Gaurav Agnihotri

Software Development Manager | DevOps | Cloud | AI-Driven Productivity
Delhi, IN.

About

Highly accomplished Engineering Manager with 18+ years of expertise in architecting and scaling cloud-native platforms, leading large-scale migrations, and optimizing DevOps practices. Proven leader in cost reduction, delivery acceleration, and building high-performing global engineering teams through advanced Agile methodologies and AI-driven productivity enhancements. Adept at driving innovation and operational excellence to deliver impactful business outcomes.

Work

Oracle
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Software Development Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Summary

Directed a 12-member engineering team, delivering high-impact cloud-native artifact repository solutions and leading strategic initiatives to enhance developer productivity and system resilience.

Highlights

Directed a 12-member engineering team, successfully delivering the Mars OCI-native artifact repository and achieving a 70% reduction in JFrog licensing costs and an 80% decrease in block storage.

Spearheaded the centralized migration of over 650 million artifacts across 7 years with zero downtime, significantly enhancing developer efficiency and cross-functional collaboration.

Drove the strategic adoption of AI-assisted coding tools (unit test automation, pseudocode-to-code generation, documentation), boosting developer productivity by 15%.

Automated Oracle Cloud deployments, resulting in a 75% reduction in release cycle effort and enabling faster, more consistent multi-region delivery across critical services.

Established robust on-call best practices and streamlined escalation workflows, reducing Mean Time To Recovery (MTTR) by 15% and strengthening system resilience.

Built and scaled the Build Pipelines platform, implementing incremental release strategies that reduced time-to-market by 40% and increased platform adoption by 20%.

Recruited and scaled a high-performing 20+ member engineering team, achieving an impressive 3:1 interview-to-offer ratio and 25% faster onboarding, while also serving as a Bar Raiser.

Led the successful decommissioning of Wercker and migration to the Build service, ensuring complete feature parity and zero disruption to critical developer workflows.

Oracle
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Software Developer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Summary

Developed and optimized critical infrastructure components for Oracle Cloud, focusing on Docker workflows and multi-tenant life cycle management frameworks.

Highlights

Proactively redesigned Docker workflows in Wercker, replacing deprecated Docker links to safeguard customer builds and ensure uninterrupted CI/CD operations.

Delivered a multi-tenant Life Cycle Management framework in Java 8 for WebLogic on Oracle Cloud, implementing zero-downtime patching for seamless updates.

Siemens
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Associate Consultant

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Summary

Developed and delivered AMI adapters for EnergyIP, significantly enhancing data collection and analytics for utility providers.

Highlights

Developed and delivered AMI adapters for EnergyIP, significantly scaling meter data collection and analytics to enhance decision-making for utility providers and improve operational efficiency.

Ericsson
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Senior Software Engineer

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Summary

Developed multi-vendor provisioning software, enabling seamless integration and enhancing scalability for a major telecom customer.

Highlights

Developed multi-vendor provisioning software, enabling a Malaysian telecom customer to seamlessly integrate Ericsson and non-Ericsson network nodes, thereby improving scalability and operational efficiency.

Alcatel-Lucent
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Senior Software Engineer

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Summary

Delivered high-level APIs for Intelligent Network provisioning, accelerating service rollout and improving customer experience for telecom operators.

Highlights

Delivered high-level APIs for Intelligent Network provisioning and customer data management, accelerating service rollout, enhancing customer experience, and reducing integration timelines for telecom operators.

Aricent
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Software Engineer

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Summary

Delivered prepaid card solutions for European operators, improving customer acquisition and competitive positioning.

Highlights

Delivered innovative prepaid card solutions for European operators, significantly improving customer acquisition, accelerating time-to-market for new services, and strengthening competitive positioning.

Education

Delhi University
Delhi, Delhi, India

Master of Computer Applications

Computer Applications

Ramjas College, Delhi University
Delhi, Delhi, India

Bachelor of Arts

Mathematics (Hons)

Languages

English

Certificates

Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO I & II)

Issued By

Scrum.org

Professional Scrum Master (PSM I & II)

Issued By

Scrum.org

AWS Solutions Architect - Associate Level

Issued By

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Skills

Leadership & Management

Agile Leadership, Scrum Leadership, Cross-functional Leadership, Remote Management, Stakeholder Management, Team Building, Global Team Management.

Cloud & DevOps

Cloud-Native Platforms, DevOps, Large-Scale Migrations, AWS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Docker, Kubernetes, Microservices, SOA, CI/CD Pipelines, Kafka, Oracle Autonomous DB, Artifact Repository Management, Build Pipelines.

Programming & APIs

Java, Python, Golang, REST APIs, gRPC, AI-Assisted Coding Tools.

Projects

Managed Artifact Repository System

Summary

Oversaw the development and maintenance of a critical artifact repository system, ensuring efficient storage and retrieval of software components for development teams.

Build Pipelines

Summary

Designed and implemented robust CI/CD build pipelines to automate software delivery processes, improving speed and reliability.

Wercker Decommissioning and Migration

Summary

Managed the decommissioning of the Wercker CI/CD platform and migration to a new build service, ensuring continuity.

Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE) Implementation

Summary

Implemented and managed solutions on Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE) for container orchestration and application deployment.