As a Principal Software Engineer at Walmart, I play a critical leadership role in driving Walmart’s enterprise data strategy and innovation. I lead the design and implementation of enterprise-level data management and governance frameworks, ensuring compliance and enhancing data reliability across the organization. My contributions span multiple initiatives, including Walmart’s Enterprise Data Portal (EDP), where I play a key role in creating unified platforms to improve data accessibility, accuracy, and governance, empowering thousands of users to make informed decisions

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive the architecture and development of scalable, secure, and efficient data solutions to support Walmart’s growing data ecosystem.

• Lead cross-functional teams across engineering, product, and business functions to deliver innovative data solutions.

• Collaborate with senior leadership to align data strategies with Walmart’s long-term objectives, ensuring measurable business impact.

• Mentor and empower engineering teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Led the BigID and Collibra platform team to implement and optimize enterprise data governance and privacy solutions. Delivered scalable frameworks that enhanced compliance, data visibility, and governance processes across the organization.

Key Contributions:

• Directed the integration and deployment of BigID for automated data discovery and privacy enforcement, ensuring compliance with CCPA.

• Oversaw the adoption of Collibra to establish workflows, metadata management, and data stewardship practices.

Led the design and development of Cisco Crosswork, a closed-loop automation platform leveraging telemetry to revolutionize real-time service provider network operations, and contributed significantly to the Virtual Topology System (VTS) for Cisco’s Software-Defined Networking (SDN) controller integrated with OpenStack and vCenter environments.

Contributed to and led the development of innovative solutions in cloud computing, software-defined networking (SDN), and automation for enterprise clients. Focused on designing and implementing scalable, cost-effective systems using OpenStack, vCenter, and Python.

Led end-to-end project lifecycles, managing requirements, analysis, and team coordination to ensure successful delivery of cloud-based solutions. Designed and developed software products on the OpenStack private cloud platform, customized to meet specific business objectives. Contributed to Openstack Opensource community.