Vandana Putchala
Tampa,United States
Summary
Patent holder and dynamic software solutions architect & developer with over 12 years of experience in development, data mining, and analytics. Led global engineering teams to deliver $1.5M in cost savings through optimized big data frameworks, significantly reducing development time by 90%. Demonstrates a strong foundation in technical and communication skills.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Development Lead
Brillio LLC
Tampa, United States
05.2023 - Current
- Working as Senior Software Development Lead for Wireline & Wireless Verizon projects.
- Built a platform processing 17M+ network records in just 24 minutes
- Delivered $1.5M+ in cost savings through system optimization and consolidation
- Saved $703K operational efficiency and system consolidation, saved $126K by decommissioning multiple servers, eliminated $500K/year annual maintenance and finally saved $177K multiple cloud instances.
- Significantly reduced human error, manual operational overhead by consolidating multiple manual tracking processes into a unified, automated system.
- Led 16-member global engineering teams across onshore/offshore models
- Most of my work involves data mining and building Big Data frameworks.
- The ETL framework was built on Airflow, Dask & Python.
- The ETL framework also generates the Audited & Non-Audited equipment reports for the Asset Management Team to track the equipment.
- Equipment logs are mined and stored in a database in a hierarchical structure: Shelf, rack, slot, card, etc.
- Reconciles the mismatches in the inventory.
- Built an application that discovers the RAN (Radio Access Network) & EBH (Ethernet Backhaul) devices, finds accurate location from GPS modules on monitors for faults.
- Maintained detailed logs of equipment transfers and retirements for inventory accuracy.
- It tracks Equipment's Serial Number & Part Code.
- Patent holder in network analytics and root cause analysis.
- Tech-Stack: Python, Airflow, Dask, MongoDB, Oracle DB, File Processing, JavaScript, Batch processing, Python Schedulers.
- For which I was awarded as 'Value Champion'.
- Also awarded a 'Special Excellence Award'.
Software Development Lead
Brillio LLC
Bangalore, India
09.2022 - 04.2023
- Lead developer for features related to Alarm processing, Application restart, OS Reboot, and NE Backup Config of MCP & Optical Line Terminals (OLT) simulators.
- Developed the scaled infrastructure and NFR test scripts, and automated the migration to CI/CD for E2E scale test execution on MCP.
- Collaborated with ADTRAN stakeholders to test Mosaic Cloud Platform (MCP) application for scalability using a Black box approach.
- Processed raised alarms for remediation to enhance system reliability.
- Analyzed logs, extracted insights, and identified patterns from large fault log datasets to inform system improvements.
- Received the 'Brillio Special Award' from client ADTRAN.
Software Development Lead
Brillio LLC
Bangalore, India
03.2021 - 09.2022
- Working as Senior Lead for Blue Planet Ciena Project.
- Managed platform and machine learning responsibilities.
- Includes designing customer needs to technical architecture, project designing, Big Data processing & Data Mining, Python, Scala & ML models developing, deploying, and maintaining.
- Develop Scala preprocessing, develop ML models, and deploy them via Bitbucket, AWS Sagemaker, MinIO, and MLFlow through aCI/CD pipeline.
- Developed NHP (Network Health Predictor) & Inference Engine using Kafka.
- Developed Hierarchical Root-Cause Analysis (HRCA) for network failures.
- Gathered networking equipment logs, extracted insights, and identified patterns for training predictive and analytic machine learning models.
- Identify, define and execute remediation steps upon these predictive analysis.
- Bi-weekly connect with Ciena customers for requirement discussion & deep diving into the requirements technically.
- Certified SAFe Scrum Master, managing Epics, Stories, Sprint, Daily scrum, reports generation, and Scrum poker.
- Received 'Brillian of the Month' and 'Brillian of the Group' awards within 3 months of joining for extraordinary multi-tasking.
- Identified and implemented best practices for software development, resulting in a 90% reduction in development time.
