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Arun Kumar Sankaran Nair

Bangalore

Summary

Experienced with designing and implementing advanced engineering solutions. Utilizes technical proficiency and strategic oversight to ensure project success and system reliability. Track record of fostering collaborative environments and delivering innovative solutions on time and within scope.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Principal Engineer

Netskope India Pvt Ltd
05.2019 - Current
  • Working currently on Netskope’s Cloud security product.
  • Leading a team of 15+ members on the technical side
  • Architected/Refactored multiple services as microservices to improve performance and scalability.
  • Created design documents.
  • Identified technologies and frameworks to use for solving technical issues.
  • Created POCs for various new features.
  • Improved the performance of event processing system by up to 60% after redesigning the entire system into microservices.
  • Used Drone to automate the CI/CD pipeline.
  • Used Helm charts to automate the deployment into various environments.
  • Provided support and handled various customer issues.
  • Conducted stand-ups and managed the technical aspects of the product.
  • Handled code reviews and mentored junior team members.
  • Involved in interviewing candidates for various positions.

Master Engineer

Aruba Networks an HPE company
04.2018 - 02.2019
  • Worked on Aruba’s network management product provided from the cloud called Aruba Central.
  • Developed a framework for installing and upgrading Ubuntu OS for the appliance.
  • Created a framework for Continuous Integration of the infrastructure components.
  • Built a framework for upgrading CoreOS, Kubernetes and other infrastructure components.
  • Secured the Kubernetes cluster by allowing traffic to only certain ports within the cluster.

Sr. MTS

VMware Software India Pvt Ltd
07.2015 - 03.2018
  • Worked on vRealize Automation (vRA), a hybrid cloud automation solution from VMware.
  • Integrated latest version of Codestream with 7.0 release of vRA.
  • Took ownership of Reclamation module in vRA, added features and fixed defects.
  • Implemented Workload Placement (WLP) in VRA by integrating with vROPS.
  • Integrated with vRB for the pricing and costing features.
  • Analyzed and implemented Cloud specific Blueprints and integration with the Provisioning service and Photon model in vRA.
  • Mentored junior developers and educated them on process and technical knowledge.
  • Participated in the recruitment process.
  • Participated in Hackathon and Innovation sprints.
  • Attended onsite discussions, knowledge sessions, customer beta, and VP offsites.

Software Engineer IV

Cisco Systems India Pvt Ltd
01.2010 - 07.2015
  • Worked on Cisco Prime Collaboration (CPC), a web-based application that allows customers to manage their enterprise Telepresence/Audio deployments.
  • Developed UI screens for the application in Dojo and Flex.
  • Designed and developed the Inventory module and integrated it with other modules.
  • Provided complete design and development of REST based NBI.
  • Provided help and support to other developers as and when required.
  • Coordinated with cross-functional teams to evaluate requirements and study the feasibility.
  • Conducted brain storming sessions within the team to resolve issues.
  • Handled the role of scrum master for Fault module.
  • Interacted with customers to resolve critical issues reported.
  • Played a key role in the integration of CUCM product into CPC.
  • Coordinated with the HCL development team by providing technical guidance and scoping of the features.
  • Secured the application using SSL.

Technical Anchor

Subex Ltd
04.2008 - 01.2010
  • Worked on Syndesis NetP, a product that allows network operators to provision various services like DSL, ADSL, VPN, and Carrier Ethernet.
  • Implemented various customer specific requirements.
  • Enhanced existing features of the product.
  • Solved problem reports logged in by the customer.
  • Designed solutions based on the customer requirements.
  • Applied design patterns to come up with robust and flexible solution.
  • Analyzed the feasibility of feature requirements.

Senior Software Engineer

Wipro Technologies
09.2003 - 04.2008
  • Started my career as a Software Engineer and growing up to the level of a team lead. I was able to work in different teams and products. I contributed to the development of various web-based and desktop applications during this span of time. I contributed to the development of UI screens based on JSPs, Servlets, backend services using Java/J2ee and Pl/Sql procedures and functions using frameworks like Spring, Struts and Hibernate.
  • Projects:
  • WRAN-CM: Ericsson’s OSS product
  • DLMC / AIC / ESS: HR management product built on top of HRMS for Seagate
  • IGMS / Exit capacity: Transco, UK’s Gas supply company

Education

Post Graduate Diploma - AI & ML

IIIT Bangalore
01.2020

MS - Software Engineering

BITS Pilani
01.2007

BSc. - Computer Science

College of Applied Sciences
01.2003

Skills

  • Distributes systems
  • Design and Architecture
  • Research and analysis
  • Project team leadership
  • Product roadmapping
  • Team mentoring
  • System architecture
  • Engineering documentation
  • Database design
  • Project coordination
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Software architecture
  • Distributed systems
  • Scalability engineering
  • Continuous deployment
  • Containerization
  • Technical leadership
  • Problem-solving
  • Organizational skills
  • Excellent communication

Timeline

Principal Engineer

Netskope India Pvt Ltd
05.2019 - Current

Master Engineer

Aruba Networks an HPE company
04.2018 - 02.2019

Sr. MTS

VMware Software India Pvt Ltd
07.2015 - 03.2018

Software Engineer IV

Cisco Systems India Pvt Ltd
01.2010 - 07.2015

Technical Anchor

Subex Ltd
04.2008 - 01.2010

Senior Software Engineer

Wipro Technologies
09.2003 - 04.2008

MS - Software Engineering

BITS Pilani

BSc. - Computer Science

College of Applied Sciences

Post Graduate Diploma - AI & ML

IIIT Bangalore

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