# Sowmya J Sowmya J is a remote worker on Himalayas, Associate Development Manager at Synamedia, based in Germany. Source: https://himalayas.app/@sowmyaj ```text I lead cloud-native SaaS delivery and engineering teams for global OTT platforms. ``` | Detail | Value | | --- | --- | | Availability | Looking for a job | | Location | Germany | | Authorized to work in | Germany | | Salary expectations | 70k+ EUR | | Job categories | Technical Program Manager, Engineering Manager, Scrum Master, Delivery Lead | | Skills | Technical Program Management, Agile, Scrum, SAFe, Engineering Team Leadership, Stakeholder Management, Risk Management, Dependency Management, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Backlog Prioritization, CI CD, DevOps, Cloud native SaaS, Observability, Monitoring, People Development, Performance Management, Talent Acquisition, Onboarding, Technical Architecture, Code Quality, Distributed Systems, Microservices, Kanban, Release Management, KPI Reporting, Python, Go, NodeJS, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, Grafana, Prometheus, Kibana, Sensu, Elasticsearch, GitHub, Jenkins, Jira, Confluence, Shell Scripting, Linux Bash, EC2, Logstash, Java, J2ME, Object Oriented Design, SOLID Principles, Strategy Pattern, Factory Pattern, Observer Pattern, Apache Ant, Maven, Eclipse IDE, IBM Rational ClearCase, SVN, IBM Rational ClearQuest, Manual Testing, Black Box Testing, White Box Testing, API Test Automation, Regression Testing, Root Cause Analysis, HP Quality Center | ## What I'm looking for ```text I'm looking for Technical Program Manager, Engineering Manager, Scrum Master, or Delivery Lead opportunities where I can guide cross-functional delivery, build capable engineering teams, and improve cloud-native SaaS operations. ``` ## About ```text I've led delivery of Synamedia's TechOps observability platform across 15–20 production environments supporting 13M+ active subscribers. I grew the India team from 2 to 8 engineers, improved sprint commitment accuracy by about 25%, and helped reduce deployment lead times by 60–80%. At Cisco, I owned the Audit Tool from concept through field deployment, delivering a Docker-packaged Python diagnostic framework across 15+ global customer environments. Earlier, I delivered embedded Java EPG variants used by pay-TV operators serving 125M+ households. I bring hands-on engineering grounding to technical program delivery, Scrum leadership, architecture guidance, and people development. I've worked across India, the UK, Israel, the UAE, and Germany, and hold Professional Scrum Master II certification. ``` ## Experience ### Associate Development Manager Synamedia. Jan 2021 - Dec 2023 ```text Co-owned delivery of TechOps, a cloud-native observability platform, across 15-20 global production environments supporting 13M+ active subscribers. Led a team of 7-8 engineers, managed agile delivery, and drove cross-team dependency and release planning. ``` Skills: Python, Go, NodeJS, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, Grafana, Prometheus, Kibana, Sensu, Elasticsearch, GitHub, Jenkins, Jira, Confluence, Agile-Scrum, Kanban, CI-CD ### Lead Software Engineer Synamedia. Jan 2019 - Dec 2021 ```text Provided technical leadership and contributed to the delivery of TechOps, a cloud-native observability platform. Held Scrum Master responsibilities and coordinated cross-shore delivery with UK teams. ``` Skills: Python, Go, NodeJS, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, Grafana, Prometheus, Kibana, Sensu, Elasticsearch, GitHub, Jenkins, Jira, Confluence, Agile-Scrum, Kanban, CI-CD ### Lead Software Engineer [Cisco](https://himalayas.app/companies/cisco). Jan 2015 - Dec 2018 ```text Took end-to-end ownership of the Automated Platform Diagnostic Tool, a Docker-packaged CLI diagnostic framework deployed across 15+ customer environments. Led a 5-person Scrum team and coordinated requirements across global stakeholders. ``` Skills: