Rakesh Jagota
Sr Director Software Engineering @Gigamon
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WORK HISTORY
Sr Director Software Engineering @Gigamon
Santa Clara, CA, US
Lead global Core Platform engineering organization responsible for infrastructure powering Gigamon’s physical appliances and hybrid cloud platforms, Operating System & Security compliance.Partner closely with hardware architects and silicon vendors to bring new networking hardware platforms from design through production.Partner directly with strategic customers and field engineering teams to address complex deployment challenges, influence platform architecture, and drive product improvements based on real-world use casesKey contributions:• Led global engineering team delivering next-generation platform infrastructure• Drove new hardware platform bring-up including ASIC, PHY, and Datapath integration• Delivered GPU platform enablement with L40S VFIO passthrough on Rocky Linux KVM• Led security certifications including FIPS, DoDIN, USGv6, and Common Criteria• Improved delivery cycles by 30% through engineering process optimization
EDUCATION
Indira Gandhi National Open University
DIM, Management
AICT Pune
C-DAC, Diploma in Advanced Computing
Indira Gandhi National Open University
MBA, Marketing management
Indira Gandhi National Open University
PGDIM, Management study
Indira Gandhi National Open University
PGDOM, Operation Management
National Institute of Technologies, Hamirpur [HP]
B.Tech., Electronics & Communication Engineering
Indira Gandhi National Open University
PGDMM, Marketing Management
SKILLS
ABOUT RAKESH JAGOTA
Engineering leader with 30+ years of experience delivering complex infrastructure and platform systems across networking, security, embedded platforms, and hybrid cloud environments. I specialize in building and scaling platform engineering teams that bring new hardware and software systems from early architecture through production deployment.Throughout my career, I have partnered closely with hardware architects, silicon teams, and product leadership to deliver high-performance platforms used in enterprise networking, security appliances, and cloud infrastructure. My work spans hardware platform bring-up, embedded Linux systems, networking datapaths, virtualization infrastructure, and secure platform architectures.Currently I lead global platform engineering initiatives responsible for the infrastructure powering both physical appliances and cloud platforms. My teams focus on enabling scalable, secure, and high-performance systems through deep collaboration across hardware, firmware, and software organizations.Areas of expertise:• Platform engineering and system architecture• Hardware platform bring-up and system validation• Embedded Linux platforms and BSP development• Networking ASIC integration (Broadcom, Marvell, Cavium)• High-performance datapath and packet processing platforms• Hybrid cloud and virtualization infrastructure• Security compliance programs including FIPS, Common Criteria, DoDIN, and USGv6I am passionate about building strong engineering organizations, mentoring technical leaders, and delivering complex systems that power next-generation networking, security, and data center platforms.Regularly collaborate with customers and vendors, product teams, and hardware partners to ensure platform architectures align with real world deployment and scalability requirements.
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