Application Support professional with over 11+ years of experience in application management and product flow support for major clients including JPMorgan Chase. Demonstrated success in roles as Application Support and Customer Success Manager at Mindtree Limited.
Expertise in deploying Infra and cloud monitoring tools, including Splunk and ITSM tools like ServiceNow and Jira.
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), with foundational knowledge of Agile and Scrum methodologies. While currently focused on support and operations, I bring a solid understanding of Scrum practices, and I am eager to collaborate in Agile environments.
Results-driven and highly adaptable, known for taking initiative, resolving mission-critical issues, and delivering customer-centric solutions in fast-paced environments. Strong analytical and decision-making skills built on a solid technical foundation enable efficient, high-impact problem-solving that enhances customer satisfaction.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Application Support - Mission Control
Thakral Corporation Ltd
Changi
07.2021 - 10.2023
Track and analyze application performance via Splunk, Netcool , Datadog and leverage ServiceNow for incident tracking and resolution to minimize customer impact.
Swiftly resolve incidents to drive down Time to Resolve (TTR) and mitigate customer impact.
Expertly identify root causes of issues through Splunk logs analysis and initiate necessary actions, including restarting or re- staging required microservices/applications.
Managed incidents, change requests, and service requests using ServiceNow, ensuring proper categorization, prioritization, and timely resolution within defined SLAs.
Own and driven incident management bridge calls and chats with production management, application development, infrastructure teams, and senior leadership with the purpose of remediating impacting incidents
Establishing strong command and control of an incident, establishing clear accountability/ownership and methodical evaluation of complex issue scenarios
Ensure seamless resolution of customer-impacting incidents with a focus on effective mitigation strategies.
Resolve issues within Kubernetes environments by appropriately managing problematic pods.
Facilitate cross-team collaboration, document incidents thoroughly in ITSM tools(ServiceNow), and ensure timely communication in line with SLA commitments.
Proficiently schedule and execute jobs using Control-M tool.
Application Configuration Support – Technical Lead
Mindtree Pvt Ltd
Chennai
02.2015 - 10.2018
Led a team of 10 members to execute successful application migration activities for multiple clients.
Spearheaded OpenNMS migration project for major client, ensuring seamless transition.
Facilitated requirement gathering and maintained effective communication among project teams and stakeholders.
Served as Transition Lead for various customer deployments into monitoring tools, enhancing onboarding processes.
Managed escalations from delivery teams, resolving issues promptly and effectively.
Conducted weekly meetings with delivery teams to address requirements and foster collaborative problem-solving.
Delivered demonstrations to new customers and delivery teams, assigning daily tasks and workloads efficiently.
Spearheaded customer onboarding and deployment processes for the MWatch tool (Mindtree's proprietary ITSM tool with functionality similar to ServiceNow), ensuring successful go-live outcomes.
Facilitated seamless transition of multiple customers into MWatch to enhance infrastructure monitoring.
Delivered Hyperic agent bundles, scripts, and custom plugins to Service Delivery teams for effective installation on monitored servers.
Onboarded network devices into MWatch using SNMP and ICMP protocols, configuring Trap monitoring for hardware failure detection.
Analyzed and troubleshot issues related to MWatch, Hyperic, and OpenNMS applications to ensure operational efficiency.
Identified monitoring issues through comprehensive analysis of agent logs, server logs, and performance data in Hyperic.
Escalated critical issues and requests to internal tool teams for prompt resolution.
Served as single point of contact for all customer inquiries and concerns regarding EMS and MWatch servers.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology
Vel SRS College
Chennai
05.2006
Skills
ServiceNow
Multitasking Abilities
Linux/SQL
Gaia Cloud Platform
Control-M
Kubernetes
Observability Tools: Splunk, Dynatrace,Netcool,Data Dog, Grafana and VMware Hyperic/OpenNMS
Certification
ITIL: V3 Certification
AWS: Certified Cloud Practitioner
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) – Scrum Alliance
Accomplishments
Recognized with the 'Best Support Incident Coordinator' award for exemplary performance in coordinating and resolving critical incidents effectively
Achieved recognition for independently configuring the entire setup for PandG customer,demonstrating self-reliance and minimal reliance on the delivery team. Additionally, successfully maintained MWATCH with zero impact on existing customer configurations.
“Pat on the Back” Award
Awarded on the successful migration for FORD customer assets to cloud setup
Outstanding Performance Award Awarded for the excellent performance for the academic year – 2016 to 2017
Timeline
Application Support - Mission Control
Thakral Corporation Ltd
07.2021 - 10.2023
Application Configuration Support – Technical Lead
Recruitment/Account Manager- JP Morgan Chase at Thakral one Solution pvt ltdRecruitment/Account Manager- JP Morgan Chase at Thakral one Solution pvt ltd