Arun Kumar Palani
Summary
Accomplished professional with over 16 years of diverse experience across roles including Engineering, Agile Implementation, Program Management, and Product Ownership. Proven track record of delivering high-quality solutions and driving successful outcomes in fast-paced, dynamic environments. Passionate about leveraging technology to drive positive change and deliver value to customers.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Staff Engineer/Principal Software Engineer
Palo Alto Networks
02.2021 - Current
- Migrated Python 2 to Python 3 refactoring code in 22 repositories for 25+ microservices running in native VM and k8s solutions.
- Designed and implemented Isito Service Mesh based Controller architecture for FedRAMP requirements including Infra/Driver updates to use Cloud Managed solutions like EKS, Mongo Atlas, Elasticache, MSK, KMS, Secret Manager .
- Collaborated with InfoSec team to integrate Secure Base Images based out of Alpine, Debian and Ubuntu-FIPS OS addressing vulnerabilities in Twistlock scans.
- Supported Inter-region connectivity for SDWAN Infra Connection services between AWS and GCP using Pub/Sub .
- Worked on On-Prem Controller solution and added features like SAML and Istio Integration for IL5 Certifications .
Senior Software Engineer
CISCO Systems Inc.
12.2016 - 02.2021
- Responsible for development of Intent-based Config Generation modules for Wireless LAN Controllers in CISCO's flagship Network Management Appliance - Digital Network Architecture Center (DNAC)
- Helped achieve 20% improvement in Config deployment times of High Scale Environment supporting upto 2000 Access points in WLC .
- Integrated Yourkit Agent and JCMD utility into the Wireless Micro-service to gather Diagnostics and Performance metrics in Scale setups
- Designed and developed end-to-end Guest Wireless Solutions for SD-Access Fabric Deployments by integrating DNAC with CISCO Identity Services Engine (ISE) for Guest Portal/Policy Support.
- Developed REST APIs using Spring MVC Framework along with RabbitMQ based Messaging System for Inter Service Communication and PostgreSQL for storing REST resources.
Product Owner
CISCO Systems Inc
02.2016 - 11.2016
- Responsible for working with Customers to gather requirements for P2P plugin modules handling Content Detection and Filtering in Telecom Networks.
- Worked with customers in Technical Pitch Meetings and Product Development Teams to drive the successful development and delivery of new features.
Program Manager/Scrum Master
CISCO Systems Inc.
11.2014 - 02.2016
- Handled the Feature Development Lifecycle for a Product Core Team of 50 members.
- Responsible for managing the pipeline from Concept Commit to FCS across 3 parallel Release streams, by collaborating with peer PCTs, Tools, Framework, and Documentation Teams
- Part of the team that transitioned CPDM processes from Waterfall to Agile Thin Layer
- Responsible for facilitating Scrum Ceremonies for 4 Feature Core Teams of size 10 each.
- Served as a Servant Leader for the teams by removing impediments, promoting Agile Principles, facilitating Continuous Improvement
Customer Escalation Engineer
CISCO Systems Inc.
05.2013 - 10.2014
- Responsible for handling Customer SRs in RADIUS interfaces for 3G & 4G nodes deployed in Verizon Wireless, AT&T, T-Mobile and a host of other Telecom Operators
- Collaborated with TAC and Field engineers to debug and collect logs from live setups of customers
- Responsible for meeting weekly CFD MTTR goal of 28 Days for defects in AAA module
Member of Technical Staff
Starent Networks
02.2009 - 04.2011
- Responsible for development of features for P-CSCF Node in IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and implemented Signaling Compression by integrating OpenSigcomp stack into the product.
Associate Applications Engineer
Oracle India Pvt. Ltd
06.2008 - 01.2009
- Responsible for design and development of Siebel CRM Applications in the Public Sector division.
Education
PGDM -
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
05.2013
ISP (Exchange Trimester) -
University of St.Gallen, Switzerland
11.2012
BE (CSE) -
College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University
05.2008
Class XII -
St. John's Mat. Hr. Sec. School, Chennai
01.2004
Class X -
St. John's Mat. Hr. Sec. School, Chennai
01.2002
Skills
- AWS - EC2, EKS, MSK, Elasticache, Secret Manager, KMS
- GCP - GKE, CloudSQL, Pub/Sub, BigQuery
- Container Orchestration - Kubernetes, Docker
- Java - Play Framework, Spring Core, Hibernate, Maven, Gradle, YourKit Profiler
- Python - Uwsgi, Flask
- Database - MongoDB, PostgreSQL, CloudSQL
- Messaging Systems - Kafka, Pub/Sub, RabbitMQ
- Automation Tools - Jenkins, Ansible
Certification
- CKAD - Certified Kubernetes Application Developer, Nov '21 - Nov '24
- PMP - Project Management Professional, Dec '15 - Dec '18
- CSM - Certified Scrum Master, Feb '15 - Feb '17
Timeline
Senior Staff Engineer/Principal Software Engineer
Palo Alto Networks
02.2021 - Current
Senior Software Engineer
CISCO Systems Inc.
12.2016 - 02.2021
Product Owner
CISCO Systems Inc
02.2016 - 11.2016
Program Manager/Scrum Master
CISCO Systems Inc.
11.2014 - 02.2016
Customer Escalation Engineer
CISCO Systems Inc.
05.2013 - 10.2014
Member of Technical Staff
Starent Networks
02.2009 - 04.2011
Associate Applications Engineer
Oracle India Pvt. Ltd
06.2008 - 01.2009
PGDM -
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
ISP (Exchange Trimester) -
University of St.Gallen, Switzerland
BE (CSE) -
College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University
Class XII -
St. John's Mat. Hr. Sec. School, Chennai
Class X -
St. John's Mat. Hr. Sec. School, Chennai
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