Chinmaya Chandel

DevOps Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India11 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in building scalable cloud infrastructures.
Proven track record in leading high-performing teams.
Passionate about driving operational excellence.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Senior Leader in Infrastructure and Cloud Engineering with a focus on operational excellence.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud InfrastructureSystem AdministrationNetwork ManagementTechnical Support

Other Skills

AWSApacheApache configurationCC++Client supportControl panel installationDNSDNS setupJavaLinuxLinux AdministrationMagento hostingMigration supportMulti server environments

About

🚀 Senior Leader in SRE | DevOps | Software | Platform Engineering | Infrastructure 🚀 I am an accomplished Senior Software Engineering Manager at Wayfair, with 11+ years of experience leading transformative initiatives across DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, Platform, and Infrastructure domains. I specialize in building and scaling high-performing teams that drive operational excellence, engineering innovation, and business growth. Throughout my career, I have successfully architected large-scale, resilient cloud infrastructures (GCP, AWS), led complex migrations, and designed scalable systems that enable organizations to operate securely, efficiently, and with agility. My technical expertise spans Kubernetes, Terraform, Linux, networking, Mircroservices, and modern cloud-native architectures. At Wayfair, I have built multiple Platform, Operations and Lifecycle organizations from the ground up, embedding a culture of reliability, scalability, and continuous improvement within a fast-paced, high-growth environment. I am passionate about enabling organizations to unlock their full potential through world-class technology leadership, seamless cloud strategies, and operational excellence. Let’s connect to explore how visionary platform and infrastructure leadership can accelerate innovation and sustainable growth.

Experience

Wayfair

3 roles

Senior Engineering Manager

Promoted

May 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 10 mos · On-site

Engineering Manager

Promoted

Mar 2021 – Apr 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo · On-site

Site Reliability Engineer

Nov 2017 – Mar 2021 · 3 yrs 4 mos · On-site

Mgt-commerce gmbh

Senior System Administrator

May 2017 – Oct 2017 · 5 mos · Berlin Area, Germany

Specialization in Magento hosting and provisioning Multi server environments using Amazon Web Services, managing Multi server deployments using Autoscaling and providing technical assistance, support migration, working with various Clients, Product Owners and Software developers for seamless deploy for their applications and website.

Magento hostingAWSMulti server environmentsTechnical assistanceMigration supportCloud Infrastructure+1

Diya systems

Senior System Engineer

Dec 2014 – Oct 2015 · 10 mos · Manglore, karnataka, India

Worked for client ServInt (Web Hosting Company) and had following roles and responsibilities :
System/Server/Network Administration on Linux Platform
Trobleshooting any hosting related issues associated with the client server
Server load monitoring and rectifying high server load problems
Proactive communication with clients regarding server wide modifications
Server Optimization and Security
Managing windows and linux server remotely using RDP, SSH,KVM and IPMI
Dealing with Linux Operating system functionality, user and group management and permissions and filesystems.
Dealing with Networking concepts and Knowledge of TCP/UDP and application protocols(SMTP,HTTP,FTP,IMAP,POP3) and experience in diagnosing and setting up network on new systems and correcting misconfigured networking, host name resolution problems using network utilities such as ping, dig, nslookup, nmap, traceroute, etc.
DNS setup and configuration ( RDNS , A , MX , CNAME, SPF records setup etc.)
Apache Web server setup and configuration (Virtual Host, DSO and suPHP Mod, Mod Security, Mod Handlers, .htaccess rules etc)
SSL setup and configuration for secure web connection
Cron job and Scheduling
VPS setup and control Panel Installation (cPanel)
Migrating server data to other servers, cloning the server
Dealing with MySQL related issues

Linux AdministrationServer OptimizationNetworkingDNS setupApache configurationSystem Administration+1

Gigapros networks, llc

System Engineer

Jul 2012 – Nov 2014 · 2 yrs 4 mos

My responsibilities included :
1) Handling client created tickets and live chats to troubleshoot the technical issue.
2) Technical/Sales or Billing related queries.
3) Providing training as per the company modules to the new joiners.
4) Content writing for the company's website as per the requirement.
5) Dealing with the installation and maintenance of control panels like Plesk, cPanel, Webmin, HyperVM, SolusVM, Webuzo, Virtualizor, Virtuzzo etc.
6) Dealing with issues related to server security and installation of Firewalls like IPTABLES and CSF.
7) VPS setup and management
Performing Migration tasks including virtualized and non virtualized servers.
8) Cloning server using virtualization techniques.
9) Managing windows and linux server remotely using RDP, SSH,KVM and IPMI
10) Restoring hacked website functionality
Installation of 3rd party softwares like as per client's requirement Joomla, Magento, WordPress, tomcat, Red5, Webmail, Zimbra etc
11) Troubleshooting Email related issues on the server.
Troubleshooting DNS related issues.