Muthuvel Mutharasan
Raleigh
Summary
Dynamic Senior Architect with a proven track record at Cisco, specializing in enterprise CMS/DAM and cloud-native architecture. Expert in performance optimization and security, achieving 99.9% platform uptime. A collaborative leader, I drive cross-functional teams to deliver scalable solutions and innovative integrations, enhancing digital asset management capabilities.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Architect
Cisco
12.2018 - Current
- Architected and launched the end-to-end CDAM platform, defining host sizing, component interactions, load balancing, reverse proxies, and system scalability.
- Partnered with OpenText Professional Services to define hardware capacity, software configuration, and enterprise performance benchmarks.
- Led cross-functional collaboration with Hosting, DBA, and InfoSec teams to deliver a secure, compliant, highly available platform.
- Designed global CDN architecture using Akamai, supporting public, private, and entitlement-based delivery.
- Optimized platform performance through SOLR tuning, adaptive media delivery (AMD), LDAP synchronization, and system configuration.
- Built a Cisco-specific abstraction layer on OTMM to enable entitlement-based content delivery and Cisco service integrations.
- Led large-scale asset and metadata migrations from legacy systems for Sales Enablement and Learning platforms.
- Integrated VOICEA transcription services enabling interactive transcripts and closed captions.
- Owned DevOps strategy, CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and full-stack observability.
- Drove quarterly infrastructure and cost planning with leadership.
- Designed integrations with upstream systems (Percona, Seismic), automating asset ingestion and publishing workflows.
- Executed multiple zero/low-downtime platform upgrades with detailed rollout and rollback strategies.
- Enabled AI-driven video intelligence via Cisco’s AI engine (CIRCUIT) for chaptering and summaries.
- Maintained 99.9% platform uptime through proactive monitoring and optimization.
- Acted as technical mentor and architectural leader, contributing to enterprise architecture forums.
- Cisco Digital Assets Management (CDAM) is an enterprise-scale platform managing and delivering 1M+ digital assets, primarily video, across Sales Enablement, Learning Systems, Cisco Brand Exchange (CBX), Customer Experience, and Community platforms. Built on OpenText Media Management (OTMM) with AI-enabled rich media intelligence.
Senior Software Engineer
Cisco
06.2012 - 07.2019
- Implemented AES-256 encryption/decryption across the entire content repository.
- Designed and delivered CMS enhancements by translating business requirements into scalable solutions.
- Served as single point of contact for business and production issues.
- Applied J2EE design patterns (DAO, MVC, Session Facade, Service Locator).
- Provided production support and continuous improvements.
Software Engineer
T-Mobile
WA
07.2010 - 06.2012
- Designed and implemented enterprise web services for environment configuration and ETL automation.
- Built SOAP and RESTful services and rich UI dashboards.
- Acted as primary production support contact.
Software Engineer
Verizon Wireless
04.2009 - 07.2010
- Delivered B2B e-commerce and admin platforms using Spring, Struts, Hibernate.
- Led WebLogic and JDK upgrades and introduced second-level caching using EhCache.
Software Engineer
01.2003 - 12.2009
- Designed and delivered distributed systems using Spring, Mule ESB, Tibco EMS, JBPM, Drools, SOAP/JMS integrations.
- Built provisioning platforms, workflow engines, and enterprise web applications.
- Strong foundation in OOAD, design patterns, messaging systems, and enterprise integration.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Instrumentation
Bharathidasan University
IndiaSkills
- Enterprise CMS/DAM
- Digital Asset Management
- Microservices
- Cloud-Native Architecture
- High Availability
- Scalability
- Security
- Performance Optimization
- Java
- J2EE
- Spring
- Spring MVC
- Spring Webflow
- Hibernate
- Struts
- Servlets
- JSP
- EJB
- REST
- SOAP
- GRPC
- Kubernetes
- OpenShift
- GitHub
- Jenkins
- CI/CD
- Akamai CDN
- CAE
- AppDynamics
- Splunk
- Zabbix
- ThousandEyes
- Oracle
- MySQL
- SOLR
- LDAP
- JMS
- Tibco EMS
- Mule ESB
- JBPM
- Drools
- HTML5
- JavaScript
- AngularJS
- VideoJS
- XML
- XSLT
- XPath
- AJAX
- JBoss
- WebLogic
- Tomcat
- Maven
- Ant
- SVN
- CVS
- AccuRev
Certification
- Sun Certified Programmer – Java Platform, SE 5.0
- Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
- AWS Certified AI Practitioner
Core Skills
Enterprise CMS/DAM, Digital Asset Management, Microservices, Cloud-Native Architecture, High Availability, Scalability, Security, Performance Optimization, Java, J2EE, Spring, Spring MVC, Spring Webflow, Hibernate, Struts, Servlets, JSP, EJB, REST, SOAP, gRPC, Kubernetes, OpenShift, GitHub, Jenkins, CI/CD, Akamai CDN, CAE, AppDynamics, Splunk, Zabbix, ThousandEyes, Oracle, MySQL, SOLR, LDAP, JMS, Tibco EMS, Mule ESB, JBPM, Drools, HTML5, JavaScript, AngularJS, VideoJS, XML, XSLT, XPath, AJAX, JBoss, WebLogic, Tomcat, Maven, Ant, SVN, CVS, AccuRev
Timeline
Senior Architect
Cisco
12.2018 - Current
Senior Software Engineer
Cisco
06.2012 - 07.2019
Software Engineer
T-Mobile
07.2010 - 06.2012
Software Engineer
Verizon Wireless
04.2009 - 07.2010
Software Engineer
01.2003 - 12.2009
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Instrumentation
Bharathidasan University