Naveen Bali

About Naveen Bali

Engineering Leader | Cloud, Data & Security PlatformsEngineering leader with a proven record of building and scaling high-performance organizations that deliver resilient, secure, and highly scalable platforms. Expert at translating business strategy into engineering execution, accelerating delivery velocity, and operating complex, mission-critical systems at enterprise scale.Led the development of cloud-native and data platforms that improved scalability, availability, and operational efficiency while strengthening security posture and reducing time to market. Known for driving alignment across product, security, and operations to deliver predictable execution, high-quality releases, and sustained customer adoption in fast-moving environments.Brings deep technical breadth across AI-enabled platforms, CNAPP, cloud security and observability, Kubernetes, and open-source ecosystems. Extensive experience designing performance-critical systems spanning high availability, data protection, disaster recovery, synchronous replication, systems programming, storage platforms, and high-speed interconnects.Successfully seeded and scaled engineering organizations across startups and large enterprises, leading teams of ~50 engineers and managers, including global partners. Recognized for building strong engineering cultures, developing leaders, and delivering measurable improvements in execution, reliability, and organizational maturity.

Experience

1. Director of Engineering, Data Platform

   Sysdig

   Aug 2024 — Present

Education

• UC Santa Barbara

  MS, Computer Engineering

  1995 — 1996

• National Institute of Technology Karnataka

  B. Tech, Computer Engineering

  1991 — 1995

Skills

• Storage Management
• High Speed Networks
• Technical Management
• Technology Management
• Software Development
• Distributed Team Management
• Storage Virtualization
• Fault Tolerant Systems
• Cloud Computing
• Software Design
• High Availability
• Vtl
• Storage
• Device Drivers
• Enterprise Storage
• Cluster
• Information Visualization
• Deduplication
• Software Project Management
• Iscsi
• San
• Fibre Channel
• Innovator
• Performance Analysis
• Nas
• Team Building
• Storage Area Networks
• Software Engineering
• Netapp
• Raid
• Unix
• Network-Attached Storage (Nas)
• Scsi
• File Systems