Udayakumar Ravi
Principal Solution Architect
Chennai
Summary
- Principal Solution Architect with 11+ years of experience in the full software development cycle.
- Experienced in managing teams to assess system performance and maintain an innovative mindset in design and development.
- Proficient in various platforms, languages, and embedded systems.
- Able to effectively self-manage during independent projects, as well as collaborate as part of a productive team.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Principal Solution Architect
Verizon
Chennai
07.2021 - Current
- Designed, modified, and implemented technology solutions to transition Verizon Wireless RAN from a single vendor strategy to a multi-vendor OpenRAN strategy.
- Worked on RAN component virtualization, which will result in a $1 billion annual savings.
- Developed cutting-edge tools and applications to meet the strategic business goal of expanding 5G CBand to 100 million POPs (point of presence).
Senior Engineer Consultant
Verizon
Chennai
04.2017 - 07.2021
- Carefully designed, tested and implemented E2E Event Management tool for Network Operation Centers and Field Engineers to manage planned events like Superbowl and unforeseen events like Hurricane and Storms.
- Created an algorithm to provide a level of confidence by determining whether the alarm is bogus (tool related) or genuine (network impacting)
- Developed a mobile application for field engineers to use while conducting site surveys in the field.
- Developed and maintained dashboards that display network abnormalities in real time.
Engineer III Consultant
Verizon
Chennai
04.2015 - 03.2017
- Created an analytical tool for capturing Narrow band IOT traffic to perform the deep packet inspection.
- Designed an E2E distributed system to process and store nearly 300,000 packets per system using a Datastax Cassandra Cluster of 20 nodes.
- Created an analytical engine using Apache Spark to analyze the stored data and computed the KPI metrics.
- Built a topology out of the collected packets using the Datastax Graph engine in order to correlate and pinpoint the actual network breakdown.
Software Engineer
Verizon
Chennai
07.2011 - 03.2015
- Created a system whose primary function is to detect, correlate, and report to users the root cause of network failures.
- Introduced a rule-based engine to automatically suppress a large volume of alarms, find the underlying cause, and create a ticket for the NOC user to report the problem to technical teams for resolution.
- Utilized cutting-edge technologies to process millions of alarms while keeping the suppression rate above 99%.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Pallavan College of Engineering
Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu, India 04.2007 - 05.2011
HSC (Class 12) - Maths And Biology
St. Anne’s Mat. Hr. Sec. School
Tiruvallur, Tamilnadu, India 04.2006 - 03.2007
SSLC (Class 10) -
St. Anne’s Mat. Hr. Sec. School
Tiruvallur, Tamilnadu, India 04.2004 - 03.2005
Skills
Analytical and Critical Thinking
Problem-Solving
Technical Analysis
Strategic planning
Teamwork and Collaboration
System improvements
Virtualization
Certification
Apache Cassandra 3.x Developer Associate at Datastax Academy
Timeline
Principal Solution Architect
Verizon
07.2021 - Current
Apache Cassandra 3.x Developer Associate at Datastax Academy
07-2020
Certified SAFe® 5 Practitioner at Scaled Agile Inc
07-2020
Senior Engineer Consultant
Verizon
04.2017 - 07.2021
Engineer III Consultant
Verizon
04.2015 - 03.2017
Software Engineer
Verizon
07.2011 - 03.2015
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Pallavan College of Engineering
04.2007 - 05.2011
HSC (Class 12) - Maths And Biology
St. Anne’s Mat. Hr. Sec. School
04.2006 - 03.2007
SSLC (Class 10) -
St. Anne’s Mat. Hr. Sec. School
04.2004 - 03.2005