# Kalyanasundaram Salaimani > Architect at Microsoft Azure identity governance(Gen AI, Agentic AI, AI Assistance,LLM, ML, Data Engineering) Location: San Ramon, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/kalyanasundaram Architect with strong expertise in product design, development, and scalable enterprise architecture on cloud-native platforms. Experienced in building secure, high-performance systems tailored for complex enterprise environments. Specialized in Identity & Access Management, including SAP GRC, insider threat detection, and compliance. Led architecture and deployment of Gen AI, Agentic AI, and LLM-based solutions within Azure Identity Governance. Hands-on in AI/ML infrastructure, data engineering, and full-stack Azure-based solution delivery. Skilled at leading global engineering teams and aligning product strategy with business outcomes. Contributed to revenue growth through optimized product performance and faster go-to-market execution. Experienced in startup-style innovation—from prototyping to full-scale enterprise solutions. Proficient in big data technologies like Spark, Kafka, and real-time data streaming. Passionate about delivering intelligent, automated solutions that solve real-world identity challenges. ## Work Experience ### Principal Engineer at Azure Identity Governance Gen AI, Agentic AI, Assistance AI, LLM, AI ML) @ Microsoft Jan 2021 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area Working on cutting-edge AI solutions in Azure Identity Governance, including Agentic AI, Gen AI, and Microsoft Security CoPilot. Leading initiatives to design and implement Agentic AI and Gen AI products for AIG, with a focus on LLM-driven identity governance and permission management. Architected and modernized data engineering and ML infrastructure, migrating from HDInsight to Azure Synapse and implementing global CI/CD pipelines. Designed and scaled ML models to Azure AD levels, powering solutions like peer analysis, guest account inactivity detection, and access package recommendations. Enhanced ML model performance by 20x by adopting GraphX and Pregel APIs, significantly boosting processing efficiency. Architected the Entra Permission Management solution on Spark infrastructure, enabling large-scale, multi-customer adoption. Built API services and React-based UX dashboards for Azure Identity Insights, deployed as microservices for scalable and interactive user experiences. Collaborated with product managers and the CXP team to define product roadmaps and guide features from ideation to GA. Mentored junior engineers and led hiring efforts, while actively contributing to sprint planning and annual strategic planning. Expert in Azure Data and ML stack: Open IA, Security CoPilot, Azure AIFoundery, Azure Search, Synapse Analytics, Databricks, Spark, Hadoop, Hive, Azure Data Lake, Cosmos DB, Azure DevOps, Kusto, Event Hubs, and more. ### Principal Architect / Director of Technology/Engineering Manager @ Alert Enterprise Inc Jan 2008 – Jan 2021 | Fremont •Responsible for the Identity and Access management suite to manage the complete development life cycle from scoping to released to customer . Interacting with various department leads(Product management, Professional services and Support to get the new business requirement, convert them in to technical requirement and implement/scope into product development cycle. . Have done fast prototyping, POCs for various technologies. •Managing multi geographic teams (Both US and India) with different streams like development and QA. . Following SCRUM agile methodology. . Designed and developed data lake and data streaming platform using NIFI . Architected and developed data streaming into SPLUNK via NIFI . Have experience in insider threat problems using Data Streaming, Data Pipelines, AI(Behavioral analytics). •Architected and developed the framework big data platform for this product suite using Spark, Kafka, Sqoop, Spring Batch, Redis, Ozzie, HBase in Horton works platform. . Done evaluation on Big Query, Snowflake for Health & Safety Analytic solution •Architected and designed the reconciliation engine •Architected most of the product functionality. •Architected and Led the development for Password Management that includes Password Reset/Change and Synchronization between different directories and other logical and physical systems. •Architected and developed various connectors for both logical and physical system that includes directories. • Have done various performance tuning with app server level, java tuning and DB tuning. • Architected the complete FABRIC(base platform) for Alert in the beginning. • Architected the provisioning layers, connector architecture. . Have hands on experience in SSO implementation for various application using SAML, open id connect, key-cloak, okta etc, designed and developed OAUTH based micro services inter communication. ### Sr Software Engineer @ Wells Fargo Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Staff Application Progammer @ IBM Jan 2002 – Jan 2006 ### Sr Software Engineer @ Wipro Technologies Jan 2002 – Jan 2003 ### Tech Lead @ Trigyn Technologies Jan 2000 – Jan 2002 ### Software Engineer @ Mascot Systems Jan 1999 – Jan 2000 ## Education ### Alagappa University ### Madurai Kamaraj University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kalyanasundaram-salaimani-9241327 --- Source: https://flows.cv/kalyanasundaram JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/kalyanasundaram/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-12