TECHNICAL ARCHITECT

CORE COMPETENCIES
Azure PaaS services-
Data Services Azure Data factory, PROFILE SUMMARY
Azure data Bricks, and Azure data  Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect (AZ-305) with 16.5 years of
lake Gen2. Azure OpenAI / AI professional experience on system analysis, UI design, and application design,
Services development, implementation, and support for web-based applications and
object-oriented applications.
Azure AI Search (Vector + Semantic
 45 Days onsite (Finland) experience for project requirement gathering.
Search)
 Expertise in Agile practices (TDD, Scrum, Kanban, Continuous Integration
Azure AI Foundry (Agent and Continuous Delivery, DevOps etc.)
orchestration conceptual /  Experienced in .NET 8, 6, 4.6/4.0/ 3.5/2.0, .Net Core, WCF, LINQ, [Link]
architecture level) MVC, Entity Frameworks, C#, Web Services.
Web Apps, Web Jobs, SQL Azure,  Experienced in application design with concepts such as OOPS and
Azure, Azure Storage, Service Bus, Design Patterns
Azure Functions, Logic apps, Azure  Experience on Azure Data factory, Azure data bricks, Synapse and Azure data
API management, Azure data lake, lake Gen2.
cosmos DB  Expertise in Azure Cloud (PaaS & IaaS), .NET, Microservices, and Distributed
Systems
 Strong experience in AI/GenAI solutions including RAG, Semantic Search, and
GenAI Capabilities LLM integrations
Retrieval-Augmented Generation  Proven track record of leading large-scale enterprise platforms and cloud
transformations
(RAG) architecture
 Hands-on with Azure OpenAI, AI Search, Agentic AI frameworks, and
DevOps practices
Hybrid search (semantic + keyword +
 Experienced in Agile methodologies, architecture governance, and
metadata filtering)
team leadership
Embedding pipelines (chunking,
vectorization, indexing) WORK EXPERIENCE
Riktam Technology Consulting Pvt. Ltd.. Jun 2025 to till date.
Prompt engineering (system prompts, Project: UTR Sports – Global Sports Rating & Engagement
few-shot, context injection)
Platform Role: Lead Engineer
Description The solution is powered by a real-time rating engine (UTR Rating) that
LLM integration (Azure OpenAI / API-
evaluates player performance based on match results, enabling level-based
based models) matchmaking independent of age, gender, or geography.

AI-driven document processing (OCR +

Roles & Responsibilities – Azure Architect
multilingual translation)
 Managed a data engineering team responsible for building scalable data
Evaluation frameworks
integration pipelines to ingest and process ranking data from multiple
(groundedness, relevance, accuracy)
sources leveraging Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, and Azure SQL
AI governance (content filtering,  Designed and developed and enhanced the Merge Identity functionality using
monitoring, responsible AI) an Azure Service Bus-triggered Function. When an existing player attempts to
create a new profile on the UTR portal, the system validates details against the
Agentic AI & Frameworks Azure database and prompts the user to merge profiles if a match is found.
Semantic Kernel: Enterprise  Designed and developed the Live Match Scoring feature using an HTTP-
integrations, plugin-based triggered Azure Function, which streams real-time score updates to the React
orchestration UI via Azure SignalR Service, ensuring low-latency and seamless user
experience.
LangGraph: Stateful workflows and  Designed and developed the Volumetric Statistics API, responsible for
multi-step reasoning retrieving player ranking and performance metrics from Azure Cosmos DB,
(POC/architecture level) optimized for high-throughput and scalable data access.
 Architected AI-enabled data reuse platform on Azure to support large-scale
AutoGen : Multi-agent collaboration
audit engagements, ensuring scalability, reliability, and secure data handling
patterns (planner, executor, critic)
 Architected an AI-powered document verification pipeline to process
multilingual player-submitted documents (school, college, city, state, country),
enabling global onboarding at scale
  Designed and implemented multilingual document processing workflow,
TECHNICAL SKILLS leveraging OCR and language detection to extract structured data from
uploaded documents
Languages: [Link], C#, [Link]
 Built language translation pipeline to normalize extracted content into
Technologies: AJAX, HTML5, English, ensuring consistency across global datasets
vaScript  Developed embedding pipeline to convert processed document data into
Development Tools: NUnit, vector representations and store in a vector database for semantic retrieval
Sharper, FxCop, JIRA and validation
 Implemented Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) approach to enable
Databases: MS SQL Server (2014, intelligent querying and contextual validation of player information using
12, 2008, 2005 stored embeddings
Frameworks & Concepts: .NET 8, 6, 5,  Designed Hybrid Search architecture combining semantic (vector) search,
3.1, 4.6, 4.0, 3.5 ([Link] MVC, WCF, keyword search, and metadata filtering (region, institution, etc.) to improve
LINQ, Entity Framework), .NET 2.0 accuracy and reduce false matches
 Architected event-driven microservices to handle document ingestion,
Services: Web, Windows processing, indexing, and validation asynchronously for high scalability
Version Control Systems: TFS, VSS,  Built AI-driven entity extraction and normalization layer to standardize player
Perforce, SVN, Git attributes (location, institution, identity) across diverse document formats
Agent design patterns (planner-  Designed and implemented player ranking engine based on match outcomes
worker, tool usage, orchestration (wins/losses), integrating real-time data streams to continuously update
ratings
layer)
 Enabled data-driven matchmaking and ranking intelligence, ensuring fair and
unbiased player comparisons independent of geography or demographics
 Integrated LLM-based reasoning layer for contextual validation and anomaly
detection in player data and documents
 Applied prompt engineering techniques (context injection, structured
prompts, few-shot learning) to improve extraction accuracy and reduce
hallucinations
 Implemented evaluation and validation framework to measure accuracy of
EDUCATION document parsing, retrieval relevance, and ranking correctness
Master of Computer Application  Designed secure AI architecture, ensuring safe handling of user-uploaded
(MCA), Rajeev Gandhi Technical documents with encryption, access control, and compliance considerations
University, Bhopal, MP, 2005  Optimized AI system performance and cost, using efficient chunking, token
optimization, and caching strategies Collaborated with cross-functional teams
to deliver production-grade GenAI and data-driven ranking solutions

