Madhura Srinivasa Raghavan

• Led a global team of 25+ engineers managing namespace component of data domain file system.
• Delivered next-generation scale-out data protection platform, enhancing high availability and global namespace.
• Directed execution of critical features including non-disruptive upgrade and end-to-end backup/restore integration.
• Managed customer escalations to ensure rapid resolution and enhance system reliability.
• Championed AI adoption across engineering teams, achieving approximately 90% participation in AI tools.
• Leveraged telemetry and AI insights to enhance defect detection and automate support diagnostics.
• Spearheaded DQA Agile process model, reducing defect leakage with pre-checkin quality frameworks.
• Built high-performing leadership pipeline through mentoring, managing performance, and promoting organizational growth.
• Collaborated with product management to define technical requirements and priorities.

Technical lead and architect for the Namespace or File Manager component of datadomain file system (DDFS). Primary features of this component includes metadata management, streams and session management for the operating system, providing performance and data stats, integration with the backup application and client-server configurations.

• Lead a dynamic team of software engineers to execute and deliver an end-to-end storage system management solution. Salient feature includes capacity management, federated global namespace, caching and global locking, load balancing and protocol re-direction.
• Evaluated software development project plans and recommended adjustments for the product release and features.
• Collaborated and delivered various critical fixes for the in-field customer issues and bugs.
• Coordinated with project managers across multiple initiatives to align development timelines, plan product developement and testing.
• Mentored other members of the team and worked with them to determine, support and qualify future requirements for datadomain operating system (DDOS).
• Worked and outlined new feature plan and specifications as the product owner for the next generation data protection scaleout system.

• Developed and delivered numerous features for distributed autoscaling file system, including global namespace locking and inode cache coherency.
• Debugged code, performed root cause analysis, and reviewed program quality to ensure reliability.
• Planned project milestones, assigned tasks, and estimated workloads for efficient project management.
• Designed and implemented namespace support for recipe replication in standalone high-end storage systems.
• Collaborated with development team to identify and resolve software bugs effectively.
• Instrumented unit and integration tests to enhance software quality and reliability.
• Created technical workflows in wiki to facilitate training of newly hired employees.
• Contributed significantly to ongoing project execution by rapidly learning company products and architecture.

• Worked with the Edge Router Services team which provides Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) of the traffic through Juniper MX routers running JUNOS.
• Involved in the development of a router service plugin that logs all the Application Layer detail (HTTP details) and other data packet statistics and forwards these logs to an Analytical server using the IPFIX format.
• Provided profiling for traffic policing functions involved with Policy and Charging Enforcement function (PCEF) and Traffic detection function (TDF) plugins

• Administration of IBM rational Clear case
• Automation of Build/Release Processes
• Defect Tracking and Management. (Serena Business Manager)