Saurabh Yadav

About Saurabh Yadav

Innovative technology leader with 15+ years of expertise in architecting, designing, and delivering high-performance, large-scale systems. Currently driving the event processing pipeline and data lake for firewall devices, handling millions of events per second and scaling to petabytes of data with precision, reliability, and speed.I specialize in polyglot data persistence—from SQL and NoSQL to modern data lakehouse technologies—and excel in streaming, batch, and real-time analytics. My toolkit includes deep hands-on experience with Apache Iceberg, AWS Athena, Glue Catalog, AWS-native architectures, and event-driven pipelines built for extreme scale, low latency, and rock-solid reliability.I’m passionate about transforming complex data challenges into scalable, efficient, and future-ready platforms, while enabling teams to deliver measurable business impact.Highlights: 15+ years in architecture, large-scale data systems, and cloud-native solutions—spanning streaming, real-time analytics, Apache Iceberg, and polyglot persistence (SQL + NoSQL). Proven expertise in microservices, Domain-Driven Design, and service mesh architectures for secure, high-performance inter-service communication. Strategic leader in technology adoption, PoC design, and agile SDLC/PDLC execution—driving SRE practices, cloud deployments, and seamless on-prem migrations.

Experience

1. Software Engineering Technical Leader - R & d

   Cisco

   Apr 2023 — Present

   Architecting and scaling a petabyte-scale data lake and real-time event processing platform for firewall devices, processing over million events per second across multiple regions with bare-minimum latency.Specialized in polyglot persistence, real-time analytics, and event-driven architectures with Apache Iceberg, AWS-native services, and microservices patterns.Proven track record in high-throughput data pipelines, schema evolution, and cost-optimized cloud architectures—balancing extreme performance with reliability while minimizing costs.

Education

• Queen Mary School Bhapal

  Schooling

• Rajeev Gandhi School, Bhopal MP

  12th Standard (Commerce)

  2003 — 2004

• Sarvodaya Bal Vidhyalaya, Delhi CBSE

  Schooling

  1998 — 2002

• Christ University, Bangalore

  MCA

  2007 — 2010

• The Bhopal School of Social Sciences

  BCA

  2004 — 2007