Engineering Leader in Cloud Databases & Secure Distributed Systems | OCI | Security/IAM | Agentic AI & AI-Enabled Engineering

Greater Bengaluru Area

Bengaluru Area, India

Bengaluru Area, India

Bengaluru Area, India

Bengaluru Area, India

Post Graduate Program in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Machine Learning
Illinois Tech Stuart School of Business

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Communications Engineering
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology
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I am an engineering leader specializing in cloud database platforms, secure distributed systems, and the strategic integration of Agentic AI. With over 17 years of experience in high-scale cloud environments, I have a proven track record of architecting reliable services, managing complex product lifecycles, and fostering high-ownership engineering cultures. My expertise spans OCI database infrastructure, service-to-service authorization, and building teams that deliver measurable business outcomes. I am passionate about transforming engineering operations through disciplined AI adoption, focusing on security, governance, and developer productivity to bridge the gap between technical vision and operational execution.
Bengaluru, Karnataka
Senior Software Engineering Manager at Oracle, Nov 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 9 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, • Lead multiple engineering teams delivering Oracle Database Cloud Services within OCI. • Architecture owner for distributed, multi-region, highly available database platforms. • Hands-on technical leadership through architecture reviews, design reviews, and code reviews. • Built and launched cloud services from inception to general availability. • Drive performance, scalability, reliability, and fault-tolerance decisions for production systems. • Evaluate and guide adoption of Generative AI / LLM initiatives with focus on security and production readiness. • Build psychologically safe, high-ownership teams through servant leadership, clear ownership models, and continuous feedback. • Partner closely with Product, Architecture, and US-based stakeholders in a distributed operating model.
Software Engineering Manager 2 at Dell EMC, Oct 2012 - Nov 2019 · 7 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, • Managed the developmental delivery of the product AppSync from requirement definition to product launch for several releases starting from 1.0 version. This spans the ownership of components across UI, applications, storage, install, security, core infrastructure and includes leading the overall effort on architectural design, implementation and quality assurance around these areas. • Managed the remediation of customer issues in field, leading CPE team and working with a strong collaboration with escalation engineering and customer support teams. • Working with various stakeholders including product management, product owners, program management towards requirement/design/integration of AppSync software components. • Management interface with US counterparts including a similar set of engineers working towards AppSync. Led the transition of the whole AppSync product to India engineering cost center. • As product Security Champion, re-mediated security vulnerabilities within defined SLA. • Played role of Scrum Master and Product Owner for AppSync components – Applications, Install, Security, UI/UX. Achievements and initiatives: • Drove the strategy of talent management and skill set development of organization by actively managing the development goals and charting the career and product trajectory from engineering point of view. • Won several awards recognizing the contributions to the product and eco-system.
Principal Software Engineer at Dell EMC, Sep 2007 - Oct 2012 · 5 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru Area, India
Senior Technical Analyst at Hewlett-Packard, Dec 2004 - Aug 2007 · 2 yrs 9 mos, Bengaluru Area, India
Senior Software Analyst at Accelrys, 2003 - 2004 · 1 yr, Bengaluru Area, India
Post Graduate Program in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Machine Learning, Illinois Tech Stuart School of Business
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Communications Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology