Niraj Thakar — DevOps Engineer
With over a 15 years of experience spanning Application Development, DevOps, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), I specialize in designing and implementing observability strategies that empower organizations to achieve resilience, efficiency, and scalability. For the past 10 years, I have been leading SRE and Observability initiatives, ensuring seamless monitoring, automation, and reliability across complex IT ecosystems. My expertise lies in connecting the dots across IT infrastructure, platforms, applications, and networks, crafting holistic observability solutions that provide deep visibility, reduce downtime, and enhance operational excellence. 🔹 Passion & Vision I am deeply passionate about building end-to-end observability frameworks that break silos and provide actionable insights. I thrive on enabling teams to detect, diagnose, and resolve issues proactively, leveraging data-driven approaches to improve system performance and user experience. 🔹 Core Focus Areas ✅ Full-stack Observability (Infrastructure, Platforms, Applications, Networks) ✅ SRE Best Practices (SLI/SLO, Incident Management, Toil Reduction) ✅ IT System Design & Automation ✅ DevOps & CI/CD (Bridging Development & Operations) ✅ AI & ML in Observability (Driving intelligent insights) Always eager to explore next-gen observability and reliability engineering, I believe in making IT systems self-healing, intelligent, and efficient. Let’s connect to discuss SRE, Observability, and IT Resilience!
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with a strong focus on SRE and observability engineering.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 17 yrs 4 mos
Skills
- Site Reliability Engineering
- Automation
- Cloud Applications
Career Highlights
- Over 15 years of experience in SRE and DevOps.
- Expert in building end-to-end observability frameworks.
- Proven track record in driving digital transformation.
Work Experience
Wells Fargo
Principal Engineer (3 mos)
Principal Engineer (3 mos)
Vice President (5 yrs 2 mos)
Cognizant
Sr associate (1 yr 6 mos)
Associate (4 yrs 8 mos)
Hewlett-Packard
Technical Consultant (4 yrs 4 mos)
Project Trainee (6 mos)
Ally
Technology Lead (10 yrs 5 mos)
Reliance industries limited
TCP Assistant (1 yr)
Education
Postgraduate Degree at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
MCA at Institute Of Technology Of Nirma University Ahmedabad
Master of Computer Applications - MCA at Nirma University