Summary
Sughosh Divanji is a Senior Software Engineering Manager based in Chicago with over a decade of experience building and scaling developer platforms and engineering productivity at Palo Alto Networks. He has progressed from hands-on roles in networking test engineering to senior technical leadership, driving CI/CD maturity, cloud cost optimization, and AI integration across global teams. Known for combining systems-level knowledge—rooted in networking, HPC simulation, and protocol testing—with pragmatic product delivery, he accelerates secure, reliable releases in complex enterprise environments. Sughosh mentors engineering teams, champions developer experience, and has a track record of automating testing and deployment pipelines going back to his early work with Perl and TCL. His academic background includes a MS in Computer Science from Illinois Institute of Technology, where he also supported advanced networking coursework and research. Peers describe him as a results-focused leader who blends low-level technical depth with strategic initiatives that measurably boost productivity.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Computer Science, Master's Degree, Computer Science at Illinois Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Communication Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Communication Engineering at B.V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering and Technology
English, Hindi, Kannada