Headline

.NET & Azure Architect | AI Architect | Building Enterprise RAG & GenAI Systems on Azure OpenAI | Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert & AI Engineer Associate

About

15 years designing enterprise .NET and Azure systems. For the past year I've been moving deeper into AI — building RAG pipelines, knowledge assistants, and agentic workflows using Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Search. Currently leading AI-enabled platform architecture at World Bank Group through Cognizant. My focus is bridging the gap between enterprise architecture and GenAI — taking AI from proof-of-concept to production. That means designing for scale, cost governance, security, and maintainability — not just getting an LLM to return an answer. Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert and Azure AI Engineer Associate. Currently deepening expertise in LangGraph, agentic AI patterns, and LLM evaluation frameworks. Open to AI Architect and .NET/Azure Architect opportunities at product-focused companies and AI-driven enterprises.

Location

Tamil Nadu

AI stack

antigravity

codex

Work experience

Architect at Cognizant, Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos, Chennai, • Architecting GenAI-powered enterprise platforms supporting content and HR operational ecosystems using Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Search. • Designed AI agents with tool-calling capabilities to automate multi-step workflows, reducing request handling time by 40%+. • Implemented enterprise AI search using Azure Cognitive Services with hybrid retrieval, improving document discovery accuracy by 50%. • Architected intelligent SharePoint archival solution with AI-assisted classification, optimizing storage utilization by 35–45%. • Defined scalable cloud architecture patterns, AI governance standards, and responsible AI guidelines across teams.

Senior Lead Software Engineer at Virtusa, Mar 2022 - Jan 2025 · 2 yrs 11 mos, Chennai, • Architected Azure-based microservices platform handling high-throughput aerospace MRO collaboration workflows. • Designed event-driven architecture using Azure Service Bus, improving system throughput by 35%. • Led performance optimization, architecture reviews, and platform resilience engineering. • Mentored engineers in cloud-native design patterns and Azure best practices.

Assistant Technical Lead at SSG Consulting Pvt Ltd, Nov 2019 - Mar 2022 · 2 yrs 5 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, • Designed Azure-hosted microservices for a lending platform, reducing processing time by 30%. • Built secure, scalable REST APIs using .NET Core and SQL Server. • Led agile execution and improved release predictability.

Senior Software Engineer at DSRC, Oct 2017 - Nov 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Chennai, • Developed RxCloud SaaS for QED UK for booking desks and meeting rooms in real time. • Enhanced performance by optimizing API response times, and tuning SQL queries. • Supported multiple production environments, bug fixes, and post- deployment enhancements. • Mentored junior developers, fostering skill development and improving team productivity through code reviews and training.

Technical Lead at Sulekha.com, Apr 2015 - Sep 2017 · 2 yrs 6 mos, Chennai, • Led end-to-end delivery of large-scale, customer-facing platforms. • Owned system design, CI/CD integration, and release management. • Managed teams of up to eight engineers. • Awards: Top Performing Team, Sixer Award.

Senior Software Engineer at Sulekha.com, Apr 2013 - Mar 2015 · 2 yrs, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Software Engineer at Sulekha.com, Mar 2011 - Mar 2013 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Chennai Area, India, Developing and maintaining yellowpages.sulekha.com website and other related internal tools for business executives.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Ganadipathy Tulsi's Engineering College

Maths, Science, GBHS School