Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 · 11 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · On-site

• As a Quality & Business Excellence Manager, I am responsible for overseeing and optimizing various aspects of operations to drive efficiency, quality, and client satisfaction. My day-to-day responsibilities include:
• ● Strategic Planning: Collaborating with executive stakeholders to define business objectives and develop strategies for achieving them through technology and process improvements.
• ● Project Management: Leading technology projects from conception to delivery, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, timelines, and budgets. This involves defining project scopes, creating documentation such as project approvals, technical documents, and transition documents, and engaging with internal and external stakeholders.
• ● Quality Assurance: Ensuring that client requirements are met with high quality by communicating clear requirements to development teams, managing risks throughout project lifecycles, and monitoring project performance against defined metrics.
• ● Team Leadership & Development: Providing direction and support to cross-functional teams, fostering a positive team atmosphere, resolving conflicts, and facilitating professional development opportunities.
• ● Continuous Improvement: Proactively identifying opportunities for process optimization and implementing best practices to drive ongoing improvement in operations and client satisfaction.
• Skills: Terraform, Microservices, Cross-team Collaboration, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Machine Learning · Problem Solving, Team Management · Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), Continuous Delivery (CD) · System Architecture · Analytical Skills · Budgeting · Teamwork · IT Infrastructure Management · Microsoft Azure · Data Science · Software Architecture · Infrastructure · IT Service Management · Critical Thinking · Data Analytics · Cloud Security · IT Operations · Service Delivery · Visualization ·Communication · Data Analysis · Leadership · IT Management ·

Dec 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

Jun 2023 – Present · 3 yrs

• https://topmate.io/wamiq_siddiqui/
• Greetings, aspiring professionals,
• Are you eager to embark on your career journey but feel overwhelmed by the choices and challenges ahead? Struggling to find direction, build your resume, or ace that first interview? I'm here to offer guidance and help you navigate these hurdles with ease.
• Hi, I'm Wamiq Siddiqui (Sid), a mentor and career coach dedicated to helping freshers launch their careers with clarity, confidence, and direction. With a background in mentoring tech professionals and business leaders, I now focus on guiding young professionals as they embark on their career journeys. My approach is designed to provide actionable insights, personalized guidance, and continuous support.
• Whether you need help preparing your resume, acing interviews, or figuring out which career path to follow, I’m here to help you every step of the way. From 1:1 mentorship to group coaching and workshops, I provide the resources you need to succeed in the competitive job market.
• Let’s build a roadmap for your career success together. Book a session today and take the first step toward your dream job!
• Mentorship & Coaching Skills: Career Coaching, Mentoring, 1:1 Mentorship, Group Coaching, Personalized Guidance, Career Path Guidance, Job Search Strategy, Interview Coaching, Resume Building, Soft Skills Development, Professional Development, Career Roadmap Creation, Public Speaking & Workshop Facilitation, Job Market Insights
• Communication Skills: Active Listening, Effective Communication, Presentation Skills, Feedback Delivery, Building Rapport
• Technical & Business Skills (for a holistic approach): Career Transition Support, Business Mentorship, Resume Optimization, Interview Preparation, Personal Branding
• Leadership & Organizational Skills: Leadership Development, Goal Setting & Planning, Workshops & Training Delivery, Team Collaboration, Motivational Coaching

Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• ● Team Leadership: Provide effective leadership to the engineering team, including setting clear goals, providing guidance, and fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment. Manage and develop team members, including conducting performance evaluations and supporting their professional growth.
• ● Technical Expertise: Possess strong technical knowledge and expertise in the relevant engineering field to effectively guide and mentor the team. Stay up-to-date with industry trends, advancements, and best practices to drive innovation and quality in engineering projects.
• ● Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with other teams, such as product management, design, and quality assurance, to ensure seamless coordination and alignment of goals. Foster effective communication and collaboration across departments to drive the successful development and delivery of products or solutions.
• ● Stakeholder Management: Engage and manage relationships with stakeholders, including executives, partners and clients. Understand their needs, provide regular updates on project progress, and address any concerns or issues that arise.
• ● Process Improvement: Identify areas for process improvement and efficiency gains within the engineering team. Implement and optimize processes, tools, and methodologies to enhance productivity, quality, and delivery timelines.
• ● Risk Management: Identify and manage potential risks and challenges related to engineering projects, such as technical obstacles, resource constraints, or timeline pressures. Develop mitigation strategies and contingency plans to minimize the impact on project outcomes.
• ● Strategic Planning: Contribute to the development and implementation of engineering strategies and roadmaps in alignment with overall organizational goals. Provide input and insights on technical feasibility, resource requirements, and potential opportunities.

Dec 2021 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• ● Lead and organize Transversal team, whose mission is to provide DevOps tools, infra and best practice to the department, including System Validation staged infrastructure.
• ● Providing a continuous delivery and integration pipeline, infra and strategy to deploy on the Cloud, release management, including common and staged environment to run automatic tests, monitoring, and troubleshooting of department infrastructures.
• ● Developing people, processes, strategy, fostering innovation, and enabling teams in successfully implementing DevOps best practices in the department and beyond.
• ● Leading a cross-site Agile team, and collaborating with peers and management to drive adoption of DevOps culture in the department and beyond.
• ● Account for the continued availability of services and for the team following Agile processes (SCRUM), team velocity, and results with quality.
• ● Work for cohesive and standard procedures around DevOps, Quality, and Release Management.
• ● Develop comprehensive project plans that merge customer requirements with company goals and coordinate various managers and technical personnel during all project phases, from initial development through implementation.
• ● Monitor project progress continuously and make detailed scheduled reports on measurable items, such as milestones and deliverables.

Mar 2021 – Feb 2022 · 11 mos

Apr 2020 – Mar 2021 · 11 mos

• Confederation of Indian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (CIMSME) and Centre of Excellence for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CEIIE) is unit of International Council of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering and a registered corporation in Delaware USA International Council of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering Inc. Confederation is a national business network of 5,528+ leading entrepreneurs. Founded in recent past by a group of young entrepreneurs, Confederation enables business owners to learn from each other, leading to greater business success and an enriched personal life.
• We educate, we transform, we inspire and we offer invaluable resources in the form of national events, leadership-development programs, an online entrepreneur forum and executive education opportunities, among other offerings designed for personal and professional growth.
• At its core, Confederation is a collection of like-minded entrepreneurs focused on business growth, personal development and community engagement. In addition to our mission, vision and core values, our national makeup is comprised of nearly 5,528+ individual member stories.

Jan 2021 – Dec 2021 · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• ● Working with SMEs, the sales team and the GBLs and practices to qualify and manage RFPs.
• ● Working on handling RFI, RFQs, and RFPs around open source strategy, application modernization, cloud migration, and enterprise transformation.
• ● Making Work breakdown processes, resource loading, effort estimations.
• ● Engaging with customers and building value propositions and business cases around technology
• transformation.

Jun 2020 – Aug 2024 · 4 yrs 2 mos

May 2017 – Jun 2020 · 3 yrs 1 mo

• email: sid.totaldevops@gmail.com
• Total Devops is an emerging global provider of DevOps consulting and training services. Established in 2017, with Headquarters in Bangalore, India.
• We are a team of DevOps experts having an industry experience of more than 12 years. Total DevOps is a professional service organisation providing consulting services, online and classroom trainings in DevOps domain. We bring in huge experience across industry verticals and geographies which make us confident enough to put our neck into the stake when it comes to achieving envisaged benefits and values.
• email: sid.totaldevops@gmail.com
• Major Role and Responsibilities:
• Executing the company’s business plans according to the business model
• Day to day administration and operation of the business
• Responsible for daily, quarterly or other periodic measured results
• Responsible for production, research and development and marketing
• Involved with strategic planning for the future and establishing initiatives to expand the organisation's product lines or markets

Sep 2018 – Jan 2019 · 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Was part of the core team as an advisor on ideation, strategy, and planning.

