Syed Sarwar

Director of Engineering

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India21 yrs 9 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Led modernization of AWS services for media delivery.
Established a Center of Excellence for OTT content.
Managed successful IPTV platform development with Agile.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Telecommunications and Media Solutions Architect with extensive experience in Agile project management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Project ManagementTechnical LeadershipAwsVideo EngineeringAgile MethodologiesData Analytics

Other Skills

Ad InsertionApache HadoopArtificial Intelligence (AI)Big Data AnalyticsCCoaching & MentoringContainerizationContent IngestionContent ManagementContent Management Systems (CMS)Core JavaDRMDRM IntegrationDatabasesDevOps

About

Delivery lead for Video Solutions team in Communications & Media practice. Managing ~90 onshore/offshore resources working for Tier-1 NA based MSO and media company.

Experience

21 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

9 yrs 2 mos

Current Experience

Cognizant

Associate Director

Apr 2017 – Present · 9 yrs 2 mos

Engagement Delivery Lead for Video Solutions practice for a Tier-1 NA based MSO.
HA and resilient AWS based service modernization for delivery of EAS to connected devices and mobile
Supported development and integration of SDN enabled WiFi6 router with client back-office. Consistent service irrespective of underlying hardware. Improved time to market for rolling out new features. Ability to enforce policy for improved customer relations.
Technical leadership for design and development of a unified content management pipeline. Reduction in operational resolution from days to hours. Improved monetization of C3 content.

Project ManagementSoftware Project ManagementAgile MethodologiesTechnical LeadershipAWS

Itaas, a cognizant company

2 roles

Engineering Director

Promoted

Jun 2013 – Apr 2017 · 3 yrs 10 mos

Engineering leadership for Video application and services development with ~70 engineers
Setup Center of Excellence for OTT
Delivered a reference implementation for end to end content ingestion, distribution, Ad insertion with a service platform show casing primary use cases of content entitlement, user registration, authentication, catalogue view, and content consumption on SamsungTV, Roku, iOS, Android, Roku, and browsers for on-demand and subscription usage
Used for skill enablement of resources
Point of View for prospective customers

Video EngineeringAgile MethodologiesContent Management Systems (CMS)

Senior Engineering Manager

Sep 2011 – May 2013 · 1 yr 8 mos

Setup and managed 3 scrum pods as part of a distributed Agile program of IPTV platform development for a Tier-1 OEM. Successful integration with Verimatrix and Securemedia DRM on Android, and iOS platform.
Led PoC for a Tier-1 NA based MSO log data analytics using Apache Hadoop technology and won the contract.
Salvaged a failed CV based automation project for my employer thereby restoring trust and credibility with client (a Tier-1 NA based MSO)

Agile MethodologiesData AnalyticsApache Hadoop