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Designing, building, and running AI infrastructure end to end, from the data center and storage up to the applications users work in.
Founder · Mission Systems LLC
Shiv Umapathi
Platform and infrastructure engineer with more than 20 years in national security technology. As founder of Mission Systems, I build enterprise AI capability for the intelligence community, from the data center to the applications mission teams use.
Current work
An enterprise AI platform for the intelligence community
Since 2024 I've been building an AI capability for an intelligence community customer, as part of a team led by a major systems integrator. I'm responsible for the whole stack. That runs from the data center and storage, through the compute and platform layers, up to the front end that divisions across the customer use to run their AI workloads and get answers from their data.
The platform runs in a fully air-gapped environment, so every component and update arrives through a controlled process. It's the cornerstone of my career so far and the work Mission Systems is built around today.
- Front endWhere mission teams run AI work and get answers
- AI workloadsModels, jobs, and pipelines
- Platform servicesContainers, identity, and monitoring
- Compute and networkingAccelerated compute and the fabric that connects it
- StorageScale-out storage for mission data
- Data centerRacks, power, and physical infrastructure
My scopeEnd to end
About
I've spent more than 20 years building and running the systems behind national security missions. I started as a Java developer and technical architect at Accenture, working on an Air Force budgeting system at Wright-Patterson, then moved into data architecture and Oracle database administration for intelligence community cloud environments.
In 2014 I joined Oracle as a principal sales consultant for Exadata and engineered systems, where one of my territories finished FY15 at 171% of quota. In 2016 I founded Mission Systems and went back to hands-on work. I spent eight years as the lead ServiceNow administrator and production Oracle DBA for a major U.S. intelligence customer before taking on the AI platform in 2024.
That mix is what I bring to every engagement. I can install, run, and fix the platform, and I can explain to decision-makers what it costs, what it delivers, and why it matters to the mission.
Expertise
ServiceNow platform
Installing, upgrading, patching, and sustaining customer-managed instances, including a migration off BMC Remedy.
ITSM, CMDB, MID Servers, Event Management, LDAP
Databases
Production database administration at scale, from Oracle RAC clusters with more than 100 nodes to the MariaDB clusters behind ServiceNow, plus data warehouse and reporting delivery.
Oracle RAC, Exadata, MariaDB, Informatica, OBIEE
Linux, Kubernetes, and storage
Running the operating system, container, and storage layers that mission applications sit on.
Red Hat Linux, Kubernetes, Dell PowerScale
Air-gapped operations
Standalone deployments where every package, patch, and dependency moves through a controlled process, with systems hardened to DISA STIGs.
Pre-sales and business value
Technical pre-sales, customer workshops, and business value and TCO analyses that connect the engineering to cost and outcomes.
Career
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2016 – present
Founder · Mission Systems LLC
Since 2024, full-stack lead for an enterprise AI platform serving an intelligence community customer, alongside a major systems integrator. From 2016 to 2024, lead ServiceNow administrator and production Oracle DBA for a major U.S. intelligence customer.
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2014 – 2016
Principal Sales Consultant · Oracle
Technical pre-sales for Oracle Database, Exadata, and engineered systems in National Accounts, Mid-Atlantic region.
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2002 – 2014
Architect and Lead Oracle DBA · Accenture
Technical architect on an Air Force budgeting system, enterprise data architect for a defense analytics program, then senior and lead Oracle DBA for intelligence community cloud environments.
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2001 – 2002
Senior Java Developer · Cynatek / TeckRx
J2EE development on a pharmacy software platform.
MBA, Innovation in Business
Wright State University, 2008
BBA, Marketing Management
Bangalore University, 1999
Off the clock
You'll usually find me at the track.
Driving on track rewards the same things good engineering does: preparation, good data, and staying calm when things move fast.
Contact
For consulting, teaming, or anything related to Mission Systems, email me directly.