Staff Engineer Senior

Ramesh Tellamsetty

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Professional Summary

Accomplished Senior Staff Engineer with 16+ years of demonstrated leadership in designing and delivering high-performance, scalable, cloud-native products across diverse enterprise environments. Proven expertise in leading cross-functional teams, driving technical vision, and mentoring engineers to deliver secure, robust microservices and cloud solutions. Skilled in aligning technology strategy with business goals to optimize system performance, cost-efficiency, and innovation.

Key Skills

● Leadership & Agile: Technical Leadership, Cross-Functional Team Leadership, Roadmap Planning, Agile Methodologies (Scrum), Mentoring & Coaching Engineers, Stakeholder Management

● Programming & Frameworks: Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Java EE, J2EE, REST APIs, Microservices

● Cloud Platforms: Microsoft Azure, AWS, VMware VMC

● Architecture: Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, API Gateway, Service Mesh

● Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm

● DevOps & CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab, Ansible

● Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, AWS RDS

● Security & Compliance: OAuth, JWT, SSL/TLS, IAM, Cloud Security Best Practices

● Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, CloudWatch Professional Experience

Senior Staff Engineer

Intel, Santa Clara, CA May 2023 – Present

● Led a cross-disciplinary engineering team to architect and deliver Intel Trust Platform and Secure FedAI products, leveraging microservices, Kubernetes, and cloud (AWS, Azure) to boost scalability and reliability.

● Championed confidential computing architecture using Intel SGX, enhancing product security and industry differentiation.

● Spearheaded Infrastructure as Code (IaC) automation initiatives with Azure ARM and Bicep, achieving a 50% reduction in deployment times.

● Acted as a technical mentor, establishing best practices in coding standards, design, and testing across the team to elevate engineering quality.

● Collaborated closely with product management and business stakeholders to align technical roadmaps with strategic business objectives.

● Optimized cloud resource use through integrated solutions (AWS S3, Azure Blob, Postgres), cutting operational costs by 25%.

Staff Engineer

VMware, Palo Alto, CA May 2020 – May 2023

● Led development of Ledger-as-a-Service (LaaS), a cloud-native blockchain platform improving scalability and reducing time-to-market for blockchain solutions.

● Directed efforts in developing automated monitoring/logging frameworks to ensure operational excellence and security compliance.

● Provided technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers, fostering continuous improvement and adoption of cloud-native best practices.

● Partnered with product managers and external partners to define vision, deliver prototypes, and integrate blockchain capabilities into VMware cloud products. Senior Staff Engineer

Netskope, Santa Clara, CA April 2020 - June 2020

● Led a team to re-architect and scale the Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) product, improving security and scalability.

Principal Software Engineer

SonicWall, Santa Clara, CA March 2016 - Feb 2020

● Architected and led development of a cloud-based centralized management platform managing thousands of enterprise security devices.

● Designed security frameworks to protect the Global Management System, proactively identifying and mitigating OWASP Top 20 vulnerabilities. Principal Software Engineer

Hitachi Data Systems/BlueArc, San Jose, CA April 2007 - March 2016

● Led design and delivery of the System Management Unit (SMU) appliance for storage server management and monitoring.

● Directed major feature projects including AD/RADIUS integration, deduplication, and cloud migration, driving product enhancement and customer value.

● Collaborated cross-functionally to ensure consistent, compatible system design and high-quality delivery.

Senior Software Engineer

Theranos, Palo Alto, CA March 2006 - March 2007

● Developed a clinical trial data analytics platform using J2EE technologies, contributing to the company’s data-driven healthcare initiatives.

Software Engineer

VISA, Foster City, CA Dec 2005 - March 2006

● Built a near-real-time risk prediction system identifying fraudulent transactions, enhancing security for global payment processing.

Software Engineer

ChartOne, Mountain View, CA August 2003 - Nov 2005

● Developed HIPAA-compliant web-based patient chart management system and enhanced security frameworks for authentication and authorization. Education

Master of Computer Applications

Osmania University, Hyderabad, India

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