Rohit Thumu-Senior DevOps & MLOps Engineer
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Experience
Senior Software Engineer
KRiAN GmbH
Clients: CARIAD, AUDI AG
- Built and deployed enterprise MLOps pipelines using Azure Machine Learning and Databricks. Reduced model release cycles by 95 percent, from four weeks to two days, through automated CI CD workflows.
- Delivered cloud native DevOps platforms for ADAS programs using Azure data services, Kubernetes, and Terraform based infrastructure provisioning.
- Designed high availability architectures with automated failover. Cut system downtime by 85 percent for mission critical energy trading platforms.
- Developed and integrated AI agents and enterprise chatbots using LangChain, AutoGPT, and GPT models. Enabled autonomous workflows and decision driven automation.
- Reduced cloud infrastructure spend by 40 percent through autoscaling strategies, spot instance usage, and policy driven resource governance across Azure and AWS.
- Partnered with Data Scientists, ML Engineers, Product Managers, and executive stakeholders to deliver large scale automotive and energy solutions.
- Implemented GitOps driven CI CD pipelines supporting automotive software delivery for over 500 engineers across distributed product teams.
- Designed and operated Kubernetes platforms on Azure AKS. Improved deployment stability and reduced rollback events by 70 percent.
- Implemented observability and monitoring stacks using Prometheus, Grafana, and Azure Monitor. Achieved 99.9 percent service availability targets.
Principal Solutions Engineer - Cloud
Pegasystems
- Served as single point of contact for DevOps cloud deployment and release activities across 20+ global teams, coordinating nightly builds, quarterly releases, and production deployments
- Designed and maintained enterprise Jenkins pipeline infrastructure supporting 100+ microservices, implementing automated testing frameworks reducing regression defects by 60%
- Led comprehensive AWS cost optimization initiative, reducing quarterly cloud spend from $120,000 to approximately $80,000 (33% reduction) through rightsizing, reserved instances, lifecycle policies, and workload optimization while maintaining performance SLAs
- Implemented DevOps best practices and automated testing strategies, improving deployment frequency from monthly to weekly releases while maintaining zero-downtime deployments
- Collaborated with Product Management and Engineering Leadership to define and execute cloud migration strategies for legacy on-premise Pega applications to AWS and Azure
Senior Member Technical Staff
Oracle India Pvt. Ltd
- Built end-to-end CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins for Oracle Management Cloud, implementing automated testing and deployment for 30+ data services supporting 10,000+ enterprise customers
- Architected monitoring and alerting infrastructure using Prometheus and Grafana, providing consolidated federated view of availability for Oracle Public Cloud and Enterprise Management environments
- Developed automation frameworks to improve IT stability, prevent application outages, increase DevOps agility, and enhance security across entire application and infrastructure portfolio
Senior Software Engineer
Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Limited (RBEI)
- Developed comprehensive end-to-end automation test suite using Python and TML (Bosch framework), improving test coverage by 75% and reducing manual testing time by 85%
- Led pre-integration validation of software update components for automotive OEM projects including Nissan, Renault, Infiniti, Peugeot, Suzuki, and Chery, ensuring zero critical defects in production releases
- Managed SOP (Start of Production) releases involving Apple CarPlay certification for Suzuki multimedia systems, coordinating cross-functional teams across 3 countries and 5 time zones
- Implemented Jenkins for continuous integration across 15+ automotive software components, reducing build time from 4 hours to 45 minutes through parallel execution and caching strategies
- Demonstrated strong expertise in build automation using Gradle and Make workflows, optimizing compilation processes and dependency management
Intern
SAP
- Automated file download and manipulation processes from Perforce using Perl scripting, reducing manual effort by 95% and eliminating human error in release preparation
- Developed version management scripts for NW VAL project, ensuring consistency across multiple release versions and reducing configuration errors by 80%
Industry experience
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Experienced in Information Technology, Automotive, and Energy.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Information Technology, Operations, Project Management, Quality Assurance, and Product Development.
Skills
Job Related Abilities
- Cloud Platform Architecture & Cost Optimization
- Devops & Ci/Cd Automation
- Mlops & Ai Integration
- Data Platform Engineering
- Infrastructure & Orchestration
- Monitoring & Observability
- Leadership
Technical Proficiency
- Cloud Platforms: Azure, Aws, Gcp
- Mlops & Ai: Mlflow, Azure Machine Learning, Langchain, Autogpt, Agentgpt, Feature Stores, Data Lineage, Model Monitoring, Model Registry, Experiment Tracking
- Infrastructure & Orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, Terraform, Infrastructure As Code, Gitops, Ansible, Service Mesh
- Ci/Cd & Devops: Azure Devops, Jenkins, Github Actions, Gitlab Ci, Automated Testing, Deployment Automation, Release Management
- Programming & Scripting: Python, Sql, Pyspark, Bash Scripting, Powershell, Perl, Java
- Data Processing: Apache Spark, Azure Data Lake, Databricks, Etl/Elt Pipelines, Data Warehousing, Real-Time Streaming
- Monitoring & Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Cloudwatch, Elk Stack, Distributed Tracing
- Data Governance: Azure Purview, Apache Atlas, Datahub, Data Lineage, Gdpr Compliance, Data Quality Frameworks
- Databases: Azure Sql Database, Postgresql, Mysql, Mongodb, Redis, Cosmos Db
- Version Control & Collaboration: Git, Github, Gitlab, Bitbucket, Azure Repos, Code Review Practices
- Build Tools: Gradle, Maven, Make, Cmake, Npm
Languages
Education
Bachelor of Technology · Computer Science and Engineering
Certifications & licenses
Microsoft Hack Together: AI Agents Hackathon
Microsoft
Amazon Web Services
German Language Certificate B1
Telc
Google Cloud Innovator
Google Cloud
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Rohit is based in Wolfsburg, Germany.
Rohit speaks the following languages: English (Native), German (Intermediate).
Rohit has at least 13 years of experience. During this time, Rohit has worked in at least 4 different roles and for 5 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 3 years and 7 months. Note that Rohit may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Rohit would be well-suited for roles such as: Senior Software Engineer, Principal Solutions Engineer - Cloud, Senior Member Technical Staff.
Rohit's most recent position is Senior Software Engineer at KRiAN GmbH.
In recent years, Rohit has worked for KRiAN GmbH and Pegasystems.
Rohit is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Automotive, and Energy.
Rohit is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Operations, and Project Management. Rohit also has some experience in Quality Assurance and Product Development.
Rohit has recently worked in industries like Information Technology, Automotive, and Energy.
Rohit has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Operations, and Product Development.
Rohit holds a Bachelor in Computer Science and Engineering.
Rohit has 8 certificates. Among them, these include: Microsoft Hack Together: AI Agents Hackathon, Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate, and GCP Associate Cloud Engineer.
Rohit will be available full-time from September 2026.
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