Ankush Rohilla

OSTTRA is a joint venture of CME Group and IHS Markit, providing post-trade fintech infrastructure for global derivatives markets — a regulated, high-availability environment with stringent compliance requirements.

• Owned cloud strategy and architecture for OSTTRA's AWS Org and hybrid platform, enabling scalable, resilient, compliance-ready infrastructure for global derivatives processing.
• Directed enterprise-wide security governance aligned with NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and FCA/SEC regulatory requirements, reducing audit findings year on year.
• Embedded DevSecOps across all engineering pipelines using Checkmarx, Trivy, Wiz, CloudGuard, and OPA/Kyverno — shifting security left and accelerating secure delivery.
• Led FinOps programme: owned cloud budget planning, cost optimisation, and vendor management, driving measurable reduction in AWS spend.
• Spearheaded incident response and threat management; built organisational resilience through DR planning and business continuity frameworks.
• Collaborated with the CTO, CISO, and executive leadership to align cloud, cybersecurity, and regulatory strategy with business objectives.
• Built, mentored, and developed a high-performing cloud and security team; championed a security-first engineering culture.

• Championed Cloud and DevOps adoption across 160+ production releases, 20 global training programmes, and 15 InfoSec reviews, establishing engineering excellence standards.
• Led a team of 25 engineers and architects; built a leadership pipeline through a spans-and-layers talent development model.
• Integrated security best practices into DevOps workflows across client engagements, ensuring compliance, and reducing risk.
• Achieved a 30% increase in productivity through process automation and pipeline optimisation in Year 1.
• Delivered a 15% reduction in operational costs over two years via vendor renegotiation, and cloud cost governance.
• Grew client repeat business by 25% through cloud reliability improvements and proactive stakeholder engagement.