Mukundan
Bengaluru,KA
Summary
Dynamic Senior Product Owner at Mercedes Benz with a proven track record in cloud implementation and architectural design. Expert in AWS and CI/CD pipelines, driving process improvements and stakeholder management. Successfully led product deployments, enhancing system security and performance, while mentoring teams to achieve business objectives and measurable ROI.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Product Owner
Mercedes Benz
11.2022 - Current
- Oversaw entire product deployments from vision and creation to rollout and delivery.
- Managed AWS cloud implementation and changes via Terraform
- Dockerized legacy SCA (Like Astree, Coverity) tools to implement in Cloud Platform
- Automated Dockerization using CI Pipeline
- Implemented 2FA to secure Platform and User
- Managed implementation of new features by outlining plans and specifications such as how, where, and when each component would work.
- Owned and prioritized product backlog.
- Focused on building critical features up front in order to identify constraints and technical challenges.
- Requirement gathering and managing stakeholders
- Designed and implemented system security and data assurance.
- Monitored and tested application performance to identify potential bottlenecks, develop solutions and collaborate with developers on solution implementation.
- Managed installation, upgrade and deployment projects and provided on-site direction for network engineers.
Principal SDE
Maveric Systems
05.2019 - 10.2022
- Collaborated in creating a Red Hat OpenShift (v3.9) platform to facilitate the adoption of microservices architecture.
- Implemented HELM charts to deploy and manage the application
- Helped to implement Kong API gateway
- Designed and guided my team to prepare CI/CD pipeline (Jenkins)
- Communicated project plans and progress to key stakeholders and project contributors.
- Served as technical liaison, supporting team and management for quality assurance
- Collaborated with business users, technical teams, database administrators and testing teams during kickoff meetings, joint application designing, and planning sessions to validate requirements.
Senior Software Engineer
Robert Bosch Engineering And Business Solutions
01.2014 - 05.2019
- Configured AWS cloud platform to deploy JAVA projects
- Onboarding micro-services in Openshift Platform
- Migration of legacy applications to Openshift 3.11
- Creating and updating templates for deployments
- Individually Configured Harbor repository to store image artifacts
- Collaboration with customer for new requirements and support
Software Engineer
Cognizant Technologies
Bengaluru, Karnataka
01.2012 - 12.2013
- Planned and Implemented 3-tier Architecture to host Java application with Oracle database as a backend
- Configured Ldap server and implemented SSL for secured connection
- Configured Nagios for application and server monitoring
- Collaborated with Oracle team to migrate and optimize the database
- Delivered unit-tested systems within customer-prescribed timeframes.
Software Engineer
ABB
Bengaluru, Karnataka
09.2010 - 01.2012
- Implemented JBOSS EPA 6.0 application server with LB
- Contributed in both the application development (ie., "Order Management Systems" and "Business Online") in some modules to accommodate customized requirements
- Automated the EAR deployment using scripts
- Configured IBM WebSphere and implemented asynchronous messaging for Order Management system to support cross region order placements.
Server Operations Senior Specialist
IBM India Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
06.2009 - 08.2010
- Responsible for bug fixing, upgradation and implementation.
- Handled different Web Application Servers like JBOSS, WebLogic and Tomcat servers under Unix and Windows environments.
- Worked with BMC Remedy tool to create problem and change management tickets.
Education
Master of Computer Applications - Computer Applications
Bharathidasan Univerity
Trichy06-2008
Skills
- Technical Leadership: Proven experience leading and mentoring development teams, managing project lifecycles, and providing technical direction from concept to deployment
- Architectural Design: Designing and implementing robust, scalable, and secure enterprise-level solutions across diverse environments and infrastructure models
- Cloud Expertise: Hands-on experience with major cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure, including cloud migration, data storage, and integration services
- Business Acumen: Strong ability to understand business requirements and translate them into actionable technical roadmaps and solutions, focusing on measurable ROI and business objectives
- Stakeholder Management: Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills to effectively interact with stakeholders at all levels, from executive leadership to technical teams
- Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify and resolve complex technical and operational challenges, including security and performance bottlenecks
- Process Improvement: Re-engineering existing processes and evaluating emerging technologies to drive continuous improvement and enable business growth
Timeline
Senior Product Owner
Mercedes Benz
11.2022 - Current
Principal SDE
Maveric Systems
05.2019 - 10.2022
Senior Software Engineer
Robert Bosch Engineering And Business Solutions
01.2014 - 05.2019
Software Engineer
Cognizant Technologies
01.2012 - 12.2013
Software Engineer
ABB
09.2010 - 01.2012
Server Operations Senior Specialist
IBM India Pvt Ltd
06.2009 - 08.2010
Master of Computer Applications - Computer Applications
Bharathidasan Univerity