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Saket Kumar

Saket Kumar

Software Architect, where I design scalable, maintainable, and high-performing applications. My expertise includes microservices architecture, database optimization, and cloud deployments, particularly with Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF). I have also implemented full telemetry instrumentation with SRE principles to ensure system reliability and observability. I enjoy working on system design, improving application performance, and mentoring teams on best practices.
Bangalore

Summary

With over 16 years of industry experience, I bring extensive knowledge in implementing and transforming business technology solutions across various domains such as retail, telecommunications, and financial sectors. My expertise lies in utilizing a range of Microsoft and open source tools and technologies to drive successful project transitions and ensure seamless collaboration between client and offshore teams. I have designed, developed, troubleshot, and implemented modern cloud-native SaaS applications using the latest technologies. Additionally, I have successfully led the migration of applications from on-premises to the Azure cloud. In my role, I actively contribute to understanding business needs, writing system requirement specifications, grooming user stories with business stakeholders, and providing conceptual solutions. I am involved in all stages of the development process including system design specification, implementation, and support activities. With a strong focus on customer satisfaction, I have effectively addressed customer queries, resolved issues, and managed escalations. Furthermore, I possess extensive expertise in application migration from Java technology stacks to .NET and Python-specific technologies. I actively participate in technical design reviews, functional specification reviews, project estimation, scheduling, test planning, and code reviews. Proactively identifying and resolving potential problems is a key strength demonstrated through my review of technical specifications documents. Additionally, I have conducted performance testing to identify bottlenecks and conducted code profiling to optimize application performance. My experience extends to developing large-scale business-critical enterprise applications within the telecommunications and financial sectors.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Principle Software Engineer - IT

DELL International Pvt. Ltd.
04.2021 - Current

Zero Touch Provisioning and Workbook Automation (Apr 2023 – Present)

Role: Software Architect

  • Architected and developed scalable FastAPI microservices with a PostgreSQL backend, ensuring high performance and maintainability.
    Designed and implemented event-driven workflows to automate provisioning, configuration, and problem resolution for Dell Digital Cloud (DDC) clusters.
    Developed real-time observability dashboards using Prometheus and Grafana, improving system monitoring and proactive issue resolution.
    Led vulnerability compliance initiatives, significantly improving DevOps security assessment scores and ensuring regulatory compliance.
    Established and optimized CI/CD pipelines, enhancing software delivery, reducing deployment time, and enforcing best DevSecOps practices.
    Automated Day 0, Day 1 & Day 2 infrastructure operations, enabling efficient provisioning, management, security enforcement, and audit processes.
    Identified and resolved critical data discrepancies across multiple infrastructure tools, ensuring data consistency and reliability.
    Integrated third-party APIs to extend platform capabilities, enhancing automation and operational efficiency.
    Enhanced system reliability and security, reducing downtime and mitigating vulnerabilities through proactive system hardening.
    Led cross-functional teams to align software architecture with business objectives, driving innovation and operational excellence.
    Implemented best practices in software versioning and collaboration, streamlining code integration and reducing technical debt.
    Championed software performance improvements, optimizing code execution and eliminating bottlenecks to enhance system responsiveness.

    Tech Stack: Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, PCF, Prometheus, Grafana, Pydantic, OpenAPI, JWT, Angular, Bootstrap, CSS, HTML5

Associate Consultant

CGI ISMC Pvt. Ltd.
10.2009 - 04.2021
  • Retail-X (Jan 2020 – Apr 2021)
    Role: Transition Technical Lead

    Led the transition of a construction and civil engineering project management portal, digitizing project lifecycles.

    Designed and implemented project tracking, including members, roles, risks, and documents.

    Integrated vendor, supplier, and customer management applications.

    Developed purchase order management features, linking them to project lifecycles.

    Led technical transition, mentoring the offshore team in Azure DevOps, .NET Core, and Microservices.

    Established VDI connectivity and documented key business processes.

    Assisted Scrum Master in Sprint planning, backlog grooming, and solution verification.

