Pankaj Singh
Senior Devops Architect
Gurgaon,India
Summary
Skillful DevOps Architect with 8 years designing DevOps frameworks and guidelines to expedite and enhance system engineering. Versed in numerous software categories for business and private users. Adept at constructing software architecture suited to rapid deployment across multiple projects to reduce development times and costs.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Application Architect
IBM India Pvt Ltd
Gurgaon, India
01.2020 - Current
- Expertise in implementing DevOps best practices across SDLC leading customers through large Transformations
- Driving Automation starting from scratch towards full product lifecycle
- Possess adroit way to think strategically about business requirements and other technical challenges
- Manage and Support global cloud team workloads
- Design and Implementation of new infra and tools on Hybrid Cloud
- Adept in Devops Assessments, capacity planning and Specializing in CICD and Infrastructure as a Code using Terraform and Ansible
- Driving system automation, scheduling and configurations using shell scripts
- Impeccable in AWS migration of applications from legacy boxes, data centers
- Co-ordinate server maintenance, security patching and user management
- Devising and publishing SOPs and Wiki/KB articles in team portal
- Practice collaboration between different stake holders to build robust product
- Fabricated solution on AWS API gateway, Opensearch, Lambda and RDS
- Reviewed business success drivers, applying strategic prioritization to future architectural updates.
- Designed architecture strategies for large-scale system-wide application deployments.
- Communicated software architecture strategies to senior leadership and third-party business leaders.
- Participated in weekly meetings with client to discuss project direction and milestone achievement.
- Created migration strategies to bridge development gaps between existing software architecture and future updates.
- Estimated work hours and tracked progress using Scrum methodology.
- Created proofs of concept for innovative new solutions.
- Put down bash scripts for daily maintenance, indexes and tables analysis.
Senior Associate
Publicis Sapient
Gurgaon, India
01.2016 - 01.2020
- Devised new application deployments, maintenance, setting up batch jobs, monitoring and production support
- Collaborated with development teams for planning, implementation, testing and deployment
- Facilitated with other departments' heads and managers to identify areas of improvement and efficiencies
- Oversee and managed all Linux server environments through ansible
- Containerization of microservices and deploying on OpenShift Platform
- Created custom dashboard for handy snapshots of environments monitoring and status for faster recovery actions
- Expert in incident resolution and management support, and exceeded SLAs
- Operating and managing over 1000 bare-metal servers.
- Worked varied hours to meet seasonal and business needs.
- Achieved client satisfaction and loyalty by establishing collaborative relationships, facilitating needs assessment.
- Trained and supported new team members, maintaining culture of collaboration.
- Identified and resolved complex issues by applying advanced analytical and troubleshooting strategies.
- Improved customer satisfaction by quickly and effectively addressing inquiries and complaints.
Senior Specialist
HCL Technologies
Noida, India
04.2015 - 12.2015
- Managed Configurations of Apache web servers and Jboss Application servers
- Exposed to high availability virtualization through Hypervisor
- Containerization of Microservices
- Worked on F5 Loadbalancers, CDN, Akamai as per service requests
- Identified areas in need of critical improvement and implemented strategies to achieve targets.
- Supported department leadership in implementing new policies, procedures and controls.
Senior Linux Administrator
SourceSoft Technologies
Noida, India
11.2014 - 04.2015
- Deployed new physical and virtual servers on-premises data center
- Troubleshooting web hosting issues on Linux servers
- Facilitated support to external customers in co-location
- Specialized in Linux and Window server setup
- Expert in monitoring of 80 servers, applications and network
- Collaborated with Developers towards implementation of e-commerce portals, e.g. Magento, Drupal, Php
- Coordinated cross-site installation of networked systems, confirming post-install connectivity.
- Installed system-wide hardware components, confirming interoperation and compatibility with Linux-based software distros.
- Interacted directly with users to diagnose and correct major system issues and address concerns
Senior Server Administrator
BrainPulse Technologies Pvt Ltd
Noida, Uttar Pardesh
03.2011 - 09.2014
- Enhanced availability of infrastructure through enterprise-wide planning, thorough testing, efficient implementation and comprehensive support.
- Designed and evaluated WAN and LAN connectivity technologies.
- Analyzed complex project server issues and worked on large enterprise and business-critical applications.
- Planned and implemented Linux OS upgrades to system hardware and software.
- Diagnosed and executed resolution for network and server issues.
- Maintained flexible schedule and responded to after-hours and weekend emergencies.
- Implemented, developed and tested installation and update of file servers, print servers and application servers.
- Led server infrastructure development, quality assurance, staging and production systems.
- Monitored networks and network devices to resolve technical problems quickly.
Education
Bachelor of Arts -
Indira Gandhi National Open University
New DelhiSkills
Devops Architect
Devops Engineer
Site Reliability Engineering
Leadership
Architecture improvements
Ansible, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Gitlab, Jenkins, Git
AWS , GCP
Architectural Illustration
Devops
Mentoring and training
Certification
AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate)
Timeline
Application Architect
IBM India Pvt Ltd
01.2020 - Current
Senior Associate
Publicis Sapient
01.2016 - 01.2020
Senior Specialist
HCL Technologies
04.2015 - 12.2015
Senior Linux Administrator
SourceSoft Technologies
11.2014 - 04.2015
Senior Server Administrator
BrainPulse Technologies Pvt Ltd
03.2011 - 09.2014
Bachelor of Arts -
Indira Gandhi National Open University