Pavan Patharde
Bangalore
Summary
Accomplished Senior Engineer with over 14 years of experience in leading cross-functional teams to develop robust platforms for both on-premises and cloud environments. Expertise in microservice architecture and cloud-native technologies has driven successful feature development and platform design initiatives. Proven track record in enhancing system performance and scalability, with a focus on delivering innovative solutions aligned with business objectives. Career goal includes leveraging technical leadership to drive transformative engineering projects.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Engineer
NetApp India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
09.2019 - Current
- Lead the platform design, implementation, and deployment process for the Next Generation OTV Vasa Provider, bundled as OVA. Improved the scalability of the OTV product to reach an industry-first 150k+ vvols.
- Lead the design for Vasa Specification 5, which helps in getting vVol+ certification from VMware.
- Lead the design and implementation to support NVMe and FC protocols within the OTV product.
- Lead the platform design and implementation for the Astra VMware plugin and ADS Vasa provider.
- Lead the design and implementation of the Ontap Tools Manager backend.
- Lead the design of a Kubernetes-based HCI management node, along with a migration tool from Docker Swarm to Kubernetes. The migration tool reduced the release cycle from three months to a biweekly cadence.
- Designed an end-to-end observability strategy for OTV, including customer adoption metrics ingestion into ASUP.
- Designed and developed microservices based on various languages, such as Golang, Spring Boot, and Python Flask.
- Developed various Kubernetes operator types based on the Operator SDK to deploy components.
- Open-Source Contribution to Bitnami MongoDB Helm Charts.
- Mentored junior engineers, providing guidance and support to facilitate professional growth and project success.
- Filed patent applications for various innovations.
- Skills: VMware, Kubernetes, REST API, MongoDB, Python, Flask, Microservice Architecture, Docker, Domain-Driven Design, Golang, Operator SDK, and Observability Tools (OpenMetrics, Jaeger, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, AlertManager, Fluentd/Fluentbit).
Member of Technical Staff
VMware India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
05.2017 - 09.2019
- Designed and developed micro service based Tools, Services and Applications which saves $18 Mil/ year
- Responsible for developing Hardware as a Service which help manage all the assets inside the company including Servers, Switches and Storage etc
- Managing Custom Kubernetes Container Orchestration Framework (Internal Container Cloud)
- Develop features for Internal CI/CD and On Demand Apps (Jenkins, SonarQube) platform
- Skills: Python, Flask, PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, Docker, Kubernetes, Elasticsearch and Celery
Senior Software Engineer
Lava International
Bangalore
02.2015 - 05.2017
- Lead All the backend efforts including Building Tools, Integrations and in-house custom requirements
- These tools generated close to $1 Million / per year in revenue
- Developed a recommendation engine and GCM messaging tool for the apps such as Android Launcher, Theme Store App
- User behaviour analysis and persona creation
- Persona (Gamer, Social etc.) creation involves scoring for each of the actions that he has done and classifying based on threshold score
- Developed REST based API's for consumption by Android Apps
- Handle all the forum plugin development and blog customization
- Skills: Laravel, AWS, Redshift, Data Pipeline, Bootstrap 3 and Django
Application Engineer
Intacct Corporation
Bangalore
10.2013 - 02.2015
- Company Overview: Intacct is a cloud Accounting/Financial Software based on SAAS Model
- Design and Develop Applications and third-party integrations for Sales Organization which increases conversion of Sales leads into customers
- Worked on Proprietary PHP Framework, Bootstrap responsive coding, Web servers and MySQL Database
- Skills: HTML, CSS, MySQL, MVC PHP, CVS, Web Services and Cloud Developer
- Intacct is a cloud Accounting/Financial Software based on SAAS Model
Systems Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
Bangalore
08.2011 - 09.2013
- Designed application for Customer Service Management which increased customer satisfaction by 20%
- This app provides latest tools, software's and user manuals
- Worked on CodeIgniter Framework, Bootstrap responsive coding, Web servers and MySQL Database
- Deployed application on Azure Cloud
- Skills: HTML5, CSS, MySQL, MVC PHP, SVN, REST and Cloud Developer
Microsoft Student Partner
Microsoft Corporation
Bagalkot
08.2010 - 07.2011
- Challenged to use my enthusiasm and knowledge to lead the technology discussion in my campus which increased awareness in students by 20%
- Responsibilities included demo of the latest and greatest technologies, host events, connect with other students and faculty, inspire them to create what's next
Education
PG Program - Management And Leadership
Institute Of Management Technology
Ghaziabad, India01.2019
BE - Computer Science and Engineering
Visvesvaraya Technological University
Bagalkot, India01.2011
Skills
- Cloud Native: Kubernetes, Docker, Operator SDK, OpenMetrics, Jaeger, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, AlertManager, Fluentd/Fluent Bit, Elasticsearch, Redis, RabbitMQ
- Database: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB
- Cloud: AWS, Redshift, Data Pipeline, Core Services
- REST API
- Languages: polyglot
- Microservice architecture
Awards
- Spot Award, NetApp India Pvt Ltd, For Outstanding Contributions in delivering Microservices Based Vasa Provider. For the dedicated commitment to help ramp up the entire team on Kubernetes and for outstanding contributions to deliver the applications on Kubernetes.
- Spot Award, VMware India Pvt Ltd, For outstanding contributions in delivering the applications on time with quality.
Languages
- English
- Kannada
- Hindi
Certification
- CKAD (Certified Kubernetes Application Developer)
- PCA ( Prometheus Certified Associate)
Affiliations
Vidya Poshak, Volunteer
Volunteer in raising funds for various causes.
Pro-bono volunteering by providing technical help on web development, excel etc.
Timeline
Senior Engineer
NetApp India Pvt Ltd
09.2019 - Current
Member of Technical Staff
VMware India Pvt Ltd
05.2017 - 09.2019
Senior Software Engineer
Lava International
02.2015 - 05.2017
Application Engineer
Intacct Corporation
10.2013 - 02.2015
Systems Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
08.2011 - 09.2013
Microsoft Student Partner
Microsoft Corporation
08.2010 - 07.2011
PG Program - Management And Leadership
Institute Of Management Technology
BE - Computer Science and Engineering
Visvesvaraya Technological University
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