Akhtar Ali

CEO

Gurugram, Haryana, India15 yrs 1 mo experience

Key Highlights

17 years of IT management experience
Expert in IT infrastructure and information security
Proven track record in operational excellence

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned IT leader specializing in infrastructure and security management within the tech industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

It Infrastructure ManagementInformation Security Management

Other Skills

SD-WANIT GovernanceITIL CertifiedIT StrategyIT Service ManagementNetwork SecurityLinuxAmazon Web Services (AWS)Cloud ComputingFirewallsIncident ManagementVPNVendor ManagementSystem AdministrationNetwork Administration

About

With 17 years of experience in IT management, I contribute to operational excellence at Blinkit as Senior Director of IT. My focus lies in enhancing IT infrastructure, driving efficient service delivery, and ensuring robust information security measures. I champion the implementation of SD-WAN technology, improving network performance and reliability. Leveraging expertise in IT infrastructure management and information security, I support the company's commitment to delivering effective IT governance and innovation.

Experience

15 yrs 1 mo

Total Experience

1 yr 9 mos

Average Tenure

8 mos

Current Experience

Blinkit

Sr.Director -Network Security & IT Operations

Aug 2025 – Present · 8 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

At Blinkit, I leveraged my 17 years of expertise in IT management to drive operational excellence and enhance infrastructure capabilities. My focus on information security and network management enabled the company to maintain robust IT governance and service delivery. I also championed the adoption of SD-WAN technology to improve network efficiency and reliability.

Information Security ManagementSD-WANIT Infrastructure ManagementIT GovernanceITIL CertifiedIT Strategy+1

Delhivery

Director IT

Feb 2023 – Sep 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

Dealshare

Head-IT & Information Security

Feb 2022 – Feb 2023 · 1 yr

Experience in Project Management/Program Management, Operation Management, Customer Support, Network Management, Infrastructure Management.

Information Security ManagementSD-WANIT Infrastructure ManagementIT GovernanceITIL CertifiedNetwork Security+2

Delhivery

2 roles

Manager IT

Jan 2020 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos · Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Manager IT

Oct 2015 – Nov 2018 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Gurgaon

Managing team of 62 Engineeers of Network and IT operation Support
Efficiently Managing 8 FCs, 20 HUB/PCs, 520+ DCs along with 2 corporate offices.
Responsible for First mile and Last mile, collaboration and coordination with internal / external teams for new project delivery.
Responsible for all IT network operations day to day support as per defined SLAs.
Effectively handled all aspects of business IT requirements as per organization's growth & expansion plan
Collaborate with the different internal team NOC, Servicedesk, IT Infra, PMO and Ensure project meet with in time line.
IT budget forecast
Vendor Management

Licious - born to meat

IT Manager

Nov 2018 – Jan 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos · Banglore

In Licious Managing PAN india IT infarstucture and operation support,Team Management, IT Operation Management, Vendor Management in 24X7 environments to support mission critical infrastructure and providing business application support.

Vulcan express

IT Infrastructure Team Lead

Apr 2015 – Oct 2015 · 6 mos · Greater Delhi Area

Managemnet of IT infrastucture with IT operation
Team Management (led a team of 12 System Engineers of IT ops and IT infra)
Efficiently Managing 6 FCs, 10 HUB/PCs, 50+ DCs along with 1 corporate offices.
Responsible for First mile and Last mile, collaboration and coordination with internal / external teams for new project delivery.
Responsible for all IT operations day to day support as per defined SLAs.
Effectively handled all aspects of business IT requirements as per organization's growth & expansion plan
Collaborate with the different internal teams.
IT budget forecast
Vendor management

Acropetal technologies limited(client flipkart )

IT Team Lead

Feb 2014 – Apr 2015 · 1 yr 2 mos · New Delhi Area, India

Deputed @ Flipkart
Managing 18 System Engineers, 1 Hardware Engineers, 1 Printer Engineer .
Providing It Support to more than 2000+system with help of 18 engineers .
Providing It Support to more than 300 Hubs in North region with help of 18 engineers .
Effectively handled all aspects of IT SD requirements as per organization's growth & expansion plans.
Active Directory Administration & Group Policy Administration.
Upgrading firmware for server and desktop
DHCP, DNS, WDS installation and management on Microsoft server 2003/2008 servers
Creation and configuration of VM citrix zen server.
Creating share drive and providing user authentications in samba server
Configuration and managemnet of the Firewall and switches and VPN
Configured Xpress VPN in all North region for fail-over project .
Resolve time critical problems driven by SLAs.

Trianz it and cloud solutions pvt. ltd. (formerly axon network solutions pvt ltd.)(client flipkart)

System Engineer

Dec 2010 – Jan 2014 · 3 yrs 1 mo · New Delhi Area, India

Deputed @ Flipkart
Managing 18 System Engineers, 1 Hardware Engineers, 1 Printer Engineer .
Providing It Support to more than 2000+system with help of 18 engineers .
Providing It Support to more than 300 Hubs in North region with help of 18 engineers .
Effectively handled all aspects of IT SD requirements as per organization's growth & expansion plans.
Active Directory Administration & Group Policy Administration.
Upgrading firmware for server and desktop
DHCP, DNS, WDS installation and management on Microsoft server 2003/2008 servers
Creation and configuration of VM citrix zen server.
Creating share drive and providing user authentications in samba server
Configuration and managemnet of the Firewall and switches and VPN
Configured Xpress VPN in all North region for fail-over project .
Resolve time critical problems driven by SLAs.