KAMARAJU PRATHI
Summary
- Visionary Engineering Leader with 17+ years of experience driving innovation, delivering scalable technology solutions, and leading high-performing teams to achieve business objectives. Specialized in designing cloud-native architectures, orchestrating global platforms, and scaling systems to support millions of users. Recognized for building strategic roadmaps, optimizing operations, and delivering measurable outcomes in highly competitive and fast-paced environments. Proven ability to lead large engineering teams, collaborate across business units, and foster a culture of technical excellence and innovation. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
- 10M+ in annual savings achieved through efficient cloud migrations and optimized resource utilization on AWS.
- 40% improvement in operational efficiency by introducing advanced automation strategies and streamlining workflows.
- 99.99% uptime reliability maintained through robust Kubernetes-based deployments and failover strategies.
- 20% team productivity boost by implementing reusable React component libraries and standardized development frameworks.
- Successfully scaled platforms to process 6M+ data points annually, enabling actionable insights for business growth.
- Reduced product delivery timelines by 30% through adoption of cutting-edge/CD practices and automated testing.
- Led organization-wide initiatives, including technical hackathons, innovation days, and AWS Deep Racer events to foster a culture of innovation and collaboration.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Staff Engineer (Planning Platform
Bayer Crop Science
, MO
01.2022 - Current
- Directed the design and delivery of Bayer’s Planning Platform, enabling global operations with enhanced scalability, reliability, and performance
- Delivered $5M in cost savings annually by optimizing cloud infrastructure and automating workflows
- Mentored and developed multi team of 40+ engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning
- Led the migration of legacy systems to modern microservices-based architectures, resulting in a 30% performance boost
- Optimized data pipelines to process millions of daily records, enhancing business intelligence and analytics capabilities
- Ensured high availability (99.99% uptime) through innovative failover mechanisms and cloud-native designs
- Technical Hackathons: Organized cross-functional hackathons to drive creative problem-solving and rapid prototyping
- Innovation Day: Established a monthly initiative for teams to explore and present cutting-edge ideas
- AWS DeepRacer Events: Led interactive events to enhance cloud adoption and machine learning skills
- Innovation Aftermaths: Facilitated sessions to evaluate and implement hackathon outcomes
- SLA, SLO, SLI Standards: Advocated and standardized reliability metrics across multi-team projects at Bayer.
Senior Cloud Consultant
Experis
St Louis, MO
01.2013 - 01.2022
- Spearheaded the migration of complex enterprise systems to AWS, achieving cost reduction while maintaining operational excellence
- Managed end-to-end delivery of cloud-based solutions, leading a team of 10 engineers to meet aggressive deadlines
- Built scalable architectures with Kubernetes and AWS services, supporting workflows and enhancing system reliability
- RECOGNITIONS
- Won 2nd place in AWS
- DeepRacer competition
- Secured the Work
- Business Choice Award in
- Hackathon
- Received appreciation certificate from the Vice
- Chairman of TCS for successful project implementation (HMIS project for Govt
- Of Tamil
- Nadu)
- Won TCS Gems and “On the Spot” awards twice for exceptional team contributions and migration of application server
- E-recognized for quality management processes achieving 100% project audit compliance, implementing an authorization framework, and developing the Android application “Call
- Tracker.”
- Awarded Best Scrum
- Master and recognized for providing technical leadership and timely responses
- Spark Recognitions (4x):
- For proactive proof of concepts and implementation of
- Behavioral Driven
- Automation (JBehave)
- Awarded Best Outgoing
- Student in Engineering
- Developed 20+ reusable components, reducing development cycles and enabling consistent project delivery
- Key Projects: o Planning Applications: Unified workflows across teams, cutting inefficiencies by 25%
- O UAV Analytics: Enabled real-time data analysis for 6M+ plots, improving decision-making accuracy
- O Experiment Frameworks: Streamlined Kafka-based data streams, improving system performance by 15%.
Senior Member Technical
ADP
01.2010 - 01.2012
- Migrated the General Ledger
- Interface (GLI) application to JSF, enhancing system scalability and improving performance by 20%.
Assistant System Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
01.2007 - 01.2010
- Designed the Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) for the
- Government of Tamil Nadu, serving 60M+ users and improving uptime by 15% through server migration.
Senior Software Engineer
UnitedHealth Group
01.2013
- Delivered the
- Optum Care Suite, enabling secure collaboration and improving data processing efficiency by 40% through API optimizations.
Education
Bachelor’s Degree - Mechanical Engineering
Gayatri Vidhya Parishad
College of Engineering
01.2007
Data Management -
NoSQL (MongoDB
Skills
- Cloud Platforms:
- AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, Fargate, DynamoDB
- CloudFormation), Azure (Azure AD, OCR, ML models)
- Architecture & Development: Serverless Architecture, Kubernetes
- Microservices, Docker, Spring Framework
- Programming Languages:
- Java, JavaScript, Scala, Python, Go
Certification
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP)
- Internet of Things: Roadmap to a Connected World
Timeline
Senior Staff Engineer (Planning Platform
Bayer Crop Science
01.2022 - Current
Senior Cloud Consultant
Experis
01.2013 - 01.2022
Senior Software Engineer
UnitedHealth Group
01.2013
Senior Member Technical
ADP
01.2010 - 01.2012
Assistant System Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
01.2007 - 01.2010
Bachelor’s Degree - Mechanical Engineering
Gayatri Vidhya Parishad
College of Engineering
Data Management -
NoSQL (MongoDB
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