Aug 2018 – Feb 2021 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• ● Managing a delivery team to ensure timely and accurate customer deliveries.
• ● Provide technical leadership in design, implementation, defining technical evaluation criteria for products, addressing potential risk, technology selection, and determining approaches to ensure all architectural solutions result in a coherent systems design and operations.
• ● Oversee daily activities of the delivery team and provide direction and guidance as needed.
• ● Perform resource allocations and workload assignments according to delivery requirements.
• ● Ensure that team maintains a high level of competence and operational excellence.
• ● Drive and mentor high-performance engineering teams, product owners and engineering managers, provide thought leadership across each of these functions to bring best efficiencies and quality.
• ● Serve as primary contact for customer inquiries and concerns.
• ● Make critical business decisions to meet customer expectations.
• ● Managing complete project life cycle & constraints – scope, quality, schedule, budget, risk, resources, and deliverable and escalations thereby synchronizing client expectations

Jun 2018 – Sep 2018 · 3 mos · Bangaon, West Bengal, India

• DevOps Architect - DevOps Capability team of Accenture

May 2018 – May 2018 · 0 mo · Jakarta, Indonesia · On-site

• Global Project: Platform Scalability & Digital Integration in Jakarta (Indonesia) | [May 2018] [2 weeks]
• ● Consulted for a Southeast Asian on-demand multi-service platform and digital payments group in Jakarta, Indonesia, delivering a 2-week intensive focused on platform scalability and digital integration.
• ● Worked closely with the client's technical and product teams to identify opportunities for optimizing platform performance and enhancing integration with their digital payments system.
• ● Provided actionable insights and strategic recommendations to scale their platform for higher performance and better user experience across their multi-service ecosystem.
• Technical Skills: Platform Scalability, Digital Integration, On-Demand Service Platform, Digital Payments Systems, API Integration, Performance Optimization, System Architecture & Design
• Consulting Skills: Consultative Problem Solving, Client-Focused Solutions, Strategic Recommendations, Cross-functional Team Collaboration, Solution Architecture
• Soft Skills: Stakeholder Management, Effective Communication (for delivering intensive consultations), Advisory and Mentoring, Cross-Cultural Communication

Nov 2017 – Nov 2017 · 0 mo · Penang, Malaysia · On-site

• Global Project: Engagement with a Banking Client | Penang (Malaysia) November 2017 (3 Weeks)
• ● Partnered with a banking client for a 3-week engagement, focusing on optimizing digital service delivery and supporting regulatory compliance in their operations.
• ● Worked with the client’s team to streamline processes, ensuring better service delivery and alignment with industry regulations.
• Technical Skills: Docker, Kubernetes, Digital Service Delivery, Regulatory Compliance, Automation & Orchestration
• Leadership and Managerial Skills: Client Engagement, Training and Development, Stakeholder Management, Consultative Selling, Team Collaboration (in training and implementing solutions with client teams), Change Management (helping the client adapt to new technologies and processes)
• Soft Skills: Cross-Cultural Communication, Presentation Skills, Problem-Solving, Mentoring, Consulting
• Digital Transformation | Process Optimization | Regulatory Technology (RegTech) | IT Governance | Cloud-Native Architecture

Jul 2017 – Jul 2017 · 0 mo · Penang, Malaysia · On-site

• Global Project: Docker & Kubernetes Training in Penang (Malaysia) | July 2017 (2 Weeks)
• ● Delivered hands-on training on Docker and Kubernetes to a client in the embedded systems sector.
• ● Enabled the client’s team to adopt containerization technologies, enhancing their development and deployment processes.
• ● Tailored the training content to suit the specific needs of the client, focusing on practical implementation in embedded systems.
• ● Collaborated with the client’s technical team to provide ongoing support and troubleshooting during the training period.
• Technical Skills: Docker, Kubernetes, Containerization, Cloud Native Technologies, Microservices Architecture, Embedded Systems, CI/CD Pipeline Development, DevOps, Cloud
• Teaching and Training Skills: Technical Training, Content Development, Public Speaking, Workshop Facilitation, Training Delivery, Knowledge Transfer, Instructional Design, Hands-on Training
• Soft Skills: Cross-Cultural Communication, Client Engagement, Mentoring, Problem-Solving, Adaptability, Presentation Skills, Collaboration and Teamwork