Senior Software Design Engineer & Developer
Brane Enterprise Private Limited
Hyderabad, India
06.2018 - 03.2021
- Led multiple end-to-end product builds, including chatbot platforms and analytics tools
- Designed and implemented big data and ML solutions across NLP, chatbot, and computer vision systems
- Built scalable AI pipelines using gRPC, TensorFlow, BERT, and Dialogflow.
- Mentored engineering teams and defined architectural standards
- Built Low Code, No Code cross-compilers.
Research Assistant
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, United States
07.2016 - 04.2018
- Executed data extraction, mining, and representation tasks to support research objectives.
- Created Hadoop MapReduce application for PageRank.
- Collaborated with professor to assess real-time client needs and market trends for research applications.
- Tracked social media and online sources to identify and analyze industry trends.
- Maintained excellent attendance record, consistently arriving to work on time.
- Achieved high academic performance in multiple semesters.
Software Developer
Unisys India Private Limited
Bangalore, India
09.2014 - 03.2016
- Worked on a UK financial project (UFSS), good understanding of the UK financial system, rules & regulations, and the loans & mortgage system.
- In addition to the financial domain, handled CI/CD pipelines and code version control.
- Facilitated bi-weekly meetings with client to gather and clarify requirements, ensuring alignment on project goals.
- Supported integration and system end-to-end testing while assisting ETL team in managing databases, contributing to overall project quality.
- Create technical documentation for reference and reporting.
- Trained on EAE (Unisys Enterprise Application Environment) & advanced Java concepts to enhance software development skills.
- Acknowledged for commitment and performance excellence.
Data Analyst
SAPPLS SERVICES
Amsterdam, Netherlands
07.2013 - 07.2014
- Identified and analyzed complex issues within data-driven models to enhance insights.
- Interpreted and reported key findings, presenting actionable insights to stakeholders.
- Delivered freelance data analysis services to clients, addressing diverse project needs.
Education
Masters of Computer Science - Computer Science, Big Data & Data Science
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, Florida03-2018
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science & Engineering
College of Engineering & Technology
Bhubaneshwar08-2014
Skills
- Python
- ETL process
- Airflow
- Data Analytics
- Data Mining
- Big Data
- GCP & AWS Developer
- AI / ML / NLP
- MEAN Full Stack
- Agile and Scrum
- Complex Problem Solving
- Strong Critical Thinking Skills
- Decision-Making Skills
- Business Development
- Network analytics
- Knowledge of Technical Diagrams
- Dedicated team player
Accomplishments
- Patent Grant, 03/01/25, https://patents.justia.com/inventor/vandana-putchala
- Determining a root-cause of a network access failure and conducting remediation, 10/01/22, (17/729,151 | 10.2852.CIP)
- Brillio Value Champion Award, 09/01/24, Exceptional dedication and hard work.
- Brillio Special Award, 01/01/23, Commendable work on the ADTRAN project.
- Awarded Women in Leadership (WINSPIRE), 10/01/22
- Brillian of the Month, 09/01/22, Instrumental in delivery of important feature.
- Brillio Group Excellence Award, 07/01/22, Collective spirit to meet objectives.
- Brillian of the Month, 05/01/23, Demonstrated great level of ownership.
- Certified SAFe Scrum Master, 04/01/22
- Stake Holder of the Brane Enterprise Pvt Ltd Organisation, 01/01/20
- Awarded with Token of Appreciation at Unisys India Pvt Ltd, 03/01/15
- Dean's List for Top students of the class in Masters & Bachelors, 12/01/17
Timeline
Senior Software Development Lead
Brillio LLC
05.2023 - Current
Software Development Lead
Brillio LLC
09.2022 - 04.2023
Software Development Lead
Brillio LLC
03.2021 - 09.2022
Senior Software Design Engineer & Developer
Brane Enterprise Private Limited
06.2018 - 03.2021
Research Assistant
Florida Atlantic University
07.2016 - 04.2018
Software Developer
Unisys India Private Limited
09.2014 - 03.2016
Data Analyst
SAPPLS SERVICES
07.2013 - 07.2014
Masters of Computer Science - Computer Science, Big Data & Data Science
Florida Atlantic University
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science & Engineering
College of Engineering & Technology