Pankaj Sahu
Principal Platform Engineer
Pune,MH
Summary
Platform Engineering Lead directs automation, release support, and reliability practices across Linux, Jenkins, and Kubernetes environments. Coordinates engineering work that improves deployment consistency, operational resilience, and production support response. Guides standardization across build, monitoring, and infrastructure workflows to raise platform quality for development teams.
Overview
3
3
Certifications
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Engineer – Platform Engineering / Site Reliability Engineering
Microsoft India Pvt. Ltd.
Pune
08.2023 - Current
- Administer Linux (RHEL) production servers supporting enterprise engineering platforms and Kubernetes workloads.
- Perform Linux OS administration including service management, package management, system troubleshooting, server monitoring and operational support.
- Develop Shell and Python automation to eliminate manual Linux administration tasks and improve operational efficiency.
- Monitor Linux infrastructure using Prometheus and Grafana, perform root cause analysis, log analysis and production incident resolution.
- Architect Azure-based platform infrastructure supporting enterprise engineering workloads and production services.
- Design Kubernetes (AKS) deployment platforms emphasizing reliability, repeatability, scalability and operational resilience.
- Drive Infrastructure as Code adoption using ARM Templates and Bicep to standardize infrastructure provisioning.
- Develop PowerShell and shell automation that reduces operational toil and improves platform consistency.
- Engineer and maintain CI/CD capabilities while administering enterprise Jenkins infrastructure.
- Improve observability through monitoring, telemetry, logging and proactive operational dashboards.
- Support production through incident response, root cause analysis and continuous reliability improvements.
- Collaborate across engineering, networking and security teams to improve developer experience and platform stability.
- Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and contribute to engineering standards, automation practices and platform modernization.
- Leverage AI-assisted engineering to accelerate scripting, documentation, troubleshooting, and infrastructure automation.
- Apply prompt engineering techniques with enterprise LLMs to improve operational analysis, code generation, and engineering productivity.
- Evaluate Agentic AI concepts for intelligent engineering workflows, automation opportunities, and platform operations.
- Use GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, Claude, and Gemini to accelerate solution prototyping, automation development, and technical documentation.
Principal Software Engineer – Site Reliability Engineering
Nuance Communications (Healthcare)
Pune
07.2016 - 07.2023
- Administered Linux (RHEL) production environments supporting Kubernetes-hosted healthcare applications.
- Automated Linux administration using Shell, Python and Ansible while improving reliability and operational efficiency.
- Designed and operated Kubernetes-based cloud platforms supporting enterprise healthcare applications.
- Built automation using Python, PowerShell, Shell, Golang, Ansible and SaltStack to reduce manual effort.
- Maintained CI/CD pipelines and standardized deployment practices across engineering teams.
- Implemented monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana and Nagios to improve operational visibility.
- Performed production support, incident management and root cause analysis for critical services.
- Worked with development, QA and infrastructure teams to improve reliability, deployment consistency and engineering productivity.
Senior Software Configuration Management Engineer
Veritas Technologies (formerly Symantec)
Pune
10.2012 - 06.2016
- Standardized enterprise build and release processes using Jenkins, SVN and Apache Ant.
- Automated branch management, merge validation and release workflows.
- Improved engineering productivity through CI automation and reusable build tooling.
- Partnered with QA and engineering teams to improve release quality and deployment confidence.
Senior Engineer
Navteq India Pvt. Ltd.
Mumbai
06.2012 - 10.2012
- Maintained deployment frameworks and development/QA environments.
- Improved deployment stability through automation and troubleshooting.
Senior Applications Engineer
Oracle Financial Services Software
Mumbai
09.2011 - 06.2012
- Supported enterprise banking products through build automation and source control governance.
- Managed Hudson and Apache Ant build environments and improved release consistency.
- Implemented SVN synchronization and engineering process improvements.
Configuration & Release Engineer
Persistent Systems
Pune
06.2008 - 08.2011
- Designed reusable deployment frameworks and automation utilities.
- Managed Bamboo, Jenkins, Hudson and Maven build environments.
- Introduced automation to improve software delivery and engineering productivity.
Consultant
Capgemini Consulting India Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore
02.2007 - 06.2008
- Led cross-functional teams to drive strategic initiatives and enhance client engagement.
- Led cross-functional teams to drive strategic initiatives and enhance client engagement.
- Developed comprehensive project plans to streamline operations and improve efficiency across departments.
- Automated repetitive engineering tasks to enhance enterprise software delivery efficiency.
- Developed build automation processes using ANT, Batch, and Shell scripting to streamline software deployment.
- Developed comprehensive project plans to streamline operations and improve efficiency across departments.
- Automated repetitive engineering tasks to enhance enterprise software delivery efficiency.
- Developed build automation processes using ANT, Batch, and Shell scripting to streamline software deployment.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Telecommunication
Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University
Amravati2006
Skills
Azure
Kubernetes
Azure DevOps
Prometheus
Grafana
Terraform
Ansible
Bicep
Helm
Docker
Python automation
PowerShell scripting
Golang
Infrastructure as code
Certification
Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
Work Availability
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Timeline
Senior Software Engineer – Platform Engineering / Site Reliability Engineering
Microsoft India Pvt. Ltd.
08.2023 - Current
Principal Software Engineer – Site Reliability Engineering
Nuance Communications (Healthcare)
07.2016 - 07.2023
Senior Software Configuration Management Engineer
Veritas Technologies (formerly Symantec)
10.2012 - 06.2016
Senior Engineer
Navteq India Pvt. Ltd.
06.2012 - 10.2012
Senior Applications Engineer
Oracle Financial Services Software
09.2011 - 06.2012
Configuration & Release Engineer
Persistent Systems
06.2008 - 08.2011
Consultant
Capgemini Consulting India Pvt. Ltd.
02.2007 - 06.2008
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Telecommunication
Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University