Deepika Gangula
McLean,USA
Summary
Strategic technology leader with 18+ years driving enterprise architecture, modernization, and digital transformation across regulated financial environments. Expertise in cloud, identity, governance, infrastructure, and security.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Engineering, Ops & Dev Manager and Solution Lead
Freddie Mac
08.2018 - 10.2025
- Directed enterprise architecture strategy and governance for internal developer platforms supporting 200+ applications.
- Partnered in architecture review boards (ARB), evaluating new technology proposals and enforcing standards across cloud, infrastructure, security, and data domains.
- Defined multi-year enterprise roadmaps, aligning $5M+ annual investments with business capability priorities and regulatory requirements.
- Engaged with executives, service owners, and IT leaders to translate corporate strategy into actionable architecture initiatives.
- Led SaaS integration and cloud transformation strategies, ensuring secure, compliant, and performant enterprise connectivity.
- Optimized cloud usage through FinOps practices, improving cost efficiency and reliability.
- Directed systemic risk assessments and control evaluations across IAM and infrastructure platforms, remediating vulnerabilities and strengthening compliance posture.
- Spearheaded modernization programs leveraging reusable reference architectures, reducing delivery timelines by 25% and improving developer productivity.
- Integrated AI-driven automation and monitoring to predict incidents, optimize resource utilization, and enhance operational resilience.
- Oversaw vendor proposals and managed contractor engagements to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture goals.
Engineering Senior
Freddie Mac
12.2013 - 08.2018
- Administered middleware infrastructure (IBM MQ, Apache, Appian, WebLogic, Tomcat, WebMethods) for 200+ financial applications.
- Developed automation scripts to improve compliance posture and reduce manual effort.
- Partnered with cybersecurity and risk teams to strengthen enterprise resiliency, firewall policies, and identity integrations.
- Implemented proactive monitoring and alerting, reducing incident response times by 33%.
- Delivered proofs of concept for emerging technologies to evaluate scalability and enterprise fit.
- Mentored junior engineers on middleware, controls, and operating processes.
Programmer Analyst
Aqua Information Systems
10.2012 - 11.2013
- Built and maintained secure data integrations across enterprise systems ensuring data protection, retention and integrity.
- Automated routine maintenance tasks, improving system uptime and reducing operations time by 20%.
- Supported access provisioning and authentication setup for application environments.
Software & Infrastructure Engineering Roles
Tata Consultancy Services | SemanticSpace | Cognizant
08.2005 - 12.2011
- Progressive roles in software development, infrastructure operations, and IT management.
- Developed expertise in SDLC, event-driven automation, configuration management, and operational reliability.
Education
B.E. - Mechanical Engineering
BITS Pilani
Skills
- Identity & Security: IAM, PAM, SSO, SAML, OAuth, RBAC, CyberArk
- Cloud & Infra: AWS (EKS, EC2, IAM), Jenkins, WebLogic, Tomcat, MQ
- Languages: Java, Shell, C/C, Python, Nodejs
- Analytics: SQL, Tableau
- Tools: Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, Bitbucket, GitHub, Visio
Certification
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- ITIL Foundation Certified
Timeline
Engineering, Ops & Dev Manager and Solution Lead
Freddie Mac
08.2018 - 10.2025
Engineering Senior
Freddie Mac
12.2013 - 08.2018
Programmer Analyst
Aqua Information Systems
10.2012 - 11.2013
Software & Infrastructure Engineering Roles
Tata Consultancy Services | SemanticSpace | Cognizant
08.2005 - 12.2011
B.E. - Mechanical Engineering
BITS Pilani
CORE COMPETENCIES
- Enterprise Architecture Leadership
- Governance & Standards (SOX, NIST, GRC)
- Strategic Technology Planning
- Cloud & SaaS Modernization
- Risk & Compliance (IAM/PAM)
- FinOps Optimization
- Identity & Security Architecture
- Executive Reporting & Influence
- Vendor & Contract Management
- Agile Leadership
- Automation & Operational Excellence