Driving Cloud & Automation through Strategic IT Leadership
Hands-on IT Leader specializing in Cloud Infrastructure Management, SaaS Operations, DevOps, and Automation. Successfully managed global 24×7 teams across 4 continents delivering tech and customer support.
Core Technologies
Cost savings through infra automation & optimizations
Experience
25+
Years of professional IT experience
Team Leadership
50+
Managed direct reports globally across 4 continents
Operations
24×7
Managing round-the-clock NOC & support teams
Certifications
2
Microsoft Azure & DevOps certified
Strategic Vision.
Technical Excellence.
As much as I love being an IT Leader, I'm more of a hands-on person working on Cloud Infrastructure Management, Automation and DevOps roles. I love working on Technology and Automation.
I bridge the gap between complex technical challenges and business objectives — from infrastructure planning and budgeting to deploying cloud-native solutions and automating deployments.
Cloud Architecture
Deployed multiple public & private clouds. Expert in AWS, Azure, and hybrid cloud environments.
DevOps & Automation
Strong focus on automated, scalable infrastructure through IaaS, IaC, CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling.
Security & Compliance
Multi-Factor Authentication, Privileged Identity Management, BCP/DR coordination.
Team Leadership
Mentoring, hiring, onboarding. Managed 50+ direct reports across 4 continents running 24×7.
Professional Journey
IT Leader for India Dev Center managing SaaS Infra Operations, Corporate IT, NOC Monitoring and Service Desk.
- Member of Leadership Council of India – IT single point of contact for key IT decisions
- Hands-on SaaS Operations – IaaS, IaC, Infra Automation, Application Deployment Automation
- Automation projects saving rollout times from days to couple of hours
- BCP/DR Coordinator during COVID ensuring seamless remote work transition
HOD – Technical, NOC and Customer Support departments. Managed 50+ direct reports across 4 continents.
- Deployed multiple public & private clouds using OpenStack in HA modes
- Physical-to-virtual migrations with zero-downtime for high-traffic websites
- Managed on-premise IDC, Internet Gateways, Firewalls, VPS & NAS infrastructure
Core Competencies
Strategic and technical expertise breakdown
Cloud & IaaS
AWS, Azure, Google Compute, OpenStack, CloudStack
DevOps & CI/CD
Git, Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes
Monitoring & Logging
ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios, Zabbix, NewRelic
Virtualization
KVM, VMware ESXi, vSphere, Docker, LXC, OpenVZ, Xen
IT Leadership
Strategic Planning, Budgets, Vendor Mgmt, Hiring, Mentoring
Security & HA/DR
MFA, PIM, PCI-DSS, High Availability, Disaster Recovery
Education
Master of Science — Computer Science
Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak
2002P.G.D.C.A.
Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra
2000Bachelor of Arts — Computer Science
Punjab University, Chandigarh
1999Certifications
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
Microsoft
Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
Microsoft
Ready to discuss your next technology initiative?
Whether you have a question about my expertise, need strategic advice, or want to discuss a potential role, I'm happy to connect.
Chandigarh, India
160036
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There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.— Ray Goforth