Ishan Datt

Engineering Manager

Gurugram, Haryana, India13 yrs 7 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 13 years of experience in DevOps leadership.
Expert in multi-cloud architecture and automation.
Proven track record in team mentorship and cross-functional collaboration.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a DevOps and Infrastructure expert in SaaS and Fintech environments.

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Skills

Core Skills

DevopsInfrastructure As Code (iac)Infrastructure Management

Other Skills

AWSAgile MethodologiesAnsibleApache KafkaApache ZooKeeperAutomationCI/CDChefCloud MigrationConsulContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Cost OptimizationCross-functional CollaborationCross-functional Team LeadershipDNS Management

About

DevOps & Infrastructure Leader with 13+ years of experience driving platform reliability, automation, and scalability for global organisations. I specialise in building and leading high-performing teams, designing resilient multi-cloud architectures, and transforming DevOps ecosystems to accelerate delivery and reduce operational overhead. My work bridges technical depth with strategic leadership - aligning engineering execution with long-term business vision. Expertise includes DevOps toolsets and database automation (MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, etc.). Experienced in delivering DBaaS and internal platform solutions that power hundreds of clusters across production environments. Passionate about mentorship, platform scalability, and cross-functional collaboration, I take pride in simplifying complex systems, fostering a culture of reliability, and enabling teams to ship faster with confidence. Always open to conversations about platform strategy, DevOps innovation, and building the next generation of infrastructure leadership.

Experience

13 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

6 yrs 8 mos

Current Experience

Goto group

2 roles

Engineering Manager

Promoted

Dec 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 5 mos · On-site

Led and mentored the Infrastructure and DevOps team for the Merchant Platform.
Designed GCP-based infrastructure architecture, optimising costs and automating workflows.
Ensured timely delivery of multiple organisational-level projects.
Appraised the team and provided performance based feedback.
Successfully collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive company-wide initiatives and achieve team OKRs.
Spun up and led an additional dedicated SRE team.
Took ownership of budgeting and finances for infrastructure and team.
Aligned with various groups and CTOs to achieve the company's vision of a unified experience and standardised toolsets.
Conducted regular sprint planning and identified opportunities to automate and improve developer workflows.
Led cloud migration activities at an organisation level
Responsible for all databases at an organisation level

GCPInfrastructure ArchitectureTeam ManagementCross-functional CollaborationCloud MigrationDevOps+1

Lead DevOps Engineer

Aug 2019 – Nov 2022 · 3 yrs 3 mos · On-site

Designed GCP-based infrastructure architecture, optimising costs and automating workflows.
Actively participated in critical incident management, ensuring prompt and effective resolution.
Utilised Chef for infrastructure management and Terraform for IaC modules.
Developed multiple in-house toolsets using Golang.
Successfully migrated all VM-based workloads to GKE and moved the environment from on-premise DC to GCP Cloud.
Mentored team members and actively contributed to the hiring process.
Appraised the team and provided performance based feedback.

GCPChefTerraformGolangGKEDevOps+1

Midtrans

Senior DevOps Engineer

Aug 2017 – Jul 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos · Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia · On-site

Designed data centre-based infrastructure architecture for the payment gateway.
Automated workflows and implemented high availability and disaster recovery plans.
Utilised Chef for infrastructure management and played a key role in critical incident management.
Set up Kubernetes and maintained infrastructure components like Kafka, Elasticsearch, and Redis.
Managed DNS for all Midtrans domains.

ChefKubernetesKafkaElasticsearchRedisDevOps+1

1mg

Devops

Sep 2016 – Aug 2017 · 11 mos · Gurgaon, Haryana, India · On-site

Designed AWS-based infrastructure architecture for the e-commerce website.
Optimised costs and automated workflows using Ansible.
Implemented CI/CD and deployment pipelines using Jenkins.
Managed DNS and set up logging and monitoring pipelines for 1MG domains.
Provided 24/7 support on a rotation basis and maintained various infrastructure components

AWSAnsibleJenkinsCI/CDDevOpsInfrastructure Management

Arcesium llc

Member Technical

Apr 2016 – Aug 2016 · 4 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

Managed AWS-based infrastructure, overseeing daily operations and workflow automation.
Actively participated in critical incident management, swiftly resolving issues.

AWSIncident ManagementDevOps

Broadridge financial solutions

Member Technical

Jul 2012 – Apr 2016 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Hyderabad Area, India · On-site

Established and managed data center-based environments for 25+ Broadridge Financial Solutions' clients on Unix systems.
Played a pivotal role in disaster recovery processes and provided support to clients.
Developed extensive scripting using bash and Perl.

UnixDisaster RecoveryScriptingInfrastructure Management