Bhavani Vaka
@bhavanivaka
L3 technical support engineer specializing in SaaS APIs, WebSockets, and incidents.
What I'm looking for
I’m a Senior Technical Support Engineer (L3 SME) with 8 years of customer-facing experience, resolving high-complexity production issues across SaaS, cloud, and AI platforms. I focus on troubleshooting and debugging REST APIs, WebSockets, SDK integrations, and authentication mechanisms like OAuth, SSO, and SAML.
I own L3 escalations for enterprise clients, stepping in as an escalation point and SME to restore service quickly and improve resolution efficiency. In high-scale environments, I lead Sev-1/Sev-2 incident bridges, coordinate across Engineering/SRE/TAM/CSM/ETS, and write RCAs and preventive action plans to reduce repeat issues.
My work combines deep observability with hands-on validation across distributed systems. I use elastic logs and network traces, run SQL and KQL/Elasticsearch queries to confirm configurations and routing logic, and troubleshoot OAuth and omnichannel integrations end-to-end using Postman, cURL, Chrome DevTools, and Fiddler.
I also strengthen teams by mentoring L1/L2 engineers, reviewing case quality, identifying coaching gaps, and backing up manager responsibilities to raise troubleshooting accuracy and SLA adherence. From delivering 100% CSAT streaks to driving outage impact reductions, I bring clear communication, technical guidance, and timely resolution for critical issues.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Owned L3 escalations for an enterprise conversational AI SaaS, resolving WebSocket and microservices conversation flow failures including agent session drops, routing delays, and reconnection issues. Led Sev-1/Sev-2 incident bridges, performed end-to-end REST/WebSocket debugging with payload and rate-limit analysis, and authored RCAs and preventive action plans.
Provided L2 support for global enterprise SaaS CRM and Azure cloud reporting/analytics, handling 100+ high-priority cases with 95% SLA compliance and maintaining 100% CSAT for 6 consecutive months. Resolved ETL/dashboard failures and API authentication issues, and led crisis communication during the CrowdStrike outage with real-time status updates to enterprise brands.
Product Support Associate
Unispark IT Solutions
Jun 2017 - Mar 2022 (4 years 9 months)
Delivered L1/L2 product support for API integrations and CRMs, including WhatsApp API onboarding and webhook error troubleshooting to ensure reliable message delivery. Diagnosed UI/UX issues using browser dev tools and network tracing, supported CMS/WordPress and hybrid app frameworks, and created clear escalation reports with reproduction steps.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
JNTU Kakinada
Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science & Engineering
Completed a B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering at JNTU Kakinada in 2017.
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