Udhayakumar Dhayalan
Engineering Manager | NCP | CKA | K8s | Storage Evangelist | Cloud | HCI | Virtualization | E2E Tester | Product SME | BITSian
- Role
- Engineering Manager at Nutanix
- Location
- Bengaluru, KA, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Udhayakumar Dhayalan
Engineering Leadership: Seasoned Engineering Manager & QA Leader with 18+ years of experience in Cloud, HCI, Virtualization, and Storage, specializing in transforming traditional testing into high-velocity, AI-driven quality engineering.AI-First Innovation: Pioneer of AI-augmented workflows, successfully reducing test planning time by 50% and accelerating code review cycles by 2X through the strategic adoption of LLM-based tools and automated debugging rules.Quality Impact: Proven track record of improving bug detection outcomes by 4X through rigorous \"Shift-Left\" strategies, centralized regression frameworks, and pre-release bugathons that maximize defect discovery.Human-Centric Management: Accomplished people leader achieving 100% team engagement scores by prioritizing strengths-based alignment, personalized mentorship, and a culture of psychological safety.Operational Scale: Expert in establishing and scaling Longevity & Performance teams, designing complex testbeds that mimic real-world customer environments to ensure system resilience under peak loads.Strategic Process Optimization: Architect of Defect-to-Automation pipelines, systematically analyzing customer defects to identify test gaps and translating them into immediate automation coverage for future releases.Technical Authority: Hands-on technical expert with deep proficiency in Kubernetes (CKA), Public Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), and Storage Protocols, capable of bridging the gap between development and operations to resolve critical architectural issues.Award-Winning Excellence: Recipient of 20+ Industry & Corporate Awards for engineering leadership, innovation, and efficiency, including Global Hackathon wins and recognition for driving team productivity.Cross-Functional Orchestration: Skilled in unifying quality goals across diverse engineering verticals—such as Security, IAM, and Data Protection—to deliver seamless, high-quality enterprise software releases.Empowerment & Growth: Passionate mentor dedicated to breaking down high-level business requirements into actionable technical tasks, empowering engineers to take ownership and driving rapid career progression within the team.
Experience
Engineering Manager
Dec 2025 — Present · Bengaluru, IN
Education
BIT Mesra Student-Industry Relations Cell
MS, Software Systems
2009 — 2011
Anna University Chennai
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Science
2003 — 2007
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