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SantoshKumar Vagga

Python Developer at Nokia

Bengaluru

4+ years of work experience

Nokia
Nov 20223 yrs 10 mosPresent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Member of the DevOps / CI platform team that operates Zuul — Nokia’s open-source, Python-based project-gating system for Gerrit-driven CI/CD, used division-wide by ~20,000 developers. I contribute to core Zuul (scheduler, Gerrit integration, web APIs) and deliver features that affect merge safety and developer workflow across the entire Mobile Networks tenant. Lead the Zuul core feature team from Bengaluru, coordinating design, implementation, and rollout with global stakeholders. ● Platform ownership: Maintain and enhance Nokia Zuul — open-source merge-gating CI for Gerrit/Jenkins — serving ~20K developers across Mobile Networks; core codebase is 100% Python. ● Product delivery: Design and implement platform improvements, including FastAPI REST endpoints for Zuul client/operator operations, async Python services, and automation for deployments and recurring operational tasks. ● Technical leadership: Lead the Zuul core feature team (Bengaluru) — backlog prioritization, code review, mentoring, and alignment with upstream/open-source and Nokia-specific requirements. ● Reliability & operations: Plan and execute weekly Zuul server upgrades for multiple Nokia Zuul customer environments; coordinate validation and rollback readiness. ● Engineering quality: Identify, triage, and fix production defects in Nokia Zuul; compare upstream open-source Zuul vs. Nokia fork to port valuable features and reduce drift. ● People development: Mentor interns and new graduates on Zuul architecture, Gearman job dispatch, check/gate/post pipelines, and Gerrit integration patterns. ● Culture & collaboration: Active participant in team initiatives; recognized in team events for strong engagement and results.
UST
20211 yr2022

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

● Handled Failing Builds, Ran gerrit references in Gitlab ● Wrote handful automation scripts for manual tasks ● Debug failing build in script level, and fix them ● Added many functionalities (python code) to Intel proprietary tool Netbatch ● Reformatted their entire code base for Netbatch using self developed automated linting scripts using autopep8 ● Interaction with reviewers/leads in USA (Oregon City)
Soroco
20191 yr2020

● Python Developer for amazon automation project - home escalation services. ● wrote python code for requirements in JIRA ● Written Unit tests too for code/functionality added by me, included mocking , monkey patching concepts ● Testing our code with the entire code suite using the amazon build tool.
Tinosys
20191 yr2020

● automation testing using nose framework on Datrium servers ● performed log truncation automation using python for microsoft exchange logs on windows ● worked in microsoft Active Directory user groups, permissions ● developed vm ware Vsphere images for testing automation code on Datrium servers
Safran
20181 yr2019

● part of unit testing team, ● wrote test cases and did documentation work ● wrote handful python scripts for automating tasks

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Education

International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore

PGDM, AI & ML

International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore

20241 yr2025
Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute Of Technology

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science

Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute Of Technology

20134 yrs2017

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Headline

Python Developer at Nokia

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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github copilot

Work experience

Zuul Platform Engineer at Nokia, Nov 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Member of the DevOps / CI platform team that operates Zuul — Nokia’s open-source, Python-based project-gating system for Gerrit-driven CI/CD, used division-wide by ~20,000 developers. I contribute to core Zuul (scheduler, Gerrit integration, web APIs) and deliver features that affect merge safety and developer workflow across the entire Mobile Networks tenant. Lead the Zuul core feature team from Bengaluru, coordinating design, implementation, and rollout with global stakeholders. ● Platform ownership: Maintain and enhance Nokia Zuul — open-source merge-gating CI for Gerrit/Jenkins — serving ~20K developers across Mobile Networks; core codebase is 100% Python. ● Product delivery: Design and implement platform improvements, including FastAPI REST endpoints for Zuul client/operator operations, async Python services, and automation for deployments and recurring operational tasks. ● Technical leadership: Lead the Zuul core feature team (Bengaluru) — backlog prioritization, code review, mentoring, and alignment with upstream/open-source and Nokia-specific requirements. ● Reliability & operations: Plan and execute weekly Zuul server upgrades for multiple Nokia Zuul customer environments; coordinate validation and rollback readiness. ● Engineering quality: Identify, triage, and fix production defects in Nokia Zuul; compare upstream open-source Zuul vs. Nokia fork to port valuable features and reduce drift. ● People development: Mentor interns and new graduates on Zuul architecture, Gearman job dispatch, check/gate/post pipelines, and Gerrit integration patterns. ● Culture & collaboration: Active participant in team initiatives; recognized in team events for strong engagement and results.

Python Developer at UST, 2021 - 2022 · 1 yr, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, ● Handled Failing Builds, Ran gerrit references in Gitlab ● Wrote handful automation scripts for manual tasks ● Debug failing build in script level, and fix them ● Added many functionalities (python code) to Intel proprietary tool Netbatch ● Reformatted their entire code base for Netbatch using self developed automated linting scripts using autopep8 ● Interaction with reviewers/leads in USA (Oregon City)

Python Developer at Soroco, 2019 - 2020 · 1 yr, ● Python Developer for amazon automation project - home escalation services. ● wrote python code for requirements in JIRA ● Written Unit tests too for code/functionality added by me, included mocking , monkey patching concepts ● Testing our code with the entire code suite using the amazon build tool.

Python Developer at Tinosys, 2019 - 2020 · 1 yr, ● automation testing using nose framework on Datrium servers ● performed log truncation automation using python for microsoft exchange logs on windows ● worked in microsoft Active Directory user groups, permissions ● developed vm ware Vsphere images for testing automation code on Datrium servers

Software Engineer Intern at Safran, 2018 - 2019 · 1 yr, ● part of unit testing team, ● wrote test cases and did documentation work ● wrote handful python scripts for automating tasks

Education

PGDM, AI & ML, International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science, Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute Of Technology