Hyderabad, India

Shiva Kumar Reddy Gaddam

Software Engineer focused on backend systems, automation, Kubernetes, and reliable developer infrastructure.

About

I am Shiva, a Computer Science graduate from VNRVJIET and former Software Engineer at Oracle.

Core Stack

Skills

Programming Languages

  • Python
  • Java
  • C++
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript

Backend & APIs

  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • Express.js
  • REST APIs
  • MongoDB

Cloud & Infrastructure

  • Linux
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • Helm
  • Podman
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Automation & QA

  • LISA
  • WebLogic
  • JMS
  • XML
  • LDAP
  • Release Validation

Problem Solving

  • Data Structures
  • Algorithms
  • Debugging
  • System Thinking
  • Distributed Systems

Experience

Oracle

Software Engineer - QA Automation & Infrastructure | Aug 2024 - Oct 2025

  • Built and automated 100+ end-to-end workflows across 4 platform components including web services, messaging, directory services, and dynamic routing.
  • Reduced release regression cycle time by 80%, from 5 days to 1 day, across on-premises and Cloud Native environments.
  • Worked with Kubernetes, Podman, Helm, Linux VMs, WebLogic, Oracle DB clients, and internal release environments.
  • Debugged SSL, database connectivity, service configuration, and distributed component integration issues.
  • Coordinated upgrade and rollout validation across 3 private Kubernetes clusters.

Oracle

Project Intern | Jan 2024 - Jul 2024

  • Automated workflows for core components of a distributed service activation platform using LISA.
  • Worked on web services, JMS/XML messaging, LDAP flows, dynamic routing, environment setup, and deployment workflows.

Projects

Speaker Diarization and Emotion Recognition

Built a modular speech-processing pipeline for multi-speaker diarization, timestamped transcription, and sentiment analysis.

Publications Management System

Built a MERN application for managing and retrieving faculty publication records with a restructured MongoDB schema.

Highlights

Gold Medal in Computer Science & Engineering - VNRVJIET 2024LeetCode Knight - Max Rating 2036CodeChef 3 StarOracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations CertifiedOracle Cloud Infrastructure AI Foundations Certified

Contact

Open to SDE, Backend, Automation, and Infrastructure-focused roles.