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Pranav Prakash

DevOps Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India20 yrs 5 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 20+ years leading enterprise-scale DevOps transformations.
  • Expert in Kubernetes-based, multi-cloud architectures.
  • Recognized with multiple awards for excellence at IBM.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Senior DevOps Architect specializing in SaaS and Cloud Infrastructure.

Contact

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Skills

Core Skills

DevopsCloud ArchitectureReliability EngineeringSreRational Jazz Tools

Other Skills

AWSAWS EC2AgileAnsibleAppDynamicsArtifactoryAzure DevOpsAzure VMBIRTChaos EngineeringChaos MonkeyCloud ComputingCloud FoundryContinuous IntegrationContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

About

Senior Leader – DevOps, Cloud & Platform Engineering | SRE | Kubernetes | Multi-Cloud I am a senior technology leader with 20+ years of experience leading enterprise-scale DevOps, cloud platform, and reliability transformations across global organizations. I specialize in building and governing highly reliable, scalable, and secure cloud-native platforms, modernizing legacy systems into Kubernetes-based, multi-cloud architectures, and establishing DevOps and SRE operating models that directly support business growth and digital transformation. Currently, I serve as Senior Architect – DevOps & Cloud at IBM Consulting, operating at Director / VP-equivalent scope, where I partner closely with CIOs, CTOs, and senior engineering leaders to define cloud strategy, platform governance, and reliability engineering programs across industries including banking, aviation, retail, telecom, and large-scale e-commerce. My leadership focus areas include: Enterprise DevOps & CI/CD modernization Kubernetes & OpenShift platform strategy SRE, observability, and operational resilience Multi-cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure, IBM Cloud) Engineering productivity, reliability, and cost efficiency Building and mentoring high-performing DevOps & SRE teams I have led platforms supporting millions of users, including e-commerce ecosystems handling 50M+ monthly visits, and have delivered measurable outcomes such as 2–3× improvements in deployment velocity, 30–40% reductions in MTTR, and improved platform stability across mission-critical systems. I am known for combining deep technical credibility with strong people leadership, and my work has been consistently recognized at IBM, including multiple Eminence & Excellence Awards and Manager’s Choice Awards for 11 consecutive years.

Experience

Ibm

6 roles

Senior Architect ( Cloud & DevOps )

Promoted

Dec 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Set up DevOps Pipeline for IBM Quality Engineering Product “Ignite Platform” on multiple cloud platforms including IBM OpenShift, GKE, AKS.
  • Selected tools for Virtual Service development and deployment for microservice and API development.
  • Developed frameworks and processes for resiliency testing using open-source toolchains like chaos- toolkit, chaos mesh, and Gremlin.
  • Architected and set up observability toolchain using open-source products like Prometheus, Grafana, Kibana, Zipkin, etc.
  • Designed and implemented Service Mesh using Istio for microservices development and deployment on GKE and IBM Cloud Kubernetes Cluster.
  • Developed Ansible Playbook for migrating SAP workload from on-prem server to IBM Cloud Virtual Machine.
  • Designed and set up Ingress Controller to manage SSL/TLS certificates and custom domains on IBM Public Cloud.
DevOpsCloud ArchitectureKubernetesObservabilityResiliency TestingAnsible

DevOps Lead Architect - MobileFirst for iOS Garage

Jan 2019 – Jun 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos

Reliability Engineering

DevOps Architect - MobileFirst for iOS Garage

Jan 2016 – Dec 2018 · 2 yrs 11 mos

DevOps Lead Consultant - Apple+IBM Development Center India

Promoted

Aug 2014 – Dec 2015 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Leading a team of consultants on implementation of DevOps for Mobile Apps Development on iOS platform using cutting age tools like XCode Server , urbancode Deploy , IBM Bluemix
  • Extensive knowledge on tools integration using API and Custom adapter plugin development on Eclipse based platform. Detailed hand on experience on Continuous Integration and Continuous Testing using Rational Tools.
  • Developed expertise on IBM Mobile Quality Assurance tool ( MQA)
  • Experience in setting up JIRA and development of integration modules with DevOps setup
  • Integration of IBM MaaS360 into the DevOps Process for deployment of custom App build deployment.
  • Integration of Rational Test Workbench ( RTW for Mobile ) , Rational Integration Tester ( RIT ) with RQM and uDeploy to enable Continuous Testing
  • Handling the customer visits of CIO level and demonstration of DevOps and Agile in action
DevOpsXCode ServerIBM BluemixContinuous IntegrationContinuous Testing

Rational Jazz CLM Tools Consultant

Promoted

Jan 2008 – Jul 2014 · 6 yrs 6 mos

  • Working as SME on Rational Jazz Tools in GBS , and help the delivery team with implementation of Jazz lifecycle tools.
  • Customization of Rational CLM to enable custom workflow , attribute , script and report
  • Custom report development in BIRT for the CLM and deployment to the server.
  • Developing training modules for users and delivering the training.
  • Handling Rational CLM server upgrade and migration.
Rational Jazz ToolsCustomizationTraining

Test Lead

Sep 2007 – Jan 2008 · 4 mos

Tata cliq

Engineering Manager DevOps

May 2020 – Dec 2020 · 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Set up end-to-end DevOps platform for omni-channel e-commerce portal on SAP Hybris on AWS cloud platform.
  • Configured toolchains and systems including Jenkins, Sonarqube, Cloudformation, CodeDeploy, Elastic search, and Kibana.
  • Trained developers and DevOps teams in DevOps practices.
  • Set up SRE team and integrated with Command Centre for quick production issue resolution using tools like AppDynamics, Site24*7.ai, Grafana, and Kibana Dashboard.
  • Created roadmap for scalable and elastic solutions for multi-channel E-Comm applications.
DevOpsAWSJenkinsSonarqubeSREAppDynamics

Curam software (an ibm company)

Senior Software Engineer

Apr 2007 – Aug 2007 · 4 mos

Hewlett-packard

Software Engineer

Jul 2005 – Apr 2007 · 1 yr 9 mos

Education

Visvesvaraya Technological University

Bachelor of Engineering (BE) — Information Technology

Jan 2001 – Jan 2005

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