# Shivakumar Suresh

> Software Engineer II at Rubrik

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

Experienced Software Engineer with five years of professional experience developing enterprise Software, primarily focusing on backend development.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer II @ Rubrik
Jan 2025 – Present | Palo Alto, California, United States

### Software Engineer (Research Intern) @ Syracuse University
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Milpitas, California, United States
•Engineered containerized microservices in Golang that process the data with loose coupling, enabled high scalability, and enhanced overall application performance by~2x
•Designed API gateway using Java Spring boot that routes traffic evenly to internal API services, enforcing application security, improved API consumer readability, easing the API usability

### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ Syracuse University College of Engineering and Computer Science
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Syracuse, New York, United States
Teaching assistant for Introduction to Machine Learning (CIS 662) in the Computer Science department for a class of 100 graduate students.

Collaborated with the professor for the course 
- During the Spring semester, under Prof. Natarajan Gautam
- During the Fall semester, under Prof. Chilukuri K. Mohan

### Systems/Software Engineer 2 @ Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
• Developed RESTful endpoints that enabled interaction of microservices to form a cluster of nodes using Multicast DNS protocol automatically, improved cluster capacity by 10x, maintaining high availability, exceeding the customer expectations 
• Enhanced APIs by leveraging Gorilla Mux and RedFish calls, Integrated with UI, and reduced API response time by 50-60%  for a cloud-based solution (GreenLake), resulting in improved user experience
• Led a group of 3 Engineers to develop an internal website to manage the procurement of servers for the data center, which resulted in 10% cost savings to the organization
• Implemented SSL encryption protocol within the microservices cluster, enhancing security and protecting against potential threats, ensuring all communications are 100% encrypted
• Co-authored two technical papers presented at the organization-level tech fest called Parasparam and Tech Con at HPE

### Systems/Software Engineer 1 @ Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
• Architected core features for a product (Kubernetes management) launch, resulting in 10+ new enterprise-level customer acquisitions and overwhelmingly positive stakeholder feedback on the product's functionality, performance
• Integrated a notification system that listens to Kafka events/topics for server failures. Sent real-time notifications to customers with low latency, resulting in increased customer adoption
• Collaborated with a cross-functional team, constructed APIs, integrated the backend with the Database, and authored a research paper. Enabled competency-based decision-making, reducing training costs by approximately ~15%
• Devised an SVM-based machine learning model to predict the availability of vulnerability fixes within a specified timeline by combining NVD and ExploitDB data with an accuracy of 93.3%
• Automated the execution of Metasploit exploits and generated the report, saving 20% of the time and effort of engineers

### R&D Intern @ Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
• Implemented business logic at the backend using OpenSCAP for WASL tool to support wide versions of RHEL/SUSE OS CIS benchmarks, resulting in increased revenue of USD 600K/yr
• Created a feature end-to-end using ReactJS and NodeJS for a security compliance tool WASL, automating the process of scanning 100 nodes in one go, resulting in 80% time-saving for customers

### Software Engineer Intern @ Compiler Tree Technologies
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Mysore, Karnataka, India
Integrated APIs in Java with Spark and Kafka for processing streaming data from thousands of smart bulbs


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science
Syracuse University

### Bachelor of Engineering - BE in Computer science and engineering
Sri Jayachamarajendra College Of Engineering


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-11