Nikunj Virani

Nikunj Virani is a Senior Engineering Manager at Apple, specializing in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Security, and Project Management Office (PMO).1 With over 20 years of IT experience, he has established himself as a leader in software engineering management, architecture, integration, quality, and sustenance for enterprise software products.

Professional Background

Nikunj's expertise spans several key areas:

• Cloud Computing: He has in-depth knowledge of various cloud platforms including Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Citrix Cloud Platform (CloudStack), OpenStack, and Heroku.
• Big Data: Proficient in technologies like Splunk, Spark, Hadoop, and has hands-on experience in installing, configuring, and managing Hadoop Clusters.
• Software Development: Skilled in managing software architecture, requirements, and end-to-end product development for NodeJS, Java, and LAMP-based projects.
• Project Management: Experienced in various SDLC methodologies and Agile (SCRUM).

Technical Specialties

Nikunj's technical specialties include:

• IT Product Development (Java, LAMP)
• Cloud Computing (IAAS, SaaS, PaaS, DaaS)
• Amazon Web Services (EC2, S3, CloudWatch, Opsworks, AutoScaling, Beanstalk, SQS, RDS)
• Big Data (Hadoop, Splunk, Cassandra, Memcached)
• Web Hosting
• Resource Managers (Apache Mesos, SGE, Condor, PBS)
• High-Performance Computing (MPI)
• Grid Computing
• Server Management on various platforms
• Virtualization
• Customer Relationship Management
• People Management

At Apple, Nikunj leads the Site Reliability Engineering team, focusing on maintaining and improving the reliability and performance of Apple's systems.1 His extensive experience and broad skill set make him well-suited for this senior role, where he can leverage his expertise in cloud computing, big data, and software engineering to ensure the robustness and efficiency of Apple's infrastructure.