Pankaj Saxena

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India21 yrs 8 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Reduced cloud costs from 12CR to 3.7CR monthly.
  • Built a team from 3 to 170 members.
  • Achieved SOC 2 Type II certification for cloud security.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS cloud infrastructure expert with a strong focus on security and cost management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud Migration & Cloud Cost ManagementTechnical Leadership

Other Skills

Architecting Native Cloud SolutionAutomated CI/CD using IaCInspirational LeadershipKubernetesLarge Scale Cloud Infrastructure & Platform ManagementMicroservicesRecruiting, Retaining & Developing high performing TalentStrategic & Technical PlanningTechnical CompetencyTerraform

About

I am a metrics-driven & result-oriented technologist with ~24 years of experience in building scalable, fault-tolerant, Secure & highly available solutions in native & multi-cloud environments to cater to business needs. Summary Cloud Financial Management: Managed the cloud cost for enterprise customers in Oracle. In the current org, established the financial discipline & brought down the monthly cost from 12 CR per month to 3.7 CR per month. Scalable Systems: Extensive experience in building scalable systems that could serve 1M requests per minute (web application) to running ~25000 interactive classes in current org. Tech Standardization: Extensive experience in defining and executing technology roadmaps and leading digital transformation initiatives. Choose the right technology considering the business need, scalability, security & operability to ensure consistency, compatibility, and integration across diverse systems and platforms. This helped in reducing the cost by ~60% Customer First Approach: Regular reviews of various operational & Business KPIs to understand customers' & business needs. Security & Compliance:No high-security incidents reported in the last 1 year. Managing system, application, cloud security (network, storage, IAM), VAPT, OSINT etc. Implementation of Governance compliance & security standards. Leadership:Strong leadership with a demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders at all organizational levels. Built the team from 3 to 170 people. Hired leadership roles for diversified portfolios. Migration of services (Multi-cloud / Open Source): Migration of services among multi-cloud environments & also migration of managed services like MongoDB, Kafka and VPN to in-house. Vendor & partner management: Managing 30+ tech vendors & multiple partners. KEY SKILLS Technology • Architecting & building highly available, scalable, fault-tolerant Internet-based & Native Cloud Solutions • Automated CI/CD using Infrastructure as Code & and other deployment engines • Infrastructure management using various DevOps tools & and techniques • Performance and security Engineering (Cloud Security, VAPT, InfoSec), Microservices, Terraform, Kubernetes etc. Leadership • Thought leader provides direction considering a balance between business priorities, technological enablement and cost. • Working with enterprise customers for onboarding and migration • Inspirational Leadership • Creates a culture of high performance, where coaching and feedback standards are the norms.

Experience

Nielsen

Vice President - Technology

Apr 2024Present · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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Byju's

Head of Platform Engineering, SRE, Tech Support, Security & Compliance

Jul 2022Apr 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Leading 30+ member team managing Platform Engineering, SRE, Tech Support, Security and Compliance for BYJUS Core, WhitehatJR, Toppr, Osmo, Meritnation & and GradeUP.
  • Optimized the Infra cost bringing maximum ROI by reducing the cost from 12CR / month to 5CR / month.
  • Implemented the in-house solution by migrating the MongoDB & and Kafka from managed service to in-house setup.
  • Migration of Cloudflare, Akamai & Cloudfront from AWS to GCP.
  • Developed infrastructure orchestration framework keeping the check & and balance in place for development management.
  • Brought technical maturity by removing multiple vendor solutions for a given problem. This helped easy manageability, cost reduction & and focused skill set.
  • Managing more than fifty tech vendors across Byju’s group of companies.
  • Lead the development and implementation of the company's cloud security strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals and regulatory requirements.
  • Successfully achieved SOC 2 Type II certification by collaborating with internal teams and external auditors to identify and remediate security gaps.
  • Developed and implemented a comprehensive cloud security framework, including policies, procedures, and controls, to safeguard sensitive data.
  • Collaborated with engineering teams to continuously assess and enhance the security posture of the company's cloud infrastructure.
  • Conducted risk assessments and vulnerability scans to identify potential security threats and implemented appropriate remediation measures.
  • Provided second & third-level tech support for all customer-related issues.
Cloud Migration & Cloud Cost ManagementAutomated CI/CD using IaCArchitecting Native Cloud SolutionMicroservicesTerraformKubernetes+1

Oracle

Senior Director - Cloud Operations

Apr 2016Jul 2022 · 6 yrs 3 mos · Bangaon, West Bengal, India

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Education

Chatrapati Sahuji Maharaj Kanpur University, Kanpur

M.Sc — Science

Jan 1993Jan 1995

Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning

B.Sc.

Jan 1991Jan 1993

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