Anoop Madhavan

DevOps Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India18 yrs 4 mos experience

AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

15+ years in AI security and cloud operations.
Led SaaS growth from 0 to $75M ARR.
Expert in governance and compliance frameworks.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and SaaS expert with a strong focus on AI security and cloud operations.

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Skills

Core Skills

Ai Security & GovernanceCloud OperationsGovernanceSaas OperationsReliability EngineeringInfrastructure StrategyInfrastructure Management

Other Skills

AIAI risk assessmentsAI trust frameworksAI/ML pipelinesAWSAgileAgile MethodologiesAnsibleAutomationAzureBashBig DataBlockchainCitrixCitrix Products

About

Driving secure AI adoption at scale. I bring 15+ years of experience in AI security, cloud operations, and governance across startups, Fortune 500, and hyper-growth SaaS. AI Security & Governance → Designing and operationalizing SOC2, ISO 27001:2022, and FedRAMP programs, building AI trust frameworks, conducting AI risk assessments, and securing AI/ML pipelines. Experienced with leading GRC automation platforms like Vanta to streamline compliance and continuous monitoring. NVIDIA GPU & Datacenter Ops → Managing GPU-powered clusters for AI/ML workloads, optimizing compute, networking, and observability. Cloud & SRE Leadership → Building SaaS/IaaS reliability, DevOps/DevSecOps practices, and FinOps-driven cost efficiency across AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI. Startup & Enterprise Impact → Laid the foundation for cloud operations & governance at Rubrik, advanced virtualization and reliability engineering at Oracle, helped scale Metallic SaaS (0 → $75M ARR) at Commvault, led governance at Sequoia Capital, and now securing AI/blockchain infrastructure at DwellFi. I sit at the intersection of AI, Security, and Operations — enabling organizations to innovate with confidence, resilience, and compliance.

Experience

Dwellfi

GRC, Technology Operations

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · Remote

Driving technology, security, and operations at DwellFi, an early-stage fintech leveraging AI and blockchain to transform asset management. Leading AIOps, cloud operations, DevOps/SRE, product testing, customer success, and SecOps. Spearheading governance and compliance programs, including SOC 2 certification, to ensure trust, resilience, and scalability.

AI Security & GovernanceSOC2ISO 27001:2022FedRAMPAI trust frameworksAI risk assessments+5

Sequoia capital

Senior Manager - Technology

Jul 2022 – Jan 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Led global infrastructure and cloud operations across AWS, Azure, and GCP, driving governance, optimization, and security. Directed a high-performing team managing critical financial applications, AWS EKS environments, and multi-region operations (India, SE Asia, China, US). Implemented Cloud FinOps strategies to optimize costs and vendor onboarding. Evaluated emerging technologies and crafted strategic POVs to align with business goals, with focused initiatives in AI, ML, IoT, and data analytics for innovation and operational excellence.

AWSAzureGCPGovernanceOptimizationSecurity+6

Commvault

Line Manager - SaaS operations & SRE

Aug 2020 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Early SRE team member at Commvault’s Metallic SaaS business, contributing to its rapid growth from 0 to $75M+ ARR in under 2 years. Drove reliability engineering initiatives by aligning SLOs with business needs, optimizing cloud costs, and leading capacity planning. Oversaw major incident management, postmortems, and operational excellence metrics. Contributed to FedRAMP compliance in Azure GovCloud and embedded ITIL, Agile, and SRE best practices across operations. Provided leadership in incident response, escalation management, and team coordination to ensure resilience and business continuity.

AWSSaaSReliability EngineeringFedRAMPAgileITIL+2

Rubrik, inc.

Staff Cloud Engineer

Aug 2018 – Jul 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Led global cloud infrastructure operations across AWS, Azure, GCP, and Oracle, driving scalable, secure, and cost-efficient architectures. Defined company-wide governance for IAM, security, networking, and compliance. Managed large, multi-cloud ecosystems (250+ AWS accounts, 50 Azure subscriptions, 250 GCP projects) while enhancing observability, monitoring, and automation. Oversaw cloud security, audits, and BCP/DR strategy, and led the reliability engineering function for SaaS applications, building and mentoring high-performing Cloud Operations teams

AWSAzureGCPIAMSecurityCompliance+4

Oracle india pvt. ltd

Principal Member of Technical Staff

May 2012 – Aug 2018 · 6 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Led reliability engineering and infrastructure strategy across public, private, and virtualized environments, ensuring high availability and operational excellence. Drove infrastructure automation and DevOps adoption, architected cloud POCs, and guided production-scale testing for compute, storage, and network systems. Served as SPOC for cloud operations, managing escalations and streamlining processes, while benchmarking infrastructure against industry standards to drive innovation and efficiency.

Reliability EngineeringInfrastructure AutomationDevOpsCloud POCsProduction-Scale TestingInfrastructure Strategy

Netapp

Consultant - Infrastructure

May 2011 – May 2012 · 1 yr · Bangalore, India

Responsible for meticulous qualification of VMware Hypervisors and Citrix Xen server Releases (5.6 and 6) to seamlessly integrate with Netapp Storage in SAN environments, spanning diverse technologies such as DELL, HP, and IBM Blade Technologies. Proficiently managed both Windows and Linux platforms, orchestrating thorough compatibility assessments and performance evaluations. This encompassing responsibility extended to establishing end-to-end setups in a data center, offering hands-on expertise throughout the process.

VMwareCitrixStorage IntegrationCompatibility AssessmentsInfrastructure Management