Apr 2017 – May 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bangalore, India

• ● Built DevOps capabilities and Automation labs within the organization by implementing various tools for Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Deployment (CD) and Continuous Assessment (CA) for multiple accounts
• ● Built the Agile & DevOps practice within the organization – thereby training & coaching teams on Agile & Scrum principles along with DevOps concepts.
• ● Developed POCs to showcase organizational capabilities on various DevOps maturity and helping clients to understand benefits.
• ● Managed overall Project / Support Management deliveries inclusive of projects, resources, processes and operations.
• ● Analyzed project business requirements to understand individual user stories at a granular level – in turn making sure of project scope & schedule.
• ● Contributed to practice build & growth with recruitment drives and human resource capital management.

Aug 2016 – Aug 2016 · 0 mo · Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany · On-site

• Strategic Business Meetings in Brussels (Belgium) & Nuremberg (Germany) | [August 2016]
• ● Attended strategic business meetings in Brussels, Belgium, and Nuremberg, Germany, focused on aligning transformation roadmaps and fostering international best practices.
• ● Collaborated with key stakeholders to ensure the alignment of global and regional transformation strategies, driving business innovation and operational efficiency.
• ● Contributed insights into enhancing cross-border collaboration and integrating best practices from multiple regions to optimize global initiatives.
• Strategic and Leadership Skills: Strategic Roadmap Development, Business Transformation, Change Management, Global Strategy Alignment, Stakeholder Engagement, Strategic Planning and Execution, Leadership in Cross-Border Initiatives
• Collaboration and Communication Skills: Cross-Border Collaboration, International Stakeholder Management, Cross-Cultural Communication, Facilitating Strategic Discussions
• Industry and Process-Oriented Skills: Best Practices Integration, Process Optimization, Business Process Reengineering, Operational Efficiency Improvement
• Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills: Strategic Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Problem-Solving in Multi-National Settings

Jul 2016 – Aug 2016 · 1 mo · Zaandam, North Holland, Netherlands · On-site

• Global Project: DevOps Team Setup in Zaandam (Netherlands) | July 2016 - August 2016
• ● Led the establishment of a DevOps team both offshore (India) and onshore (Netherlands) to enhance collaboration between the two locations.
• ● Designed and implemented a customer support coverage model to ensure seamless support across time zones. The model had India working early hours to overlap with the Amsterdam team's schedule, ensuring continuous support for clients.
• ● Facilitated collaboration between the teams for a few hours daily, bridging the time zone gap, and optimizing productivity during handoff periods.
• ● Played a key role in aligning the teams towards a unified goal, driving efficiency, and fostering stronger communication channels.

Feb 2016 – Apr 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bangalore, India

• ● Built DevOps capabilities and Automation labs within the organization by implementing various tools for Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Deployment (CD) and Continuous Assessment (CA) for multiple accounts
• ● Built the Agile & DevOps practice within the organization – thereby training & coaching teams on Agile & Scrum principles along with DevOps concepts.
• ● Developed POCs to showcase organizational capabilities on various DevOps maturity and helping clients to understand benefits.
• ● Managed overall Project / Support Management deliveries inclusive of projects, resources, processes and operations.
• ● Analyzed project business requirements to understand individual user stories at a granular level – in turn making sure of project scope & schedule.
• ● Contributed to practice build & growth with recruitment drives and human resource capital management.
• Great feelings to be a part of the awesome DevOps/Agile practice team. Handling a team of almost 12-14 really amazingly talented people (Junior and Senior resources). Main role/responsibility is to groom them. Taking sessions on DevOps tools/technologies, mentoring them. Working on all the latest tools/technologies needed for DevOps. e.g. Git, Jenkins, Maven, Sonar, Nexus, Vagrant, Docker, AWS, Python, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Linux, ruby on rails etc.
• Main focus areas are Deployment tools (Chef/Puppet/Ansible/Rundeck), CI tool (Jenkins/Bamboo), Monitoring tools Nagios setup and configuration, Cloud computing and virtualization (AWS etc.).

