Deepak Thakur
Bangalore
Summary
Technical leader with over 19 years of experience in Software and systems Engineering, people management. Currently leading a diverse team, managing 15+ engineers in engineering, architecting, testing, and ensuring the quality of Dell EMC's VxBlock datacentre solutions. Skilled with cloud ops, VMware vSphere, Cisco UCS servers, UCSM, Cisco networking, and storage solutions. Results-driven Engineering Lead known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Specialize in project management, team leadership, and innovative problem-solving. Excel in communication, adaptability, and strategic planning to achieve goals and drive success.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Engineering Lead
Dell Technologies
Bangalore
04.2021 - 10.2024
- Led engineering and testing for Dell EMC's end-to-end datacentre VxBlock; involved in the architecture and design of the product features.
- Managed a diverse team (IST, EST, and Ireland), oversaw recruitment, coaching, and career development.
- Involved in performance review and compensation planning.
- India's site lead for the team.
- Automated 90% of overall testing efforts, thus reducing 50% of the savings in manual work.
- Lead the design, implementation, and upkeep of test automation frameworks (DELL internal testing framework) and tools for cloud products.
- Optimized the engineer's bandwidth and reduced the testing release cycle by approximately 33%.
- Taking care of internal and external stakeholder management, and cross-team collaborations.
- Product roadmap planning, requirement analysis, prioritizations, and negotiations.
- Stay informed about emerging trends, technologies, and best practices in test automation and AI-focused testing methodologies.
Principal Engineer
Dell Technologies
Bangalore
12.2016 - 03.2021
- Led engineering and testing for Dell EMC's end-to-end datacentre VBlock, VxBlock, and VxRack for on-premise cloud operations.
- Involved in hiring, mentoring, and performance evaluation of the team.
- Established testing strategies and metrics to enhance quality assurance processes.
- Lead the design and implementation of test automation frameworks and tools for cloud and data centers.
- Ensure thorough test coverage while streamlining testing processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
- Responsible for strategy, execution, planning, and vision for the team and product.
- Handling customer escalations, live debugging.
- Successfully relocated the datacentre lab to a new location, with the minimum downtime possible, with the off-site team.
- Hopkinton lab setup: managed and delivered the entire execution.
- Implemented quality assurance processes to ensure product reliability and performance.
Project Manager
MindTree
Bangalore
06.2011 - 12.2016
- Company Overview: Cisco Onsite.
- Managed a team of 15, focused on hiring, mentoring, and career development.
- Solely responsible for lab setup (data center) from scratch.
- Validated Cisco servers against Microsoft, VMware, RHEL, SUSE, CentOS, Ubuntu, Solaris, and Citrix Xen.
- Worked with Intel, Broadcom, Qlogic, Emulex, LSI, Avago, Cisco, and NVIDIA HBA, CNA, and GPUs.
- Identified risks associated with each project, and developed strategies for mitigating those risks.
- Developed and implemented a data-driven performance review of direct reportees and compensation planning.
- Developed and executed test plans, identified risks, and implemented mitigation strategies.
Module Lead
MindTree
Bangalore
11.2009 - 05.2011
- Company Overview: Cisco Onsite.
- Spearheaded the validation of Cisco C-series servers with the Microsoft platform.
- Developed and executed test plans, and managed defects.
- Identified risks and implemented mitigation strategies.
- Cisco On-site
Software QA Engineer
Symantec Corporation
Pune
07.2009 - 11.2009
- Set up the DTM lab in Pune, India, for Winqual validation for Microsoft certification of antivirus drivers, and achieved 100% coverage of overall global requirements.
- Managed to give Winqual certification results to all various teams, verticals, and across BU without a single slippage.
- Conducted testing for kernel mode drivers and security products, ensuring compliance with industry standards.
Assoc SQA Engineer
Symantec Corporation
Pune
07.2007 - 06.2009
- Conducted testing for kernel mode drivers and security products, ensuring compliance with industry standards
- Developed in-house testing capabilities to benchmark against competitors and improve product effectiveness.
Assoc STE
Aztecsoft Ltd
Pune
07.2005 - 07.2007
- Conducted testing for various Microsoft applications, focusing on functionality and deployment compatibility.
- Conducted a rigorous security and functionality assessment of Microsoft OneCare, identifying five critical vulnerabilities and ten UI improvements.
- Applied scalability testing expertise to financial systems, leveraging JMeter and AutoIT to inform hardware scaling decisions, achieving X% reduction in infrastructure costs.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science and Engineering
SLIET
Longowal, PunjabIIM Executive Education Programme - TechEDGE
IIM Bangalore
Skills
- C/C, Python
- Docker, Kubernetes
- CI/CD
- Systems Engineering
- Product Engineering
- Test automation
- Agile methodologies
- Design thinking
- Stakeholder management
- Microsoft Azure
- Google GCP
- VMware vSphere
- Cisco UCSM
Skills
VMware vSphere, vSAN, Cisco UCSM, Dell EMC storage, SAN, NAS, FC, FCoE, iSCSI, Cisco Switch, C/C++, Python, RHEL, CentOS, Windows, ESXi, Microsoft Azure, Google GCP, Docker, Kubernetes
Accomplishments
- Multiple quarterly awards
- Spot award for delivering the execution of test automation project
- Game changer awards for dell emc project delivery in data center migration
- Had been the top performer of the team, receiving RSU's on yearly basis
Timeline
Senior Engineering Lead
Dell Technologies
04.2021 - 10.2024
Principal Engineer
Dell Technologies
12.2016 - 03.2021
Project Manager
MindTree
06.2011 - 12.2016
Module Lead
MindTree
11.2009 - 05.2011
Software QA Engineer
Symantec Corporation
07.2009 - 11.2009
Assoc SQA Engineer
Symantec Corporation
07.2007 - 06.2009
Assoc STE
Aztecsoft Ltd
07.2005 - 07.2007
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science and Engineering
SLIET
IIM Executive Education Programme - TechEDGE
IIM Bangalore
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