Jun 2022 – Jul 2025 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Leading Devops team who is responsible for developing AWS and Kubernetes patterns for quicker deployment with minimal error and building guardrails shifting left.
• Leading Devops team responsible for Advanced AWS and EKS architecture, design, deployment, and management.
• Overseeing a team managing complex banking infrastructure setups, including disaster recovery, Zookeeper, and Istio service mesh, with ongoing enhancements.
• Overseeing intricate AWS networking configurations, encompassing Transit PEP, transitive routing, DX with VGW and TGW, Private Link, and more.
• Driving automation through Python scripting, bash, and AWS Lambda functions.
• Spearheading cost optimization initiatives for managed entities, employing diverse strategies such as resizing, performance testing, critical path optimization, re-architecture, and transformations.
• Orchestrating quarterly planning and managing OKRs for the team.
• Playing a pivotal role in hiring decisions, talent acquisition, coaching, training, and related activities.
• Crafting SOWs, SOPs, architecture designs, security zone models, and other key documents.
• Innovating “OneDoc” and “patterns” to consolidate application and infrastructure architecture and code.
• Developing one-click deployment solutions for various SaaS products, enabling swift deployment on AWS and EKS.
• Ensuring zero drifts for infrastructure and application changes, managing multiple AWS accounts via Terraform with minimal manual intervention.
• Managing sprints and continuously improving lead and cycle times.
• Upholding SLA and SLO standards for the entire managed setup.
• Streamlining monitoring and logging infrastructure migration from IaaS to SaaS for cost savings and efficiency gains.
• Strategizing the consolidation of multiple PCI-DSS entities into a unified account and cluster using security zone models. Additionally, leading the team in addressing RFPs, developing approaches, and presenting to banking stakeholders.

Jun 2021 – Jun 2022 · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Led the NSX-V to NSX-T migration on VMC on AWS, optimizing network performance and scalability.
• As a core ARB committee member, reviewed and presented solutions across AWS, VMware, and on-prem, streamlining approvals and execution.
• Designed and deployed production-grade AWS EKS clusters across dev, staging, and prod, enabling microservices orchestration, autoscaling, and high availability.
• Implemented secure EKS configurations using IRSA, fine-grained RBAC, ALB Ingress, and AWS WAF. Automated provisioning via Terraform and Helm aligned with GitOps.
• Built centralized observability stacks using Prometheus, Grafana, FluentBit, and CloudWatch, integrating alerting with PagerDuty/Zenduty. Used GitHub and VS Code for collaborative, version-controlled code management.
• Enhanced availability, latency, and scalability of cloud services through software and automation initiatives.
• Led automation for varied cloud ops tasks, driving efficiency and resilience. Fostered a culture of continuous improvement via blame-free RCA sessions, optimizing system performance and reliability. Established best practices for stress, performance, and security testing.
• Directed the design and migration of East/West traffic rules and firewall configurations using Suricata and 5-tuple rule sets.
• Developed innovative VPC peering architectures to address AWS limitations and ensure seamless connectivity. Architected traffic inspection frameworks via PEP with AWS Network Firewall to strengthen the security posture.
• Oversaw alarm system design and DB migration for UDT, maintaining service continuity. Built secure AWS EMR solutions for protected data processing using EMR, EMR Studio, Lake Formation, Step Functions, and Lambda.

