An accomplished engineering professional with 19 years of diverse experience, encompassing both

hands-on software development and adept management of cross-geographical teams. My approach

is underpinned by a continual "learn-it-all" mindset, driving continuous growth and innovation. I am
dedicated to creating an environment where creativity thrives, collaboration flourishes, and
individuals are empowered to reach their full potential.

Kartik Varanasi
CONTACT Employment Summary
Company Designation Duration
 +91 9391142258
Microsoft India Engineering Manager Sep 2021 till date

 [email protected] Sr Software Engineer Jun 2018 to Sep 2021

Program Manager May 2016 to Jun 2018
 Based in Hyderabad,
Open for relocation. Microsoft USA Service Engineer Feb 2014 to May 2016
Build Engineer Jan 2011 to Feb 2014
Wipro Team Lead Nov 2009 to Jan 2011
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Technologies
Tata Consultancy Asst System Engineer Sep 2007 to Nov 2009
Services
Apollo Health Sr Software Engineer May 2005 to Sep 2007
Tech Skills Street
Foesters Bhupathi Software Engineer Sep 2004 to May 2005
• Data Science
LLC
o Data mining
o Machine Learning
o Azure AI Studio Professional Summary
• Data warehousing & Reporting
• Experienced data scientist adept at transforming complex datasets into
o Microsoft Power BI
actionable insights through advanced analytics and machine learning
o SSRS
techniques, with a proven track record of driving business growth and
o SSIS
innovation. Skilled in data manipulation, statistical analysis, and model
• Software Design & Microservices
development.
Architecture
o Pillars
• Specialized in design, development, and implementation of cutting-edge
o Design patterns
software solutions built on Azure cloud.
• Azure Cloud development • Built a strategic roadmap and led implementation of contact center
o Front doors & APIM solutions, resulting in significant cost savings of $10M. Facilitated the
o App services seamless migration of operational teams managing 73M annual
o Redis Cache customer support calls with 45K agents worldwide, mitigating potential
o SQL server risks through meticulous planning and execution.
o Cosmos DB • Spearheaded transitions to microservices-based applications, achieving
o Data Factory NFRs of under 100ms read times, 99.9% availability and reliability, less
o Application Insights than 1 hour RTO and RPO.
o Priviliged Identity • Adept at IT Processes, Governance, leading teams that are part of large
Management cross-functional teams in distributed geographies, and Cost
• UI WOptimization.
ork Experiences
o React • Good leadership, organizational, communication, and negotiation skills
o Angular like leading/motivating people, building and developing teams,
• SCRUM & Agile managing multiple priorities, and driving effective group collaboration.
o Azure Dev ops
Worked in multiple roles ranging from build engineering to service
o Scaled Agile
management to data engineer to engineering manager in a career spanning
• Scripting & Languages
o C#
over 12 years in the company.
o Python Key Achievements
o PowerShell • Utilized data science methodologies to analyze contact center data,
o MS Build uncovering customer pain points and sentiment trends, leading to
actionable insights for enhancing customer experience. Developed
innovative solutions to address identified issues, optimizing
operational efficiency and fostering customer satisfaction.
SOFT SKILLS • Designed microservices with CQRS and Circuit breaker design patterns
to handle 70M support call volumes per year.
• Emotional Intelligence • Migrated 45K contact center agents without disruptions in phases
between the old and new solutions using canary and ring deployment
• Active Listening
strategies.
• Precision Communication • Cross geo collaboration with 6 teams and 200+ team members.
• Strategic Thinking • Built data intelligence required to migrate all enterprise workloads
from data centers to Azure cloud.
• Conflict management

• Team Building
Key Responsibilities
• Influencing without authority
• Lead delivery for a highly scalable cloud native service working with
• Time management engineers and peer teams.
• Partner with product management, partners, customers, and other
stakeholders to define requirements, scope projects and ship
products in rapid, iterative cycles.
• Stay up to date on industry trends around web development, testing,
cloud native technologies, OSS and dev ops processes, mentoring
team on innovation, modern design, and service engineering.
EDUCATION • Support customers and live site in a dev ops model.
• Build for security, privacy, scale, reliability, and compliance.
Master of Technology 2020 • Lead others by exemplifying growth mindset, inclusiveness, teamwork,
Data science & Engineering and customer obsession.
WILP, BITS Pilani

Bachelor of Engineering 2004

Electronics and communications
Periyaar University
Developed unified release and deployment suite for entire MSIT
organization in pre-VSO days. We used CICD platforms such as Jenkins,
TeamBuild and languages such as MS Build to string together various stages
such as code compilation, package signing and deployment.

Endorsements
Analysis, Design, Development, Support, and Maintenance of Microsoft
Certifications: Mobile Media, a project that was aimed at sharing videos and photos across
devices. Worked as a contingent staff for Microsoft IDC Hyderabad.
• Azure AI Fundamentals
• Azure AI Engineer Associate
• Microsoft DevOps Engineer
Expert
Analysis, Design, Development, UX Implementations, Support, and
• Microsoft Security, Compliance maintenance. Developed workflow applications for Medical Coding,
and Identity Fundamentals Account Receivable Management, Denial Management, etc.
• PMP Certified SCRUM Master
• PMP Certified SCRUM PO
• ITIL V3

Awards:

• Microsoft Team Excellence - 2018

• Microsoft IT Pro – 2015
• Microsoft IT excellence - 2012
• Wipro Maestro - 2011