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Srikanth Enugula

Srikanth Enugula

Senior Engineering Manager

Summary

Strategic Senior Engineering Manager with 20 years in SaaS, DevSecOps, and Cloud Security, delivering secure, scalable AI/ML solutions across diverse sectors (Technology, Retail, Startups, Federal, Healthcare). Currently spearheading DevSecOps for a pioneering federated learning SaaS, leveraging Intel SGX/TDX and OpenFL for confidential, distributed model training. Proficient in Kubernetes, CI/CD (GitHub Actions), Zero Trust, SBOMs (SPDX), cryptographic attestation, and hardening product security to meet EO 14028. An AI-focused leader, maintaining technical acuity by trying out and working on POCs with emerging AI frameworks/tools to guide team adoption, while leading high-performing teams (6-20) to balance technical excellence with effective project delivery. Passionate about leveraging AI for social impact, I also champion its use in equitable education and volunteer teaching coding to underprivileged children.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Software Cloud Engineering Manager

VMware [acquired by Intel]
Santa Clara, CA
08.2022 - Current
  • Led the engineering and DevSecOps efforts behind a next-gen AI SaaS platform focused on confidential model training. The solution was built using PyTorch, TensorFlow, and OpenFL, and deployed across secure multi-cloud environments.
  • Boosted CI/CD efficiency by cutting build times in half—migrated from Jenkins to GitHub Actions and rolled out parallel workflows, Docker caching, and change-based testing to accelerate delivery.
  • Designed and deployed a Kubernetes-based confidential computing infrastructure leveraging Intel SGX and TDX, enabling secure, large-scale federated learning across trusted compute nodes.
  • Strengthened software security by embedding tools like Trivy, Coverity and HashiCorp Vault into the CI/CD pipeline, enforcing policies that led to a 30% reduction in vulnerabilities and full EO 14028 compliance.
  • Cut Azure cloud costs by 50% through automated cleanup routines, resource tagging, and a hybrid deployment model that dynamically balanced workloads across on-prem and cloud.
  • Built a comprehensive observability stack (logs, metrics, and traces) using Prometheus, Grafana, and custom alerting, which helped detect issues early and improve uptime and system reliability.
  • Managed and mentored globally distributed teams across engineering, DevSecOps, and infrastructure; ensured projects stayed aligned with business goals and delivery milestones.
  • Actively collaborated with product, security, and platform teams to align efforts around architecture, compliance, and performance, streamlining end-to-end delivery.
  • Delivered secure-by-default CI/CD templates and reusable Terraform-based IaC patterns, which were adopted across multiple business units at Intel to speed up platform rollout.

Senior Manager – Software Engineering

Gap Inc
Pleasanton, CA
10.2017 - 08.2022
  • Developed an internal AI-powered platform (patent pending) to replace third-party commercial tools, leading to over $1 million in annual savings. Took a practical, open-source-first approach to avoid vendor lock-in.
  • Took the lead on modernizing Gap’s legacy inventory systems, moving them to a microservices-based architecture using Spring Cloud. This helped improve reliability to 99% uptime and enabled better monitoring through tools like Apigee, Kibana, Micrometer, and DynaTrace.
  • Personally trained and onboarded 80+ engineers across global teams, helping them ramp up on the new platform and driving cross-team consistency.
  • Hired and built development, test automation, and DevOps teams from the ground up, focusing on getting the right mix of technical depth and team chemistry.
  • Spearheaded the company’s migration from legacy SCM tools to Git, guiding distributed teams through best practices and helping improve code management with modern branching workflows.
  • Designed and rolled out an internal UI testing framework that supported dynamic execution via containers, automated XPath healing, and actionable reporting—solving long-standing flakiness and debugging issues.
  • As a result, cut test case development time by 60% and brought down full test suite execution time from nearly a week to under two days using Jenkins-based CI/CD pipelines.

Manager – Big Data Engineering

PlaceIQ (Precisely)
Palo Alto, California
03.2015 - 10.2017
  • Led the development of Big Data ingestion and analytics platform leveraging Kafka, Hadoop, and Spark, processing.
  • Engineered robust CI/CD pipelines for these data and ML workflows, incorporating automated testing to significantly improve deployment frequency.
  • Architected and deployed the underlying scalable and secure AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform), meticulously managing IAM policies.

Director – Engineering

NewsCred
New York, New York
08.2014 - 03.2015
  • Established and led a global engineering team from inception, successfully launching a high-availability microservices platform on AWS for B2B social media campaign management used by Fortune 500 companies.
  • Architected and deployed DC/OS (Mesosphere) infrastructure to host and efficiently manage Kubernetes clusters, optimizing resource utilization and simplifying cluster operations.
  • Resolved 100% of key recurring platform issues via customer service collaboration, earning a customer satisfaction award.

Software Engineering Lead/Manager

IBM
Foster City, California
03.2011 - 08.2014
  • Involved in architecture, design and development of DemandTec multi-tier application and trouble shooting issues.
  • Deployed a 25-node Hadoop cluster (IBM Big Insights/IBM Cloud) and engineered data ingestion workflows for enterprise analytics.
  • Built automated test framework to validate data pipeline accuracy and reliability resulting in improving the quality of product by 60%.
  • Managed globally distributed Scrum teams, championing Agile practices to boost team velocity and project outcomes.

Sr. Developer

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
San Francisco, California
01.2010 - 03.2011
  • Engineered reusable code libraries for an internal Fed cash application, streamlining development and enhancing architectural consistency.
  • Bolstered backend system security by implementing strong encryption standards and robust authorization mechanisms.
  • Improved project decision-making by establishing clear stakeholder communication channels and reporting structures.

Web Developer

Unisoft Systems
San Francisco, California
09.2005 - 01.2010

Designed and built a secure web-based payment processing application, enabling users to complete transactions efficiently while maintaining strict compliance with security standards.

  • Implemented robust authentication and role-based authorization, reducing unauthorized access incidents by over 90%.
  • Streamlined the end-to-end payment workflow, which resulted in a 30% improvement in processing time and enhanced user experience.

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

National University
La Jolla, CA

Skills

  • Leadership & Strategy: Strategic Planning, Team Leadership & Development (6-20), Product Development Lifecycle (SDLC, Agile/Scaled Agile, TDD), Project Management, Quality Assurance, Stakeholder Engagement, Mentorship, Expert Problem-Solving

  • Software & Architecture: Scalable System Design (SaaS, Microservices), Python, Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, Test Automation (Selenium, TestNG for UI/API, Performance Testing), HTML, CSS, JavaScript

  • DevSecOps & CI/CD Security: CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD), Docker, Kubernetes, HashiCorp Vault, Artifactory, Security Tooling (Trivy, Coverity, BDBA, SpectralOps, Dependabot), SBOM (SPDX/CycloneDX), EO 14028, Zero Trust Architecture, Cryptographic Attestation (Intel SGX/TDX)

  • Cloud & Infrastructure: Multi-Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud), IaC (Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates), Configuration Management (Ansible, Chef), Serverless, Kubernetes, Mesosphere

  • AI/ML & Big Data: Federated Learning (OpenFL), ML Frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow), Big Data Processing (Spark, Kafka, Hadoop/Cloudera), NoSQL (Cassandra, Elasticsearch, HBase, Hive, Druid)

  • Monitoring & Reliability: Observability (Prometheus, Dynatrace, Grafana), Workflow Orchestration (Azkaban), Deployment (Helm), Telemetry Systems, Incident Response

Citizenship

Timeline

Sr. Software Cloud Engineering Manager

VMware [acquired by Intel]
08.2022 - Current

Senior Manager – Software Engineering

Gap Inc
10.2017 - 08.2022

Manager – Big Data Engineering

PlaceIQ (Precisely)
03.2015 - 10.2017

Director – Engineering

NewsCred
08.2014 - 03.2015

Software Engineering Lead/Manager

IBM
03.2011 - 08.2014

Sr. Developer

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
01.2010 - 03.2011

Web Developer

Unisoft Systems
09.2005 - 01.2010

Master of Science - Computer Science

National University
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