Aug 2017 – Jun 2021 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Led multiple high-impact technology programs across banking, telecom, oil & gas, insurance, and professional services sectors. Successfully enabled go-lives for a Saudi bank covering Wallet, Issuing, Acquiring, Mastercard, and Visa systems by delivering detailed low-level designs and complete application sizing. Conducted end-to-end infrastructure, security, and performance assessments—including IBM AIX, Windows, and mainframes—for leading banks and enterprises in the Middle East.
• Demonstrated strong Azure and AWS capabilities: built HIPAA-compliant data architecture for a U.S. client, designed CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, and performed AWS architecture reviews for firms in Singapore and Africa. Specialized in cloud strategy, SAP/Salesforce cost optimization, and hybrid cloud designs including SD-WAN, Cloudyn, AWS Compute Optimizer, and CASB integrations.
• Played a lead role in enterprise architecture engagements using TOGAF—covering business capability mapping, application rationalization, MDM, and canonical data models. Delivered target infrastructure design for Nigeria's top oil firm and cloud roadmaps for global professional service companies using CloudPhysics, CloudScape, and PwC frameworks.
• Executed large-scale datacenter initiatives: site assessments, migrations, and consolidations across insurance and financial clients, including three DC mergers and IT sourcing transitions. Delivered secure routing architectures using Palo Alto GlobalProtect, CASB, and HSMs. Devised database migration plans (Sybase to SQL), DW migration to Redshift using EMR, Hive, and Spark, and provided DR/BCP frameworks for critical workloads.
• Represented architectural leadership in ARB, EAB, and IAR forums. Advised on Hadoop strategy, OpenStack security, and vendor evaluations. Demonstrated strong network solutioning, sizing, and LLD capabilities for SMBs and global enterprises alike.

Jun 2015 – Aug 2017 · 2 yrs 2 mos

• Led a team of 5 engineers as a Senior Engineering Manager while also contributing as an individual contributor on key initiatives.
• Acted as a Practice Evangelist for cloud, virtualization, storage, and backup domains, working closely with vendors like Microsoft, NetApp, EMC, and VMware.
• Collaborated with product managers and R&D teams to define solution roadmaps and integrate HCL native tools with third-party solutions.
• Enabled clients to transition across on-prem, public, private, and hybrid cloud environments with minimal disruption.
• Facilitated disaster recovery implementations using NetApp SnapMirror, SyncMirror, and Zerto for both VMware-to-VMware and hybrid cloud scenarios.
• Drove market penetration strategies by creating detailed business plans and performing ongoing competitive analysis.
• Led successful product demonstrations, press/analyst briefings, and contributed to sales enablement, trend analysis, and profitability tracking.
• Implemented HCL’s Gold Standard best practices across steady-state infrastructure projects, enhancing delivery consistency and quality.
• Conducted infrastructure assessments covering VMware, Cisco UCS, IBM, EMC, and NetApp storage systems.
• Delivered market research, developed product positioning/messaging, and actively monitored and responded to competitor activities.
• Architected and developed reusable components and operational strategies supporting scalability, high availability, and performance optimization.
• Built robust monitoring, backup, and restore solutions aligned with business continuity and performance goals.
• Bridged strategic planning with technical execution to ensure engineering outcomes aligned with business objectives.

Sep 2014 – Jun 2015 · 9 mos · New York

• Led critical infrastructure initiatives to set up public cloud environments involving 3000+ Xen and bare-metal servers, implementing full cloud stack with FCR/BCR, customized VLANs, iSCSI and block storage using EMC VNX, NAS, SAS, SATA (7200/14000 RPM), and backups via Evault. Designed and deployed IBM public/private cloud platforms (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) using SoftLayer, OpenStack, and CloudStack. Integrated firewall services using Vyatta and worked on Idera-SoftLayer integrations for customer-specific requirements.
• Strong experience in hybrid cloud architecture and orchestration across on-prem and public clouds with Tivoli automation. Delivered workflows for multi-level approvals and self-service provisioning. Supported business cases through TCO/ROI modeling, enabling significant cost savings.
• Expertise in OpenStack components—Nova, Swift, Glance, Keystone, Neutron, Cinder, Heat, Ceilometer—alongside hypervisors like XenServer, KVM, and VMware. Proficient with IBM Bluemix, SoftLayer, and cloud-native toolsets. Deep understanding of ITIL processes, data center infrastructure, and cloud adoption frameworks.
• Managed complex global infrastructure across US, EMEA, and APJ regions—covering full project lifecycle from procurement, build, activation, and maintenance of server, storage, networking, AD, backup, and security components (routing, switching, firewalls). Acted as a bridge between technical architecture and operations teams, guiding hybrid cloud design and optimization strategies.
• Contributed to cloud POCs and exploratory projects to evaluate and adopt optimal cloud models tailored to customer business contexts. Collaborated with industry peers to define best practices and cloud adoption models.