Python, NodeJS, Shell-Scripting, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Sensu, ELK-Stack, Jenkins, GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Agile-Scrum, CI-CD ### Senior Software Engineer [Cisco](https://himalayas.app/companies/cisco). Jan 2013 - Dec 2015 ```text Continued as a Senior Engineer on the Evolution EPG platform, delivering customer-specific EPG variants and leading architectural refactoring. Served as Scrum Master during an 800-person Agile transformation. ``` Skills: Core-Java, SOLID-Principles, Design-Patterns, Apache-Ant, Maven, Eclipse-IDE, IBM-Rational-ClearCase, SVN, IBM-Rational-ClearQuest, Jira, Agile-Scrum ### Senior Software Engineer NDS. Jan 2010 - Dec 2013 ```text Advanced into core Java software development on the Evolution EPG platform, building domain expertise in embedded STB systems and broadcast signalling. Deployed onsite to Tel Aviv for live-environment triage. ``` Skills: Core-Java, Embedded-Systems, White-Box-Testing, HP-Quality-Center, IBM-Rational-ClearCase, IBM-Rational-ClearQuest ### Software Engineer NDS. Jan 2007 - Dec 2010 ```text Developed software on the Evolution EPG platform, focusing on core Java development and API-level test automation. Contributed to the delivery of customer-specific EPG variants. ``` Skills: Core-Java, White-Box-Testing, HP-Quality-Center, IBM-Rational-ClearCase, IBM-Rational-ClearQuest ### Senior QC Engineer NDS. Jan 2005 - Dec 2007 ```text Performed advanced quality control on the Evolution EPG platform, including white-box API test automation and onsite live-environment triage. Isolated system-level showstoppers and collaborated with developers to accelerate defect resolution. ``` Skills: Black-Box-Testing, White-Box-API-Automation, Regression-Testing, RCA, Core-Java, HP-Quality-Center, IBM-Rational-ClearCase, IBM-Rational-ClearQuest ### QC Engineer NDS. Jan 2004 - Dec 2005 ```text Began career as a QC Engineer on the Evolution EPG platform, performing black-box functional testing and contributing to quality assurance for embedded television software. ``` Skills: Black-Box-Testing, HP-Quality-Center, IBM-Rational-ClearCase, IBM-Rational-ClearQuest ## Education ### Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II), Scrum ```text Earned the Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II) certification from Scrum.org in 2025. ``` ### Visvesvaraya Technological University Bachelor of Engineering, Information Science ```text Bachelor of Engineering in Information Science from Visvesvaraya Technological University, India, completed in 2004. ``` ## Tech stack - Amazon EC2 - GitHub - Kubernetes - Jenkins - Node.js - Terraform - Jira - Apache Maven - Apache Ant - Python - Java - Go - Logstash - Grafana - Kibana - Prometheus - Confluence - Elasticsearch - Ansible - Docker - Sensu - SAFe To contact Sowmya, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire). ## People also viewed - [Onur Celep](https://himalayas.app/@onurcelep): Technical Consultant, Self Employed - [Prasad User](https://himalayas.app/@prasadt1): Lead IT Architect / Technical Project Manager, SINE e.V. - [Vedran Krivokuca](https://himalayas.app/@vedrankrivokuca): Principal Software Engineer DevOps, Workday - [sowjanya koornala](https://himalayas.app/@SowjanyaKurnala): Senior Technical Lead, Trianz Digital Consulting Services - [Guillaume Di Scala](https://himalayas.app/@guillaumediscala): Technical Program Manager, Credit Agricole Group Infrastructure Platform - [Sharanamma Hosur](https://himalayas.app/@sharanammahosur): Scrum Master & Delivery Lead, L&T Technology Services Limited - [Rutvik Bhatt](https://himalayas.app/@rutvikbhatt): Senior Engineering Manager, Delivery Hero - [Raghavan Ravichandran](https://himalayas.app/@rghvnravi): Engineering Manager, HTC Global Services - [Alba Moreno](https://himalayas.app/@albamoreno): Engineering Team Lead, Certinia - [Kalpana Baghel](https://himalayas.app/@kalpanabaghel): Senior SDET Lead, Zinnia