PANKAJ KUMAR SINGH
Pune
Summary
Dynamic Sr. GCP Cloud Architect at Vodafone Shared Services, adept at designing scalable cloud infrastructures and automating CI/CD pipelines, achieving a 50% reduction in deployment time. Proven leadership in cloud migration and cost optimization, coupled with strong problem-solving skills and expertise in Terraform and Ansible, driving operational excellence and compliance.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Sr. GCP Cloud Architect
Vodafone Shared Services
Pune
03.2019 - Current
- Expertise in designing scalable cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Ansible, coupled with advanced skills in DevOps and CI/CD automation to enhance deployment cycles.
- Led a team of engineers responsible for managing GCP platform operations for an internal SAP environment.
- Successfully executed the phased transition of a large-scale project, maintaining service level agreements (SLAs) and ensuring uninterrupted operations.
- Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines to automate GCP/AWS resource deployments, optimizing development cycles and minimizing manual intervention.
- Cloud Infrastructure Automation & Management: Designed and automated scalable, high-performing cloud infrastructure on GCP using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, streamlining Vodafone's global infrastructure deployment across multiple regions.
- Application Migration & DevOps Integration: Led the migration of on-premise applications to GCP, ensuring smooth transitions with minimal downtime, automated testing, and optimized cloud resources for enhanced performance and cost-efficiency through continuous delivery pipelines.
- GCP Account Orchestration & Governance: Manage hundreds of GCP accounts, automating onboarding processes and ensuring seamless integration with DevOps best practices for performance optimization, security, and compliance.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Optimization: Architected automated cloud environments using Terraform, enabling rapid, consistent deployment with reduced manual intervention.
- Configuration Management Automation: Leveraged Ansible to automate configuration management across GCP environments, reducing manual overhead and enhancing consistency in cloud operations.
- Security & Compliance Automation: Integrated security automation using GCP Security Command Centre, ensuring compliance with industry standards and automating the remediation of vulnerabilities across the cloud infrastructure.
- CI/CD Pipeline Automation: Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines for GCP environments using Terraform, Cloud Build, and Cloud Deploy, reducing deployment time by 50% and enabling automated testing and infrastructure provisioning.
- Real-Time Data Processing with Pub/Sub: Architected real-time data processing pipelines using Pub/Sub for fault-tolerant, high-throughput data workflows, improving system performance and responsiveness in data-driven applications.
- Kubernetes & Containerization Automation: Deployed and managed Kubernetes clusters on GKE, migrating legacy applications to containerized environments, implementing automated IAM roles, security policies, and continuous monitoring for efficient, secure deployments.
- Cloud Migration & Optimization: Led automated migration of 50+ applications to GCP, utilizing DevOps principles to reduce infrastructure costs by 30%, optimize application performance by 25%, and enhance operational agility.
- Automated Network Configuration & Security: Configured and automated GCP VPC (including shared VPC and VPC peering) and VPC Service Control for optimized traffic flow, restricted service access, and enhanced security using network automation tools.
- Automated Monitoring & Alerts: Developed custom dashboards with Cloud Monitoring and automated alerting integrations with Slack, enabling proactive infrastructure and application monitoring for faster issue resolution.
- Cost Management & Automation: Automated reporting on resource usage, identifying under-utilized resources, orphaned disks, and stopped VMs, driving continuous cloud cost optimization and improving overall resource efficiency.
Consultant III
DXC Technology
Bengaluru
08.2018 - 03.2019
- Managed GCP platform operations, ensuring service continuity and meeting SLAs.
- Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines for GCP/AWS resource deployment, enhancing automation and efficiency.
- Designed and deployed scalable infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible, and VMware, tailored to internal customer demands.
- Facilitated seamless handovers between DevOps and operations teams for newly built environments.
- Acted as the primary technical contact for internal customers, resolving complex cloud and VMware-related issues.
- Worked with the Security Governance team to address security vulnerabilities and ensure compliance.
- Contributed to cost optimization by analysing resource usage and reducing cloud and VMware-related expenses.
- Implemented Linux VM patch management using SUSE Manager, improving system security and stability.
System Administrator Specialist Advisor
NTT DATA
Noida
05.2010 - 08.2018
- Managed complex virtual infrastructure with 100+ ESXi hosts and thousands of VMs for multiple customers at NTT Data.
- Coordinated with storage and network teams for profile creation and troubleshooting.
- Participated in daily operations calls with business stakeholders for issue resolution and escalations.
- Installed, configured, and upgraded ESXi and vSphere/vCenter Server.
- Monitored and optimized the performance of ESXi servers and VMs.
- Managed ESXi host patching and updates using Update Manager.
- Created and managed clones, templates, and configurations.
- Administered HCI (VxRail) using VxRail Manager.
- Managed network virtualization using VMware NSX.
- Ensured security hardening and compliance for VMs and ESXi servers.
- Managed high availability, vMotion, Storage vMotion, DRS, and user roles.
Sr. Support Engineer
Convergys
Pune
07.2007 - 05.2010
- Addressed technical issues related to Microsoft OS in a domain environment, including troubleshooting Global Active Directory domains for enterprise-level customers, including Gold Certified Partners.
- Performed configuration and maintenance of Windows Server 2K/2K3/2K8 OS.
- Diagnosed and resolved blue screen issues, managed software RAID, and handled unattended installations.
- Managed NT Backup and implemented backup and restore solutions.
- Administered File and Print Servers, network administration, and performed maintenance tasks.
- Managed data storage and backup technologies, ensuring reliability and security.
- Provided troubleshooting expertise for Microsoft Hyper-V environments.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering -
University of Pune
Pune04.2009
Skills
- Cloud computing and infrastructure management
- DevOps practices
- Linux administration
- Ansible and Terraform
- Networking expertise
- Continuous integration and delivery
- Cost optimization strategies
- Governance frameworks
- Public cloud platforms
- Scalability solutions
- Stakeholder engagement
- Project management methodologies
- VMware technologies
- Network virtualization techniques
- System availability assurance
- Virtual machine management
- Cloud engineering principles
- Server administration skills
- Problem-solving abilities
- Identity and access management strategies
- Innovative solutions development
- PowerCLI scripting expertise
- Agile methodologies implementation
- Communication proficiency
Languages
- English
- Hindi
Certification
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Timeline
Sr. GCP Cloud Architect
Vodafone Shared Services
03.2019 - Current
Consultant III
DXC Technology
08.2018 - 03.2019
System Administrator Specialist Advisor
NTT DATA
05.2010 - 08.2018
Sr. Support Engineer
Convergys
07.2007 - 05.2010
Bachelor of Engineering -
University of Pune