaged them as NuGet libraries for production deployment. Improved DB read performance 10–20x by redesigning queries to use appropriate indexes, dropping complexity from O(n) to O(log n + k). Developed unit test cases for database operations and designed, architected and co-developed the front end of the application using .NET Razor Pages.
dockerInternet Information Services (IIS)PythonAgile MethodologiesSQL Server Management Studio.NET Framework+37

Software Developer Intern

May 2022Aug 2022 · 3 mos · Raleigh, North Carolina, United States · Remote

  • Used Trivy to scan for vulnerabilities, developing Python scripts to categorize results by severity.Enhanced Swagger-UI with custom CSS and added offline documentation export for microservices.Created cross-platform installers: a Windows MSI with Inno Setup and Pascal scripting and an Ubuntu installer with Debian Packaging and Shell scripting.Developed API endpoints in Python using OOP and the Tornado REST Framework, with Pytest unit tests to ensure reliability.Integrated all changes into a Microsoft Azure CI/CD pipeline
PythonSwaggerREST APIAzure DevOps ServerTornadoLinux+10

Meta

2 roles

Test Engineer

Aug 2021May 2022 · 9 mos · United States · Hybrid

  • Brought up Dell and Supermicro servers in the lab, to perform data erasure on drives like HDDs/SSDs/Flash Cards etc., and uploaded the logs to the Facebook portal. Managed the lab resources and DUTs sent by customer efficiently so that it's trackable and accountable anytime in the future.
PythonLeadershipMySQLLinuxGitPycharm+2

Test Engineer

Jan 2021Aug 2021 · 7 mos · United States · Hybrid

  • Ran and monitored weekly tests on the BIOS and BMC components of different types of Facebook servers and wrote Python scripts to fix the bugs that occurred, in these Unified test suites. Ran Validation tests for new NIC, Flash firmware etc for different server platforms and created reports for these validations.
PythonLeadershipMySQLLinuxGitPycharm+2

Cisco

Python Automation Engineer

Jun 2020Oct 2020 · 4 mos · Richardson, Texas, United States · Remote

  • Development of automated solutions for IC bug digitization for various Cisco Products and used Python scripts to automate the process of IC bug detection and solutions. Developed several Python scripts for various IC bug platforms, such as Firewalls, Adaptive Security Appliances etc. Mainly Used Regexes to find the patterns for the IC bug detection and also kept track of the symptoms and solutions.
PythonGitPycharmManagementShell Scripting

Hp

Tr. Assoc Software Developer – R&D

Feb 2020Jun 2020 · 4 mos · Spring, Texas, United States · On-site

  • Design and Development of automated testing solutions including software and hardware components and worked from written and verbal descriptions, layouts or defined plans to perform testing, evaluation and trouble-shooting functions. Developed Python and PowerShell Scripts to automate different Robotics test case scenarios executed the acceptance test-driven development with a Host and Client procedure, on a Windows Platform. Made use of Robot Framework in Python for the development of Software Only Test cases.
PythonPowershellLeadershipREST APIPycharmManagement+1

Dataweave

Python Developer Intern

Feb 2019Aug 2019 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Developed Python plugin scripts to fetch the data from the websites where direct extraction is not possible and stored it in JSON format.Used Regex, Xpath and Jpath to crawl a large amount of data from websites and mobile apps.Performed several bug fixes to extract banners and color/size variants of products from apps and websites.
PythonBitbucketREST APILinuxObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)Git+5

Education

North Carolina State University

Master's degree — Computer Science

Aug 2021Dec 2022

TKM College of Engineering , Kollam

Bachelor of Technology - BTech — Computer Science

Aug 2014Jun 2018

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's

Higher Secondary Education — Science

Jun 2012Mar 2014

Amrita Vidyalayam

Secondary Education

Jun 2003Mar 2012

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