Gaurav Ochani
Pune
Summary
Highly skilled and results-oriented Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Lead having 14 years of experience with a proven track record of leading cross-functional teams across diverse products. Proficient in reviewing SLI/SLO dashboards, ensuring operational readiness, implementing Kubernetes orchestration, chaos engineering, executing Rundeck jobs, and managing incidents effectively with PagerDuty, participating in RCAs and Postmortems. Combining technical expertise with strategic leadership, I optimize system reliability, performance and scalability while enhancing team productivity.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
4
4
Languages
Work History
Director - SRE
UBS Bank
12.2025 - Current
- Defined the SRE roadmap, established SLOs and rollout plan for observability, CI/CD and incident response.
- Integrated the LGTM observability stack to provide end-to-end visibility and streamlined alerting across AI model operations.
- Standardized deployment and operational practices, reducing MTTR and improving platform stability for AI workloads.
- Partnered with product and engineering leaders to align reliability goals with business priorities and drive operational excellence.
Site Reliability Engineer
Schlumberger (SLB)
07.2019 - 11.2025
- Lead and mentor cross-functional SRE teams across multiple products, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment.
- Drive technical excellence by setting clear goals, providing guidance, and ensuring alignment with company objectives.
- Review SLI/SLO dashboards to monitor system performance and reliability, ensuring adherence to service level objectives.
- Conduct regular operational readiness assessments, identify vulnerabilities, and implement proactive measures to enhance system stability.
- Champion chaos engineering practices to identify weaknesses in the system’s resilience, enabling the team to address potential issues before they impact users.
- Design and execute Rundeck jobs, automating routine operational tasks and streamlining workflows for efficiency and reliability.
- Implement robust incident management processes using PagerDuty, ensuring rapid response, resolution, and post-incident analysis under Azure DevOps.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define strategic initiatives, aligning technical objectives with business goals.
- Drive continuous improvement by analyzing incidents, identifying root causes, and implementing preventive measures to enhance system reliability and performance.
- Conduct training sessions and workshops to enhance team skills in incident response, chaos engineering, and automation technologies.
- Foster a culture of learning and development, encouraging team members to stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies.
- Schlumberger (SLB) is one of the world’s largest providers of products and services for the ever-evolving needs of the energy industry.
Member of Technical Staff
TIBCO Software
02.2017 - 06.2019
- Worked on creating bash scripts
- Setting up CICD pipelines in TeamCity
- Process automation and integrations
- TIBCO Software is the leading independent provider of infrastructure software creating event-enabled enterprises to use on-premise or as part of cloud Service.
QA Engineer
Cybage Software
04.2015 - 02.2017
- Developed and maintained monitoring and alerting systems for application deployed on GCP
- Load and Performance testing
- Writing health checks SLIs of applications
- Cybage Software Pvt. Ltd. is a technology consulting organization specializing in outsourced product engineering services.
Software Engineer
Atos Syntel
10.2012 - 03.2015
- Python Developer
- Atos Syntel is a leading global provider of integrated information technology and knowledge process services.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Electrical & Electronics
Uttar Pradesh Technical University
Greater-Noida, India07-2011
Skills
Cloud Infrastructure Optimization
Process Automation
Problem Solving
Cloud infrastructure management
CICD Software development
Automation
Certification
SRE - Practitioner
TOOLS & TECHNOLOGIES
- Docker - Native
- Kubernetes - Proficient
- Azure DevOps - Proficient
- Gitlab - Proficient
- Google Cloud Platform - Proficient
- Microsoft Azure - Proficient
- PagerDuty - Proficient
- GIT - Proficient
- Grafana - Proficient
- PowerBI - Proficient
- Litmus - Proficient
- JMeter - Proficient
- Rundeck - Proficient
- Selenium - Proficient
Timeline
Director - SRE
UBS Bank
12.2025 - Current
Site Reliability Engineer
Schlumberger (SLB)
07.2019 - 11.2025
Member of Technical Staff
TIBCO Software
02.2017 - 06.2019
QA Engineer
Cybage Software
04.2015 - 02.2017
Software Engineer
Atos Syntel
10.2012 - 03.2015
Bachelor of Technology - Electrical & Electronics
Uttar Pradesh Technical University