Data Protection Principal Engineer

Anup Kumar

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EXPERIENCE

COMMVAULT, Tinton Falls, New Jersey

July 2006 – December 2022

Commvault has been recognized as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for enterprise data protection for eight years in a row. Established in 1998, the company has over 2,500 employees and operations in over 50 countries. Commvault (CVLT) is Nasdaq-listed with annual revenues of $839.2M SUMMARY

Principal Engineer II with 16+ years of experience designing and implementing data protection solutions for MS SQL servers, SharePoint, and other enterprise applications, including cloud computing platforms such as Azure, AWS, and GCP. Proven ability to work with a team and deliver complex projects on time and within budget. After taking a brief career break from January 2023 to support personal family matters, I have stayed updated with industry trends and sharpened my technical skills through self-paced courses and professional engagement. I am currently pursuing an AI/ML specialization course from Interview Kickstart to deepen my expertise in advanced machine learning algorithms and artificial intelligence concepts. I am fully prepared and eager to re-enter the workforce, ready to bring my expertise to the next phase of enterprise technology. Skills: C++/C#, Algorithms, and data structures, MS SQL Server, SharePoint, File System, Azure, AWS, GCP EXPERIENCE

Principal Engineer II Commvault Systems (India) May 24 – Jun 24 Principal Engineer II Commvault Systems (USA) Aug 18 – Dec 22 Principal Engineer I Commvault Systems (USA) Aug 15 – Aug 18

Led the development efforts to deliver client-facing product lines for database data protection (C++, C#).

Contributed to multiple patents

o Opportunistic execution of secondary copy operations o Single snapshot for multiple applications

o Generating mapping information for a single snapshot for multiple applications

Reduced support calls by 70% by providing better error handling, including metrics, knowledge-based articles, etc.

Involved in customer POCs and coming up with new product ideas, thereby enhancing cross-selling of the products.

Cultivated log backups with 1-minute Recovery Point Objective capability.

Implemented database archiving and table-level restores.

Designed opportunistic DR solutions for database protection.

Implemented data protection solution by taking a single snapshot for multiple applications.

Created automatic discovery and protection of new Azure/AWS MS SQL database instances.

Developed File System insight for user credentials management.

Contributed to an IAM credential manager to store credentials. Senior Member of Technical Staff III Commvault Systems (USA) July 13 – Aug 15 Senior Member of Technical Staff II Commvault Systems (USA) July 11 – July 13 Senior Member of Technical Staff II Commvault Systems (India) July 06 – July 11

Created serverless architecture to reduce the load on the job manager.

Reduced file recall time by 10% by improving LRU cache implementation.

Cultivated data protection solution for SharePoint Documents to reduce the backup time by ~50%.

Developed non-snapshot and snapshot-based solutions for Always-On availability groups.

Implemented data protection solution for distributed Always-On availability groups.

Developed data protection solutions for Analysis services databases.

Contributed to File System Archiving (HSM).

Created table level restores capability by reading database data files directly and from backups.

Contributed to data protection for SharePoint Documents/databases and items using Object-Model-API. Internship Calsoft Inc, Pune, India Jan 06 – June 06

Integrate CIFS and iSCSI protocols using C++ on Linux to add direct block access capability to the CIFS server to solve the server bottleneck in data access in a distributed environment. EDUCATION

MS (Computer Science) Savitribai Phule Pune University May 04 – June 06 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• AI/ML Specialization Course (Ongoing, Starting Dec 2024) Interview Kickstart

Focused on machine learning algorithms, deep learning, and AI-driven solutions to address modern technical challenges.

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