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Suhuna Thiruppathi

Engineering leader I Architect I AI & Cloud Systems | 5g,4g Wireless

Bengaluru

26+ years of work experience

Dell EMC
Dec 20214 yrs 10 mosPresent

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Dell Technologies Platform Architect – PowerSizer 1) AI Champion driving AI-assisted Spec-Driven Development (SDD) for PowerStore Gen3. Architected an AI-enabled workflow transforming product specifications into architecture, design, implementation guidance, code reviews, and automated test generation, reducing engineering effort by 50% while establishing a reusable framework for enterprise adoption. 2) Architected the Tech Refresh platform integrating PowerSizer with Live Optics using scalable APIs, workload ingestion pipelines, canonical data models, and integration workflows, reducing manual workload processing by 50%. 3) Implemented enterprise observability with Dynatrace and distributed tracing, reducing root cause analysis by 40%. 4) Optimized PowerMax sizing workflows, improving performance by 60% and reducing customer onboarding effort by 50%. 5) Built a Kafka-based event-driven integration PoC connecting Dell Sales Chat with PowerSizer to enable future AI-assisted sales workflows. Engineering Leader – Common Management & Orchestration (CMO) 1) Led 3 Scrum teams delivering Dell's Kubernetes platform supporting 80+ storage microservices, providing standardized deployment, security, observability, and platform services. 2) Modernized software delivery through GitOps, standardized CI/CD pipelines, and reusable frameworks, reducing developer onboarding by 60% and improving delivery velocity by 40%. 3) Architected the Platform Bundle Generator, adopted 3,000+ times, reducing environment provisioning from hours to minutes. 4) Automated enterprise CVE remediation by integrating vulnerability scanning and remediation workflows, reducing manual effort by 60% while strengthening platform security. 5) Led and mentored 25+ engineers, driving hiring, performance management, promotions, career development, technical mentoring, and cross-functional delivery in a SAFe Agile environment.
Nokia
Jun 200516 yrs 6 mosNov 2021

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Engineering Leader | Solution Architect | Product Owner 1.       Led architecture and product engineering for carrier-grade OSS platforms spanning 5G RAN, 5G Core, Network Slicing, LTE, IMS/VoLTE, SD-WAN, NFVi, CNF/VNF and Transport networks, designing service and resource models across RAN, Transport, Core and Cloud infrastructure. 2.       Designed 5G Network Slice service models covering RAN, Transport and Core domains, including gNB, AMF, SMF, UPF, L3VPN and associated 3GPP interfaces/services, enabling unified inventory, service assurance, RCA and future auto-scaling/auto-healing capabilities. 3.       Led strategic customer POCs and solution development across 5G RAN/Core, Network Slicing, IMS, SD-WAN and Cloud-native network architectures, supporting customer engagements including Optus, Sptel and ROBI and contributing to successful customer opportunities. 4.       Built and led a high-performing engineering team of 20+ engineers during product incubation, owning technical direction, architecture reviews, POCs, product incubation, mentoring, delivery planning, stakeholder management and execution across strategic telecommunications platforms. 5.       Modernized telecom middleware platforms for CDMA/WCDMA networks by introducing multi-tenancy and architectural improvements, reducing the physical server footprint by 40% and improving infrastructure utilization. 6.       Architected and implemented software upgrade and lifecycle-management automation, including CLI-based reset, reboot, installation, upgrade and activation workflows, reducing software upgrade time by 50% and significantly reducing manual errors. 7.       Led requirements, architecture, development, test strategy, performance/scalability engineering and production support for carrier-grade telecom platforms, collaborating closely with system engineering, product management and customers to deliver high-quality releases.
Sasken
Sep 20004 yrs 10 mosJun 2005

Greater Bengaluru Area

Developed OSS/NMS/EMS solutions supporting telecom wireline and wireless operations

Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Communications Engineering

Government College of Engineering, Manonmaniam sundaranar university , Tirunelveli