Oct 2013 – Feb 2016 · 2 yrs 4 mos

• Working as a Lead SCM Engineer on many different tools / technology such as TFS, Ant, Tomcat in Linux, Windows envs.

Apr 2012 – Sep 2013 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Environment/Skills => TFS, Ant, Solaris, Linux, Websphere, Tomcat
• Role and responsibilities =>
• Responsible for performing day-to-day Build and Deployment activities for DEV and QC Environments. Resolve the build breaks and fixing the deployment issue if any.
• Interacting with DEV and QA teams to make the stable build in various environments and working with teams to resolve the issues.
• Responsible for Raising the Requests and Preparation for the Monthly Releases for Client and Production Environment.
• Analyze, prepare a Design and Developed tools/Scripts in order to improve/automate the current Deployment/Maintenance Process.
• Process Implementations and Automation for Build and Release Activities.
• Project Administration of version control system like TFS/VSS: e.g. creating accounts, permissions, group management, group creation, version control permission management, managing source artifacts (branches and merges) for various releases.

Apr 2010 – Mar 2012 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Responsible to handle all the Software Configuration Management and Release Activities for the team during India hours.
• Responsible for performing day-to-day Build and Deployment activities for DEV and QC Environments. Resolve the build breaks and fixing the deployment issue if any.
• Interacting with DEV and QA teams to make the stable build in various environments and working with teams to resolve the issues.
• Responsible for Raising the Requests and Preparation for the Monthly Releases for Client and Production Environment.
• Analyze, prepare a Design and Developed tools/Scripts in order to improve/automate the current Deployment/Maintenance Process.
• Process Implementations and Automation for Build and Release Activities.
• Project Administration of version control system like TFS/VSS: e.g. creating accounts, permissions, group management, group creation, version control permission management, managing source artifacts (branches and merges) for various releases.

Feb 2007 – Mar 2010 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Bangalore

• VC++, VB Script, FAF framework, MS SQL Server 2000/2005,I.E.5.0,IIS 6.0, Windows Server 2003.
• Used to build VC++ code through visual studio and .Net code using Nant and creating a setup.exe using InstallShield and deploying existing FAST application on integration servers (IIS, DLV etc.)
• Automated the FAST build and deployment process (daily or weekly build)
• Analyzing, fixing the bugs, troubleshooting, resolving the configuration issues and testing.
• Setting up of new build machine Environment.
• Responsible in managing DB Servers (DB Backup, Restoring etc.)
• Project Administration of version control system like TFS/VSS: e.g. creating accounts, permissions, group management, group creation, version control permission management, managing source artifacts (branches and merges) for various releases.
• Gathering, tracking and supplying of all the tools that are required to develop and build a particular piece of software.

Aug 2006 – Jan 2007 · 5 mos · Bangalore

• Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) is the premier R&D organization of the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Ministry of Communications & Information Technology (MCIT) for carrying out R&D in IT, Electronics and associated areas. Different areas of C-DAC, had originated at different times, many of which came out as a result of identification of opportunities.

Aug 2005 – Jul 2006 · 11 mos · Bangalore

• Project Name: Project Estimation Tool
• Responsibilities: System analysis and design along with Coding.
• Windows XP,ASP, HTML, VB Script, Java Script , Oracle

May 2005 – Aug 2005 · 3 mos · Bangalore

• Responsibilities: System analysis and design along with Coding.
• Technology Stack: Windows XP,ASP, HTML, VB Script, Java Script , Oracle