Ajit Walvekar
Mumbai
Summary
Seasoned professional offering over 25 years of experience and success in driving IT Operations with international exposure in BFSI, Logistics, Airlines and Oil & Gas Industry.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Infrastructure Architect & FinOps Consultant
Capgemini Technology Services India Ltd.
Mumbai
06.2022 - Current
- Monitoring cloud usage and spending data to identify cost-saving opportunities
- Developing and implementing strategies to optimize cloud costs
- Collaborating with finance, operations, and technology teams to drive cost optimization initiatives
- Analysing cloud usage patterns and trends to identify areas for optimization
- Recommending changes to cloud service usage, pricing models, and purchasing options
- Developing and maintaining financial models to forecast and track cloud costs
- Working with cloud service providers to negotiate pricing and contracts
- Creating reports and dashboards to track and communicate cloud cost optimization efforts to stakeholders
- As a Delivery Architect, I am responsible for providing technical guidance to SMEs on major issues for On Prem and Azure Cloud environments for multiple technologies
- Architecture Low-Level Design
Lead Capacity Manager (Onprem & Cloud)
Capgemini Technology Services India Ltd.
Mumbai
04.2012 - Current
- Multiple Projects : Availability and capacity management services for On-Premises as well as Cloud environments for major global clients in the European region
IT Infrastructure Manager
Barclays Technology Center India
Pune
11.2009 - 12.2011
- Asset & Capacity Management for a large estate consisting of more than 6000+ Unix & Windows servers based at various global locations in Europe, Africa & Singapore
Senior Consultant
Capgemini India Pvt. Ltd
Mumbai
04.2007 - 10.2009
- Service Delivery for Capacity planning & Performance management services in India for multiple UK based clients
IT Engineer
United Computers & Management Consultancy (Division of GBM)
Dubai
05.2006 - 04.2007
- Engineering Support for Installation, Configuration, and maintenance of IBM pSeries and Storage products to Emirates Airlines and other Banking clients in U.A.E
Technical Executive
IBM Global Services India Pvt. Ltd
Mumbai
09.1996 - 04.2006
- Technical Project Management for various projects, including Data Center design, Installation, Configuration, and support for IBM pSeries and Storage products
Customer Support Engineer
ONWARD Technologies Ltd
Vadodara
10.1992 - 09.1996
- Technical Support for IT Infrastructure & Banking software
Education
DIPLOMA - COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
Dr VV Patil Institute of Technology & Engineering
Pravaranagar, Maharashtra08.1992
Skills
- Infrastructure Management
- Cloud Capacity Management & FinOps
- GenAI & Prompt Engineering
- ITIL Service Management
- Solution Design
- Data Centre Management
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Procurement & Vendor Management
- CSIP & LEAN
- People Management & Recruitment
- Tools & Technics
Certification
- FinOps Certified Practitioner
- Google Certified Digital Cloud Leader
- Databricks Generative AI Fundamentals
- ITIL Foundation - V4
- Capgemini L1 Certified Architect
- AWS Certified Architect (Associate)
- Metron Athene Capacity Management - Certified Performance Management & System Admin
- Specialist IBM P-Series AIX System Administration
- IBM X-series server specialist
Awards
- Pathfinder Award, 10/23, Capgemini
- Special Award for Delivery Quality, 03/18, Capgemini
- Best Performance Award, 11/17, Capgemini
- Best Performance Award, 03/15, Capgemini
- IBM India Special Award, 03/06, IBM
- Bravo Award, 08/05, IBM
- Best Team Contribution Award, 01/05, IBM
- Winner of IBM CSAT Award, 10/04
Languages
- Marathi, First Language
- Hindi, C2 Proficient
- English, C2 Proficient
- Gujarati, C1 Advanced
- Kannada, A2 Elementary
- Bengali, A1 Beginner
Activitiesandhobbies
- Passionate of Cooking
- Travelling
- Gardening
Timeline
Infrastructure Architect & FinOps Consultant
Capgemini Technology Services India Ltd.
06.2022 - Current
Lead Capacity Manager (Onprem & Cloud)
Capgemini Technology Services India Ltd.
04.2012 - Current
IT Infrastructure Manager
Barclays Technology Center India
11.2009 - 12.2011
Senior Consultant
Capgemini India Pvt. Ltd
04.2007 - 10.2009
IT Engineer
United Computers & Management Consultancy (Division of GBM)
05.2006 - 04.2007
Technical Executive
IBM Global Services India Pvt. Ltd
09.1996 - 04.2006
Customer Support Engineer
ONWARD Technologies Ltd
10.1992 - 09.1996
DIPLOMA - COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
Dr VV Patil Institute of Technology & Engineering
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