Master of Engineering, Communication Systems

Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Madurai Kamaraj University

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Headline

Engineering leader I Architect I AI & Cloud Systems | 5g,4g Wireless

About

1. I am an AI Transformation Engineering Leader, Enterprise Platform Architect, and Engineering Manager with 20+ years of experience leading engineering organizations, architecting enterprise platforms, and building cloud-native distributed systems across storage, telecommunications, and infrastructure domains. 2. Throughout my career, I have driven engineering transformation by modernizing enterprise platforms, adopting AI-assisted software engineering, and building scalable cloud-native architectures that improve engineering productivity, software quality, delivery velocity, scalability, and operational excellence. 3. At Dell Technologies, I have led enterprise platform engineering, architecture, and AI transformation across multiple strategic organizations. In Common Management & Orchestration (CMO), I led three Scrum teams delivering Dell's Kubernetes-based Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), providing standardized deployment, security, observability, GitOps, DevSecOps, and CI/CD capabilities for 80+ storage microservices. 4. I later transitioned to PowerSizer as Platform Architect, leading architecture and AI transformation for Dell's enterprise sizing platform supporting 11 infrastructure products and 230+ microservices. As the AI Champion, I introduced AI-assisted Spec-Driven Development (SDD), transforming product specifications into architecture, design, implementation guidance, code reviews, and automated test generation, reducing engineering effort by 50%. I also architected the Tech Refresh platform integrating Live Optics with PowerSizer, using scalable APIs, canonical data models, and event-driven integration. 5. Prior to Dell, I spent 16+ years at Nokia (Alcatel-Lucent) and SASKEN architecting carrier-grade OSS platforms supporting 3G, 4G, LTE, 5G, ORAN, IMS, VoLTE, NFVi, SD-WAN, and Network Slicing, while leading engineering teams delivering cloud-native telecom solutions. 6. Beyond technology, I have led organizations of 25+ engineers, driving engineering strategy, architecture, hiring, performance management, promotions, compensation planning, career development, technical mentoring. I enjoy building high-performing teams, mentoring future engineering leaders, and partnering stakeholders to deliver measurable business outcomes.

Location

Bengaluru

Work experience

Software Engineering Leader at Dell EMC, Dec 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 10 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, Dell Technologies Platform Architect – PowerSizer 1) AI Champion driving AI-assisted Spec-Driven Development (SDD) for PowerStore Gen3. Architected an AI-enabled workflow transforming product specifications into architecture, design, implementation guidance, code reviews, and automated test generation, reducing engineering effort by 50% while establishing a reusable framework for enterprise adoption. 2) Architected the Tech Refresh platform integrating PowerSizer with Live Optics using scalable APIs, workload ingestion pipelines, canonical data models, and integration workflows, reducing manual workload processing by 50%. 3) Implemented enterprise observability with Dynatrace and distributed tracing, reducing root cause analysis by 40%. 4) Optimized PowerMax sizing workflows, improving performance by 60% and reducing customer onboarding effort by 50%. 5) Built a Kafka-based event-driven integration PoC connecting Dell Sales Chat with PowerSizer to enable future AI-assisted sales workflows. Engineering Leader – Common Management & Orchestration (CMO) 1) Led 3 Scrum teams delivering Dell's Kubernetes platform supporting 80+ storage microservices, providing standardized deployment, security, observability, and platform services. 2) Modernized software delivery through GitOps, standardized CI/CD pipelines, and reusable frameworks, reducing developer onboarding by 60% and improving delivery velocity by 40%. 3) Architected the Platform Bundle Generator, adopted 3,000+ times, reducing environment provisioning from hours to minutes. 4) Automated enterprise CVE remediation by integrating vulnerability scanning and remediation workflows, reducing manual effort by 60% while strengthening platform security. 5) Led and mentored 25+ engineers, driving hiring, performance management, promotions, career development, technical mentoring, and cross-functional delivery in a SAFe Agile environment.

Engineering Leader | Principal Technical Specialist at Nokia, Jun 2005 - Nov 2021 · 16 yrs 6 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, Engineering Leader | Solution Architect | Product Owner 1. Led architecture and product engineering for carrier-grade OSS platforms spanning 5G RAN, 5G Core, Network Slicing, LTE, IMS/VoLTE, SD-WAN, NFVi, CNF/VNF and Transport networks, designing service and resource models across RAN, Transport, Core and Cloud infrastructure. 2. Designed 5G Network Slice service models covering RAN, Transport and Core domains, including gNB, AMF, SMF, UPF, L3VPN and associated 3GPP interfaces/services, enabling unified inventory, service assurance, RCA and future auto-scaling/auto-healing capabilities. 3. Led strategic customer POCs and solution development across 5G RAN/Core, Network Slicing, IMS, SD-WAN and Cloud-native network architectures, supporting customer engagements including Optus, Sptel and ROBI and contributing to successful customer opportunities. 4. Built and led a high-performing engineering team of 20+ engineers during product incubation, owning technical direction, architecture reviews, POCs, product incubation, mentoring, delivery planning, stakeholder management and execution across strategic telecommunications platforms. 5. Modernized telecom middleware platforms for CDMA/WCDMA networks by introducing multi-tenancy and architectural improvements, reducing the physical server footprint by 40% and improving infrastructure utilization. 6. Architected and implemented software upgrade and lifecycle-management automation, including CLI-based reset, reboot, installation, upgrade and activation workflows, reducing software upgrade time by 50% and significantly reducing manual errors. 7. Led requirements, architecture, development, test strategy, performance/scalability engineering and production support for carrier-grade telecom platforms, collaborating closely with system engineering, product management and customers to deliver high-quality releases.

Senior Software Engineer at Sasken, Sep 2000 - Jun 2005 · 4 yrs 10 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, Developed OSS/NMS/EMS solutions supporting telecom wireline and wireless operations

Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Government College of Engineering, Manonmaniam sundaranar university , Tirunelveli

Master of Engineering, Communication Systems, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Madurai Kamaraj University

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