# Jitendra V.

> Principal Engineer / Architect, Software at Palo Alto Networks

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jitendrav

A hands-on, enterprising, result-oriented and collaborative leader - 
* Strong blend of Technical Leadership and Engineering skills with Business Acumen and Customer Success using SDLC/DevOps for Enterprise and E-commerce applications/platforms. (15+ years of experience) 
* Extensive experience in developing and integrating large scale distributed SaaS platform where scalability, reliability & availability is critical. 
* Extensive experience in creating strategic technical direction for the team and develop a compelling vision/purpose for the team (KPI). Strong analytical & problem-solving skills with attention to details.
* Expertise in building and transforming team with the methodologies - SAFe/Agile/DevOps. Proven results (KPI) for improved team velocity, improved quality with customer satisfaction, 100% on-time deliveries and on budget.
* Extensive experience in building collaborative partnerships with product managers, software architects, technical leads and key individuals within other functional organizations.
* Extensive experience in building and fostering a high-performance culture, hire, mentor team members and create an environment with the tools and motivation to make things happen
* Extensive experience in hiring, project scheduling, resource forecasting and managing budget.

Technology and Domain Areas:
+	Enterprise, E-Commerce SaS Software deployed in in-house Data Center and Public Cloud
+	Large-scale platform with Big-data/NoSQL, SOA and Micro-services Architecture
+	OTT Video Streaming, Analytics and QoE Optimization
+	Video Conferencing and Applications
+	OSS Network Management and Security Applications

## Work Experience
### Principal Software Engineer @ Palo Alto Networks
Jan 2021 – Present | Santa Clara, California, United States
Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, continually delivers innovation to enable secure digital transformation—even as the pace of change is accelerating.

### Principal Software Engineer and Application Architect @ Stealth Startup
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Oakland, California, United States
Kaiser Tele-health innovation with Video First initiative

### Senior Software Engineering Leader @ Stealth Startup
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | United States
Building user-centric technology solutions and driving innovative retail, e-commerce and global enterprise technology at Gap Inc.

### Senior Engineering Leader @ Conviva
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 | Foster City, CA
Developing and delivering OTT Video Analytics, Solutions/Architecture, for the Media companies and Service Providers 
- Drive and develop overall architecture, solutions, security, design of the product.
- Provide leadership as well as technical vision for the team
- Developed new strategic direction for the company with products
- Stimulate hiring, training, performance reviews and career plans for the team
- Assist removing technical obstacles, help enhance team processes, handle resource issues and interact with various members to assure sprint iteration and product release successful delivery

Technologies: Mobile, Android, Java/JEE, C, Java Script, Web Services (RESTful, SOAP), Big-data - Hadoop/Spark, GIT, Jenkins, JIRA, Bamboo, JUnit/TestNG, AWS/EC2/S3, OTT Video technologies.

### Engineering Leader, Software Development @ Video Collaboration Group, Cisco Systems
Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 | San Jose
Led a group of Software Engineers for design and development of Collaboration/TelePresence Management Product Suite for
- TelePresence and WebEx solution integration (Cloud services)
- Video Portal
- Unified phone-books and FindMe services
- OBTP and Auto-connect to ease joining a conference
- Seamless integration with Calendaring Applications like Exchange/Domino/CalDAV
- Deploy the solution for Enterprise, SMB and Cloud/Hosted customers.

Involved in Product planning, scheduling and cross-functional coordination for project execution.

Technologies: Java/J2EE, Spring FW, Linux, Informix, MySQL/NoSQL, Web Services (SOAP, RESTful), Ajax, HTTP, XML, Virtualized/VMWare, Distributed and scalable 3-tier architecture with load-balancer and caching, Hadoop/MapReduce, Exchange EWS, Outlook Plug-in.

Technologies: Voip, Video, SIP, RTP/RTCP, SDP.

### Sr. Software Software @ Video Collaboration Group, Cisco Systems
Jan 2005 – Jan 2009 | San Jose, CA
- Design and development of Network/Element Management applications (FCAPS) for IP/MPLS/VPN/Ethernet/Storage Services of Cisco Routers and Switches.

Software tools: C++/CORBA, Java/J2EE, Solaris/Linux, MySQL/Oracle, SOAP, HTTP, XML, Distributed and scalable architecture with caching.

Technologies: IP, Ethernet, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, FC, NFS, NAS, Clustered FS, iSCSI, Virtualization/VMWare.

### Software Engineer @ Video Collaboration Group, Cisco Systems
Jan 2001 – Jan 2005 | San Jose, CA
Design and development of FCAPS features for Sonet/SDH, IP/MPLS and Ethernet/Storage services in Network Management Software and worked closely with SP customers like AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, China Mobile, Telstra etc.

Software tools: C++/CORBA, Java/J2EE, Solaris/Linux, MySQL/Oracle, SOAP, HTTP, XML, Distributed and scalable 2-tier architecture with caching.

Technologies: IP, Ethernet, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, FC, NFS, NAS, Clustered FS, iSCSI, Virtualization/VMWare, Sonet/SDH.


## Education
### Masters Certificate in Advanced Project Management
Stanford University

### MS in Computer Science
Aligarh Muslim University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jvarshney

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Last updated: 2026-04-12