Vishal Lella
Software Engineer at Cisco
San Jose, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolVishal Lella is a Software Engineer based in San Jose with nine years of experience and a strong academic foundation (MS and BS in Computer Science) from UC Riverside and VIT. He currently develops software at Cisco and has hands-on research experience applying NLP and web crawling to analyze opioid-related forum data, bridging academic research with production-minded engineering. His interests span machine learning, cloud computing, big data analytics, and data engineering, and he has practical exposure to ETL, HiveQL, and scalable analytics from earlier internships. Having sharpened his skills during a challenging job market, he is focused on solving real-world problems that combine ML and cloud-scale data systems. An unshown throughline in his background is an ability to move between research, teaching, and industry roles—suggesting strong adaptability and a knack for translating research insights into deployable solutions.
9 years of coding experience
high school, high school at Delhi Public School, DwarkaBachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, 8.75/10 cgpa, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, 8.75/10 cgpa at Vellore Institute of TechnologyMaster's degree, Computer Science, 3.66/4 cgpa, Master's degree, Computer Science, 3.66/4 cgpa at University of California, RiversideHIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL, Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching, HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL, Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching at DR. K.K.R. GOWTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Telugu, Hindi, French, English
Github Skills (26)
podman10
napalm10
kubernetes10
container10
integrate10
apic10
catalog10
ansible-collections10
cni10
hat10
kubernetes-operator10
provisioning10
infrastructure-management10
network-automation10
orchestration10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
noironetworks/certified-operators
Feb 2022 - Feb 2022
Production catalog for Red Hat Certified Operator Bundles
Contributions:26 pushes in 9 days
red-hatoperatorhatkuberneteskubernetes-operator
vlella/Booking-system
Mar 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:41 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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