Dileesh C. Aluri

About Dileesh C. Aluri

With my forte being \"Solving real-world problems with technology and its applications to deliver impactful product and solutions to users at a larger scale\", my ambitions and interests are aligned appropriately to achieve the same.I\'m a multi-disciplinary software development enthusiast who enjoys making and breaking things, with an eye to accurately gauge and present what\'s involved in, what it takes to build a product and what is causing to break it, finding and following the trail to the root-cause as we say it. With this mindset, I can say that I possess all the qualities of a key contributor in building and delivering robust and reliable software products, from architecting to delivery and deployment while leading from the front.I hold a multi-disciplinary \'Masters of Science\' degree from three different schools, College of Computer & Information Science, College of Engineering, and D\'Amore McKim School Business from Northeastern University, and a \'Postgraduate program in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning\' from the University of Texas - Austin, McCombs School of business.My experience and expertise can be explored in my profile below.Python Developer | ML Model Development, Training & Testing| AI/ML Model Deployment | Exploratory Data Analysis | Framework Development | Full-Stack Web | Cloud - AWS,GCP | End-End Network Simulation | Routing and Switching | Packet Core | SDN | NFV | EPC | Network AI | Network ML | DevOps | CI/CD | AGILE

Experience

1. Principal Software Engineer

   Palo Alto Networks

   Mar 2024 — Present · Santa Clara, CA, US

   Leading engineering initiatives focusing on building automation frameworks to deliver highly scalable, robust and reliable cloud-native network security solutions across multi-cloud architectures for Palo Alto Networks NetSec R&D Prisma SASE Products – Strata Cloud Manager, Strata Logging Service, Cortex Data Lake, AI Runtime Security, Firewall in-Line Services(Prisma Access/NGFW/VMFLEX/Cloud NGFW/ AI-NGFW)Stack: Python3, GCP (GKE, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, BQ, Cloud SQL), AWS (Kinesis, Lambda, EC2, RDS, DynamoDB, Athena), Distributed Systems, Streaming, Avro, Protobuf, Playwright, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, CI/CD, Argo CD, Grafana- Designed and implemented advanced testing strategies for cloud-based security services, focusing on functionality, data integrity, performance, and scalability- Developed methodologies for scaling Kafka log processing by experimenting with Brokers and Partitions, and provided metrics to tune optimal High Availability Pod Autoscaler settings- Engineered automation frameworks to handle log ingestion ranging from 100K to 100M logs, integrating with GCP Pub/Sub, AWS Kinesis, and Lambda functions for reliable log storage- Developed a testing framework to simulate an ingestion rate of 2M logs per second across firewalls, assessing the performance, reliability, and scalability of the logging infrastructure- Identified and resolved critical design flaws in data aggregation logic, enhancing the accuracy of threat and traffic data across time-filtered views- Investigated and resolved high-priority customer-reported issues through root cause analysis and scalable automation- Built automation for validating multi-cloud deployments, including tenant onboarding, service integration, and regional infrastructure rollout- Led the resolution of customer-found defects by deep debugging, log tracing across cloud components, and collaborating with SRE and product teams.

Education

• Vellore Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Technology, Electronics and Communication Engineering

  2008 — 2012

• Texas McCombs School of Business

  Post Graduate program, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Business Applications

• Northeastern University

  Master's degree, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications

  2012 — 2014

Skills

• Network Function Virtualization
• C++
• Docker
• Cisco Ios
• Ns2
• Cdma
• Wireshark
• Communication Skills
• Digital Photography
• Java
• Cisco Routing & Switching
• Dns Management
• Object Oriented Design
• Stp
• Cdp
• Windows
• Routing Protocols
• Matlab
• Wireless Networking
• Firewalls
• 3g
• 4g
• Ethernet
• Bgp
• Cdn
• Team Management
• Unix Shell Scripting
• Events Organizer
• Html
• Opnet
• Microsoft Office
• Photoshop
• Esxi
• Vtp
• Subnetting
• Network Security
• Frame Relay
• Solidworks
• Eigrp
• Linux