Surekha Udayashankar

Project Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India21 yrs 2 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 17 years of experience in Infrastructure Management.
  • Proven track record in remote infrastructure and client management.
  • Expertise in leading multi-disciplinary teams.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned Project Manager specializing in Infrastructure Management and SaaS solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Project ManagementInfrastructure ManagementTeam ManagementSoftware Engineering

Other Skills

SalesforceScrumClient CommunicationRisk ManagementOperational MetricsDocumentationTechnical FeasibilityResource AllocationCollaborationPeople ManagementAuditServer ManagementTransition ManagementAutomationMentoring

About

PMP Certified Professional with over 17 years of experience in Infrastructure Management and proven track record in multiple domains like remote infrastructure management, client management, transition and team management.

Experience

21 yrs 2 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Accenture

3 roles

Project Manager

Dec 2024Present · 1 yr 6 mos

Project ManagementInfrastructure Management

Associate Manager

Mar 2022Present · 4 yrs 3 mos

Project ManagementInfrastructure Management

Manager Project Management

Mar 2022Present · 4 yrs 3 mos

  • Managing the end-to-end delivery of a Salesforce Project team. Lead the development and testing teams during the SDLC. Track the key milestones and ensure risks are called out in project forums. Understand business requirements and participate in technical feasibility meetings. Present operational metrics and dashboards to identify bottlenecks and remove any impediments. Manage virtual teams, client communication and readiness meetings, documentation, feedback, and other processes. Facilitates the Scrum process by removing impediments, coaching the team, and ensuring smooth and effective delivery. Working on the Release Management activities in coordination with the different stakeholders to ascertain the scheduled releases are smooth. Bring in the desired governance to have standard process for any production changes.
SalesforceScrumClient CommunicationRisk ManagementOperational MetricsDocumentation+2

Apple

Technology Lead

Sep 2014May 2018 · 3 yrs 8 mos

  • Worked at Client Location for 2 years in California, USA. Managed the delivery of the infrastructure team supporting Apple Data Center operations. Worked as a transition manager and successfully transitioned the support roles from onsite to build a team in Bangalore providing 24/7 support. Resolved projects bottlenecks and challenges and ensured completion within stipulated timelines. Performed Server Management activities involving file system management, LUN provisioning, package installation and de-provisioning. Developed scripts for automation of installation and configuration of the middleware components using shell scripts. Configured VIPs and performed SSL offloading on F5. Created and updated SSL Certificates. Provisioned WIPs on GTM and Firewall rules on F5 LTM. Mentored and trained new on-boarded candidates. Prioritized and planned teams’ efforts. Procured, configured and maintained the servers for 20 Retail Web applications. Had VIPs configured on the NetScalar and ensure ACLs were established from the required systems. Monitored server performance with scripts and had crons and alerts on the host that ensured self-healing of servers. Shared own learning from the project with the team and created documents to drive higher efficiency.
Server ManagementTransition ManagementAutomationMentoringInfrastructure ManagementTeam Management

Infosys ltd

2 roles

Senior Consultant Infrastructure Management

Mar 2012Mar 2022 · 10 yrs

  • Worked in various roles such as a Technology Lead, PMO, Scrum Master in the last 7 years with Infosys . Currently working as a Project Manager with the expertise to guide the team on the technical front as well as people management aspect while driving projects to success. My responsibilities include but not limited to:
  • Participate in technical feasibility meetings.
  • Drive effort estimation and ensure resource availability and allocation.
  • Identify trends, gaps and opportunities within the project to accelerate delivery.
  • Effectively collaborate with project teams and other stakeholders to drive the successful completion of the project.
  • Lead, drive, facilitate and chair investigations, meetings and major incident bridges.
Technical FeasibilityResource AllocationCollaborationPeople ManagementProject ManagementInfrastructure Management

Infrastructure Consultant

Mar 2012Mar 2022 · 10 yrs

  • Participate in technical feasibility meetings. Drive effort estimation and ensure resource availability and allocation. Identify trends, gaps and opportunities within the project to accelerate delivery. Effectively collaborate with project teams and other stakeholders to drive the successful completion of the project. Lead, drive, facilitate and chair investigations, meetings and major incident bridges. Managed project related revenue while keeping all systems updated. Conducted audit of projects with established processes, project schedules and budgets. Prepared and delivered regular, audience-specific reports to ensure clients were adequately apprised of project status, success, risks and issues. Removed impediments for the development team.
Technical FeasibilityResource AllocationCollaborationAuditProject ManagementInfrastructure Management

Cgi

Senior Software Engineer

Sep 2010Feb 2012 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Configured and managed SharePoint sites for different teams in WSS2.0 environment.
  • Analysed and found causes for access issues to the SharePoint sites.
  • Performed clean up activity of sites - removal of inactive members, purge deleted sites, delete personal sites older than 60 days.
  • Installed and configured Quest Recovery Manager for SharePoint to backup and restore sites.
  • Configured and maintained the third-party Search Engine “Google”.
  • Performed the role of the shift manager taking escalation from client.
SharePointAccess ManagementBackup and RestoreSoftware EngineeringInfrastructure Management

Supervalu services

2 roles

Specialist Portal Support

Sep 2008Sep 2010 · 2 yrs

  • Implemented reverse proxy technologies protecting the server names and other specifics about the infrastructure.
  • Administered SharePoint sites - created and customized sites, managed site permissions and thresholds, removed unused sites after taking backup, moved site collections from one content DB to the other.
  • Deployed workflows and InfoPath forms on SharePoint.
  • Installed and configured Lotus Notes Migrator for SharePoint and requested Quest License.
Reverse ProxySharePoint AdministrationWorkflow DeploymentInfrastructure ManagementSoftware Engineering

Support Specialist

Sep 2008Sep 2010 · 2 yrs

  • Implemented reverse proxy technologies protecting the server names and other specifics about the infrastructure. Administered SharePoint sites - created and customized sites, managed site permissions and thresholds, removed unused sites after taking backup, moved site collections from one content DB to the other. Deployed workflows and InfoPath forms on SharePoint. Installed and configured Lotus Notes Migrator for SharePoint and requested Quest License.
Reverse ProxySharePoint AdministrationWorkflow DeploymentInfrastructure ManagementSoftware Engineering

Aol

2 roles

Systems Administrator

Aug 2006Sep 2008 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Built AOL corporate sites by configuring Apache to implement screen name authentication and virtualization.
  • Requested and bound SSL certificates to the VIPs.
  • Implemented and maintained JOBI- a tool that monitored disk usage, hardware information, cron jobs, etc. on 11000 servers and maintained a compliancy of 96%.
  • Worked on user administration and file permissions based on the requirement.
ApacheSSL ManagementUser AdministrationInfrastructure ManagementSoftware Engineering

System Administrator

Aug 2006Sep 2008 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Built AOL corporate sites by configuring Apache to implement screen name authentication and virtualization. Requested and bound SSL certificates to the VIPs. Implemented and maintained JOBI- a tool that monitored disk usage, hardware information, cron jobs, etc. on 11000 servers and maintained a compliancy of 96%. Worked on user administration and file permissions based on the requirement.
ApacheSSL ManagementUser AdministrationInfrastructure ManagementSoftware Engineering

Icici one source

Customer Support Executive

Jun 2004Nov 2005 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Provide Customer Support for ICICI Bank customers in UK, by answering their queries related to their bank accounts

Education

B. M. S. College of Engineering

BE — Industrial Engineering and Management

Jan 2000Jan 2004

Mary Immaculate High School

High School

Jan 1986Jan 1998

BMSCE IEEE

Bachelor of Engineering — Engineering/Industrial Management

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