VIJAYAN THANASEKARAN
Union City,CA
Summary
Engineered innovative solutions to enhance data transfer efficiency, optimize storage reduction, and bolster system resilience, leveraging proven expertise in performance engineering, test automation, and systems programming across Windows and Linux environments.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Software Engineer
NetApp
04.2024 - Current
- Architecting and implementing High Availability (HA) modules for mission-critical, clustered storage systems.
- Spearheading N-Way Protection initiatives, designing advanced redundancy mechanisms for maximum data integrity and fault tolerance.
- Developing comprehensive Test Strategy and Automation Frameworks using Python and C++ to validate complex HA and failover solutions.
- Driving innovation as a technical leader focused on building highly scalable and resilient storage architectures.
Senior Software Engineer
Optum
01.2023 - 04.2024
- Engineered and facilitated a healthcare document processing system, collaborating across product, design, and business teams to exceed target capability metrics by 10%.
- Implemented multiple streaming, parallel computing, asynchronous operations, and caching framework modules, increasing overall document processing performance by 35%.
- Streamlined the development lifecycle by integrating advanced GIT workflows for version control and documentation, significantly boosting downstream development productivity.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams (Product/UX/UI) to ensure tight alignment between technical implementation and strategic project objectives.
Principal Software Engineer III
CommVault Systems, Inc
06.2008 - 12.2022
- Spearheaded the development of a flagship enterprise data protection product specializing in comprehensive backup and disaster recovery solutions.
- Optimized network data pipelines and implemented hardware snapshot-based protection, resulting in a 55% improvement in data transfer efficiency.
- Introduced and deployed data-reduction techniques, including client-side and target-side deduplication, achieving significant storage and network bandwidth savings.
- Led performance engineering efforts, conducting deep-dive analysis and implementing system-wide optimizations that enhanced overall system throughput.
- Integrated support for cloud storage and ensured robust data protection for cloud VMs across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
Annamalai University
IndiaPostgraduate Diploma - Computer Applications
SRN Institute
Bachelor's Degree - Commerce
Madurai Kamaraj University
Skills
- Assisted in system programming with C/C and Win32 SDK Supported multi-threading and thread synchronization tasks Aided in implementing IPC models and socket programming for TCP/IP and UDP Contributed to reverse engineering and malware analysis efforts
Certification
- Certification in Quantum Computing Fundamentals | MIT XPro
- 4 Courses in Physics | UC Berkeley Extension
PATENTS & INNOVATION
- #US 10275320 - Incrementally accumulating in-process performance data and hierarchical reporting https://patents.justia.com/patent/10275320
- #US 10313243 - Intelligent local management of data stream throttling in secondary-copy operations https://patents.justia.com/patent/10313243
- #US 20240256670 - SMART RECOVERY OF BACKUP COPIES BASED ON THREAT ANALYSIS https://patents.justia.com/patent/20240256670
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Packeteer Inc | Senior Technical Lead | South Plainfield, NJ
- Canson, Inc | Chief Engineer | Yokohama, Japan
- 5Digistar | Senior Software Engineer | Kobe, Japan
- T&B International | Project Lead | Chennai, India
- K7 Computing | Senior Virus Analyst | Chennai, India
- Vijay Computers | Virus Analyst | Madurai, India
Timeline
Senior Software Engineer
NetApp
04.2024 - Current
Senior Software Engineer
Optum
01.2023 - 04.2024
Principal Software Engineer III
CommVault Systems, Inc
06.2008 - 12.2022
Postgraduate Diploma - Computer Applications
SRN Institute
Bachelor's Degree - Commerce
Madurai Kamaraj University
Master of Science - Computer Science
Annamalai University