Sep 2024 – Dec 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos · United States · Remote

• Advisor services include providing Architectural design review, and sharding suggestions for scaling, resilience and best practices for infrastructure development.

Sep 2024 – Jan 2025 · 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• Leadership in Automation & Core Cloud Infrastructure Development
• Driving innovation and excellence in multi-cloud platform automation (AWS, GCP, Azure, and Samsung Cloud) by leading strategic projects, DevOps initiatives, and customer-focused enhancements to deliver resilient, scalable, and responsive systems.
• Key Achievements:
• Strategic Leadership: Leading automation and the strategic development of core cloud infrastructure, managing a high-performing team of 12 Automation Engineers and 2 Senior Architects.
• DevOps Excellence: Spearheading key DevOps projects and customer-centric initiatives to enhance system reliability, scalability, and responsiveness.
• Global Team Management: Overseeing product management and delivery for a global team of 150+ DevOps engineers and architects, distributed across multiple geographies.
• Operational Innovation: Driving project delivery through specialized operational pods, including R&D, Maintenance, Support, FinOps, and Release Engineering.
• Developer Productivity: Leading continuous optimization of processes and tools to significantly enhance developer efficiency and project throughput.

Feb 2022 – Aug 2024 · 2 yrs 6 mos · India · On-site

• Led engineering teams focused on Platform Engineering initiatives for Foundational Infrastructure, CI/CD, Databases, Infrastructure Security, and Developer Productivity for DCP and HCM SaaS applications.
• Implemented scalable solutions for Next Gen Platform and TriNet applications, enhancing developer productivity and security.
• Spearheaded initiatives to optimize CI/CD pipelines, resulting in a 35% increase in deployment efficiency.

Jan 2022 – Aug 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos

• TriNet Zenefits, Global Platform Engineering Leader & Manager
• Established and led the Global Platform Engineering Team, responsible for Cloud Infrastructure, Databases, Security, Dev-Productivity, and Data Infra Analytics within the HCM business infrastructure engineering.
• Managed a global team of highly skilled DevOps, DBA, and SRE Engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Partnered with Security Engineering to develop and implement effective teams and processes for Cloud SecOps, Vulnerability Analysis, and DevSecOps Engineering, enhancing the security services framework.
• Key Achievements:
• Pioneered the Cloud infrastructure initiative, including Databases, Developer productivity tools (CI/CD), Cloud Security, and UI Engineering.
• Built and scaled the engineering team from scratch, while continuing to manage other portfolios and DevOps responsibilities.
• Optimized database failover processes, reducing downtime from 45 minutes to under 5 minutes, significantly enhancing system reliability.
• Streamlined scalability procedures, cutting down the time required from hours/days to under 5 minutes, thereby accelerating project delivery.
• Improved Speed to Market, decreasing build times from 90 minutes to under 5 minutes, contributing to faster product iterations.
• Achieved a 42% reduction in Cloud expenses, saving over $1 million in three years through strategic cost management and vendor negotiations.
• Managed an Opex budget of $4.5 million, overseeing all vendor product relations and ensuring optimal resource allocation.

Sep 2020 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos

• Spearheading the enhancement of Cloud Infrastructure and Developer Productivity tools, while tracking pivotal DORA metrics for continuous improvement.
• Independently drove end-to-end large-scale platform & database projects, demonstrating leadership and project management skills.
• Hired & mentored newly hired employees, imparting knowledge, and guidance on INFRA automation and in-house developer tools like Gondor and Sauron.
• Focused on infrastructure enhancement, contributing to career growth and aspirations.
• Implemented a policy-driven backup strategy that resulted in a 40-45% reduction in DB infrastructure costs and improved data maintenance reliability.
• Enforced SOC-2 guidelines and procedures for DB security and auditing, ensuring organizational compliance with SOC-2 audits.
• Streamlined the data aggregation process, enhancing data reliability and performance.
• Implemented a SQL-aware proxy layer, minimizing switchover periods and enabling more controlled graceful switchovers.
• Set up an orchestrator for auto-failover and fast switchover in case of DB server or AZ failures.
• Optimized Postgres DB and set up a monitoring interface, improving visibility and reducing build times in the CI/CD platform.
• Implemented MySQL multi-source replication as Infrastructure as Code (IaC), configuring alerts and monitoring to ensure more than 95% uptime for downstream CS - SPOOF.
• Proposed a solution for initial load of queries and slower performance using the ZFS CoW file system in a tech talk at Percona Live 2019.
• Initiated a level-3 region failover DR strategy for DB, setting up network wirings on the Ohio Region transferred using CMK encrypted EBS volumes.
• Improved infrastructure reliability using terraform and ansible for infrastructure as code.
• Migrated Query Logger (Instrumentation and App error tracing) to GCP Big Query and build the flame graph implementation saving costs around ~$25K per month from Redshift

