Vijaya Kumar Ramasamy
Summary
Experienced in developing cloud-native solutions and automation, specializing in Java microservices and PKI/SSL. Successfully reduced provisioning efforts by 90%, and improved issue detection by 50%. Proficient in CI/CD and observability across major cloud platforms, and Broadcom appliances. Dedicated to mentoring and fostering innovation within cross-functional teams.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Principal Software Engineer
Broadcom
11.2019 - Current
- Architected cloud-native platform services (License Manager, Image Manager, Health Monitoring) for security-focused Broadcom SSP appliances deployed across VMware ESXi, AWS, GCP, and Azure.
- Designed and implemented Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) across virtual and physical environments - reducing provisioning effort by 90%.
- Developed secure PKI-based certificate lifecycle system, supporting encrypted inter-service communication and compliance.
- Centralized authentication services (LDAP, RADIUS, SSH key-based), delivering consistent access management across microservices.
- Containerized Java Spring Boot services via Docker and Kubernetes for scalable, fault-tolerant deployment across multiple clouds.
- Automated CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Robot Framework, and pytest - shortening QA cycles by 75%.
- Integrated real-time observability stack (Splunk, Grafana, Zenoss) leading to a 50% improvement in issue detection.
- Enhanced configuration performance with Memcached-based caching layer for metadata retrieval, tripling read throughput.
- Played a key role in technical mentorship and roadmap definition, working across product, QA, and DevOps teams.
- Used Google Code Assist (Gemini) in VS Code for AI-assisted development and automation.
- Projects: Integrated Secure Gateway (ISG) | Common Operating Environment (COE)
- ISG is a platform built on COE and deployed on Hardware appliances to run and manage security applications.
- Tech Highlights: Java, Python, Spring Boot, Docker, Kubernetes, ConfD/Tail-f, ZeroMQ, TLS/PKI, PostgreSQL, Memcached, Jenkins, Splunk, Grafana, AWS, GCP, Azure, VMware ESXi, Black Duck, Icinga2, SonarQube, Google Code Assist, VS code
Staff Engineer
Broadcom
07.2013 - 11.2019
- Designed and led development of a distributed license management platform with phone-home telemetry, used across Broadcom appliances.
- Built Kafka-based telemetry pipeline for near-real-time license activity tracking and analytics, visualized via Grafana.
- Projects: License Management & Phone-Home Service
- Tech Highlights: Java, Spring Boot, Angular, Docker, Kubernetes, VMware ESXi, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Redis, Memcached, Jenkins, Grafana
Senior Software Developer
Yahoo
03.2012 - 06.2013
- Designed and implemented Mahout-based recommendation engine optimizing ad placement across Yahoo properties.
- Built data pipeline for model training across Dev/QA/Prod.
- Project: AdMatch Recommendation Engine
Team Leader
Ecom Enterprises
02.2008 - 02.2012
- Led design and development of enterprise-grade e-commerce and content management systems using Java, Spring, Hibernate, and RESTful services.
Team Leader
Prodapt Corporation
04.2007 - 01.2008
- Delivered web-based address management system (911Net) with Java, Spring, iBatis stack for telecom clients.
Software Engineer
Aricent / Infosys / I-Link
06.2000 - 03.2007
- Built enterprise integrations and web platforms across banking and telecom clients using Java, JSP, and Spring frameworks.
Education
B.E. - Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Madurai Kamaraj University
IndiaSkills
- Java and Python
- C and Shell scripting
- Cloud platforms: AWS, GCP, Azure
- Virtualization technologies: VMware ESXi, KVM
- Container orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes
- Frameworks: Spring Boot, ConfD
- Messaging systems: ZeroMQ, Kafka
- Databases: PostgreSQL, Redis, Memcached
- Networking protocols: DHCP, Nginx
- Web servers: Tomcat, SSL/PKI
- Authentication services: LDAP, RADIUS
- CI/CD tools: Jenkins
- Testing frameworks: Robot Framework, Pytest
- Code quality tools: SonarQube, JaCoCo
- Monitoring solutions: Splunk, Grafana, Zenoss, Icinga2
- Log management: Syslog-ng
- Network analysis: Wireshark
- Version control systems: Git
- Project management tools: Jira, Confluence
- Code assistance tools: Google Code Assist (Gemini)
Core Technical Skills
Java, Python, C++, Shell, AWS, GCP, Azure, VMware ESXi, KVM, Docker, Kubernetes, Spring Boot, ConfD, ZeroMQ, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Redis, Memcached, DHCP, Nginx, Tomcat, SSL/PKI, LDAP, RADIUS, JRadius, Jenkins, Robot Framework, pytest, SonarQube, JaCoCo, Splunk, Grafana, Zenoss, Icinga2, syslog-ng, Wireshark, Git, Jira, Confluence, Google Code Assist (Gemini)
Timeline
Principal Software Engineer
Broadcom
11.2019 - Current
Staff Engineer
Broadcom
07.2013 - 11.2019
Senior Software Developer
Yahoo
03.2012 - 06.2013
Team Leader
Ecom Enterprises
02.2008 - 02.2012
Team Leader
Prodapt Corporation
04.2007 - 01.2008
Software Engineer
Aricent / Infosys / I-Link
06.2000 - 03.2007
B.E. - Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Madurai Kamaraj University