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Gaurav Kumar
Summary
Engineering leader with over 17 years of expertise in software development and delivery, complemented by adept team management and client interaction skills. Proven expertise in solution architecture, delivery management, and establishing high-performing teams. Hands on leader in Ping Identity, microservices architecture, AI-driven enablement, and enterprise modernization initiatives. Delivering secure cloud applications, authentication and authorization solutions, payment solutions and leading digital transformation programs. Proven ability to design and manage enterprise IAM architectures, onboard applications for SSO, MFA, and STS, and drive secure authentication at scale. Skilled in authentication & federation protocols (SAML, OAuth2, OIDC, FIDO), with strong exposure to DevSecOps, CI/CD automation, and cloud environments in Spring Boot, WebFlux, Play Framework, Node.js (AWS Lambda), and automation using Python. Compliance with the change and delivery frameworks and methodologies. Adept at stakeholder engagement, governance, and building high-performing teams to drive innovation, resilience, and operational excellence at scale.
Overview
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Certification
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years of professional experience
Work History
Open Source Lead
Petro IT
- Completely Designed and structured from scratch Spring-based microservices integrating heterogeneous solutions.
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines with Docker & Jenkins, enabling rapid production deployments.
Engineering Manager
Commonwealth Bank Australia
12.2024 - 02.2026
- Designed and delivered PING-based IAM integrations on AWS Cloud using Spring Boot microservices, enabling secure and scalable authentication.
- Custom solutions flow integration with PING Identity to deliver Org wide changes.
- Production Management and Ops support (Disaster Recovery, stack rebuild), CUJ validation.
- Managed a 14+ member engineering team in India, improving delivery efficiency and collaboration.
- Implemented AI-enabled CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, TeamCity, Octopus, and Ansible.
- Strengthened compliance posture with AWS + PING Identity, ensuring enterprise-grade security.
Senior Specialist Technology (Acting CL), IAM & Payments
Telstra India
10.2017 - 12.2024
- Designed and implemented IAM solutions with PING Identity, including passwordless authentication (Passkeys) using Spring Boot Reactive Microservices (WebFlux), WebAuthn, and AWS.
- Built scalable Java microservices for payments using Play Framework, deployed via Docker & Rancher, leveraging AWS Lambda (Node.js) and AWS Step Functions.
- Developed automation scripts and data pipelines in Python, enhancing operational efficiency and observability.
- Introduced AI-driven monitoring to predict deployment failures and improve release reliability.
- Migrated monolithic applications to cloud with AWS DynamoDB + KMS encryption, improving performance and scalability.
Senior Associate Technology
Sapient Nitro
05.2013 - 04.2015
- Led Java-based data migration frameworks using Spring Batch & Hibernate.
- Designed REST APIs with Jersey + Swagger, integrated with AEM CMS deployments.
Module Lead
NEC Technologies
11.2011 - 05.2013
- Managed scope closure, estimation, design, and delivery for NEC Japan’s Hydrator product.
- Extensive use of Java collections, multithreading, PL/SQL, Struts 2.0, Selenium automation.
- Team lead for HYDRAStor product and support team and managed entire spectrum.
Sr Engineer
Thinkclock Innovation Labs
01.2009 - 01.2011
- Developed Java-based web applications with Java ,MATLAB integration.
- Extensive integration of MATLAB to deliver business outcomes.
- Awarded Third Prize at IIM Bangalore “Next Big Idea” competition.
Associate Technology
Sapient Corporation
01.2007 - 01.2009
- Worked for blue chip clients O2, TD bank delivering solutions with Java, spring.
- Hibernate in both telecom and banking verticals.
- Supported build/deploy pipelines and infra operation.
Education
B-Tech (Honors) - Information Technology
IIIT Allahabad
01-2007
Skills
- Identity & Access Management: PING Identity, OAuth, SAML, WebAuthn, Passkeys
- AI Enablement: Applied AI/ML for build optimization, predictive deployment reliability, anomaly detection in CI/CD pipelines
- Programming & Frameworks: Spring Boot, Reactive Microservices (Spring WebFlux), Play Framework, Nodejs (AWS Lambda), Python (automation & scripting) Docker and Kubernetes
- Cloud & DevOps: AWS, DynamoDB, GitHub Actions, TeamCity, Octopus, Bamboo, Ansible, Docker, Rancher
- Monitoring & Observability: Splunk, AppDynamics, Observe(Prometheus), AI-driven monitoring and predictive Analytics
- Architecture & Delivery: Migrating monoliths to microservices, serverless solutions (AWS Lambda), Apigee API Management
- Leadership: Managing 14 member engineering teams, mentoring, stakeholder engagement
- Agile Practices: End-to-end delivery management, change management, proposal drafting
- Change management: ServiceNow, ITAM
Certification
- DevsecOps Champion
- Team Mentoring and Management (IIM training)
Timeline
Engineering Manager
Commonwealth Bank Australia
12.2024 - 02.2026
Senior Specialist Technology (Acting CL), IAM & Payments
Telstra India
10.2017 - 12.2024
Senior Associate Technology
Sapient Nitro
05.2013 - 04.2015
Module Lead
NEC Technologies
11.2011 - 05.2013
Sr Engineer
Thinkclock Innovation Labs
01.2009 - 01.2011
Associate Technology
Sapient Corporation
01.2007 - 01.2009
Open Source Lead
Petro IT
B-Tech (Honors) - Information Technology
IIIT Allahabad
Awards & Achievements
National Innovation Award – IIM Bangalore “Next Big Idea” (2011), Gold Medallist – IIT-JEE Talent Search Test (Top 0.001%)