Jun 2018 – Sep 2020 · 2 yrs 3 mos

• Pioneering member of the Zenefits India Platform Engineering and Database Initiative.
• Database Management: Extensive experience with large-scale data handling and complex database problem-solving.
• High Availability Design: Skilled in designing fault-tolerant database infrastructures and replication topologies.
• Technical Communication: Exceptional ability to articulate technical requirements and communicate ideas effectively.
• Analytical Thinking: Strong analytical and decision-making skills with a focus on troubleshooting and task commitment.
• Key Accomplishments:
• Cost Optimization: Developed a Standard Policy based Snapshot Mechanism, reducing snapshot costs from $28k/month to $16k/month, with projections to drop below $10k/month.
• Performance Enhancement: Implemented a multi-threaded tool for MySQL data dumps and restores, achieving a 70% improvement in dump times and a 55% increase in restoration efficiency.
• Infrastructure Improvement: Formulated a high-level plan for Database Backup and High Availability Architecture, transitioning from HA-Proxy to ProxySQL for better SQL-aware operations.
• Innovation in Data Management: Spearheaded Incremental Sanitization for Spood DB creation, utilizing MySQL Multi-Source Replication to address scalability needs.
• Technical Expertise:
• In-depth knowledge of database systems with significant expertise in AWS.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot issues beyond the immediate area of expertise.
• Client & Customer Focus:
• Recognized for being readily available and responsive to work demands.
• Peer Endorsements:
• Commended for exceptional coding skills in database and proactive adoption of cutting-edge technologies.
• Keen to engage in data analytics use cases, complex data modeling, and the design of in-house Data-Lake/Big-Data projects.
• Renowned for strong decision-making capacity and excellent priority management in dynamic environments.
• Eager to learn new technologies and adapt to business-driven changes.

Nov 2017 – Jun 2018 · 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• Among the first 30 employees who started swiggy’s platform services and DevOps journey. Initial member of the Platform Team and first Database persona.
• Introduced Cloud Database Team: Evangelised a cloud database team for the first time in Swiggy, leading to significant enhancements in schema and query optimizations, and Point-In-Time Recovery (PITR) and archiving capabilities.
• Developed Data Protection Platform: Built an in-house platform for dynamically protecting sensitive information at rest in the application databases.
• Revamped SRE Team: Revitalised the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team, positioning them as a Level 1 team for the DevOps/DBA team
• Established Security Team: Involved in Hiring and setting up the security team from scratch, introducing automated practices for Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT), static and dynamic code analysis, and public ports and endpoints management.
• Implemented Web Application Firewall (WAF): Conducted Proof of Concept (POC) of various WAF solutions and introduced Imperva WAF to all public endpoints of Swiggy.
• Deployed Docker Platforms: Implemented Mesos and Kubernetes-based docker platforms with the capability of promotion-based deployments with multiple runways and environments.
• Optimized AWS Infrastructure Costs: Streamlined resources and implemented auto-scaling systems, reducing AWS infrastructure costs by ~50%. Also introduced governance of cost per pod through budgets and cost dashboards.
• Built DDoS Protection Platform: Developed an in-house DDoS protection platform based on open-source technologies.
• Collaborated with Architecture Team: Worked closely with the architecture team for various design optimizations and introduced new layers like a Kong-based traffic gateway.
• Partnered with Data Team: Collaborated with the Data team to set up in-house data platforms and data science systems. (Analytics Infra Tools - Presto, Apache Hive and CDC Frameworks using Hevo)

