Prashant Thakur — Director of Engineering

I am currently working as an Associate Director in SRE Core Platform Engineering at UBS, where I leverage my expertise in cloud platforms, DevOps, and infrastructure optimization. My role focuses on driving innovation in automation, ensuring high availability, and streamlining operations to deliver scalable and cost-effective solutions. My working ethos is centred on fostering a culture of technical excellence and mentoring, enabling teams to deliver impactful outcomes. Previously, at Cvent, my focus as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer extended beyond routine operations. I played a pivotal role in driving cloud migrations, ensuring high availability, and implementing cost-efficient solutions. A notable achievement was leading the successful transition of the Jifflenow application across cloud environments, showcasing our team’s dedication to operational excellence and meeting tight deadlines. With a foundation in Computer Science from Lovely Professional University, I have developed strong skills in Groovy, Python, AWS CSP, Terraform, ECS and automation, empowering me to lead and innovate across diverse technical challenges.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a cloud infrastructure expert specializing in DevOps and site reliability engineering.

Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India

Experience: 9 yrs 7 mos