    Tech Stack: Azure, .NET Core, C#, Angular, Microservices, Kubernetes, SQL Server, Web APIs

Senior Software Engineer

Briskon Software Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
01.2008 - 07.2009

Software Trainee Engineer

Samcomm Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
01.2007 - 10.2007

Education

Bachelor of Engineering -

Bansal Institute of Science and Technology
01.2002 - 01.2006

Skills

Azure Platform Expertise

Pivotal Cloud Foundry Expertise

Net Core Application Design

C# Programming

Proficient in ASPNET

MVC Implementation Experience

Angular8

AngularJs

Net core Micro services

Web API

REST APIs

Kestrel

Dockers

Kubernetes

AJAX

SOAP Services

WCF Services

EF

EF Core

LINQ

IIS

SQL Server

Azure SQL

Azure Blob

Azure Search

Azure web Job

Swagger

OpenAPI Standards

JWT Tokens

SiteMinder

Microsoft Azure AD

Active Directory

OAUTH20

SSO

Responsive Design

Typescript

Bootstrap 40

Recent Project Details

  • DELL, Zero Touch Provisioning and Workbook Automation – ADT, 04/23 to Current, The Cross Platform Provisioning (XPP) builds, operates, and maintains the Zero Touch Provisioning application suite. Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) is a toolset for developing, automating and orchestrating new and existing tools to support the automated management of the Dell Digital Cloud (DDC) physical platform.
  • DELL, Auto Decommission Tool – ADT, 04/21 to 03/23, Automated Decommission Tool (ADT) encompasses decommission process. The application increases efficiency and effectiveness of decommission workflow by reducing time on manual efforts on various processes involved in decommissioning the resources.
  • CGI, Retail-X, 01/20 to 04/21, Project belongs to construction and civil engineering business and all the related IT activities are developed and supported by our team presently.
  • CGI, epos - Electronic Point of Sale – Financial Services UK, 01/18 to 01/20, EPOS is a Web based application, which is designed and developed for Financial Services UK.
  • CGI, One View, Bell.ca, Telecom, 07/15 to 12/17, The store representatives are using OneView application in Bell retail stores in Canada.

Technical Experience

Proficient in Software Development & Design: Hands-on experience in coding and software design with expertise in building and optimizing Applications as well as data pipelines, ensuring efficiency and scalability., In-depth knowledge and practical experience with AWS services such as EC2, EMR, RDS, Redshift, enabling the design and deployment of scalable cloud architectures. Expertise in Public as well as private cloud technologies(Azure and Pivotal Cloud Foundry(PCF)), Expertise in Python, C# programming and development of high-performance, scalable APIs, leveraging industry best practices for performance optimization., Strong experience in Kubernetes for container orchestration, ensuring seamless deployment and management of distributed applications., Proficient in relational databases such as MSSQL, PostgreSQL, ensuring optimal performance and scalability for data-driven applications., Skilled in balancing immediate project deliverables with long-term strategic goals, understanding trade-offs to optimize for both., Extensive experience working closely with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment, including collaboration with product, design, and customer service teams., Proven track record in recruiting top-tier technical talent and fostering an environment for continuous technical skill development and growth within the team., Strong familiarity with running teams using agile and scrum methodologies to deliver high-quality software efficiently and iteratively., Excellent oral and written communication skills, ensuring clear and concise information sharing across technical and non-technical stakeholders., Experience in transitioning project from Client to Offshore team, this involves documentation and understanding the existing implementation and creating a support model along with future development.

Visa Information

02/20/21, Sweden, Multiple entries, Nordic countries

Timeline

Principle Software Engineer - IT - DELL International Pvt. Ltd.
04.2021 - Current
Associate Consultant - CGI ISMC Pvt. Ltd.
10.2009 - 04.2021
Senior Software Engineer - Briskon Software Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
01.2008 - 07.2009
Software Trainee Engineer - Samcomm Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
01.2007 - 10.2007
Bansal Institute of Science and Technology - Bachelor of Engineering,
01.2002 - 01.2006

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Saket KumarSoftware Architect, where I design scalable, maintainable, and high-performing applications. My expertise includes microservices architecture, database optimization, and cloud deployments, particularly with Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF). I have also implemented full telemetry instrumentation with SRE principles to ensure system reliability and observability. I enjoy working on system design, improving application performance, and mentoring teams on best practices.