Jul 2017 – Nov 2017 · 4 mos

• Lead a team of 6 backend engineers responsible for the automation of B2B (JD-Omni) and E-Com (JD-ShopFront & QuickQuotes) Product Modules for the business.
• Build the search engine for distributed index topologies, through effective mapping the static and dynamic data sets, used logstash to process and parse the incoming logs
• Drove the Shop Online Vertical which is a price comparison platform for products across online and offline partners. Build the API integrations framework with business logic to enable dynamic pricing and JDG (JD Guarantee) on Product Pricing for Customers.
• Impacted the revenue growth and new PDG customers onboarded with the Optimization on the JD Tree Categories and many newly introduced Search Plus Verticals.
• Improved Search Performance optimizing the sphinx storage and indexing layer.

Jul 2015 – Jul 2017 · 2 yrs

• Served as Lead Spihnx Programmer to integrate the entire search data to real time Indexes using Sphinx Distributed and RT Index.
• Build and Configured nodes for Database level Encryption at Rest using InnoDB TDE(Transparent Data Encryption) through OKV.
• Created Security Algorithm / routines for data push and retrieval at database layer to ensure PCI DSS compliance.
• Implementation of MySQL Replication, configuring Multi-Master, Master-Slave Set-based replication, Circular Replication, effectively configured as a part of the HA solution.
• Read scalability by adding set based topologies and automation in place.
• Implemented and configured Max-Scale as a part of the query split and Load sharing and query caching needs.
• Led the Sphinx to Elastic Search conversion, the entire search base services were re-modelled and segregated into different search unit nodes for scalability and incremental data push was introduced which boosted the search indexing time from 6-8 Hours to 10 - 15 minutes and improved our go to market metrics.
• Identified and suggested new technologies and tools for enhancing product value and Increase Team productivity
• Involved in Community and delivering ideas and thoughts in various DB Workshop, collaborating with the MySQL Development Team in Bangalore and others based large MySQL Users.
• Recognised for the Excellence on Setting up PCI compliant and DSS standards for Payment and Transactions at DB Layer.
• Hired and Trained new engineers to scale the team in Bangalore and Mumbai.

Feb 2013 – Jun 2015 · 2 yrs 4 mos

• Creation, implementation and maintenance of Database Objects/Designs fulfilling the changing business needs
• Streaming data from scratch to production modules, performing various validation checks to ensure data integrity and consistency.
• Creation of Database Procedures, Functions & Triggers for Data Manipulation and Events Handling at Runtime.
• Performed installations, new database design, configuration, backup, recovery, security, upgrade and schema changes, tuning and data integrity
• Administration and management of the entire development, QA and production environment
• Using the MyISAM storage engine and its FULL-TEXT index support, enhance the search for a distributed data source.
• Automated Pipeline and Data Import Scripting via PHP modules and Shell scripting using MySQL backend
• Imported & migrated more than 2 million records data set from MySQL to MondoDB using mongify. Optimized and streamlined the process, use of multiple worker threads and benchmarked the system to move to a NoSQL interface for the Products (E-Com) vertical.

Mar 2012 – Dec 2012 · 9 mos · Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India

• Key Deliverables:
• Creating corporate portals, websites and large scale-web applications, providing design direction through rendering images and effective written and verbal communication
• Conceptualizing the overall graphic image including creating concept design layout and illustrations
• Sending artwork to print, working with printers, and providing detailed print specifications
• Knowledge:
• Selection of printing processes according to size, shape and the type of the element as well as management of various activities such as material, colour study, colour matching and texture exploration
• Design and coding on user forms for websites that requires user registration
• Well versed with Microsoft Access, MS SQL Server & Oracle 9i/10g
• Optimization of graphics for corporate client's sites and adaptation of visual designs into dynamic websites and websites templates.

Jun 2011 – Feb 2012 · 8 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area