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title: "Vikash Srivastava - Lead Principal Data System Engineer in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Vikash Srivastava, Lead Principal Data System Engineer @ Oracle | AI Vector Search & RAG | Query Optimization | OCI & Autonomous DB | AI Data Lake (Iceberg) based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes codex, deepseek, and openai."
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# Vikash Srivastava on Tal

## Headline

Lead Principal Data System Engineer @ Oracle \| AI Vector Search & RAG \| Query Optimization \| OCI & Autonomous DB \| AI Data Lake \(Iceberg\)

## About

🚀My career journey, from a Software Engineer to lead principal engineer at Oracle India, reflects my dedication to mastering database optimization, cloud services, generative AI and AI data lake \(Iceberg\)\. CORE COMPETENCIES Technical Leadership \| Engineering Leadership \| Data Platform Engineering \| System Design \| Generative AI \| AI Vector Search \| Retrieval\-Augmented Generation \(RAG\) \| LLM Integration \| Query Optimization \| AI Data Lake \(Apache Iceberg\) \| Data Lakehouse Architecture \| Oracle Database \(12c–26ai\) \| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure \(OCI\) \| Autonomous Database \| Big Data SQL \| PL/SQL \| Cloud Architecture PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Lead Principal Data System Engineer with 13\+ years of experience at Oracle building large\-scale cloud database systems, distributed data platforms, AI\-powered search solutions, and autonomous data services\. Recently promoted to drive broader technical strategy, architecture, and engineering excellence\. Proven track record of leading high\-performing engineering teams delivering innovations across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure \(OCI\), Autonomous Database, Exadata, and cloud\-native data platforms\. Specialized in AI Vector Search, Retrieval\-Augmented Generation \(RAG\), LLM integration, query optimization, and autonomous database technologies\. Led the design and delivery of semantic search capabilities that enable enterprises to search structured and unstructured data using vector embeddings\. Architect and technical leader behind strategic innovations including Auto Indexing, Real\-Time Statistics Maintenance, Apache Iceberg integration, and autonomous database capabilities enabling scalable analytics and modern lakehouse architectures\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

codex

deepseek

openai

ChatGPT

## Work experience

Lead Principal Data System Engineer at Oracle, Oct 2026 \- Present · 1 mo, Bengaluru, 🚀Led AI Vector Search initiatives enabling semantic search over structured and unstructured enterprise data using vector embeddings\. 🧨Enabled Retrieval\-Augmented Generation \(RAG\) workflows by integrating vector search with LLM\-powered applications for highly relevant contextual retrieval\. 🚀Led Apache Iceberg integration initiatives supporting modern lakehouse architectures, schema evolution, and interoperability across analytic platforms\.

Senior Engineering Manager at Oracle, Nov 2022 \- Present · 4 yrs, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, ➢Led a team of 10\+ developers, and developed an Auto Indexing tool, boosting application efficiency by 50% through automated index creation and validation ➢Implemented Automatic SQL Plan Management in version 19C, enhancing autonomous cloud and Exadata performance, cutting SQL execution times by 35%

Engineering Manager at Oracle, Sep 2019 \- Nov 2022 · 3 yrs 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, ➢Led the Quarantine Runaway Query project, automating the management of resource\-heavy SQL statements, reducing system downtimes by 20% ➢Pioneered Real\-Time Statistics Maintenance, optimizing stats workflows and implementing frequent automatic collection, improving database query response times by 20% ➢Enhanced stats maintenance, integrating lightweight tasks for near real\-time updates, boosting system performance by 25%

## Education

Executive Post\-Graduate Program, Business Administration and Management, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Bachelor of Engineering \- BE, Information Science, RV College of Engineering

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