AVNISH MISHRA

Director of Engineering

Gurugram, Haryana, India14 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

14+ years in cloud-native transformation leadership.
Expert in building zero-ops platforms for enterprise growth.
Proven track record in cloud migration and infrastructure automation.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with extensive experience in enterprise-level cloud solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud MigrationPlatform EngineeringEngineering ManagementCloud NetworkingInfrastructure AutomationCloud EngineeringInfrastructure EngineeringCloud SystemsMicroservices ArchitectureSoftware DevelopmentIncident ManagementData ManipulationScripting

Other Skills

AWSAmazon Web Services (AWS)BashCC#C++Coaching & MentoringContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Customer SuccessDockerDocker ProductsFirewallsGCPGovCloudHTML

About

I am an infrastructure and platform engineering leader with 14+ years of experience driving large-scale cloud-native transformation, platform modernization, and developer-centric DevOps strategies. My expertise lies in building resilient,zero-ops platforms that serve as foundational enablers for enterprise growth, agility, and compliance. With a strong background in cloud migration at scale (AWS, GCP, GovCloud), infrastructure automation (IaC, CI/CD, observability, patching frameworks), and platform-as-a-product thinking, I excel at translating technical roadmaps into measurable business impact.

Experience

14 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

5 yrs 6 mos

Current Experience

Salesforce

4 roles

Director of Engineering

Promoted

Aug 2025 – Present · 10 mos

Driving platform strategy and execution for global cloud connectivity, ensuring secure and scalable migration pathways across AWS, GCP, and GovCloud. Leading cross-functional teams to build zero-downtime release systems, automate compliance, and embed platform-as-a-product thinking into core delivery. Mentoring high-performance teams and shaping the roadmap for developer-first infrastructure, reducing operational overhead & accelerating time-to-market for new region.

AWSGCPGovCloudplatform strategyzero-downtime release systemscompliance automation+3

Senior Engineering Manager

Promoted

Jan 2023 – Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Directed engineering teams to design and scale secure substrate connectivity for multiple hyperforce environments, enabling enterprise customer migration to public cloud. Championed rollout of patching and release automation frameworks, ensuring SLA compliance while minimizing human intervention. Built a culture of technical excellence by mentoring engineers, conducting design reviews, and scaling India’s engineering footprint in cloud networking.

Engineering ManagementRequirements GatheringCoaching & MentoringCustomer SuccessNetwork EngineeringCloud Networking

Lead Member of Technical Staff

Apr 2022 – Jan 2023 · 9 mos

Partnered with global engineering teams to design SiteBridge tunnels, reducing onboarding timelines and ensuring compliance-ready deployments. Delivered secure, self-serve tooling to assist developers in resolving multi-cloud queries with minimal dependency on operations teams.

TerraformProgrammingFirewallsOperating SystemsKubernetesNetwork Engineering+3

Senior Member Of Technical Staff

Dec 2020 – Apr 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

Connecting dots across multi-cloud, multi-substrate systems using cutting edge open source technology that will serve millions of customers using #1 CRM

TerraformProgrammingTroubleshootingFirewallsOperating SystemsKubernetes+3

Expedia group

Software Developer

Feb 2016 – Dec 2020 · 4 yrs 10 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Led migration of applications to the cloud, creating a robust environment for 120 microservices.
Established highly available Splunk on AWS for 5TB/day indexing.
Deployed Kong cluster for efficient API management.

Web ServicesOperating SystemsMicroservicesPythonScalaAmazon Web Services (AWS)+4

Amazon

Software Engineer

Apr 2014 – Jan 2016 · 1 yr 9 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

Engineered a predictive ticket resolution script, reducing weekly effort to 2 hours.
Developed a Perl-based log scanner for customer interactions and bug tracking.
Designed a Locker On-boarding Tool, cutting onboarding time significantly.
Conducted RCAs for bugs, collaborating with the Engineering team for resolution.

ProgrammingTroubleshootingIncident ManagementOperating SystemsPythonPerl+2

Infosys

2 roles

senior system engineer

Promoted

Nov 2013 – Mar 2014 · 4 mos

Developed shell scripts for data manipulation for Informix and Teradata.
Implemented PMP scripts, saving 40 hours per project for updating states on PMP program.
Enhanced hand-held device screens for printing prescription info on zebra printers.
Utilized Informix 4GL for high-level report formatting and data summary for business and US agencies.

ProgrammingOperating SystemsCBashInformix 4GLTeradata+4