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Tharakesh Pulikonda

Solutions Architect
Hyderabad

Summary

A 14+ results-driven Architect and FSD with extensive experience in solutioneering and implementation of scalable web applications. Brings equal value as an IC, as a trusted member of a geographically dispersed cross-functional teams. Worked with largest Telecom companies such as CellC, Vodacom, WIND for unmatched customized Identity solutions. Best in leadership who works well with all C levels executives for program handling and execution. I have sculptured strong base for designing and architecting systems, mentoring teams, adopting modern paradigms, customer engagement and management.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Solution Architect I

EPAM Systems, Inc.
Hyderabad
10.2023 - Current

Lenovo's UDS platform is one of the most complex customer device centric platform providing various services such as continuous device analytics, device intelligence and also provides integration interfaces with Lenovo's trademark products such ThinkReality, Vantage etc.

  • UDS platform is built using microservices backed by cloud agnostic infrastructure. My role is identify problems that end users facing while self servicing their devices to enroll into UDS platform. Collaborated with 15 different team leads, architecture to optimize the support life cycle.
  • Analyzed existing systems and identified gaps between current system capabilities and customer requirements.
  • Identified opportunities for improving existing processes, systems or applications.
  • Provided technical guidance to other team members in the development of solutions.

Tools and Technologies: Java Spring, Kakfa, Postgre, MongoDB, Datadog, AWS, Azure

Software Development Team Leader

Oceantg India Pvt Ltd
Mumbai
11.2022 - 09.2023

A simple document management designed in house to manage learning content by various customer and allow customers to manage their spaces

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborated with stakeholders to define project requirements, scope, objectives and timelines.
  • Conducted code reviews to ensure quality standards were met.
  • Provided technical guidance, mentorship and support to team members.
  • Maintained a high level of communication with all stakeholders throughout the entire product life cycle.
  • Implemented best practices in software engineering such as Agile methodologies.

Tools and Technologies: .Net Core, NodeJS, VueJS, Postgre, AWS, KAFKA

Design Patterns: SOA, Microservices SAGA, CQRS, DDD

Associate Architect

CollectiveI
NewYork
06.2021 - 09.2022

CollectiveI is a product based company and they 've 3 products where one of them is Intelligence.com. Intelligence.com is the first network to leverage AI to support a community of Connectors, the people who make things happen in business and life.

Responsibilities:

  • Design and develop TDD RESTful APIs, engage in cross functional teams, work closely with product owners to convert business requirements to technical tickets
  • Monitored progress of projects to ensure timely completion within budget constraints.
  • Analyzed building systems to identify potential problems or areas of improvement.
  • Discussed design specifications and procedures with project manager, engineering team and construction manager.
  • Developed strategies for improving efficiency in the architectural process.
  • Created oral and written presentations for project designs and proposals.

Software Development Team Leader

Mindera, India
Bangalore
03.2020 - 05.2021

Mindera is a Dev shop developing solutions for e-comm platforms such Trainline, Net-A-Porter. I worked as a tech lead and IC respectively.

Responsibilities:

  • Conducted code reviews to ensure quality standards were met.
  • Identified areas for improvement in terms of process, technology, tools. to increase efficiency of the team.
  • Monitored system performance metrics to detect potential issues before they arise.
  • Evaluated new technologies that could be used to enhance existing systems.
  • Provided technical guidance, mentorship and support to team members.
  • Organized daily stand-up meetings to review progress and identify any issues or blockers.
  • Implemented best practices in software engineering such as Agile methodologies.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to define project requirements, scope, objectives and timelines.
  • Participated in post-release activities such as bug fixes or feature enhancements.

Tools and Technologies: .Net Core, Oracle, App Dynamic, NodeJS, ReactJS, Postgres, RESTful

Systems Engineer, Full Stack Developer, Principle Architect

iCrypto
Johannesburg
03.2016 - 02.2020
  • As a first employee of this startup, I was grateful to face tremendous opportunities to design, develop solutions for various customers. iCrypto built Identity solutions inhouse and I played a keyrole.
  • At iCrypto, we designed a PAM (Privilege Access Management) & PEM (Privilege Escalation Management) for AT&T USA. Used open sources tools and tested in nearly 1500 lab machines
  • At iCrypto, another solution design for NOC (Network Open Center) to onboard service engineers through a very sophisticated wizard

Tools and Technologies:

Couchbase, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, Amazon RDS, AngularJS, Amazon Web Services, Docker, VueJS Router, Vue3, JavaScript, Node.js, Vuex, .NET Technologies, VueJS, Angular, VueJS Composition API, Docker Containers

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

VITS
Kavali
04-2008

Skills

  • Systems Design Analysis
  • Software Development Lifecycle
  • Stakeholder Communication
  • Systems Design
  • Containerization Technologies
  • Cross-Functional Team Leadership
  • Client Engagement
  • Application Development & Continuous Deployment
  • API Design and Development
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Team Building
  • Cloud Computing
  • Product Development
  • Microservices
  • NodeJS, VueJS, NET WebAPI, Docker, Podman, Gitlab, Jenkins, MongoDB, Postgre, ELK, ReactJS, C#, Python, Javascripts, Kafka, RabbitMQ

Other Skills

Object-oriented Programming, Microservice Architecture Pattern, Engineering, Solution Architecture, DevOps, OpenID Connect and SSO Integrations using Keyclock, ReactJS, AngularJS, NestJS, jQuery, VueJS, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, REST API, SendGrid, Node.js, .NET Framework and .NetCore, Jenkins, Ansible,  Python, TypeScript, JavaScript Linux, Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services(AWS)

Languages

Telugu
First Language
English
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
Kannada
Elementary (A2)
A2
Hindi
Beginner
A1

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Solution Architect I

EPAM Systems, Inc.
10.2023 - Current

Software Development Team Leader

Oceantg India Pvt Ltd
11.2022 - 09.2023

Associate Architect

CollectiveI
06.2021 - 09.2022

Software Development Team Leader

Mindera, India
03.2020 - 05.2021

Systems Engineer, Full Stack Developer, Principle Architect

iCrypto
03.2016 - 02.2020

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

VITS
Tharakesh PulikondaSolutions Architect