Vikash Srivastava

About Vikash Srivastava

Started off my professional journey with “Optimizer” which is a critical and also complex component of the Oracle Database. I am an experienced Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect with 12+ years of software design and development expertise, primarily in cloud-based environments. My career journey, from a Software Engineer to a Senior Engineering Manager at Oracle India, reflects my dedication to mastering database optimization, cloud services and generative AI.What I Do:I specialize in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, leveraging shared and dedicated resources to deliver efficient data management solutions. My proficiency extends to Autonomous Data Warehouse solutions and Oracle Cloud SQL, ensuring enhanced performance and scalability for diverse IT infrastructures. With hands-on experience in Oracle database versions from 12C to 23ai, I have honed my skills in leading engineering teams to optimize cloud-based solutions and implement agile methodologies effectively.AI Vector Search: Have deep interest for Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), a breakthrough generative AI technique that augments large language models (LLMs), with private business data, to deliver accurate responses to natural language questions on business data.Big Data & Beyond:My passion lies in exploring and implementing Big Data technologies, PL/SQL, and advanced query optimization techniques. These skills have empowered me to innovate and deliver cutting-edge cloud solutions, driving significant application development and analytics improvements.Career Highlights:I spearheaded various projects at Oracle India, including developing an automated tool that boosted application efficiency and a real-time statistics maintenance project that significantly improved database response times. These initiatives showcase my technical prowess and strong leadership and project management skills.Academic Foundation:I hold an Executive Post-Graduate Program degree in Business Administration and Management from IIM Ahmedabad and a Bachelor\'s in Information Science and Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University.Specialities:Cloud Architecture Design Solution Planning & Design Databases (On-Premise) Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Services Cloud Security & Compliance Agile Methodologies PL/SQL Query Optimizer Perl Database as a Service (DBaaS) Vector Search Generative AI Let\'s connect! I am always open to discussing the latest cloud technology, generative AI innovations, and potential collaborations.🤝

Experience

1. Senior Engineering Manager

   Oracle

   Nov 2022 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Led a team of 10+ developers, and developed an Auto Indexing tool, boosting application efficiency by 50% through automated index creation and validationImplemented Automatic SQL Plan Management in version 19C, enhancing autonomous cloud and Exadata performance, cutting SQL execution times by 35%

Education

• Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

  Executive Post-Graduate Program , Business Administration and Management

• RV College Of Engineering

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Information Science