# Ramana Turlapati > Security @ Snowflake Location: Newark, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/ramana Experienced leader with proven track record and passion for building security services at cloud scale. Specializations include: Cloud Infrastructure Security Monitoring & Threat Detection, Identity & Access Management, Web Application Security, Database Security & Network Protocol Security ## Work Experience ### Principal Engineer @ Snowflake Jan 2019 – Present | San Mateo, California Principal engineer, Snowflake Data Platform Security. Working on building data security policies features and associated integrations. Also, part of the team that enforces administrative security best practices for managing Snowflake deployments and internal data infrastructure. ### Architect, Oracle CASB Cloud Service @ Oracle Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | San Jose, CA Responsible for Deployment (HA, Scalability & DR), Functional (Ingress, MicroServices, Service Mesh, Egress, Data & Cloud Infrastructure Services(Kubernetes, Terraform)) and Security (AAA, Secrets, API/Federation) architectural aspects of Oracle CASB Cloud Service. Currently leading both engineering and operations teams to migrate Oracle CASB service implementation from AWS to OCI. Instrumental in envisioning and implementing overall Cloud Service DevOps strategy and enforcing CI/CD Best Practices. ### Founding Engineer @ Palerra Inc (Acquired by Oracle) Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Santa Clara, CA As part of the founding engineering team, pioneered building of the first API based Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB). Proposed & Patented Deployment, Functional and Security Architectural Patterns for CASB as cloud service Lead a team of engineers in US and India in executing and delivering against an aggressive timeline of going live in a year's timeframe. As a key member of Founding Engineering team, donned various roles (CASB Functional & Deployment Architecture, Cloud & Information Security Architect, Engineering Lead/Manager, Head of Operations, M&A Advisor) taking in the process of taking LORIC (Palerra CASB Cloud Service) from a concept to a full fledged cloud service deployed in AWS. ### Consulting Member Of Technical Staff, Oracle Access Manager @ Oracle Jan 2008 – Jan 2013 | Redwood Shores, CA Responsible for Functional Architecture of Oracle Access Manager 11g Server that consolidated three different proprietary SSO protocols (webgates, oracle sso & opensso). Designed the authentication/authorization policy engine that facilitated declarative application integration. ### Consulting Software Engineer, Oracle Web Services Manager @ Oracle Jan 2005 – Jan 2008 | Redwood Shores, CA Security Architect for Oracle Web Services Management Offering ### Security Architect @ Adobe Systems Jan 2005 – Jan 2005 | San Jose, CA Super brief stint with super talented Acrobat security team. Proposed plans to apply Java sandbox security model to Acrobat Runtime. Macromedia acquisition altered the priorities for Acrobat team. ### Principal Software Engineer @ Oracle Corporation Jan 1998 – Jan 2005 | Redwood Shores, CA Lead the architecture, design and development efforts for securing Oracle Web Services platform using latest SOAP and XML security standards. Responsible for integrating WS-Security authentication mechanisms with J2EE security providers for Oracle Application Server including integration with Oracle IDM Platform (Oracle Internet Directory (LDAP) and Oracle SSO services).Representing Oracle in key standards forums and groups such as OASIS WS-Security TC. Document and review directions, architecture, functional and design specifications for Security and Identity Management Team.Member representative for Oracle Security Platform within Oracle Application Server architecture team. Responsible for development and maintenance of Oracle Digital Signature API Oracle Database Security team - Responsible for Oracle Database Advanced Security Option Components such as DCE, Kerberos, SecurID & Enterprise User Security ### Senior Software Engineer @ Gradient Technologies Jan 1995 – Jan 1998 ## Education ### Masters in Electrical Engineering University of Missouri-Columbia ### Bachelors in Electrical Engineering Osmania University ### High School Diploma in Mathematics Physics Chemistry BVBPS Jubillee Hills, Hyderabad ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ramana-turlapati-330348 --- Source: https://flows.cv/ramana JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/ramana/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-12