Languages and frameworks
Go with Gin, Gorm, and gRPC; Java 17 with Spring Boot, Quarkus, Vert.x, and Hibernate; React, Redux, and Angular.
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Independent founder profile
Rohit Pundhir
Principal Engineer | Cloud Native App Architect
Results-driven engineering leader with 11+ years of experience delivering cloud-native enterprise platforms, SaaS products, AI and ML infrastructure, and distributed systems across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Professional summary
Rohit has led platform architecture across learning systems, AI and ML infrastructure, IAM and provisioning products, industrial data platforms, healthcare modernization initiatives, security analytics, and enterprise integration programs. His work consistently emphasizes multi-tenant design, security boundaries, operational observability, and scalable delivery teams.
He is strongest where product direction, deep systems design, and execution discipline must align in high-scale environments.
Technical scope
Cloud and operations
AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Istio, Helm, Argo CD, Docker, Terraform, GitOps, Prometheus, Grafana, and Splunk.
Data and messaging
PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, Cosmos DB, Cassandra, JanusGraph, CrateDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, Kafka, Spark, Flink, Debezium, Trino, and NiFi.
Security and architecture
OAuth2, OIDC, Okta, Keycloak, Azure AD, RBAC, Kerberos, Ranger, multi-tenant SaaS, SOA, event-driven systems, and saga patterns.
Career history
Serving as Principal Engineer on Civica LMS and previously as Senior Lead Engineer on Cloudera's AI and ML platform, covering architecture, platform provisioning, analytics, model lifecycle management, security, and enterprise observability.
Worked across Cisco and Rockwell Automation programs, leading platform design for provisioning and IAM, device context systems, and industrial DataOps products using Go, Java, Kafka, Kubernetes, Azure, and React.
Contributed to the Tech Innovators architecture group focused on modernization PoCs, event-driven architecture adoption, cloud-native delivery, streaming systems, and enterprise security controls.
Built and maintained security analytics platforms, developer security dashboards, HR portals, web-service integrations, and enterprise application connectivity across insurance, telecom, and employee services.
Project portfolio
Engagements & deliveries
Platform Engineering
CurrentCivica Learning Management System
Serving as Principal Engineer on a multi-tenant LMS used by public-sector clients across the UK. Responsibilities span domain-driven service decomposition, role-based access control and course-lifecycle management, full-text search with Elasticsearch, hybrid cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure, analytics and reporting pipelines, audit-logging frameworks, and integration-ready REST and event-driven APIs.
GoJava 17Spring BootKubernetesAWSAzureElasticsearchPostgreSQLKafka
AI & ML Infrastructure
Cloudera AI & ML Platform
Designed and built AI and ML infrastructure for Cloudera's enterprise platform, covering compute and resource provisioning using Kubernetes and Helm, model training pipeline orchestration, deployment lifecycle management, MLflow-based experiment and model registry, security policy enforcement with Ranger and Kerberos, and observability using Prometheus and Grafana across multi-cloud environments.
MLflowKubernetesHelmPrometheusGrafanaRangerKerberosAWSGCP
Identity & Access
Cisco Smart Provisioning & IAM
Led centralised access and provisioning capabilities for Cisco, unifying identity and onboarding patterns across multiple product lines. Built event-driven onboarding and de-provisioning workflows using Kafka and Go microservices, integrated with Azure AD and Okta via OIDC and SAML, and enforced RBAC policy across services, improving access-control resilience and onboarding velocity for distributed product teams.
GoKafkaAzure ADOktaOIDCSAMLRBAC
Industrial DataOps
Rockwell Automation — DataOps Platform
Delivered a multi-tenant time-series analytics platform for manufacturing operations. The system ingests high-throughput sensor and machine telemetry, supports tenant-isolated query workloads through CrateDB and Trino, integrates with NiFi-based data ingestion pipelines, and surfaces operational intelligence dashboards built with React. Core services in Go and Java with Kafka for event streaming.
CrateDBTrinoNiFiKafkaGoJavaKubernetesReact
Cloud Modernisation
Healthcare Modernisation & Event-Driven Architecture
Contributed to the Tech Innovators architecture group at Optum, leading proof-of-concept work on event-driven architecture adoption using Kafka and Spring Boot, cloud-native modernisation of monolithic healthcare applications, enterprise security controls including OAuth2 and Kerberos, and streaming pipeline design using Apache Spark and Flink.
Spring BootKafkaSparkFlinkOAuth2Kerberos
Security Analytics
Security Analytics & Developer Dashboard
Built and maintained a developer security dashboard and analytics platform for Verizon, covering threat aggregation, log-based anomaly detection, SIEM integration, and visualisation layers. Delivered real-time alerting pipelines and reporting interfaces used by security engineering teams across Verizon's infrastructure.
JavaSplunkElasticsearchReactSIEM
HR Technology
HR Portal & Benefits Delivery Platform
Developed features for an HR portal and employee benefits delivery platform, integrating with benefit administration systems and third-party payroll services. Built responsive UI components, REST API integrations for real-time benefits data, and maintained production features supporting employee self-service workflows across insurance and financial services clients.
JavaSpring BootAngularREST APIsOracleHTML5
Enterprise Integration
Enterprise Application Connectivity
Delivered web service integrations, SOA-based connectors, and application middleware layers for enterprise clients across insurance and banking verticals. Built and maintained REST and SOAP APIs, managed inter-system data flows, and supported production Java applications. First professional role, establishing strong fundamentals in enterprise backend delivery.
JavaSpringSOASOAPRESTOracleJEE