Mar 2014 – Sep 2014 · 6 mos · Greater New York City Area

• Secondary Loans, Change Management, Regulatory Controls, Trade Documentations, Trade Closing, Debt Management, Front Office, Middle Office, and Back Office Integration, P&L, PSA's, Voting - Libor and bps.
• Documentation - Assignment and Assumptions, Trade Confirmation, and Funding Memo.
• Reporting - Unsettled Trades, Manual Settlements, and STP Effectiveness. Managing various facilities and trade closures.
• High-Yield Loans, FICC.
• Trade Capture, Trade Closure/Settlement Modeling.
• Trade Confirmation, Assignment and Assumptions, and Funding Memo.
• Onshore Secondary Loan Settlements, LMA, LSTA Regulations.
• Utilizing JIRA and a project management framework.
• CDS, Clearing House, DTCC, Dodd Frank, EMIR, Swap, Options, SWAPTION, Future Contracts, Seniority, Indexes, Dow Jones DCX, International Index - Itraxx, Components. Employing Bloomberg tools to assess counterparty worthiness. Verifying Econfirms and ensuring data consistency between traders and sales. Engaging in hedging and speculations in CDS. Operating in SEF - Swap Execution Facility. Managing SNAP and Credit Events. Adhering to SIFMA/BMA, WACC standards.
• Project Management Framework, Software Testing Scripts, UAT.
• Addressing various loan scenarios for trade closure. Developing settlement packs, creating allocations for new purchases, matching and uploading administrative details, and utilizing Clear-par (Markit tool).
• Constructing models and workflows for STP.
• Using HP Quality Center.
• Engaging with Markit Clear, Clearpar, DTCC, and fpML messages.

Sep 2013 – Dec 2013 · 3 mos · Glasgow, United Kingdom

• Long Time series
• granularity in data system
• Data grid
• Parallel computing
• High-dimensional clustering
• Data Canopies
• SOPA, PIPA
• Behavioral analysis
• Big data in retail, health care, aviation and sports

Jan 2011 – May 2012 · 1 yr 4 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Led the deployment and management of on-premise VMware vSphere/vCenter infrastructure supporting 100+ virtual machines across multiple business-critical environments.
• Designed and maintained Windows Server clusters and Linux-based workloads within virtualized environments to ensure high availability and scalability.
• Oversaw the end-to-end setup of datacenter environments, including rack-and-stack, cabling, SAN storage provisioning, and power/load balancing.
• Implemented VMotion, HA (High Availability), and DRS (Distributed Resource Scheduler) to optimize performance and reliability.
• Conducted regular patch management, VM template standardization, and snapshot policies to maintain system hygiene.
• Worked closely with the network team to manage vSwitch, port groups, and VLAN configurations within the virtual network infrastructure.
• Handled hardware lifecycle (Dell/HP servers), BIOS/firmware upgrades, and hardware diagnostics.
• Participated in BCP/DR drills and helped establish recovery procedures and backup plans using Veeam/Commvault.
• Technologies & Tools:
• VMware ESXi, vSphere, vCenter 5.x/5.5
• SAN/NAS Storage: EMC, NetApp
• Backup Solutions: Veeam, Commvault
• Monitoring: Nagios, Zabbix
• OS: Windows Server 2008/2012, RHEL/CentOS
• Networking: VLANs, IPAM, Cisco switches
• Programming: Python, Jython (Java+python), Powershell
• Datacenter Operations: Rack management, power/cooling design, DR site support

Sep 2008 – Jan 2011 · 2 yrs 4 mos

• Consolidated physical servers to virtual machines, enhancing data accessibility and consistency.
• Managed Java application pipeline using Jenkins(Hudson) and maintained dependencies.
• Collaborated with project managers and business users to formalize business ideas and define requirements.
• Received Best Performer Award for achieving CSAT 5/5 for continuous 3 years.
• Programming: Bash, Powershell, C, C++, sometimes Python for scripting