Sudhakar Reddy Narra is a Performance Engineering Architect based in Austin, Texas, with 17 years of experience designing high-performance software applications across diverse industries. As a Senior Staff Software Engineer at ServiceNow Inc. since June 2021, he leads performance engineering initiatives for multiple products, ensuring scalability and reliability.
Sudhakar specializes in architecting scalable systems, capacity planning, and developing cost-effective observability solutions. His technical expertise spans cloud infrastructure, microservices, JVM optimization, and database performance tuning. He holds certifications in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI Developer 2020) and previously was an AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate.
At ServiceNow, Sudhakar spearheaded the development of a scalable JMeter Cloud solution on Kubernetes that supports up to 200,000 concurrent users. He created a synthetic data generation framework that reduced data generation time from one month to just one day, significantly improving testing efficiency. His work has been instrumental in resolving critical performance issues for Fortune 500 customers.
Previously, as Principal Software Engineer at Oracle Application Labs (2017-2021), Sudhakar led the design of the Oracle Observability and Monitoring Framework, developed Java microservices using Helidon, and built robust data pipelines with OCI Dataflow, NiFi, and Kafka. He also established a dedicated performance engineering team within Oracle Application Labs.
During his tenure at Cognizant Technology Solutions (2014-2017), Sudhakar designed and executed performance tests based on production metrics, developed automation frameworks, and conducted in-depth code reviews to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.
At Oracle India (2011-2014), he gathered non-functional requirements and developed comprehensive test plans for Oracle SCM, Fusion CRM, and Fusion Financials applications. His earlier experience at Infosys (2007-2011) included leading end-to-end performance testing projects for major clients like Walmart.
Sudhakar's technical toolkit includes Java, Python, C, and ServiceNow scripting languages. He's proficient with databases (MariaDB, Postgres, Oracle Database, InfluxDB), performance testing tools (JMeter, LoadRunner), and observability platforms (AppDynamics, ELK Stack, Splunk). He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from University College of Engineering, Osmania University, obtained in May 2007.
Throughout his career, Sudhakar has consistently delivered solutions that optimize application performance, reduce costs, and enhance reliability for enterprise-level systems.