Environment:

 Microsoft Azure (App Services, Functions, Service Bus, Key Vault)

 Azure OpenAI / AI Services (if used or conceptually aligned)
 Azure AI Search (semantic + vector search)
 .NET Core 8
Deloitte Support Service India Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad
Feb-2024 to Present | Technical Manager

Project: Omnia Data Reuse: Omnia is Deloitte’s global cloud-based audit platform
designed for large-scale audits, including publicly listed entities. It enhances
collaboration and streamlines engagement processes. The Omnia Data Reuse module
facilitates seamless data reuse across engagements through functionalities like copy
engagement, replication engagement, and carry-forward engagement.

Roles & Responsibilities

 Implemented the Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold layers) to

structure and optimize data processing pipelines for improved data quality and
reliability.
 Leveraged Databricks Unity Catalog to establish centralized data governance,
ensuring secure access control, data lineage, and compliance across data assets.
 Developed and managed Delta Live Tables (DLT) pipelines to support
incremental data processing and Change Data Capture (CDC), enabling efficient
and reliable data transformations.
 Monitored and managed Databricks jobs, including configuring alerts,
troubleshooting failures, and ensuring high availability and operational stability
of data workflows.
  Designed and implemented end-to-end data architectures on Microsoft Azure,
ensuring scalability, security, and high performance, while defining robust data
modeling, storage, and integration strategies.
 Designed and implemented intelligent data reuse workflows, enabling
automated copy, replication, and carry-forward of audit data across
engagements
 Built AI-driven data classification and metadata extraction pipelines to
standardize and enrich reused audit data for better discoverability and
governance
 Implemented semantic search and retrieval capabilities using vector indexing
and contextual search to enable efficient lookup of historical audit data
 Designed embedding pipelines to convert structured and unstructured audit
data into vector representations, improving reuse accuracy and contextual
matching
 Applied Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) concepts to enable contextual
insights and assist auditors in retrieving relevant engagement data
 Established microservices and event-driven architecture for scalable
processing of large audit datasets and reuse operations

Environment:

 Microsoft Azure (App Services, Functions, Service Bus, Key Vault)

 Azure OpenAI / AI Services (if used or conceptually aligned)
 Azure AI Search (semantic + vector search)
 Azure Data Factory, Azure DataBricks, Azure SQL
 .NET Core 8
 CI/CD (Azure DevOps)
 Security Tools (Mend, Contrast)

Xoriant Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Pune | Aug’2020 – Feb’2024 | Team Lead

Project: Microsoft FHIR | Jan’2023 – Feb’2024

A cloud-based healthcare data management service leveraging Microsoft Cloud for
Healthcare and the FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) standard, ensuring
seamless data exchange between healthcare systems.

Key Result Areas

 Led a team of 4 Software Engineers to manage hyper-scale data migration from
Azure FHIR Gen1 to Gen2.
 Processed 20 billion NDJSON data records using Blend Tool; contributed to the
development of a hyper-scale database.
 Configured Azure FHIR Gen1 Hyper-scale SQL database with 50,000 RU/s
throughput.
 Led performance testing using Azure Load Test Service & JMeter for FHIR
service APIs.
 Implemented Azure time-triggered durable functions for efficient data migration.
 Configured OSS FHIR Server for hyper-scale databases with 40 vCores and a
WebApp service plan with 20 instances.
 Environment: MS Azure, .NET Core

Project: ETL & Data Management | Aug’2020 – Jan’2023:

Key Result Areas

 Led 10-member software engineering team for ETL development.

