Ashutosh Kumar
Senior Engineering Manager | Cloud Platforms & Distributed Systems
20+ Years Software Engineering • 10+ Years Leadership • Microservices Modernization • OCI • Java
Engineering leader who combines deep distributed-systems and cloud architecture expertise with proven people leadership and large-scale platform transformation experience. Previously at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), led engineering teams delivering subscription lifecycle management, tenant provisioning, onboarding, and core APIs across a global infrastructure spanning 25+ regions.
Ashutosh Kumar
Bengaluru, India
About Ashutosh
I lead engineering teams that build, scale, and modernize mission-critical cloud platforms. With 20+ years of software engineering experience and 10+ years of engineering leadership, my background spans distributed systems, cloud-native architecture, microservices, platform engineering, and global cloud infrastructure.
Most recently at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), I led engineering initiatives around subscription lifecycle management, tenant provisioning, onboarding, and core APIs across a global footprint spanning 25+ regions and supporting 100+ SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS services.
Some of the outcomes I am most proud of include leading a 12+ engineer team through the modernization of a large legacy subscription platform into cloud-native microservices, successfully migrating approximately 10 million records with zero customer impact. I have also driven architectural initiatives improving provisioning scalability by approximately 10× and led customer migration programs involving 9,000+ customers and tens of thousands of active subscriptions.
What I Do Best:
Target Opportunities
Open to Senior Engineering Manager and Director-level roles combining technical depth, engineering strategy, and people leadership:
- Senior Engineering Manager / SDM
- Director of Engineering / Cloud & Platform
- Senior Director / Infrastructure & Platform
Core Initiatives & Architecture Transformations
Deep dive into landmark platform modernization, scalability, multi-region orchestration, and large-scale migration programs.
OCI Subscription Platform Modernization
Monolith to Cloud-Native Microservices
Led a 12+ engineer team modernizing a legacy subscription management platform into cloud-native microservices. Drove service decomposition, phased migration architecture, and executed migration of ~10 million records with zero customer impact.
10× Provisioning Scalability & Core APIs (CSAPI)
High-Scale Distributed Architecture
Engineered architectural enhancements across caching, API optimization, throttling, and capacity management—improving provisioning scalability by ~10×. Owned OCI Core Service APIs (CSAPI) consumed by 20+ internal stakeholder teams.
Global Multi-Region Cloud Operations
OCI Service Orchestration Across 25+ Regions
Directed engineering initiatives supporting tenant provisioning, subscription lifecycle management, and onboarding across 100+ SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS services. Implemented touchless region builds, JIT onboarding, and resilient region failover across 25+ regions.
Large-Scale Customer & Subscription Migrations
Mission-Critical Enterprise Cloud Migrations
Led complex customer and subscription migration programs involving 9,000+ customers, tens of thousands of active subscriptions, and migration APIs processing millions of entitlement records while guaranteeing service continuity and zero data loss.
Engineering Org Leadership & Team Building
High-Performance Culture & Talent Development
Managed high-performing engineering teams of 10–15+ engineers. Owned end-to-end talent lifecycle: hiring, mentoring, career progression, promotions, and succession planning. Fostered operational excellence and a culture of ownership.
AI-Assisted Engineering & Developer Productivity
Modern AI Tooling for High-Velocity Teams
Pioneered practical adoption of AI/GenAI tools across engineering workflows for deep code comprehension, rapid debugging, automated unit-test generation, and accelerated onboarding into complex legacy and distributed codebases.
Work Experience
Over 20 years of progressive engineering leadership and technical execution.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
Senior Manager, Software Development / Senior Engineering Manager
June 2019 – April 2026 • Bengaluru, India- Led engineering teams of 10–15+ engineers building, scaling, and modernizing mission-critical cloud platforms supporting subscription management, tenant provisioning, onboarding, and core APIs across 25+ global OCI regions.
- Modernized legacy monolithic subscription platform into cloud-native microservices; led 12+ engineers through architecture transformation, service decomposition, and migrated ~10 million records with zero customer impact.
- Improved provisioning scalability by approximately 10× through distributed caching architectures, API optimization, throttling, and proactive capacity planning.
- Owned OCI Core Service APIs (CSAPI) and platform capabilities consumed by 20+ internal teams/stakeholders, supporting lifecycle management across 100+ SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS services.
- Led large-scale migration programs involving 9,000+ customers, tens of thousands of subscriptions, and migration APIs processing millions of entitlement records with zero downtime.
- Spearheaded touchless region builds, Just-In-Time (JIT) onboarding, region failover, TAS Events Proxy for cross-realm communication, and deprecation of legacy TAS/SPM/SMP dependencies.
- Owned hiring, mentoring, career development, performance management, promotions, and succession planning; established a culture of technical rigor, operational excellence, and practical AI tooling adoption.
Software Development Manager
October 2015 – May 2019 • Bengaluru, India- Led a 15-member engineering team for Tenant Automation System & Metering, owning delivery of cloud features impacting Billing, Subscriptions, and Customer Lifecycle.
- Drove end-to-end release quality, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and production operations for high-velocity cloud delivery.
- Successfully validated and delivered critical cloud initiatives including OCI integrations, IDCS identity management, billing enhancements, and Zero Downtime Upgrades (ZDU).
Principal Member of Technical Staff
October 2014 – September 2015 • Bengaluru, India- Architected and scaled automation frameworks and CI pipelines with parallel execution, slashing regression turnaround time.
- Delivered key platform improvements: 90% faster environment setup, automated environment orchestration (IDCS, LBAAS), and proactive Grafana/monitoring systems.
- Strengthened QA practices with RCA-driven analysis and comprehensive test coverage, significantly boosting production release stability.
Senior Member of Technical Staff
October 2010 – September 2014 • Bengaluru, India- Core contributor to Oracle Public Cloud, driving validation of order processing, subscription lifecycle, and automated service provisioning.
- Built and scaled automated frameworks and CI pipelines (Perl, Java, TestNG, Jenkins), executing 1,000+ automated test suites.
- Prevented 100+ critical production issues through early defect detection, end-to-end integration validation, and fault-injection testing.
Velankani Software Pvt Ltd
Module Lead
April 2008 – October 2010 • Bengaluru, India- Led engineering and automated testing for telecom products including CDMA femtocell and VoIP network systems.
- Built extensible test frameworks (TCL, Python) to increase test coverage and eliminate manual regression cycles.
- Validated critical networking protocols and features: QoS, security, and SIP / H.323 interworking.
- Collaborated cross-functionally across release cycles on test planning, execution, and deep defect root-cause analysis.
Mascon Global Limited
Software Engineer
September 2005 – March 2008 • Bengaluru, India- Developed Perl-based automation frameworks for 3G CDMA2000 telecommunication systems (PDSN, Home Agent).
- Automated telecom and networking protocols including SIP, Mobile IP (MIP), PPP, and L2TP.
- Authored and executed comprehensive test plans for large-scale enterprise network components.
Skills & Capabilities
Comprehensive overview of leadership abilities, architectural competencies, and technical proficiencies.
Leadership & Management
Cloud & Distributed Architecture
Data Migration & Program Leadership
Platform Engineering & APIs
Technologies & Ecosystems
AI-Assisted Engineering & Tooling
Education
Visvesvaraya Technological University
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science
Strong foundations in algorithms, distributed computing, operating systems, and computer architecture.
Interested in discussing engineering leadership or cloud platform strategy?
Open to exploring Senior Engineering Manager, Director of Engineering, and Platform Engineering leadership opportunities across distributed systems, cloud modernization, and high-scale SaaS infrastructure.
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