Pratik Joshi

Software Engineering | Gaming | F1 | Football
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Hello this is Pratik, a devoted software engineer based in Pune(India) working at Deutsche Telekom.

Experience

Senior Consultant

Working in the Deutsche Telekom Network Ops R&D team.

Part of the Deutsche Telekom Network tribe that operates from its subsidiary offices of T-Systems Pune.
Working as a software engineer in the Deutsche Telekom core Network ops innovation team for improving the existing DT Network solutions.
Leveraging development and operational technologies like Java, Angular , Postgresql , Docker , JIRA, Redis, Ansible, Web-services, Kubernetes to innovate and improve on the current DT network space.
Additionally using AI technologies such as Github Copilot & in house LLMs to analyze & improve the existing codebase quality and overall delivery process

November 2023 - Present

Senior Software Engineer

Worked on the Netbackup platform to enhance and improve solutions on enterprise Kubernetes data protection and recovery.

Introduced new features and provided defect resolutions on the existing platform.
Improved exposure on various security aspects in software development and networking such as FIPS, Data encryption & threat modeling.
Worked on various features & customer POCs such as k8s file mode restore and accelerated backups which involved analyzing the core deployment architecture,conducting demos and discussions with customers on providing effective solutions for their data protection needs.
Adherence to strong feature and support documentation to guide users outside the development & deployment scope
Worked on technologies like Java, Web-services, Kubernetes, Go, Git, Helm, Rancher, GCP, Openshift

February 2022 - November 2023

Software Engineer Advanced

Initially Worked at Xebia IT architects as a Technical Consultant for a key client Amdocs based in Pune. Worked at Amdocs as an OSS developer on a contractual basis.

Worked on the Amdocs OSS platform for 2 projects which are the SOM 10.2 product for Telefonica Chile and the EOMSYS 10.3 product which is an upgraded version of SOM for Telstra.
Converted to an Amdocs employee later and worked in the Amdocs Open Network Core R&D team

Worked on the OSS platform of the Amdocs core team consisting of the Service Order Manager 10.4 product. This product is based on the microservice architecture with multiple services deployed using the kubernetes container orchestration framework

Developed new features and provided defect resolutions on the SOM product such as k8s secret based credentials storage , reduced pod resource consumption

Worked on technologies like Java , SQL , Jenkins , Git , Docker , Kubernetes , Helm

February 2021 - February 2022

Platform Engineer

Krawler Inc/Deskera is a company headquartered in Singapore and its development centre based in Pune.
Deskera mainly provides cloud based solutions to Small and Medium scale enterprises (SMEs) through a variety of products.
Deskera's crown jewel is its ERP system which is a complex and constantly evolving product. The core philosophy of Deskera was based on quick developmental POCs and providing rapid solutions in an agile environment

Primarily worked on Deskera's flag-ship ERP product to provide new features and resolve key issues on the existing system. Worked on the inventory and stock valuation modules of this product which are vital in keeping track of the clients inventory stocks and IN/OUT valuations of their transactions.

December 2016 - December 2018

Education

Bachelor of Engineering

University of Pune
Information Technology
PES Modern College of Engineering , Pune
August 2016

Diploma in IT Engineering

Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education
Bharati Vidyapeeth's Polytechnic,Pune
June 2012

SSC

Maharashtra State Board of Secondary Education
St. Vincents High School,Pune
June 2009

Skills

Programming Languages,Platforms & Tools
Skills
  • Familiar with developing & deploying enterprise web applications using a variety of technologies like Java, REST-APIs , Kubernetes.
  • Experienced in working on both monolithic and microservice based architectures
  • Experience working with cross-functional teams on multiple technologies and frameworks.
  • Familiar with containerization and container orchestration technologies like Docker, Kubernetes & Helm
  • Exposure to customers using various Kubernetes platforms such as Openshift, AWS, Azure, Rancher Kubernetes
  • Excellent Knowledge of version control systems like Git
  • Experience working on Linux and Unix based Operating systems
  • Excellent communication skills with a team player approach in every aspect
  • Participation in multiple customer interactions and POCs
  • Familiar with CI/CD processes & pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab and Bitbucket
  • Decent exposure to multiple software domains such as Data protection, Financial and Telecom based environments/products
  • Familiar with Agile Development & daily Scrum practice
  • Basic exposure & understanding of some additional DevOps technologies such as terraforming, GitOps

Interests

Apart from being a developer, I enjoy most of my time being outdoors by travelling driving and rail fanning. I am also a massive Football fan and support the European club Manchester United.Formula 1 is another source of joy to me.

When forced indoors, I follow a number of sci-fi and fantasy genre movies and television shows, I also enjoy gaming a lot on my playstation.

Awards & recognition

  • Received the Deskera "Bravo Award" as a fresher at the company for exceptional job performance
  • Winner of 2 State level paper presenation competitions on Android OS during college technical fests.
  • Multiple recognitions within the team for contributing to key issues and helping the team to overcome various hurdles.