 • Worked on Azure Databricksto migrate CSV data from Azure Data Lake Gen2
to Azure
 SQL.
 • Utilized Azure Databricks to transform and load data into Azure SQL.
 • Developed service accounts for mounting Azure Data Lake Gen2 in Databricks.
 • Built parameterized notebooks to handle dynamic values in Databricks.
 • Created Azure Key Vault-backed scopes to store sensitive credentials securely.
  • Integrated Azure Logic Apps to transfer data from on-prem SAP applications to
 Dynamics 365.

Environment: MS Azure, PySpark, Git

ValueLabs Solutions LLP, Hyderabad | Jul’2019 – Jan’2020 | Technical Architect

Project: Patek (Bristow & Sutor – UK) | July’2019 – Jan’2020: Migrated a large-scale
application to Azure Cloud Services, adopting a microservices-based architecture.

Key Result Areas

 Developed solutions using .NET Core 2.2, Azure, Microservices, Docker,
Kubernetes, Kafka, and Cassandra.
 Migrate on pram SQL Server data to COSMOS database using Azure Databricks.
 Used Databricks auto loader to incremental load and change data capture.
 Used Medallion architecture to migrate data from SQL Server data to
COSMOS database.
 Built CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps; deployed services to Azure Kubernetes
Cluster.
 Created POC for Headless CMS Satrapi and UK postcode-based address lookup.
 Developed POC for HubSpot Integration for customer data management.
 Environment: Visual Studio 2017, Azure DevOps, Git

Yash technologies private limited| Jan’2019 – Jun’2020 | Technical Architect

Project: Integration Services | Jan’2019 – June’2019: Designed and developed multiple

integration services for seamless data movement and manipulation.
Responsibilities:
 Developed Azure Functions and Durable Azure Functions for event-driven
processing.
 Implemented Azure Service Bus Queue for handling dead-letter messages and
reprocessing.
 Managed data migration from Azure Data Lake to SQL Azure.
 Created a Cosmos DB POC to perform CRUD operations using .NET.
 Environment: Visual Studio 2017, SQL Server 2014, VSTS, Git

Navidium India Pvt. Ltd., Pune | Aug’2017 – Dec’2018

PolarTekno Software Pvt. Ltd., Pune | Dec’2015 – June’2017
Project Manager (Technical Architect)

 Led sprint planning, effort estimation, team management, and task allocation.
 Integrated multiple applications to enhance system functionality.
 Managed staging deployments, branching, merging, tagging code for
development.
 Developed & maintained components with WCF, Windows Services, MVC5,
Web API.
 Worked with Azure Web Apps, SQL Azure, Azure Storage, Web Jobs, Logic Apps,
and Azure Functions.
 Configured auto-scaling and optimized cloud resources.
 Established CI/CD pipelines with Git for Azure Web Apps, ensuring smooth and
automated deployments.

Tech Mahindra Limited, Pune | Apr’2013 – Dec’2015 | Project Lead

 Developed and integrated applications using [Link], MVC (3.0/4.0), C#, WCF
Services, LINQ, and Entity Framework.
 Designed data access layers and optimized database interactions with stored
procedures and Entity Framework.
 Created deployment and rollback scripts, ensuring smooth release management.
 Developed unit test cases for .NET components and stored procedures,
enhancing application reliability.
 Led integration efforts across multiple applications, ensuring seamless data flow.
 Implemented file upload & download functionality with WCF streaming.
  Deployed applications on staging environments and worked on defect
resolution to enhance system stability.

Hexaware Technologies Limited, Pune

May’2012 – Jan’2013 | Senior Software Engineer

 Developed and maintained application functionality using [Link], C#, WCF

Services, LINQ, and Entity Framework.
 Implemented calculation services using Windows Workflow Foundation (WF).
 Worked on stored procedures, views, and database optimizations.
 Resolved critical defects to enhance application stability.

Synechron Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Pune

Sep’2009 to May’2012 | Associate Software Engineer

 Designed and implemented components using [Link] MVC, C#, WCF Services,
LINQ, and Entity Framework to enhance system functionality.
 Improved data handling efficiency by optimizing stored procedures & database
views.
 Addressed system issues, leading to enhanced application performance and
stability.
 Developed underwriting and policy management solutions for Max E2,
streamlining quote and binding processes.
 Adhered to Agile development practices and conducted unit testing using NUnit
to ensure software quality.

The Digital Group InfoTech Pvt. Ltd., Pune | Apr’2007 – Jun’2008 | Software Engineer

 Developed application functionality using [Link] and C# 2.0.

 Designed UI components with HTML and AJAX.
 Created user controls and custom controls to enhance application usability.