CHETAN SHUKLA
Noida
Summary
Enterprise Solution Architect and Technology Executive with 18+ years of leadership experience steering the design, development, and delivery of mission-critical, high-availability software ecosystems. Proven track record of aligning complex multi-million dollar technical architectures with overarching business goals across urban infrastructure (Mumbai Metro) and global consumer electronics (Samsung). Expert in executive stakeholder orchestration, global vendor management, and driving large-scale engineering governance using frameworks like TOGAF. Adept at building and mentoring cross-functional engineering organizations, optimizing software delivery lifecycles, and fostering a culture of innovation and high-performance engineering.
Overview
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Certification
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
SOLUTION ARCHITECT
Major Indian Metro Urban Signaling Software
Gurugram
01.2023 - Current
- End-to-End Architectural Governance: Serve as the designated Technical Owner for signaling software across the Mumbai Metro Line 3, commanding complete architectural integrity from conceptual design to live-site deployment of high-availability urban infrastructure.
- Strategic Feature Delivery: Successfully directed the architecture and rollout of 10+ mission-critical enterprise features, ensuring 100% compliance with stringent public safety, performance, and reliability standards.
- Global Vendor & Interface Orchestration: Spearhead high-level technical negotiations and design synchronization with diverse global vendors, establishing robust governance protocols for critical external software/hardware interfaces.
- Stakeholder Management (TOGAF ADM): Standardized cross-functional operations using the TOGAF ADM framework; effectively bridged alignment gaps between Integration, Development, and Verification business units to eliminate delivery bottlenecks.
- Performance & Reliability Engineering: Oversaw comprehensive memory and CPU profiling initiatives, drastically optimizing system reliability and mitigating operational risks in high-consequence, real-time transport environments.
- Engineering Governance & Mentorship: Drive technical excellence and cultural transformation for a core team of 10+ senior engineers, enforcing SOLID design principles and clean, extensible software frameworks.
SENIOR CHIEF ENGINEER (ARCHITECTURAL LEAD)
SAMSUNG R&D Institute
Noida
09.2013 - 12.2022
- Global Systems Ownership: Functioned as the primary Technical Architect and Portfolio Lead for the global TV Broadcast Framework, driving engineering strategy for a massive codebase spanning 1,000+ C++ source files and critical channel-management modules.
- Time-to-Market Optimization: Spearheaded the structural modularization and design of a hardware-abstracted HDMI Application Layer for the Samsung Tizen Soundbar platform, cutting time-to-market for next-generation chip set and decoding layer integrations.
- International Compliance & Delivery: Led an agile engineering group of 8 developers in building state-of-the-art multimedia technologies aligned with global regulatory frameworks (ATSC, DVB, ISDB), securing seamless operations across international consumer markets.
- Cross-Functional Executive Reporting: Orchestrated technical reporting, risk assessment, and defect resolution schedules for internal executive sponsors and external B2B clients, deploying static analysis and advanced diagnostics to maintain top-tier software metrics.
- Product Line Innovation: Conceived and deployed high-impact consumer-facing features (e.g., Global Genre Selection), directly enhancing the UX/UI roadmap for Samsung’s premier worldwide consumer electronics portfolio.
LEAD ENGINEER
HCL Technologies
Noida
04.2011 - 08.2013
- Architectural Feature Ownership: Commanded end-to-end technical execution and lifecycle management for two high-impact software products within the highly competitive Unified Communications (UC) domain.
- Enterprise Systems Design: Engineered business-critical components for call processing and Private Branch Exchange (PBX) architectures, guaranteeing high availability and flawless failover routing for tier-1 enterprise clients.
- API & Infrastructure Scalability: Championed the development of robust, API-centric infrastructures that established modular foundations for third-party telecom integrations and decoupled hardware/software layers.
Software Engineer
Aricent Technologies
Gurugram
09.2010 - 03.2011
- Developed core components for telecom protocol stacks (DIAMETER) using C/C++ within complex Linux environments working on 3 different OS.
Education
Master of Science (MS) - Telecommunication and Networking
International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT)
Pune03.2007
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) - Electronics and Communications
Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU)
Lucknow06.2005
Skills
- Strategic Engineering Roadmap
- Cross-Functional Governance
- Talent Mentorship & Up skilling
- Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF ADM)
- System-Level Modularization
- High-Availability Systems
- Core C
- Embedded & Distributed Systems
- SOLID Design Principles
- Performance Engineering
- Global Vendor Management
- Multi-Standard Compliance
- Interface Orchestration
- Client Delivery
- Enterprise architecture design
Certification
Familiar with Enterprise Architecture execution patterns via TOGAF frameworks.
Accomplishments
- 2x Recipient: Best Team Award (Recognized for cross-functional synergy and delivery excellence).
- Recipient: Employee of the Quarter Award (Presented personally by the Managing Director of Samsung R&D Institute for exceptional architectural contribution).
- Recipient: Peacock Award (Avaya Inc., awarded for elite crisis management and critical customer defect resolution).
Timeline
SOLUTION ARCHITECT
Major Indian Metro Urban Signaling Software
01.2023 - Current
SENIOR CHIEF ENGINEER (ARCHITECTURAL LEAD)
SAMSUNG R&D Institute
09.2013 - 12.2022
LEAD ENGINEER
HCL Technologies
04.2011 - 08.2013
Software Engineer
Aricent Technologies
09.2010 - 03.2011
Master of Science (MS) - Telecommunication and Networking
International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT)
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) - Electronics and Communications
Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU)