Sujitha Karayil
CHICAGO,United States
Summary
Experienced Performance Engineering Manager over 15 years of experience with a strong background in Oracle Life sciences products such as Argus Safety, InForm Suite, Data Management Work Bench and Study Startup. Adept at strategic planning, Performance Benchmarks, and project management, ensuring on-time and within-budget delivery of complex projects. Skilled in agile project management, cross-functional collaboration, and customer relationship management.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager, Performance Engineering
Oracle Life Sciences
CHICAGO, America
12.2014 - Current
- Accomplished product leader skilled in devising performance strategies for Oracle Health Sciences products, enhancing business scalability on Oracle Cloud while ensuring optimal performance, security, and adaptability to changing requirements
- Spearheaded the Pfizer Covid Vaccine Projects for Oracle InForm and Argus Safety, commenced the requirements gathering process from the customer, and devised a swift-scaling strategy for the application to proactively identify potential issues with InForm and Argus
- Led the Oracle Covid Vaccine Argus safety Performance team and participated in developing the features related to screening & enrolling subjects to the clinical trial, safety case processing, data transmission, and Report generation to accelerate the process of FDA approval of covid Vaccine
- Provided guidance to Pfizer on performance and scalability optimization of Argus safety applications for accelerating the case processing
- Responsible for managing the Pfizer workload associated with E2B bulk transmission in Argus safety
- Involved in capacity planning, optimizing system resources, and maintaining high performance
- Collaborated closely with industry-leading customers, including Merck, Pfizer, Novartis, and AstraZeneca, to address and resolve performance concerns
- Gained valuable insights into product usage patterns and incorporated these findings into strategic considerations
- Conducted daily presentations to customers, discussing system performance, gathering feedback, implementing production behavior, and consistently adapting to changes in production
- Worked closely with development teams to create and prioritize product backlogs to optimize software performance, ensuring that applications meet or exceed user expectations and performance requirements
- Collaborate with architects and product managers to align performance goals with overall product strategy
- Examine production logs to gain insights into the actual usage patterns of the product from the customer's perspective, subsequently refining performance tests to identify bottlenecks and fine-tune the system based on customer feedback
- Compile and present the performance whitepapers summarizing product performance, capacity planning, and optimal performance recommendations to key stakeholders and customers for each release
- Deliver solutions that align with business requirements, ensuring a high standard of quality, adhering to schedules, and upholding engineering excellence
- Collaborate with PMs to understand the requirements, long-term scalability plans, and best practices for scalability and performance in modern cloud architecture
- Infused engineering best practices throughout the software development lifecycle to build and scale systems in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
- Implemented Agile development methodologies, serving as a Scrum Master, participate in sprint planning, providing accurate cost estimates, and ensuring seamless collaboration within cross-functional teams
- Leveraged exceptional communication and organizational skills to liaise with users, technical teams, and product management, ensuring a deep understanding of requirements and efficient translation into technical designs
- Mentored and coached a high-performing software engineering team of 8 people for delivering successful, technically demanding projects within tight deadlines.
Principal Applications Engineer
Oracle India Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
01.2011 - 12.2014
- Orchestrated the execution and delivery of Life sciences products like Argus Safety and Inform Suite by collaborating with diverse, cross-functional teams, architects, product owners, and engineers
- Collaborated with product and engineering teams to identify and implement product improvements based on customer feedback
- Monitored system performance, identified performance bottlenecks, and implemented performance tuning to improve system performance by 30%
- Led a high-performing software engineering team for delivering successful, technically demanding projects within tight deadlines
- Proactively anticipated and resolved potential issues, effectively mitigating risks, and ensuring a smooth development process
- Created user interfaces for web applications that improved usability by 30%.
Senior Performance Engineer
Sapient India Pvt Ltd
07.2010 - 01.2011
- Led the performance engineering efforts for Target's retail application, optimizing core features to ensure exceptional product performance and user experience
- Played a key role in developing core functionalities, contributing to the application's robustness and functionality
- Responsible for providing guidelines on performance tuning and design to ensure optimal performance and scalability
- Developed and presented reports to senior leadership, providing insights into key business metrics and performance indicators.
Performance engineer
Oracle Solution Services India Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
07.2009 - 07.2010
- Conducted thorough performance testing for Siebel CRM applications in real-world scenarios, assessing and analyzing system performance under varying conditions to ensure optimal functionality
- Recommended effective capacity planning and sizing strategies for the middle tier and database in Siebel environments, aligning with industry best practices to enhance overall system performance
- Monitored system performance, meticulously identifying performance bottlenecks, and strategically implemented performance tuning measures to significantly enhance application performance and responsiveness
- Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, providing actionable insights and recommendations to improve the performance and scalability of Siebel CRM applications
- Led the adoption of best practices in performance testing and tuning, continuously enhancing the team's efficiency and the quality of performance engineering efforts.
Associate Product Engineer
Symphony Services Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
05.2007 - 08.2008
- Led a project utilizing Oracle Fusion Middleware (FMW) to manage Large Scale System Deployments (LSSD), effectively simulating real-world, realistic multi-user loads on Oracle database
- Championed a proactive approach in foreseeing issues and implementing effective solutions, minimizing disruptions to the deployment process, and maximizing system performance
- Collaborated with development managers, providing accurate and detailed information about product performance, scalability, and reliability.
Education
B.E in Computer Science and Engineering -
Karunya Institute of Technology
07.2006
Diploma in Computer Science & Engineering -
Women's Polytechnic
07.2003
Skills
- Programming Languages : C, Java, Python, Shell Scripting,Web Services, REST API
- Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes
- Profiling Tools : Dynatrace, YourKit,JProfiler, JConsole, JvisualVM
- Database: Oracle autonomous Database, Oracle Exadata,MySql
- Cloud Technologies: Oracle Cloud, AWS
- Performance Tools: LoadRunner, JMeter
- Program Management: SCRUM, AGILE, Confluence, JIRA, Kanban, Grafana
Timeline
Manager, Performance Engineering
Oracle Life Sciences
12.2014 - Current
Principal Applications Engineer
Oracle India Pvt Ltd
01.2011 - 12.2014
Senior Performance Engineer
Sapient India Pvt Ltd
07.2010 - 01.2011
Performance engineer
Oracle Solution Services India Pvt Ltd
07.2009 - 07.2010
Associate Product Engineer
Symphony Services Pvt Ltd
05.2007 - 08.2008
B.E in Computer Science and Engineering -
Karunya Institute of Technology
Diploma in Computer Science & Engineering -
Women's Polytechnic
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